SEVCA-Southeastern VT Community Action

Southeastern Vermont Community Action opened its doors in 1965 in Bellows Falls, VT to serve the low-income population of Windham and Windsor Counties.

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SEVCA’s mission was founded on the belief that poverty need not be a permanent condition, that people can be empowered to rise out of poverty, and that the strength of our communities is measured by the quality of life of everyone within them.

Family Services and crisis resolution would become part of the core of the organization’s services, integrating Crisis Fuel Assistance and Food Stamp Outreach. Weatherization, Head Start and Micro Business were incorporated into SEVCA’s key departments.

Many of the earliest programs launched by SEVCA became well-established: Carpentry for Women, Action for Children, Youth Corps, Food Commodities and food shelves, and much more.

Today, SEVCA employs a staff of approximately 100 employees, address the comparably wide range of poverty-related needs, in the areas of crisis intervention, affordable housing / homelessness prevention, home energy costs, business startup and support, education and skills training, early childhood development, family support, parenting, food and nutrition, affordable clothing / household needs, income budgeting / savings, information & referral, and service coordination.

March 2021 SEVCA receives donation from the Friends of Bernie Sanders “Mittens Meme”