The Association for Community Organization and Social Administration was formed in 1987 to strengthen community organization and social administration. ACOSA is a membership organization for community organizers, activists, nonprofit administrators, community builders, policy practitioners, students and educators.
The purposes of ACOSA are:
- To facilitate and support an annual national symposium
- To provide a forum for sharing information on teaching materials, literature, models/theory, research and proactice issues
- To facilitate networking activities among educators and practitioners
- To promote the development of teaching material, research and literature about community organization and social administration
- To network with other professional associations in promoting development of community organization and social administration