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 as 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 and disability to a shortage of affordable housing and a 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. By engaging elected officials, private sector partners, and low-income residents, Community Action Agencies lead the charge in assessing local needs and dismantling the conditions that create 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.