about us

Community Action Lehigh Valley is an anti-poverty nonprofit that improves the quality of life by building a community in which all people have access to economic opportunity, the ability to pursue that opportunity, and a voice in the decisions that affect their lives.

We offer programs and services in: Advocacy, Business Start-Up & Development, Food Access & Nutrition, Housing, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Youth. 

our 2020-2021 impact

290

Students

served in 3 school districts through Generation Next

45

Families

purchased a home with the help of our Housing Counseling program

6,464

plants

sold at The Seed Farm’s Annual Spring Plant Sale

10

million

pounds of food distributed through Second Harvest Food Bank

$348,385

in loans

disbursed to small businesses through Rising Tide Community Loan Fund