We are Marion-Polk’s anti-poverty professionals and the area’s leading non-profit social services provider. Since our founding, we've seen many challenges and worked to meet them with innovative, evidence-based programs and a research-centric approach. Together, we are creating positive social change and addressing our community’s most pressing needs. Pioneering Anti-Poverty EffortsPoverty has many impacts, among them, unstable housing, costly bills, poor nutrition, and a lack of education. And too often, just one of these issues leads to another. In this cycle, becoming self-sufficient can ...