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MISSION:
"To Eliminate the Causes and Conditions of Poverty in the Land of Plenty"
HISTORY
AJFC Community Action, Inc. (AJFC) was chartered by the State of Mississippi as a private non-profit corporation, Adams Jefferson Improvement Corporation (AJIC), to meet the requirements of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, in August 1966. It acquired 501(c)3 status from the Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit corporation in 1967.
Initially, AJIC served just Adams and Jefferson counties. In 1976 it began providing HEAD START services in Amite, Pike and Wilkinson counties(Pike county was later dropped). In January 1978, the name changed to AJFC Community Action Agency,Inc. with services expanding to Claiborne and Franklin counties. In January of 1982 services were extended to Lawrence and Lincoln counties and to Copiah county in 1983.
Since it's beginning, AJIC/AJFC Community Action Agency, Inc. has operated over 50 programs and administered over $100,000,000.00 serving thousands of clients in Southwest Mississippi. Many of these clients have become economically self-sufficient, thus making Southwest Mississippi a greater community.
AJFC is governed by a twenty-one (21) member Board of Directors who represent the public, private and poor sectors of Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, and Lincoln counties. Each county being represented by three (3) members.
-BOARD OF DIRECTORS-
OFFICERS:
Alderman Kenneth Coffie, Chairman
Supervisor Billy J. Boutwell, Vice Chairman
Ms. Shirley Sandifer, Secretary
Adams County
Mrs. Barbara Bruce, Target Sector
Mr. Laroy Hillard, Public Sector
Claiborne County
Rev. Roosevelt Harried, Target Sector
Supervisor Martha Lott, Public Sector
Rev. Elijah Brown, Private Sector
Copiah County
Ms. Regina K. Williams, Target Sector
Mr. Frank Jones, Public Sector
Ms. Shirley Sandifier, Private Sector
Franklin County
Mrs. Margie McNair, Target Sector
Ms. Frankie Davis, Private Sector
Mr. Woodrow Wilson, Public Sector
Jefferson County
Mr. Albert Z. Johnson, Target Sector
Alderman Kenneth Coffie, Public Sector
Mr. Trent L. Hudson, Sr., Private Sector
Lawrence County
Mr. Billy J. Boutwell, Public Sector
Rev. Ronald Bayliss, Private Sector
Ms. Rosetta Williams,Target Sector
Lincoln County
Mr. Willie Nelson, Target Sector
Bishop Jerry Wilson, Public Sector
Ms. Veronica Sanders, Private Sector
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