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BNC receives accolades

The Spirit of Service Award has been created to recognize the work of a non-profit agency, service provider, organization or collaboration working in partnership with United Way Capital Area. Criteria taken into consideration include 1) exemplifies flexibility, innovation and collaboration in efforts to continually
improve services to clients, and 2) uses measurable outcomes to guide program improvements.

In addition to demonstrating these attributes, the Basic Needs Coalition was selected for modeling best practices in developing the Best Single Source Program, for exemplary efforts in raising community awareness of community conditions through Poverty Awareness Month, and for conducting the food survey in order to use measurable outcomes to identify areas of duplication and areas of opportunity in serving targeted populations.

The review committee felt that the Basic Needs Coalition set a standard of excellence in collaboration to improve community conditions, and was most deserving of this first award!

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Announcement

The Best Single Source Long Term Hurricane Relief (LTHR) program has been awarded Capital Area council of Governments (CAPCOG) contract in the amount of $116,725. These funds will be used to support the LTHR programs case management activities in support of Hurricane Katrina Survivors. This will allow the LTHR to provide case management through July 2007.

The program has provided case management to 472 households through November 2006 and anticipates providing services to over 550 households. The LTHR program is the largest provider to hurricane survivors in the Central Texas Area.