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COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, hereinafter
referred to as the Center is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to providing quality
professional services available to all ages.
The Center contains four (4) departments
with capabilities to address a very large
number of growing needs within our
community. The Center will serve as a model
project and will provide assistance to other
communities who desire to establish similar
centers and services in their communities.
Our mission is to take a proactive stance to
meet the needs of citizens through services,
programs, and projects with methods of
preventive and innovative measurable
results, and for community and economic
growth.
Our objectives are to provide services to
the community to employ, educate, train,
counsel, and provide classes and workshops,
research, information, referrals, and
awareness curriculum to meet the objectives
and goals of our mission.
The Center goals are to teach and support
local agencies and schools by:
Providing services and materials, train
and educate for the growth of Phillips and
surrounding counties
Build and strengthen business that will
employ and train others for economic growth
Empower citizens to break destructive
lifestyles by giving them resources and
tools to change their lives and the lives of
their children
Enhance and create job opportunities by
providing a job service center and support
with on the job training and education
Create a successful services center that
will be an asset to the community in which
it serves
Become a host site for any other resource
that addresses a need and meets the
objectives and goals to accomplish our
mission
Assist community development by making
available resources and tools for success
and longevity in their personal and business
ventures.
The benefits will be to create a more
caring, self-sustaining community, improve
access to shared community resources, a
valuable tool to raise awareness to
community needs and services, people
empowered to assume leadership roles with a
proactive stance in promoting healthy
lifestyles and successful businesses within
our community, education for building model
communities and families, and a developer of
community and family support systems.
The Center will also strive to coordinate a
collaborative effort among all entities to
reach these objectives and goals for
community and economic growth.
Community Resource Center will direct all
walk-ins, calls or referrals to the
appropriate departments and to better assist
in providing services, as set out within the
outline of each of the following
departments:
COMMUNITY INFORMATION & REFERRAL
DEPARTMENT:
Provide community development services,
new business listings, current projects and
activities listing. Updates will be made to
all listings as received
Provide class referrals for financial
management, parenting, education, training,
starting a business, health and nutrition
issues, etc.
Provide materials, resources, research,
and staff support
Provide a reference library with video
tapes, DVDs, books, and resource and
training materials
Provide a listing of services and
activities for all needs of disabled, youth
and seniors
Provide a listing of resources available
for legal, financial, education, housing,
and basic needs by: reference library,
ministerial alliance, counseling, and legal
referrals for wills, trusts, probate,
bankruptcy, etc.
Provide listing of grant writers for those
seeking grants
Provide a list of the Center activities
and services available
Provide a referral service based on the
needs of the caller
Provide information on programs and
services available for family support such
as: drug and alcohol counseling, YES (Youth
Education Services) programs, family
counseling, advanced training, parenting
classes, teen challenge programs, and
educational programs and classes
Provide a community conference room for
use of education, classes, training, and
meetings
Provide financial counseling and budgeting
materials based on a sliding scale fee for
low income individuals and families
Assistance with filling out college
applications, employment, housing
applications, loans, etc.
Community development and community
awareness programs
Assistance available through support staff
to answer questions and research information
as needed
Host open house clinics for businesses,
financial counseling, advise, referrals,
health and spiritual issues, community
development, and environmental awareness
COMMUNITY CAREER DEPARTMENT:
Employment Services with In-house job
listing:
Provide a list of employers and the
current job openings for anyone seeking to
find employees
Provide a list of all persons seeking
employment. This also includes leaving
contact information, qualifications,
previous employment information on file with
us for employers to review
Provide packages to employers that include
pre-screening applications, background
checks on persons seeking employment by
calling references and previous employers as
provided in the initial application,
scheduling drug testing and/or
pre-employment physicals before referrals
are made to employers
Temporary Employment Services:
Provide a service to businesses by
providing a call center with access to a
list of available employees as listed for an
on-call or temporary position and refer them
to businesses. This would include any
seniors, adults or teens available to work
on a day by day basis or contract labor
Services for all persons seeking employment
include:
Assistance in employment search strategies
and access to online job listings
Assistance in filling out job applications
Assistance in resume writing and interview
preparation
Advanced education classes and on the job
training
Services for employers include:
Access to qualified applicants and
pre-screening
Assistance with small and large
recruitment activities
Assistance in planning job fairs
Posting of an in-house listing for
employment opportunities
Scheduling of drug testing and
pre-employment physicals
Temp services for businesses needing
temporary positions
Access to conference rooms for interviews,
meetings or advanced training classes
COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEPARTMENT:
Services for business start-up include:
Assistance in the completion of a business
plan and accounting software questions and
set up through staff support
Help in filling out loan applications
Assistance in a variety of business
related questions and resources
Assistance in researching information on
business start-up, feasibility studies and
funding options
Access to resources including computers,
reference materials, and business plan
software
Assistance in relocation or expansion of
business questions, information, and
research
