Our Mission Statement
Camden County Council On Economic Opportunity, Inc. (Camden County OEO) utilizes federal, state and local resources to uplift the underprivileged, poor, handicapped, uneducated, unskilled, or otherwise disadvantaged persons, and helps them achieve self-sufficiency. By providing programs and services, Camden County OEO strives to eliminate poverty as a destructive force in our society.
Camden County OEO will fulfill its purpose by:
Camden County Council On Economic Opportunity, Inc. (Camden County OEO) utilizes federal, state and local resources to uplift the underprivileged, poor, handicapped, uneducated, unskilled, or otherwise disadvantaged persons, and helps them achieve self-sufficiency. By providing programs and services, Camden County OEO strives to eliminate poverty as a destructive force in our society.
Camden County OEO will fulfill its purpose by:
- Strengthening the agency and community planning capabilities for strategies related to the elimination of poverty.
- Monitoring the economics and delivery of social services related to the needs of the poor.
- Advocating helping residents overcome particular problems in a way that validates self-sufficiency.
- Developing and implementing programs/projects to encourage participation in the decision-making process of institutions affecting lives.
- Helping to ensure those programs/projects are utilized by their intended recipients.
- Ensuring that Camden County residents gain and maintain accessibility to adequate, sanitary and safe housing.
- Placing special emphasis on the construction and or renovation of decent, affordable housing.
- Supporting all efforts directed at the elimination of poverty.
- Dedicating time to provide and promote employment opportunities.
- Encouraging and generating support for self-help groups focusing on self-sufficiency.