Our Goals:
- To do such things as are necessary or desirable for advancing the general welfare of the people of Haywood and Jackson Counties (and surrounding area thereof).
- To develop and implement comprehensive programs which will be designed to improve the social, economic, educational, health, emotional and environmental aspects of the lives of the families and individuals eligible to participate in programs in Haywood and Jackson Counties.
- To involve disadvantaged people in planning and carrying out all programs that deal with their problems.
- To develop new types of services and innovative approaches in attacking causes of poverty.
- Better organization of a range of services related to the needs of the community.
Did you know:
- MPI serves more than 7000 clients per month.
- 97% of the clients served by MPI are the working poor, disabled, elderly or handicapped.
- MPI employees 148 staff members.
- MPI maintains offices in Sylva and Waynesville
- MPI operates 32 grants for its 21 programs.
- MPI sells meals in the seven Western Counties to generate funds to decrease public monies used for over head costs.
- MPI utilizes more than 1800 volunteers each year.
- MPI completes a community assessment every three years to survey public opinion on the needs for services in the community.
- MPI’s annual budget is in excess of 10 million dollars.
- In 1965, MPI was chartered as a nonprofit agency. We were founded in October of that year as part of President Johnson's War on Poverty.
- Our first grant was from the Office of Economic Opportunity in the amount of $52,021. Current revenues are over $10,000,000.
- Operation Medicare Alert was the first program, followed by the Neighborhood Youth Corps and Head Start.
- In 1976 two of our Head Start teachers were the first in this state to earn their CDA certificates.
- Our Executive Directors have been: Bruce Wike, Jeffrey McArthur, George Carpenter, Sara Q. Brown, Bob Leatherwood and, currently Patsy Dowling.
- Our Housing Section 8 department currently serves 685 families in Haywood County!
Mountain Projects Community Action Agency.
The Mission
“Mountain Projects Community Action Agency changes people's lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes Haywood and Jackson Counties a better place to live.”
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BROAD BASED COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION
Mountain Projects has a Board of Directors with 18 members representing three distinct groups. First, as was envisioned from the outset, representatives of low income target area communities provide an avenue for those most affected by the conditions of poverty to have input into planning programs to address the community's needs. Secondly, representatives from other organizations that provide services to the community comprise the second third of the membership and provide their critical input into developing new, complementary programs to address community needs. Thirdly, elected officials representing Haywood and Jackson Counties including towns and municipalities, constitute the remainder of the Board membership. Their support of the work of Mountain Projects is key to its success.
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Mountain Projects, Inc. is qualified as a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is licensed by the State of North Carolina. Contributions to Mountain Projects, Inc. are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
It is the policy of Mountain Projects, Inc. to assure compliance with Title VI of the Civi Rights Act of 1964. We seek to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability, be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity operated by the organization.
Mountain Projects is a community based non-profit organization, founded in 1965 as a Community Action Agency, that provides vital services to the elderly, disadvantaged and general public in Western North Carolina. It was begun as part of the "War On Poverty" with a $52,000 Office of Economic Opportunity grant and a pilot summer Head Start program. Since then the agency has grown to an annual budget of nine million dollars, a staff of 140, and provides a broad diversity of services to the community in response to its changing needs.
2251 Old Balsam Road Waynesville NC 28786
Phone:(828)452-1447
Fax/TDD:(828)452-9454
25 Schulman Street Sylva NC 28779
Phone:(828)586-2345
Fax:(828)586-9401
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