CAP Services, Inc.

| MISSION &
CORE VALUES

The mission of CAP Services is to bring about a permanent increase in the ability of low-income individuals to become economically and emotionally self-sufficient.

To reflect its mission, CAP Services’ Board has adopted the following core values:

All residents of our service area who work full-time should earn a living wage, i.e., a wage
sufficient to move a household of three above the poverty guidelines.

All residents of our service area should have access to adequate and affordable health care in their communities

All residents of our service area should have access to adequate and affordable housing in their communities.

All residents of our service area should have access to quality and affordable child development and child care services.

All residents of our service area should have access to life-long learning opportunities to increase their skills and earnings and to provide Wisconsin employers with a skilled workforce capable of competing in a worldwide economy.

All residents of our service area have the right to live violence-free and be supported in that right by the communities in which they live.

Access to affordable capital and credit is essential to building healthy communities and healthy families.

Community and economic development efforts targeted to low-income individuals can increase their self-sufficiency, their rate of asset accumulation and benefit the communities in which they live.

New, locally-based holistic approaches are necessary to address the multi-faceted barriers facing low-income households in their efforts to become self-sufficient.

Local partnerships between CAP Services and other entities will promote more effective and efficient anti-poverty program design and implementation.

Community Action Agencies are the best local catalyst for bringing together the public, private and low-income sectors in communities to design and implement local anti-poverty strategies.