About Us

SNAP (Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners) is the local and regional advocate for the most vulnerable people living within our community. With a dedicated board of directors, staff and volunteers, SNAP diligently searches for long-term solutions to eliminate poverty. For over 55 years SNAP has served the Spokane region as a leading voice on poverty. As the Spokane area’s Community Action leader, SNAP takes the lead in educating and empowering our low-income neighbors. We’ve always believed that a hand-up goes a lot further than a hand-out, and have, since our inception, helped people transition from crisis to stability by caring for immediate needs while laying the foundation for future success. Our mission is to increase the human potential of our community by providing opportunities for people in need. One of Spokane County’s largest private human-services agencies, SNAP focuses on serving the whole family with a commitment to providing a wide-range of accessible services for those living in poverty. SNAP has positioned neighborhood offices to provide the most basic of human needs that many of us take for granted. Visit our YouTube Channel to see some of our programs in action! WATCH HERE. EQUITY STATEMENT

• SNAP’s Board of Directors spent significant time collaborating and brainstorming to create SNAP’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement. 

SNAP’s mission is to increase the human potential of our community by providing opportunities for people in need. Many people in our community face racism, discrimination and other barriers based on their identity that prevent them from reaching their human potential. SNAP cannot deliver on its mission without an active and continuing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion in its policies, practices and programs.

The Board, Management, Staff and Volunteers at SNAP do their work because they have a fundamental and abiding desire to help people. We are more effective at achieving SNAP’s mission when we embrace and practice the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion. SNAP’s success in these practices requires deep and honest examination of our own beliefs, current practices, the lived experiences of those we serve, and the complex web of social structures that lead to inequitable outcomes based on identity. SNAP is committed to acting on what is learned from this deep and honest examination. However difficult, uncomfortable and challenging this process, SNAP and our community is better and stronger for it.

To achieve our mission and act on our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, the SNAP Board will:

• Regularly gather and assess data that tells us who is disproportionately in need.
• Engage those disproportionately in need in more specifically identifying and prioritizing need.
• Engage those disproportionately in need in identifying and prioritizing opportunities that will effectively address those needs.
• Regularly assess and identify our biases and privileges so that they to not impair our ability to deliver on equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Act as an advocate in our community for equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Ensure that our leadership, staff, volunteers and community partners reflect the diversity represented in the communities we serve