Referrals for advanced education classes
and counseling for business start-up and
financial management
In addition to individual and customized
services, the Career/Business department
will also:
Host workshops and open house clinics for
advise and to make referrals
Host consumer feedback forums
Provide assistance once the business is
established
Host job fairs and on the job training
events
Work with local employers to recruit
workers for available job openings
COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLNESS DEPARTMENT:
Parish Nursing and Nutritional Services:
Skilled professional health care personnel
with specialized knowledge and training to
address basic health care, nutritional,
physical, mental, and spiritual needs
Health screening and assessments for
existing or potential health problems
A patient advocate
Provide professional faith-based personnel
committed to promoting the integration of
body, mind and spirit as a parish nurse
Provide a developer, trainer, and
coordinator of support groups, leaders and
volunteers
Provide a source of referral to needed
supports and services
Services include:
Provide education and health counseling
Organize and implement a walking/exercise
program based on assessments and
consultations
Provide blood pressure checks or other
noninvasive medical screening and monitoring
Classes and workshops on special
nutritional dieting needs, cooking, heart
health, obesity, home and church safety,
environmental awareness, stress reduction,
therapeutic massage, advanced directives and
other common health related problems or
practices
Organize or assist in the development of a
volunteer network to provide services such
as: transportation for seniors and disabled,
senior companionship, respite care, grief
counseling, basic life skills, and
assistance for just discharged patients and
acutely ill
Host open house clinics allowing for
walk-ins for advice and counsel on health
issues
Assistance in the completion of health
insurance forms, understanding pre/post
surgical or procedure instructions, and
making a list of questions to ask doctors or
professionals
Provide a ministry that gives visible
presence to the concept of an integrated
body, mind and spirit
Host family conflict, support, education,
and parenting classes
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT:
13 Week Course Outline:
1. Super Savers teaches the importance of
saving money and how to get the best return
on your money
2. Cash Flow Planning will teach step by
step zero-based monthly budgeting and walk
through how to complete all the financial
management forms with samples included
3. Relating With Money is about the
importance of working together in
relationships and hoe to handle money
matters with your spouse, and accountability
4. Buying Only Big Bargains teaches us
techniques on how to negotiate and get the
very best deals when buying
5. Dumpling Debt teaches the tools needed to
get out of debt and stay out of debt
6. Understanding Investments teaches the
importance of diversification, keeping it
simple, understanding different types of
investments, knowing what you need to have
invested to be able to retire comfortably,
and how to get the best return on your
investment
7. Understanding Insurance teaches the types
of coverage we need when it comes to health,
life, disability, homeowner, and car
insurance
8. Retirement and College Planning shows how
to start a Roth IRA savings, how much to put
into SEPP, 401(k) or 403(b), and how best to
fund your childs college education
9. Buyer Beware warns about how we are being
marketed to and teaches the keys to
developing the power over purchases
10. Real Estate and Mortgages shows the best
way to buy and sell a house and the
difference between a 15 and a 30 year
mortgages, plus the best way to finance a
home
11. Careers and Extra Jobs teach the
importance of doing with our life that which
we love
12. Collection Practices and Credit Bureaus
gives us tools to check and clean up our
credit report and deal with collection
agencies
13. The Great Misunderstanding shows the
importance of being good managers over
finances and the blessing we have been given
and how to share them
The Curriculum for the 13 Week Course:
A 13-week video series designed to teach
how to get out of debt, stay out of debt and
build wealth for financial peace of mind
Small group discussions for accountability
and discipleship
Topics covering cash flow planning,
dumping debt, saving, giving, and much more
Teaching baby steps for easy instruction
and follow through procedures
Baby Steps:
Step One: $1,000 in an emergency fund ($500
if your household income is below $20,000
per year
Step Two: Pay off all debt utilizing the
debt snowball (excluding your mortgage)
Step Three: Three (3) to Six (6) months of
expenses in savings
Step Four: Invest 15% of your household
income into Roth IRA and Pretax retirement
Step Five: College Funding
Step Six: Pay off Mortgage early
Step Seven: Build Wealth (Mutual Funds/Real
Estate) and enjoy financial peace
Financial Peace University Resources:
High School Program/Next Generation-Teen
Program
youth Resources
Nonprofit and Community group Program
Military Programs
Corporate/Business Programs and Workplace
Training: Business Conferences
Spanish Programs
Bankruptcy Course approved by the United
Stated Trustee
Referral Program is a referral system set
up by Financial Peace University once
counselors certification is issued
Class Referrals on FPU website listing
class dates and times
Share it Foundation grants to nonprofits
for materials
Free Materials: A quickie budget, planning
forms and cash flow
Membership Kit includes:
Workbook containing all 13 sessions
Budgeting forms
All 13 sessions on CD
Envelope system for budgeting
Two debit card holders
FPU bonus CD
Financial Peace-Revisited Book
Free two hour counseling session to use
during the 13-week program
The members only specials for materials,
books, DVDs and CDs, etc.
A lifetime family membership for every
household member to attend a class
anywhere/anytime at no extra charge
Services:
Assistance in filling our financial
applications and forms
Budgeting and cash flow planning and
materials
Pre-martial financial counseling and post
divorce financial counseling
Financial Management counseling for
individuals and businesses
Coordinate financial classes
Promote debt-free lifestyles and economic
growth in our community
Provide resources and tools to develop
financially responsible individuals and
businesses
Benefits:
Tools to maintain and teach debt-free
lifestyles and the difference that can be
made in someone elses life
Breaking the cycle of credit card debt and
living beyond ones means
Financial Peace and not having to worry
about finances and living pay check to pay
check
Build Wealth and share it
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