Coastal Plain Area EOA, Inc. began as a Program Development Grant from the
Office of Economic Opportunity, and was awarded to the Coastal Plain Area
Planning and Development Commission on January 14, 1965. This grant enabled
a program developer to begin the groundwork for the development of a community
organization to serve the poor and elderly. This work led to the incorporation of the
Coastal Plain Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. on April 8, 1966, under
the laws of the State of Georgia, as a private non-profit corporation serving the ten
counties of the coastal plain area of Georgia Effective April 1, 1966 the Agency
superseded the area planning and development commission as the office of
economic opportunity grantee.
Office of Economic Opportunity, and was awarded to the Coastal Plain Area
Planning and Development Commission on January 14, 1965. This grant enabled
a program developer to begin the groundwork for the development of a community
organization to serve the poor and elderly. This work led to the incorporation of the
Coastal Plain Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. on April 8, 1966, under
the laws of the State of Georgia, as a private non-profit corporation serving the ten
counties of the coastal plain area of Georgia Effective April 1, 1966 the Agency
superseded the area planning and development commission as the office of
economic opportunity grantee.
As a human services program, Coastal Plain Area EOA, Inc. has invested over
$215 million dollars of federal, state, and local funds during the past 44 years into
the ten counties it serves to help the poor and elderly overcome the hardships
and restraints of poverty. The Agency has been instrumental in mobilizing local,
state, federal and private resources to keep services in step with the communities
needs, and has provided funding and administrative expertise to numerous
community services organizations and institutions in the coastal plain area.
$215 million dollars of federal, state, and local funds during the past 44 years into
the ten counties it serves to help the poor and elderly overcome the hardships
and restraints of poverty. The Agency has been instrumental in mobilizing local,
state, federal and private resources to keep services in step with the communities
needs, and has provided funding and administrative expertise to numerous
community services organizations and institutions in the coastal plain area.
Coastal Plain Area EOA, Inc. seeks to promote the social and economic
development of the citizens of the second and eighth U.S. Congressional Districts
of the State of Georgia, as the are presently apportioned, particularly with respect
to those citizens who are impoverished or otherwise depressed, or deprived of
benefits for general economic prosperity and well-being in the United States and
the State of Georgia.
development of the citizens of the second and eighth U.S. Congressional Districts
of the State of Georgia, as the are presently apportioned, particularly with respect
to those citizens who are impoverished or otherwise depressed, or deprived of
benefits for general economic prosperity and well-being in the United States and
the State of Georgia.
In pursuance of this goal, it is the function and purpose of this corporation to
provide services, assistance and other activities designed to reduce and eliminate
poverty and its causes in the coastal plain area by developing employment
opportunities, improving human performance, motivation and productivity; and
generally by bettering the conditions under which people in the area live, learn and
work.
provide services, assistance and other activities designed to reduce and eliminate
poverty and its causes in the coastal plain area by developing employment
opportunities, improving human performance, motivation and productivity; and
generally by bettering the conditions under which people in the area live, learn and
work.
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