Our Mission
Our mission is to affirm the dignity of all individuals, families, and communities and to facilitate their development with opportunities to determine and achieve their own goals. The Union - Snyder Community Action Agency works in partnership with consumers, agencies, and communities to address and alleviate the causes and impacts of poverty.
Main Functions
As a Community Action Agency, our two main functions are:
1. To provide self-sufficiency
and stability services tolow-income individuals includingthe homeless, the working poor,the unemployed, and those unable to work.
2. To provide community education, organization,revitalization, and development services to assistresidents and communities in addressing local needs.
ABOUT US
History
The Union - Snyder Community Action Agency was formed in 1979 through a joint effort of the Union and Snyder County Commissioners and concerned citizens. The Joinder Board of Commissioners has governed the Union - Snyder Community Action Agency since its inception, with input from an Advisory Committee of community, low-income, and local government representatives. Agency funding comes from local, state, and federal sources.
Please visit the Snyder County, Pennsylvania website at: www.snydercounty.org