Community Programs, Family Resource Fund

Reaching out to vulnerable people with crucial help at critical times

The Family Resource Fund developed from staff members’ desire to help families of infants with complicated health needs when parents didn’t have the resources to bring their children home from the hospital. Today, with co-workers, board members, and friends of the organization the primary donors, the Fund has evolved to help all of our consumer participants who are experiencing crises. The idea is for families to receive small amounts of money to help solve a problem or avert a crisis. So the fund is very responsive, flexible, and above all, timely.

All donations to The Coordinating Center are given to the Family Resource Fund. The Center itself matches money raised through small fundraisers. Because the program is administered by a committee of co-workers, the organization bears all administrative costs. This means that all donations are used entirely to help the families who need it most.