We work like an emergency room of social services and you don’t have to make an appointment. By providing for immediate safety net needs, we can ensure that further crisis can be avoided or that the client is stabilized in order to get further help with a specialized nonprofit. Our services begin with a personal interview, referrals, and specific resources (food, clothing and financial help).

We are supported by local churches, corporations and foundations, individuals, “in-kind” donations and a volunteer force of 250. Services are administered at 2 donated locations on church properties and serves 70,000 people annually with 10 full time and 3 part time staff. We provide food, clothing, utility assistance, prescription assistance, ID recovery (vital for help with housing, insurance and employment), a free place to receive mail, and transportation to medical appointments or bus passes for the newly employed.

We serve the working poor that may only make ends meet on a monthly basis and may not qualify for government programs, but have a short-term need. We also work with chronically vulnerable due to disabilities, poverty, abuse, substance abuse issues, age, illness, etc. These individuals need an organization like CAM to provide for many resources and to connect them to social service programs working on the systemic issue.