In addition to CEOC’s direct service program areas, CEOC is active in public policy advocacy initiatives to eliminate poverty's causes and impacts. CEOC is a member and in some cases key leader of state-wide coalitions and associations that work on improving benefits' access and eligibility for: food stamps; TANF; comprehensive family planning and HIV/AIDS clinical and educational services; health care access and affordablitiy; preservation, maintenance and development of affordable housing; affordable child care for working families; earned income and child tax credit expansion and asset building opportunities.