To empower and advocate for people to enhance their self-sufficincy by maximizing community resources in urban and rural communities and the general population of dodge, fillmore, freeborn, houston, mower, steele, and winona counties of minnesota in order to combat various forms of poverty, disease, malnutrition, unemployment and energy shortages and fulfill other common needs by developing employment opportunities, increasing the availability of decent, safe, afforable housing, improving human performance, motivation, productivity and bettering the conditions under which people live, learn, and work.