For over 60 years Community Action of Southern Indiana (CASI) has been providing a comprehensive approach to addressing the needs of vulnerable citizens while helping them to achieve economic security.  CASI's programs provide critical support in areas such early childhood education, health & wellbeing, housing, financial literacy, and basic needs in Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties.  Southern Hoosiers, like many Americans, face an array of enormous challenges ranging from poverty to disability to lack of decent and affordable housing to lack of adequate employment.  

Community Action Agencies were created by the federal government in 1964 to combat poverty in geographically designated areas. Status as a Community Action Agency is the result of an explicit designation by local or state government.   Community Action Agencies seek to involve the community, including elected public officials, private sector representatives, and especially low-income residents, in assessing local needs and attacking the causes and conditions of poverty.

CASI’s mission is to guide and empower families and communities to reach self-sufficiency and improved well-being, by addressing the root causes of poverty.

CASI’s vision is to foster a better community where people are not only supported, they are valued, encouraged and given opportunities to succeed.