Encourage economic progress in the salem, mo area by planning for economic and cultural growth, and providing cultural activities expanding artistic, historical, religious and humanitarian to the community.

Enrichment services offers habilitative/rehabilitative & respite/home assistance for adults, children, their families & primary care givers.

Nurture understanding and appreciation of nature and culture through experiences at the bonebrake center of nature and history.

To establish an extended employment in a sheltered workshop program to provide productive employment opportunities to handicapped individuals who have a productive work capacity in a sheltered environment.

The primary purpose of the dent county museum is to promote the history of dent county, missouri and urge the preservation of its heritage through the operation of a house museum. furnishings and relics pertinent to preservation of the ozark culture and nostalgia are exhibited in the museum, which is the former residence of a noted dent county resident and us congressman(deceased).