As such, Community Services is overseen by two separate statutory governing bodies. The five-member Coconino County Board of Supervisors is our final authority, governing all policies and budgets, while the Community Action Advisory Board (CAAB) advises programming and services. The CAAB has twelve to fifteen members, locally comprised of one-third elected officials (or their representatives), one-third or more lower-income residents potentially eligible to be consumers of our services, and one-third or less private sector representatives. CAAB members are selected by the other members, with the exception of the elected official seats appointed by a County Supervisor. 
 

Assessing Need and Funding Community Action

Coconino County Community Needs Assessment Report 2017

As a CAA, Community Services completes a comprehensive community needs assessment to inform strategic choices related to programming and services. Our most recent Community needs assessment was conducted by Northern Arizona University Laboratory for Applied Social Research and was sponsored by Community Services and United Way of Northern Arizona with funding support from Arizona Public Service Company. This report includes  input from lower-income community member focus groups and Community Services' consumer surveys, plus U.S. Census Bureau and other secondary demographic data.  The report is also available via a Weblink on the Social Services Forms and Resources Webpage.
   
Funding for Community Services' Community Action comes from federal, state, and local government, foundation grants and business and individual donations. Coconino County Community Services is a public non-profit and your tax-deductible financial contributions are an investment in community and a better future for generations to come. Your contributions fight homelessness - helping families and individuals from sleeping on the street; fight hunger - providing seniors with hot, nutritious meals and homecare assistance; fight oppression - providing oversight of personal funds for court-recognized disabled individuals who have no one else to care for them; and promote self-sustainability – leveraging and matching recipient and federal dollars for Individual Development Accounts assisting post-secondary education and micro-business start-up and/or expansion.