The History of C.A.S.H.:

Community Action in Self Help, Inc. was incorporated under the membership not-for-profit corporation laws of New York State in February 1970.  As such, the board of Directors is elected from the general membership.  The agency was originally created to assist low-income families in organizing self-help housing projects in Wayne County.  Many units were constructed throughout Wayne County utilizing the Farmers Home Administration’s self-help housing program. §  In 1978-1982, Community Action in Self Help, Inc was the administrator for Wayne County’s small cities’ block grant home improvement program (WHIP), through which over 150 units of housing were rehabilitated in four towns. § In 1985 we assumed responsibility for Wayne County’s Section 8 housing program, a federal program to subsidize apartment rental cost.  The agency is responsible for providing subsidies to 135 Section 8 Voucher assisted families.   § In 1986, Community Action in Self Help, Inc completed its first low-income apartment complex.  § In 2008 we manage over 47 units of low cost housing in various complexes around the county.  § The Agency has sponsored and/or developed 182 units of rental housing in Wayne County.  The Agency has supported and advised hundreds of residents desiring to own their own home through the Farmers Home Administration’s 502 homeownership program.  Additionally, the agency periodically secures grants to assist those who qualify for government mortgages to make home ownership a reality.  §  Through grants secured by the Agency  and through applications to outside funding sources, the agency has helped hundreds of homeowners to repair furnaces, roofs, septic systems, electrical & plumbing systems to install equipment for the handicapped. §