PRESS RELEASE
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 2, 2020, INCREASED TELEPHONE SERVICE HOURS ARE MONDAY – FRIDAY, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 P.M. NO IN-PERSON SERVICES, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
MYCAP continues to provide mortgage, rent and utility payments for all Mahoning County (cities, townships) residents. For assistance call 330.747.7921, ext. 1177, and leave the best contact telephone number, the
MYCAP Community Services Team will return your call within 24 hours.
Drop Boxes and program applications with instructions are available outside the MYCAP Office 1325 Fifth Ave., Youngstown.
For more information, please contact our office at 330.747.7921.
Shelia Triplett, MA, LSW, CNAP
Chief Executive Officer
M. Rivers (EPP Auditor), M. Taylor (Support Specialist), D. Janosik (Assessor, QCI), J. Collier (Assessor, QCI)
Winter Crisis Program Begins November 2, 2020 at MYCAP
The Ohio Development Services Agency and Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership (MYCAP) will help income-eligible Ohioans stay warm during the winter months. The Home Energy Assistance Winter Crisis Program provides eligible Ohioans assistance if they ae disconnected with their gas or electric, threatened with disconnection with the gas or the electric or if they have less than a 25 percent supply of bulk fuel or repair of a non-heating furnace. The program runs from November 1,2020 until March 31, 2020.
MYCAP Certified Community Health Workers will work with-in Mahoning County to impact the Social Determinants of Health. A Certified Community Health Worker will be able to make an impact on the family unit as a whole. The need for permanent sustainable life style changes requires a, “meet them where they are approach.” A CHW has a vast knowledge of resources that is used to connect our families to the best possible resource for specific needs. We are able to provide services to the family as a unit and attach to all community resources based on relationships built on trust.