We Fight Poverty
History
“Because it is right, because it is wise, and because, for the first time in our history, it is possible to conquer poverty.”
–President Lyndon B. Johnson, March 16, 1964
The Economic Opportunity Act was signed into legislation in 1964. It was known as President Johnson’s “War on Poverty.”
In 1967, Butler, Harvey and Greenwood County Community Action Programs incorporated to become the Mid-Kansas CAP, Inc.
Starting in 1996 expansion efforts began that have resulted to what is now a nineteen county service area. The Community Service Department has grown from three (3) to nineteen (19) counties.
In 1996 the agency also became a Community Housing Development Organization. Sixteen (16) housing units have been built in Greenwood, Butler, Chase and Cowley County. Another house in Cowley County was donated to the Agency by Cowley Community College.
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Programs
Community Services
Homeless Prevention
Mid-Kansas Community Action provides a variety of community services that are designed to deliver practical, specific assistance to the people who need it most.
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"Mid-Kansas Community Action Program assists people in poverty move towards self-reliance through advocacy, education, training and housing in the counties we serve"
“To serve a diverse set of customers by expanding anti-poverty services through in-house capabilities and an active partnership network in the counties we serve.”
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