History

Consumer Protection Association (CPA) is a private non-profit 501c3 organization. CPA grew out of a faith-based organization in 1967 by a committed community conscious group of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church whose efforts were dedicated to advocacy and economic empowerment of low-income residents of greater Cleveland. CPA, a United Way agency since 1971 was started With a three (3) year grant from the Cleveland Foundation.

Solomon Harge, Executive Director, of Consumer Protection Association, for over thirty-five (35) years, has been on the forefront of CPA, a private non-profit, comprehensive, consumer organization serving greater Cleveland. CPA provides consumer education, energy counseling, financial literacy, money management legal referral services, mortgage counseling and offers two (2) representative payee programs. CPA has served over two (2) million people.