INTERFAITH COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC

Program: Family & Emergency Services of Interfaith

Program Description:

Family Services of Interfaith- Assisting individuals and families with food, emergency financial assistance, seasonal programs and more. Family Services of Interfaith provides direct assistance to individuals and families in Floyd County, Indiana. This assistance is made possible by the generous support of partner churches, Metro United Way, grants and generous donors. Listed below are snapshot descriptions of the many programs offered through Family Services of Interfaith: Emergency Assistance: Individuals and families receive emergency financial assistance for housing, utilities and limited medical need. (Limited to two times per year.) Food Pantry: Individuals and families receive a three-day emergency supply of food for the entire family. (Limited to eight times per year.) Operation Santa Claus: Children receive two toys of their choice up to an approximate value of $70. Adopt-A-Family: Families are adopted by churches or organizations. At Christmas, families receive food, clothes and/or toys. Thanksgiving and Easter baskets are food only. Clothe-A-Teen: Teens receive a gift certificate for $75 worth of new clothing as school begins. Backpack and School Supplies: Children receive backpacks and school supplies in the Fall as they return to school. TARC Tickets: Individuals are provided TARC tickets (on a limited basis) to assist with transportation to work, school/training or to obtain medical care. Allied Seasonal Appliance Program: Individuals and families receive an air conditioner, fan or heater. Individual Development Accounts: Individuals save money for homeownership, education or starting a business. Savings are matched by State and Federal dollars. Last year, over $517,000 in cash or equivalent cash value was distributed to over 13,000 individuals. © Interfaith Community Council, Inc. 2006 All rights reserved Funding provided for website design by Indiana Youth Institute, Inc. Design services provided by Aranelle Consulting, LLC Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Providing meaningful opportunities for adults, 55 years of age and older, to volunteer. RSVP - the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program invites adults age 55 and over to use their life experience and skills to make a difference in the community. Volunteers make meaningful contributions through assisting not-for-profit organizations and health care institutions with special projects and ongoing opportunities. Locally, RSVP serves Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and Scott counties in southern Indiana. Over 1,250 volunteers are serving in 160 organizations and institutions providing over 165,000 hours of volunteer time. Anyone 55 years or older may join. The only requirements are that you fill out an enrollment form and submit a monthly hour sheet reflecting your volunteer service. Interested parties who are willing to share their skills and experience in service complete an enrollment form and are then contacted by an RSVP representative. What are the benefits of RSVP membership? - Opportunity to be utilize your experience and skills to make a meaningful difference for others - Free supplemental personal accident and liability insurance while volunteering - Recognition in the community -- at special events and in local newspapers - Bi-monthly newsletter with information of interest to volunteers and retirees - Transportation to your volunteer site (certain restrictions apply) - Opportunity to learn new skills if interested - A sense of worth, knowing that you are helping your community Dial-A-Care Program Providing reassuring telephone calls to those who are elderly, alone, homebound or have a disability. Sunnyside Kid's Café Partnership Serving children a nutritious meal three evenings per week after school. Youth Development Services Promoting the positive development of youth through building developmental assets.

Program Long-Term Success:

Encourage family self sufficiency

Program Short-Term Success:

Provide for immediate needs so that the family can remain together and can overcome the hurdles blocking their success in the short term.

Program Success Monitored by:

Data: number of times we serve the same family and lenngth of time families remain clients.

Program Success Examples:

When a family who use to come for service becomes a volunteer or donor - this happens often.

Program: Volunteerism & Mission Engagement

Program Description:

The RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program) portion of this program serves a five county region with more than 1275 volunteers at 160 different nonprofit site locations. This program is geared toward volunteers of age 50 and older, but has begun working on intergenerational projects as well. We also work to engage volunteers of all ages at Interfaith and at various sites throughout the region. We view this as Volunteer Match-Making with organizations who need volunteers. We work closely with United Way and other community partners to avoid duplication while being as thorough in our services as possible.

Program Long-Term Success:

To see an ever increasing number of RSVP Volunteers and the increase of intergenerational projects. Often, our seniors are not given the respect they deserve. One of the major benefits of this program is a significant increase is self esteem.

Program Short-Term Success:

Engage seniors into some act of service.

Program Success Monitored by:

Surveys distributed and submitted by the RSVP & the monthly submission of volunteer hours completed and types of projects.

Program Success Examples:

Program: Youth Development

Program Description:

This programs seeks to encourage positive youth developments on the research based 40 Developmental Assets

Program Long-Term Success:

To have each child Southern Indiana grow up with 25 of the 40 developmental assets and go on to be healthy, happy and successful adults.

Program Short-Term Success:

Engage youth from birth to age 24 in activities that will prove them their value and worth as human beings.

Program Success Monitored by:

Through collaborative projects with other organizations such as the Behavioral and Attitude surveys conducted through our school systems; ATOD surveys, other programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, YMCA, Boys & Girls Clubs, Snack Attack Cafe' and more.

Program Success Examples:

Youth and teens who we ahve worked with who grow up and come back to this area and begin serving others. We have a maximum of three youth board members who often will come back and serve our organization in some capacity.