Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency

What Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency does

Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency (CLMCAA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 510 Ashmun Street, Suite #4 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. It delivers a consolidated portfolio of anti-poverty social services to low-income individuals and families across Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Core programs include Early Childhood Programs (Head Start and Early Head Start), Weatherization Assistance, Housing Services (including emergency shelter), Senior Services (Meals on Wheels, Congregate Meals, In-Home Personal Care, Adult Day Care, and a Loan Closet), a Food Pantry, Diaper Bank, Transportation, and Emergency Services. Services are delivered at no cost to eligible residents through ten or more physical locations distributed across the three-county service area.

The agency's operating model is grant-funded rather than revenue-generating: services are provided at no cost to eligible low-income community members, with funding drawn from federal sources (CSBG, Head Start, LIHEAP, USDA) and state/local sources. It employs 51-100 staff across administrative, programmatic, and direct-service roles. The technology footprint is minimal — a WordPress-based content management site (cms.clmcaa.org) for program information, online applications, and donations, plus Jotform-based client intake and job application forms. There is no proprietary platform, app, or disclosed API.

The go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer service delivery within a geographically defined catchment area, supplemented by community outreach and partnerships with local organizations. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and operates independently with no parent company or external equity backing. Competitive position rests on its federally designated status as the Community Action Agency for the region, which functions as a de facto regulatory franchise for delivering CSBG-funded programs.

Name

Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency

Legal name

Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency

Website

https://cms.clmcaa.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CLMCAA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Community Action Agency delivering Head Start, housing, senior, weatherization, food, and transportation services to low-income residents of Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, funded primarily by federal and state grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food Services (624210), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Rural, Tribal & Special-Population Housing Programs (FSALAKAL), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Community social services
• Early childhood education
• Housing assistance
• Senior services
• Anti-poverty programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sault Sainte Marie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency (CLM CAA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that delivers a coordinated suite of social services to low-income residents of Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Programs include Early Childhood Programs (Head Start and Early Head Start), Weatherization Assistance, Housing and Emergency Shelter, Senior Services (Congregate Meals, Meals on Wheels, In-Home Personal Care, Adult Day Care), Food Pantry, Diaper Bank, and Transportation Services. The agency operates from multiple community-based locations to attack poverty and improve self-sufficiency.

Product overview

Chippewa-Luce-Mackinac Community Action Agency is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing a portfolio of social services to low-income individuals and families in Michigan's Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac counties. The organization offers a coordinated suite of programs including Early Childhood Programs (Head Start), Weatherization Assistance, Housing Services, Senior Services (including Meals on Wheels), Food Pantry, Diaper Bank, and Transportation. These services work together to attack poverty by eliminating barriers, increasing opportunities, and supporting self-sufficiency. The agency operates multiple locations throughout the region and serves as a central hub for community assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Head Start: Head Start and Early Head Start programs for early childhood education
• Senior Nutrition Program

Products and services

• Early Childhood Programs

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• National Community Action Partnership: National umbrella organization for 1,000+ Community Action Agencies including CLM CAA. Representative of the federally supported network CLM CAA belongs to and sets programmatic standards for CSAP-eligible entities.
• Michigan Association of Community Action Agencies: The statewide trade association for Michigan's Community Action Agencies. An industry body / ecosystem peer that supports CLM CAA and its counterparts with training, advocacy, and federal pass-through coordination.

Broad incumbents

• The Salvation Army: Large national nonprofit delivering a comparable suite of social services (housing, food assistance, senior services, emergency relief). A broader, established peer operating across the same service domains as CLM CAA but at a national scale.
• Catholic Charities USA: National network of Catholic Charities agencies providing housing, food, senior, and family social services nationwide. Comparable broad incumbent with overlapping anti-poverty service categories.
• United Way Worldwide: National network focused on community resource coordination, fundraising, and funding local social service programs. Comparable as a funder/convener of community services in CLM CAA's service territory.
• Goodwill Industries International: National nonprofit network focused on workforce, community, and social services for low-income populations. Broader peer in the antipoverty/social-services space, with overlapping donor and volunteer infrastructure.

Regional players

• Michigan 2-1-1: Michigan's statewide community information and referral helpline, which CLM CAA directories point users toward. An adjacent regional peer rather than direct competitor; coordinates with CLM CAA on referrals for emergency shelter, housing, food and utility assistance.

Direct peers

• Copper Country Community Action Programs: A UP-Michigan Community Action Agency serving Houghton/Keweenaw counties. Closest geographic peer to CLM CAA, with matching rural/UP service environment and similar antipoverty program suite.
• Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency: A Michigan-based Community Action Agency delivering Head Start, housing, senior, and emergency services across multiple counties. Directly comparable to CLM CAA in mission, federal funding stack, and service portfolio.
• EightCAP, Inc. Another Michigan Community Action Agency administering Head Start, housing, energy/weatherization, and family self-sufficiency programs in central Michigan. Operates with the same federal grant mix and program menu as CLM CAA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/saultcommunityaction

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Funding overview

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