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Basic Needs & Economic Security
<br />OUR Center, 220 Collyer St., Longmont, CO
<br />In 2010 the OUR Center conducted a needs assessment which demonstrated that
<br />demand for OUR Center's range of services had increased anywhere between 118%
<br />to 698%, depending on the type of service. In order to accommodate the increased
<br />demand for services, the OUR Center wanted to consolidate and expand services in
<br />a new location. Worthy Cause III contributed $1.2 million toward the OUR Center's
<br />$4.7 million new program services and administration center in Longmont. The
<br />new home consolidates the agency's basic needs services from four buildings
<br />at two different sites, into a single building with more than 9,000 square feet of
<br />additional space to accommodate present and future needs. The building serves as a
<br />central service center for OUR Center,
<br />providing resource navigation, critical
<br />As a result of the Worthy
<br />Cause investments, the
<br />OUR Center's space for
<br />operations has increased
<br />by 62%, to 30,000 square
<br />feet. This project helped
<br />the OUR Center expand its
<br />ability to deliver services,
<br />and is expected to serve
<br />5,000 households per year.
<br />needs for homeless people, a community closet, meals and market/food
<br />pantry, and classroom space. For the first time, participants can enter the
<br />Community Market and, with the help of a personal shopper, select well-
<br />rounded, nutritious food for their families off of the carefully -stocked
<br />shelves. Those in need of clothing or household items can shop with the
<br />help of a volunteer in the new Community Closet. Residents coming
<br />for a warm meal walk into
<br />the bright, open
<br />Basic Needs Worthy Cause Recipients
<br />Allenspark Community Cultures Council
<br />20141 $50,000
<br />Community Food Share
<br />2012 1 $275,000
<br />• Community Cycles
<br />20161 $50,000 • 20171 $150,000
<br />• Emergency Family Assistance Association
<br />2013 1 $68,300 • 20141 $400,000 • 2015 1 $200,000 • 20161 $51,000
<br />• Immigrant Legal Center
<br />2011 1$150,000 • 2012 1 $50,000
<br />• Intercambio De Comunidades
<br />20141 $150,000 • 20161 $50,000
<br />► Meals on Wheels - Boulder
<br />20171 $75,000
<br />• OUR Center
<br />20101 $365,000 • 2010 1$35,000 • 2011 1 $300,000 • 20141 $350,000
<br />• 2017$150,000
<br />• Sister Carmen Community Center
<br />20191 $430,000 • 2010 1 $200,000 • 2012 1 $100,000 • 2013 1 $100,000
<br />• 20171 $75,000
<br />• Via (Special Transit)
<br />20101 $200,000 • 20171 $100,000
<br />and welcoming
<br />Community Cafe,
<br />which has more
<br />than double the
<br />capacity of the
<br />former dining
<br />room.
<br />Sister Carmen Community Center, 655 Aspen Ridge Drive,
<br />Lafayette, CO
<br />Sister Carmen provides Boulder County residents with
<br />food, nutrition education, job training, case management,
<br />counseling, family and parent education, and more. In 2010,
<br />Sister Carmen purchased and renovated a service center in
<br />Lafayette. Worthy Cause III contributed $1.05 million toward
<br />the $3.5 million service center project. The new service site
<br />expanded the level and types of services that Sister Carmen is
<br />able to provide to community members seeking basic needs
<br />services. Four agencies are situated within the Lafayette site —
<br />Boulder County Parents as Teachers, Mental Health Partners,
<br />Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence, and St.
<br />Benedict Health and Healing Ministry. This grouping of
<br />support service agencies has provided a more comprehensive
<br />range of services to clients. The expansion also allowed Sister
<br />Carmen to become a Family Resource Center, providing
<br />critical services to strengthen families in Boulder County.
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