Community Action Opportunities is a Community Action Agency founded in 1964 to confront and solve the problems that cause poverty. It serves over 3,700 individuals through programs like Head Start, Life Works, and Weatherization, helping people gain skills and move out of poverty. The Life Works program focuses on building skills for work and uses Ruby Payne's framework to teach participants the hidden rules needed to move from poverty to the middle class, with the help of coaches and collaboration across social services, education, and business.