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"To provide economically disadvantaged residents of the greater
development and emergency assistance services needed to
enhance the quality of life, increase self-sufficiency, and reduce the
incidence of poverty." more
development and emergency assistance services needed to
enhance the quality of life, increase self-sufficiency, and reduce the
incidence of poverty." more
Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Inc. (NEON), a private nonprofit
organization, is a community action
agency serving the greater Norwalk area including New Canaan,
Greenwich, Westport, Weston, Wilton and
Darien. Our mission is to reduce the conditions of poverty and to help
low income families and residents to
become self sufficient through the delivery of direct program services
and advocacy at the state, federal and
community level. more
organization, is a community action
agency serving the greater Norwalk area including New Canaan,
Greenwich, Westport, Weston, Wilton and
Darien. Our mission is to reduce the conditions of poverty and to help
low income families and residents to
become self sufficient through the delivery of direct program services
and advocacy at the state, federal and
community level. more
NEON believes any social service program should not be a hand out
but rather a hand up to a better life.
NEON has adopted the motto of, "Give a Man a Fish and He’ll Eat for a
Day, Teach a man How to Fish and He’ll Eat for a lifetime."
more
but rather a hand up to a better life.
NEON has adopted the motto of, "Give a Man a Fish and He’ll Eat for a
Day, Teach a man How to Fish and He’ll Eat for a lifetime."
more
From the days of the earliest settlers, the spirits of helping others has
and populations grew, the church became an important social institution
and helpmate to those less fortunate.
The Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s witnessed the development
of the settlement house, one of the early examples of a physical facility,
other than a church, that served as a center of activity for community
problem-solving.
In the early 1900s, schools began to offer formal training in the
principles and methods of social work, which led to the birth of a new
profession. The great depression of the 1930s overwhelmed the nation's
communities, leaving churches and voluntary social welfare programs
unable to cope with the magnitude of the existing social problems.
Read More...
and populations grew, the church became an important social institution
and helpmate to those less fortunate.
The Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s witnessed the development
of the settlement house, one of the early examples of a physical facility,
other than a church, that served as a center of activity for community
problem-solving.
In the early 1900s, schools began to offer formal training in the
principles and methods of social work, which led to the birth of a new
profession. The great depression of the 1930s overwhelmed the nation's
communities, leaving churches and voluntary social welfare programs
unable to cope with the magnitude of the existing social problems.
Read More...
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Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Inc.
"Making The Case For Change...Engaging The Community To End Poverty"
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