Northwest Wisconsin Community Services Agency, Inc. (NWCSA) is a private non-profit entity incorporated under Wisconsin Statues on the 16th day of May 1967 in accordance with the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.  An 18 member Board of Directors representing interest, low-income and government sectors govern the NWCSA. An Executive Director has been appointed by the Board of Directors to act on behalf of NWCSA and to manage the operations of the organization. NWCSA is a federally funded agency and is also the recipient of State passthrough and local governmental funds.

The NWCSA service delivery area (SDA) covers the five Northwestern Wisconsin counties of Douglas, Ashland, Bayfield, Iron and Price. The SDA comprises of a primarily rural population of 97,849 individuals (2000 census count) and extends over an area of 5,833 square miles.  The SDA of NWCSA includes over 100 communities and the cities of Superior and Ashland.

NWCSA as a community-based organization is dedicated to the betterment of life of the low-income residents in its SDA. Wide arrays of programs are offered by way of assistance to alleviate the needs of the disadvantaged. The programs administered by NWCSA include Energy Assistance, Homeless Programs & Services, Food Pantries, TEFAP, WIC, Transportation Assistance, Judicare, RSVP, Free Store, Emergency Assistance, Rental Rehab and others.

The ongoing mission of NWCSA is to secure all available resources, local, state and federal, to enable low income and disadvantaged persons of all ages to attain the skills, knowledge and motivation that are needed to become self-sufficient.

As a non-profit organization, dedicated to serve the low income of Douglas, Ashland, Bayfield, Iron and Price Counties of Northwestern Wisconsin, we are continually striving to improve all programs to meet the needs of the low income and their communities.

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