Who We Are
Our Mission
In his first State of the Union address as an elected President .. (see below)
The mission of Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency is to empower low-income individuals and strengthen communities through diverse services, leadership and collaboration.
Our Purpose
Wayne Metro Community Action Agency is a non-profit agency with 501(c)(3) status. As the Community Action Agency for the forty-two communities in Out-Wayne County, Wayne Metro offers an extensive series of support programs and services to income-eligible community residents. Our programs and services encompass four focus areas: Community Support Services, Homeless Programs, Youth and Family Services and Community Development.
Wayne Metro is advised by five Regional Advisory Councils which assist the agency in identifying and assessing the current and future needs of the communities we serve. Each council elects one of its members to serve as a voting member of the agency's Board of Directors.
The agency operates under a tripartite Board of Directors that is equally represented by the private, public, and consumer sectors.
Our History
Community Action Agencies (CAAs) are non-profit, private and public organizations established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to fight America's War of Poverty. Community Action Agencies help people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency. Today there are approximately 1,000 Community Action Agencies in the United States.
In his first State of the Union address as an elected president, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlines the Great Society, his own extensive legislative program to raise the quality of American life. The program soon began to materialize into one of the most fruitful legislative eras in U.S. history. Congress, against muted opposition, enacted a new housing bill, a Medicare program to help provide medical care for the ederly, and additional anti-poverty measures including Community Action Programs. Other legislation protected the voting rights of southern blacks, created a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, and abolished the immigration quota system. Johnson's appropriation bills for secondary and higher education - a pet project of the former schoolteacher - sent aid to almost every school system in the county.