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Form 1095-C to employees for tax year 2025

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Regarding form 1095-C to employees for tax year 2025 Form 1095-C “Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage” is a document reporting your health coverage details for the tax year.  This form is provided by the Agency each year and is separate from your W-2 form. The Paperwork Burden Reduction Act and IRS Notice 2025-15 allows Employers to use…

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Apply for Energy Assistance/LIHEAP

Apply Online at this link – https://liheap-apply.hhs.iowa.gov/s/ – click on where it says Check Eligibility To apply in person, over the phone, or by mail see our Energy Assistance Webpage for more information. If you need immediate assistance with utilities, please contact your local center.

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Apply for Head Start

Online Application for Head Start and Early Head Start Or contact any of the Head Start Locations Parent Update Letters can be found on our main Head Start webpage. Description of Programs Classroom Locations and Facebook links For More Information and Reports

Whole Health and SDOH…

This touches on Social Determinates of Health (SDOH). Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn,…

Support Us Through Droppett Can Redemption

Burlington started a new way of recycling in 2025 with Droppett. We signed up and you can now easily donate to our agency when recycling! If you already use Droppett: on your account dashboard, click “Donate Now”, search our name “Community Action of Southeast Iowa”, then choose “Donate.” You can set up an account here: https://droppett.com/ If you don’t want…

January is Poverty Awareness Month

The current official poverty measure was developed in the mid 1960s by Mollie Orshansky, a staff economist at the Social Security Administration. Poverty thresholds were derived from the cost of a minimum food diet multiplied by three to account for other family expenses. – US CensusTo learn more about poverty:

Helping People, Changing Lives

How are people’s lives changed at Community Action of Southeast Iowa? Lives are changed in a myriad of ways through our agency. Financial stressors are relieved, children are provided safe and wholesome care and education, families have the security of knowing they will have their food need met as they transition between jobs, hope is grasped as a family development specialist comes…

Holiday Closures Winter 2025

For Christmas The following locations will also be closed in addition to the above dates: Head Start and Early Head Start will be closed for the holidays December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026. All Locations will be closed for Thanksgiving The following locations will also be closed in addition to the above dates:

Tolson WIC Open House

Thanks to those who joined us at our Open House! Original Post: The Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has changed locations in Mount Pleasant. Community Action of Southeast Iowa has had a center in Mount Pleasant since 1968. We have been in the Tolson Center at 1303 West Washington Street for decades. When Head Start moved…

Paint-A-Thon Applications – Fort Madison & Keokuk

Do you know someone in need of a house painting? Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 Fort Madison Paint-A-Thon and NEW in 2026 Keokuk Paint-A-Thon! Who is eligible? Applications and details are available on Community Action’s Paint-A-Thon Webpage: https://caofseia.org/events/paint-a-thon/ Fort Madison Applications are due March 1, 2026. Keokuk applications are due April 1, 2026.

WIC Update 10/23/2025

WIC Update as of 10/23/2025 per WIC Director for Community Action of Southeast Iowa Sarah Leichty: As of right now, there will be no disruption in WIC benefits for families in November! Please give our office a call at 319-209-2850 in Burlington or 563-283-6030 in Muscatine if you need to schedule an appointment or if you don’t have your November…