| “The Greater Norwalk Area’s Community Action Agency” Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Inc. (NEON a private non-profit organization, is the community action agency serving the greater Norwalk Area including New Canaan, Westport, Weston, Wilton and Darien. |
| Mission |
Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Incorporated (NEON) is
one of twelve community action agencies designated by the State of
Connecticut to provide community development and emergency
assistance services to economically disadvantaged persons residing
in the greater Norwalk area.
The mission of Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Incorporated
(NEON) is as follows:
"To provide economically disadvantaged residents of the greater
Norwalk area with the range of community, social, economic
development and emergency assistance services needed to enhance
quality of life, increase self-sufficiency and reduce the incidence of
poverty."
NEON has worked in support of this mission since 1965. Over the
past thirty years, NEON has efficiently and effectively used its limited
resources to provide low-income, working residents with affordable
quality child care, employment training and job placement assistance,
early childhood education through Head Start and other programs, and
youth development and recreation services.
Over the past thirty years, the NEON network of services has grown to
include successful partnerships with agencies such as the Norwalk
Housing Authority, Carpenters Local 210, Norwalk Community
Technical College and the Norwalk Board of Education. NEON also
has created a network of delegate agencies to provide additional
services to the community. Among these delegate agencies are the
Norwalk Emergency Shelter, the Senior Services Coordinating Council,
the G.W. Carver Foundation and Community Center, the Roodner Court
Neighborhood Center and the, the South Norwalk Community Center.
one of twelve community action agencies designated by the State of
Connecticut to provide community development and emergency
assistance services to economically disadvantaged persons residing
in the greater Norwalk area.
The mission of Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now, Incorporated
(NEON) is as follows:
"To provide economically disadvantaged residents of the greater
Norwalk area with the range of community, social, economic
development and emergency assistance services needed to enhance
quality of life, increase self-sufficiency and reduce the incidence of
poverty."
NEON has worked in support of this mission since 1965. Over the
past thirty years, NEON has efficiently and effectively used its limited
resources to provide low-income, working residents with affordable
quality child care, employment training and job placement assistance,
early childhood education through Head Start and other programs, and
youth development and recreation services.
Over the past thirty years, the NEON network of services has grown to
include successful partnerships with agencies such as the Norwalk
Housing Authority, Carpenters Local 210, Norwalk Community
Technical College and the Norwalk Board of Education. NEON also
has created a network of delegate agencies to provide additional
services to the community. Among these delegate agencies are the
Norwalk Emergency Shelter, the Senior Services Coordinating Council,
the G.W. Carver Foundation and Community Center, the Roodner Court
Neighborhood Center and the, the South Norwalk Community Center.
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| Norwalk, CT 06854 Phone: 203-899-2483 Fax: 203.899.2430 Email: admin@neon-norwalk.org |
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