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LAST SITE UPDATE 02/09/11
The Community Resource Center (CRC) Services:
We are so grateful to be part of a team of collaborating agencies for El Dorado County’s first 7 nights per week overnight rotating shelter program.
We also provide nightly transportation to and from the Host Facilities.
- job search assistance and Internet access
- personalized resume workshops
- a mailing address/telephone messaging services
- Seven days a week - a warm, dry place for individuals with no home to:
o prepare meals
o congregate as a community
o store personal belongings in provided lockers
o access our library with extensive community resources.
We assist individuals with a multitude of applications:
· Medi-Cal/CMSP/Cash Aid/SSI & SSDI
· EDD/Job Connections filings
· transitional housing applications
· letter writing for legal issues
We offer:
· bus passes/gas money for important life events
· volunteer provided transportation to and from important appointments and school
· We offer Adult literacy programming in a one on one teaching environment
· We act as a liaison w/ the courts & Gold Country Parole Agents as needed
· We provide weekly showers and daily hygiene supplies for any in need
· We have volunteer hair dressers that provide haircuts for our guests
· We provide hot coffee and snacks every day all day
· We provide laundry facilities as well as a bathroom.
- We apply for Crisis Angel Network funding for individuals and families through the El Dorado Community Foundation for utility assistance and rental deposits.
- We provide utility assistance with our own funds for people who do not qualify for available grants.
- We have recently become an approved vendor for Furniture for Families in Sacramento County to assist people with furniture needs as they graduate from programs and into their own homes.
- We assist individuals with filing FAFSA and grant applications for higher education and lower division courses.
- We offer our location as a distribution sight for JSS Ministries who provides clothing, tents and sleeping bags and other much needed items.
WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY’S SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE NEEDED SERVICES.
To get involved, find out more information or just dream with us as to how we can continue working for our community – give us a call!
We’re big dreamers and want to collaborate with our community partners to make more dreams come true.
Join us as we embark on the second half of our first year!
We all have worked together; Cold Springs Community Church, SLC-Kokopelli Ranch, Foothills United Methodist Church, Green Valley Community Church, Federated Church and as a team have provided over 500 nights of rest since the shelter opened on Nov 17. Open 7 days a week, the CRC had over 1300 individual visits from our community members since July of 2010. Wow.
None of this would have been possible without the incredible support and dedication of The El Dorado Community Foundation, our partner organizations (way too many to list) and our amazing volunteers (way too many to list) who are dedicated to helping our community thrive.
We cannot thank everyone enough for the love and dedication you’ve shown to all of our freinds.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PART OF OUR PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE'LL BE SURE TO RESPOND QUICKLY!
