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The Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission (KHCA) is a non-profit, multi-disciplined, social service agency that has been serving Knox, Holmes and Coshocton Counties since 1965. In 1975, service was expanded to residents in Ashland County. The KHCA mission statement is as follows, “Reducing poverty and promoting the establishment or restoration of self-sufficiency.” The agency provides the following services: Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Home Weatherization Assistance Program (HWAP), Emergency Services, Health Services, Dental Services, Head Start, USDA food program, Homeless Shelter, Homeless Prevention Rapid Rehousing (HPRP), Affordable Housing and Senior Services – congregate meals, home delivered meals, transportation, exercise and prescription assistance.

The agency has successfully operated programs in our service area for 55 years. Our Head Start program has won state and regional awards for excellence in promoting oral health. The KHCA Head Start program won the Ohio Head Start Association, Inc. and the Regional Head Start nomination in The Award of Excellence in Promoting Oral Health from 2001-2005 and won the National Head Start Association level in 2004 and 2005. The agency was awarded The Ohio State University’s John Glenn Institute for Public Policy and Public Service Best Practice Award six years. The Institute is recognized and used internationally for its consulting expertise relating to the design and implementation of efficient service delivery systems. The agency has a proven track record of providing services to those most in need.

The agency currently employs 185 team members. As an organization, KHCA is financially stable. It is audited annually by an independent accounting firm, which meets with and reports to the board of directors. KHCA is a low risk auditee and has had finding free audits dating back more than a decade. The range of programs operated by the agency ensures that it is regularly and thoroughly examined by auditors and monitors from all funding sources. All are universal in their praise for the quality of agency programs and the accountability demonstrated.

Clinic Operations

The KHCA Ashland Dental Clinic has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1999. The clinic is under the direction of the dental clinic director, who is supervised by the agency's President. The clinic director manages the day to day operation of the clinic, ensures that staffing levels are optimum for maximum clinic efficiency, directs staff, monitors income and expenses to maintain budgetary integrity and assists with grant writing.