The Home Energy Conservation Program is committed to reducing the energy burdens for the customers of Minneapolis while ensuring the health and safety of their home environment.
The Home Energy Conservation Program is committed to reducing the energy burdens for the customers of Minneapolis while ensuring the health and safety of their home environment.
The Energy Services Programs assists participating households in Minneapolis to maintain affordable, continuous, and safe home energy, while lowering their energy burdens.
The Children & Family Development Programs provides a support system for struggling families, and then helps the family build its own support network. The program and services offered in the division helps families build strength, stability, and resources.



Community Action of Minneapolis provides programs and services for low-income residents of Minneapolis. We are dedicated to helping people improve their lives.
Community Action of Minneapolis identifies, interprets and translates the needs of people with limited resources to key decision makers-that result in greater sensitivity, the elimination of barriers to access and increased opportunities for people with limited resources to experience success in their lives.
Community Action of Minneapolis advocates on behalf of people with limited resources making systems more responsive, shaping public perception and policy, and restoring hope in the people we serve.
It is our hope that after visiting our website you will have a better understanding of the mission that drives the staff and volunteers of Community Action of Minneapolis to make a difference in people's lives.
Highlights*
· The older population (65+) numbered 41.4 million in 2011, an increase of 6.3 million or 18% since 2000.
· The number of Americans aged 45-64 – who will reach 65 over the next two decades – increased by 33% during this period.
· Over one in every eight, or 13.3%, of the population is an older American.
· Persons reaching age 65 have an average life expectancy of an additional 19.2 years (20.4 years for females and 17.8 years for males).
· Older women outnumber older men at 23.4 million older women to 17.9 million older men.