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Mission and Vision Statements

Mission Statement

Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership helps at-risk individuals and families meet their basic needs and increase independence through support and education.

E.I.C.A.P. Vision

Eastern Idaho Community Action Partnership is widely recognized by the public as an organization that makes a difference in peoples' lives. EICAP creates opportunities for all people to reach their highest level of independence and self-sufficiency. EICAP Board of Directors, staff and volunteers work together to expand our role and impact in the community by responding to local needs.

* As approved by E.I.C.A.P.'s Board of Directors 2006

Agency Values

  • Empowerment: EICAP believes in empowering our customers with the skills, means, and opportunities to achieve maximum independence and self-sufficiency. We will design services and processes that empower people to take responsibility for their lives.
  • Opportunity: EICAP believes in the personal development of our customers. Everyone can move to a better place in life; EICAP creates and provides options for success.
  • Respect: EICAP values the dignity of all human beings and seeks to treat all with kindness and respect.
  • Working Together: EICAP Board of Directors sets the mission, vision, and goals for the organization and works with the staff and the community to accomplish the partnership’s mission.
  • Continuous Learning: EICAP believes a well-trained organization is best able to serve our customers. We continuously work on the personal and professional growth of Board, staff, volunteers and customers.
  • Accountability: EICAP believes in operating fiscally responsible and compliant programs focused on outcomes.
  • Integrity: EICAP Board and Staff believe that integrity means living by the values we hold. We ask to be shown where our actions conflict with these values.

 

The Promise of Community Action

Community Action changes people's lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.

Community Action Code of Ethics

We, as community action professionals, dedicate ourselves to eliminating poverty in the midst of plenty in this nation by opening to everyone the opportunity for education and training; the opportunity for work; and the opportunity to live in decency and dignity; and with respect for cultural diversity, commit ourselves to:

  • Recognize that the chief function of the community action movement at all times is to serve the best interests of the poor, thereby serving the best interests of all people.
  • Accept as a personal duty the responsibility to keep up to date on emerging issues and to conduct ourselves with professional competence, fairness, impartiality, efficiency, and effectiveness.
  • Respect the structure and responsibilities of the board of directors, provide them with facts and advice as a basis for their making policy decisions, and uphold and implement policies adopted by the board of directors.
  • Keep the community informed about issues affecting the poor; facilitate communication by the poor with locally elected public officials and the private sector.
  • Conduct our organizational and operational duties with positive leadership exemplified by open communication, creativity, dedication, and compassion.
  • Exercise whatever discretionary authority we have under the law to promote the interest of the poor.
  • Lead the community action movement with respect, concern, courtesy, and responsiveness, recognizing that service to the poor is beyond service to oneself.
  • Demonstrate the highest standards of personal integrity, truthfulness, honesty, and fortitude in all our community action activities in order to inspire confidence and trust in the community action movement.
  • Serve in such a way that we do not realize undue personal gain from the performance of our professional duties.
  • Avoid any interest or activity that is in conflict with the conduct of official duties.
  • Respect and protect privileged information to which we have access in the course of official duties.
  • Strive for professional excellence and encourage the professional development of our associates, including those seeking to become certified community action professionals.