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We are Community Action Partnership of
the Greater Dayton Area. This year, we celebrate the 43
years of helping people and chnging lives. We have been
in inception since beginning of the War of Poverty, when
Lyndon B. Johnson passed and signed The Economic Opportunity
Act, providing for the creation of Community Action Agencies.
We were established as a non-profit corporation
in December, 1964 as The Supporting Council of Preventive
Effort (SCOPE). The name was later changed to the Community
Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area on April 16,
2003, to better reflect what this agency is and what it
does. Community Action Partnership has as its mission
to work with local communities to eliminate the causes and
conditions of poverty and to promote individual independence
and self-sufficiency.
We provide programs and services in Butler, Darke, Greene,
Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren Counties. Taken together,
this seven county area encompasses over 3,000 square miles.
We are the largest and most geographically diverse Community
Action service area in the State of Ohio. The communities
we serve range from rural farming communities, to suburbs,
to the urban inner city. As an agency, we are constantly
reminded of this great diversity as we develop and implement
programs and services to achieve our mission. Poverty has
no "one size fits all" solution. A wide range
of programming is carefully designed to serve the specific
community needs identified in each county within our area.
The agency is able to provide programming to single persons,
families, pre-school children, youth and older adults. Programs
range from housing and utility assistance, to youth and
elderly services.
Our seven county service area is home to
nearly 1,400,000 persons. Of these, 121,000 (nearly 9%)
live in poverty. During the year 2006 Community Action Partnership
provided services to benefit more than 50,000 individuals
and families. As we look to the future we anticipate that
the need for our services will continue to grow, as economies
change and with it the face of poverty. Recent studies show
that poverty in our area is again on the increase after
a period of decline. These changes and demands for help
within our community make what we do- move people from merely
surviving to thriving- a necessity and great honor!
Additional Related Information:
-- CAP Board of Trustees
-- Agency Funding
-- 2003 Needs Assessment
-- Lyndon B. Johnson's
War on Poverty
-- Links to sites related
to CAP
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