The Community Action Agency (a partnership) is a nonprofit agency established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to fight America's War on Poverty. DCCAA helps people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency. The Community Action Partnership was established in 1971 as the National Association of Community Action Agencies (NACAA) and is the national organization representing the interests of the 1,000 Community Action Agencies (CAA's) working to fight poverty at the local level.