Supports to Encourage Low Income Families is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and the state-designated Community Action Agency for Butler County. SELF was founded in 1995 with a focus on offering employment and educational services to help low-income individuals achieve long tern self-sufficiency. SELF's overall goals aim to help clients move beyond crisis situations toward improved financial stability and general well-being, retain the attitudes and skills necessary for sustained employment and self-sufficiency, and build and maintain assets to break the cycle of poverty.