Community Action Program Legal Services Inc.

Community Action Program Legal Services Inc., doing business as Caplaw, is a non-profit organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with a tax-exempt corporate structure. Registered in SAM.gov since 2006, the organization specializes in providing training and technical assistance (T/TA) to community-based organizations, focusing primarily on supporting Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) eligible entities. Although limited information is available about the organization's comprehensive mission, its federal grant awards suggest a dedicated commitment to strengthening and educating community action programs through specialized legal and operational support services.

Caplaw has consistently received federal grant awards from the Office of Community Services, specifically focused on implementing national training and technical assistance strategies. Their most recent grant award (90ET0505), received on September 30, 2023, and running through September 29, 2026, continues their established work of supporting, stabilizing, educating, and training CSBG eligible entities while promoting exemplary practices and policies. The cooperative agreement-type grants indicate that Caplaw works closely with federal agencies to develop and deliver comprehensive educational and legal resources for community action organizations. Their previous grant (90ET0482), which ran from September 30, 2020, to September 29, 2023, followed a nearly identical structure, suggesting a sustained and successful approach to providing critical support and guidance to community service organizations across the United States.