A Community Action Agency is a nonprofit organization that conducts a wide variety of social services in order to help low-income people break the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act which created Community Action Agencies (CAAs). The Act grew out of the belief that low-income people know best what their community’s challenges are and how to work together to overcome them. CAAs sponsor food banks, programs for the elderly, youth programs, legal services, affordable housing, home repair and job training. CAAs are funded through a combination of federal state and local grants, and donations from individuals. Federal funding for CAAs comes from the Community Service Block Grant Program.