In 2010, the D/E Task Force provided $919,515 in assistance to clients at risk of homelessness or in serious economic need.
• The Task Force’s goal is to meet the needs of financially distressed families and people in crisis. We address immediate needs by consistently providing counseling, food and other necessities for homeless, low income and the working poor people in our community.
• We concentrate on the causes of hunger by actively working on issues that affect the newly unemployed, the unemployed and those on fixed incomes, disabled and the elderly. We meet these challenges with over 145 volunteers, four full-time and seven part-time staff.
• Each client receives one-on-one counseling. We provide quality screening, service delivery and meaningful referrals for clients. Task Force client walk-in client service hours are 9 am – 12 pm, M-F.
• This past fiscal year (January – December 2010), we served 14,766 people. Over half the people who receive our services are children.
• Task Force Volunteers provided 21,538 hours of service in 2010, valued at $449,067, the equivalent of 15 full-time staff. Community Service Volunteers contributed an additional 3,716 hours, valued at $37,160, the equivalent of 1.25 full-time staff.
