NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY

NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY TO ACT AS THE PRIMARY ADVOCATE FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE CAUSES, CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY WITHIN ITS CONSTITUTIONAL COUNTIES; MOBILIZE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOSTER SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR LOW INCOME PERSONS; MOTIVATE AND PREPARE THE LOW-INCOME, ELDERLY, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A WIDE RANGE OF RELEVANT AND INNOVATIVE SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS; DEVELOP A SENSE OF DIGNITY AND STRENGTH AMONG THE LOW INCOME, ELDERLY, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OR OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED THROUGH THE PLANNING AND PARTICIPATION OF THE LOW-INCOME, ELDERLY OR OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED, THROUGH THE ELEVEN COUNTY AREA.