The specific purpose of the corporation is to serve, facilitate, and build community through education, outreach, and sustained human development. Our social and economic development activities and programs will include but will not be limited to addressing interrelated social problems, including poverty, domestic violence, child abuse, teen pregnancy, family disintegration, academic underachievement, substance abuse, delinquency, crime, and health problems; to encourage economic revitalization in the areas such as housing, senior care/day care and employment; to foster further development by forming partnerships with schools, mental health care agencies, community groups, municipal governments, public housing authorities, and other social services providers that have the desire and capacity to implement effective programs; to promote and encourage the development of a sense of purpose and accomplishment in the disadvantaged and less fortunate.