About Operation Threshold

Operation Threshold is a private, nonprofit Community Action Agency serving low to moderate-income families and individuals. Operation Threshold's core program areas include Housing and Weatherization, Family Development, Community Services and WIC*.

A volunteer board of directors governs Operation Threshold. Membership includes representatives from the low-income, public, and private sectors of its service area.

Last year (FY 07), Operation Threshold served 6,719 families (17,029 individuals).

72% of the families served had income at or below 100% of the Federal poverty level (annual income of $20,000 for a family of four).

48% of families served were working.

32% of families received Social Security.

For more information on programs, please see the programs page for your county. To view programs available in your area, click on your county of residence:

Black Hawk County          Buchanan County          Grundy County

If you live outside this three-county region*, click here to locate an Iowa community action agency near you.

*The WIC program also serves Benton, Bremer, and Chickasaw residents. Please see the WIC page for more details.

About Community Action

Operation Threshold is a part of a larger Community Action network. It is one of nearly 1,100 Community Action Agencies across the country and one of eighteen in Iowa. The Community Action movement arose from the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and the nation's declaration of the "war on poverty." Through this act, President Johnson and Congress provided the mechanism for establishing grassroots involvement in the planning and administration of anti-poverty programs.

(c) 2006. Operation Threshold. All rights reserved.                                                            last updated 07/16/2008