Clinch Valley Community Action has been located in Tazewell County since 1965. But our programs and services have extended even beyond those borders as we continue our legacy of helping people help themselves. Our dedicated employees work diligently to ensure not only that CVCA’s services are delivered, but that our community is a better place to live. Explore our website to see what is available, but more importantly, call or visit with our people so we can help you succeed in your future.
Vision Statement: Clinch Valley Community Action casts a vision for safe and prosperous communities, strong and nurturing families, and productive and independent citizens.
Mission Statement: Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc. provides resources and opportunities to individuals, families, and communities in a supportive environment to improve the quality of life. Clinch Valley Community Action treats each individual with respect and dignity in a professional manner.
Promise Statement: Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.
CVCA Events and Happenings
Want to learn more about Head Start/ Early Head Start? Click below for an informative video.
Join our team!
![Amanda Riggle](https://clinchvalleycaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Amanda-Riggle.jpg)
Welcome Amanda Riggle to our CVCA Team!
Amanda will be a Center Aide/Bus Driver at our Apache Run Center.
We look forward to working with you!
![Destini Patrick](https://clinchvalleycaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Destini-Patrick-1.jpg)
Welcome Destini Patrick to our CVCA Team!
Destini is our Substitute at Apache Run Center.
We look forward to working with you!
CVCA Employment
Drug and Alcohol Screening Services
CVCA has trained staff that can provide Pre-employment, Random, Post-Accident, and Reasonable Cause screenings at your business or at our office.
Project Discovery Applications
Applications are being taken for Project Discovery. Access the application by clicking here.
Family Crisis Services accepting volunteers
We are looking for energetic, dependable and self-motivated individuals to serve as Volunteer Advocates! Advocates provide support, access resources, and offer encouragement to survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence. These tasks require empathy, confidentiality, and emotional maturity. Volunteers should also be able to handle crisis situations, display a responsible work ethic and work well in a trauma-informed, healing-centered & survivor-focused environment.
- Volunteers are needed in the following areas:Shelter coverage
- Respond to hotline calls
- Provide child care in the shelter
- Emergency services – transportation, legal advocates, hospital/law enforcement companions
- Office support
- Assist with public awareness events & fundraisers
For more information, please contact our office at (276) 988-5583, ext. 301.
Check out The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program provides decent, affordable housing to very low- to low-income individuals and families, including people with disabilities and senior citizens.
Vouchers are distributed through Virginia Housing. in partnership with local housing agency partners. Vouchers allow qualifying prospective tenants to select from a wider range of housing options, as opposed to being limited to designated housing projects. The tenant pays the landlord a percentage of their monthly income towards the rent, with the voucher subsidizing the remainder.
What families are eligible?
Prospective tenants often represent the diversity of your local community. They may be individuals, families and people with disabilities or senior citizens. They tend to be very highly-motivated renters who pay rent in a timely manner and maintain the property.
Accepting New Senior Companion Volunteers
“I am needed and I help my clients stay independent in their home…where they want to stay” — This is often said by volunteer companions with the Senior Companion Program.
Clinch Valley Community Action is excited to announce the program facilities that are participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
CVCA seeking bids on the replacement of the roof on a modular classroom building
The Clinch Valley Community Action Head Start/Early Head Start program is seeking bids on the replacement of the roof on a modular classroom building, the replacement of the roof on a small outbuilding, and the repair of the roof on a large classroom building at its Apache Run Head Start Center (122 Apache Run Road; Max Meadows, VA). Contractor will be responsible for removal of old roofing, repair of any wood, installation of new metal roofing, replacement/repair of roofing pipe boots on large classroom building roof, and removal of all associated debris. For additional information or to arrange a site visit contact Robin Boyd at 276-988-5583 x338.
Federal funds will be used for this project; contractor must comply with Davis Bacon Act regulations. Insurance and contractor documentation must be provided. Minority and female owned businesses are encouraged to bid. Please price each roof/roof repair separately. Please submit bids marked APACHE RUN ROOFING to Robin Boyd, Executive Director; Clinch Valley Community Action; PO Box 188; North Tazewell, VA 24630 or rboyd@clinchvalleycaa.org. Review of bids will begin on Monday, October 21, 2024. Clinch Valley Community Action reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
Project Discovery orientation with parents
Click here for more info.
Another successful year for the CVCA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program
May 2024
FEDERAL
Returns E-Filed—-613
Returns Paper Filed—-4
Prior Year Returns—-4
Total Tax Returns Filed—-621
Total Amount in Refunds—-$804,255
Average Refund—-$1,295
Total Tax Prep Savings ($250/return)—-$155,250
Total Earned Income Credits—-$272,998
Average Earned Income Credit—-$1,655
Total Child Tax Credit—-$91,765
Average Child Tax Credit—-$1,257
Total Additional Child Tax Credit—-$98,548
Average Additional Child Tax Credit—-$1,589
Total CTC and ACTC—-$190,313
Average Adjusted Gross Income—-$27,595
VIRGINIA
Total Returns Filed—-539
Total Refunds—-$168,206
Single Family Housing Repair Loan & Grant Pilot
What does this program do?
Also known as the Section 504 Home Repair program, this provides loans to very–low–income homeowners to repair, improve, or modernize their homes or provides grants to elderly very–low–income homeowners to remove health and safety hazards.
For Additional Questions or an Application, Contact Sandra Corell at 276-988-5583, ext 348 or email at scorell@clinchvalleycaa.org
RSVP Feature with Serve Virginia
CVCA has been an AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program) site for more than fifty years, coordinating volunteers to serve on-site at food pantries across Tazewell, Russell, and Buchanan counties as well as helping support the thrift stores that accompany some of the food pantries.