We Were Founded…

“To mobilize and utilize the resources within Mercer County, for the purposes of making a unified attack on poverty, through services, assistance and other activities with an aim toward eliminating poverty, or the cause of poverty by developing employment opportunities, improving human performance, motivation and productivity; and bettering the conditions under which people live, learn and work.”

Toward this end, we:

Conduct programs that make people less dependent and more self-sufficient;
Conduct programs that improve the conditions in which people live;
Conduct programs that help people own a stake in their community;
Create partnerships among supporters and providers of services to low income people;

Increase the organization's capacity to achieve results;
Conduct programs that strengthen family and other support systems;
Enlist the support of all county citizens in combating poverty and its causes; and
Provide decent housing that is affordable to low and moderate-income persons.