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Greetings!
United
Way's 2-1-1 of WNC's e-newsletter is a resource for you.
We provide this as a way to keep in touch, highlight local
health and human service initiatives, promote information and
referral tools for serving your clients, gain your feedback,
and strengthen our community partnerships.
If you
have information to include in this newsletter, or have
questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. The
information in our free e-newsletter is meant to be shared.
Please forward and encourage your friends to sign-up.
We
hope you find the information useful and we look forward to
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Changes to 2-1-1's
Inclusion Policies
2-1-1 has revised our Inclusion/Exclusion Policy.
The new policy was developed as part of our continual efforts
to improve the breadth of information we provide to our local
community. Careful consideration and research
regarding industry best practices guided the new
improvements. The new policy was adopted by the
2-1-1 Advisory Commitee earlier this month and takes
effect on July 1, 2009.
Key changes worth noting:
- Organizations must provide an essential community
service in order to be listed.
- For-profit organizations may be listed by 2-1-1 if they
provide an essential community services that is not
sufficiently available through the public sector and if
they accept Medicare, Medicaid, or provide free, low-cost,
or sliding scale services.
- There are no fees required to be listed by
2-1-1.
Do you know of for-profit organizations who provide
services that should be listed by 2-1-1? Please
contact us at 2-1-1 or 211info@unitedwayabc.org with leads.
Or, share this email announcment and our new provider
inclusion form with the organization you have in mind.
The form can be found at the bottom of the web page that
contains the new criteria. (Link above.)
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Community
Resource Spotlight 
Your Local
Library
Libraries are an invaluable resource to our
community.
Here are just some of the many things our libraries
provide:
- Free access to books, periodicals, and other media
- Librarians who are specially trained to help you find
the information you need
- Computers and Internet to people without access
- Youth programs, like story or toddler time
- Book discussion groups and presentations
- Meeting space
- Community bulletin boards
- Book sales
Check out your local library today! If you would
like to locate the library nearest you, dial 2-1-1, or visit
one of the County Library websites by clicking the links
below:
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