Tanana Valley Love Inc.(Love in Name if Christ) assistance programs.
Churches across the Fairbanks North Star Borough in Alaska partner with Love Inc. and other charities in an effort to help low income and struggling families. Together they staff a Clearinghouse, in which people who need assistance will be able to call for referrals and information.
Each and every church that works with Love Inc. will focus on certain programs and ministries. What may be available to income qualified families in the Tanana Valley region includes free food, clothing, holiday assistance such as free Christmas toys or meals, and much more. Some churches may also provide for car repairs, budgeting workshops, or emergency, short term housing. More details are below.
Services offered by churches and Love inc. in Fairbanks region
Transportation is one of the tools used to address the growing demand for low cost rides in the Fairbanks North Star Borough region. Volunteers and others partner with churches to take qualified people, such as the disabled, seniors, or homebound, to a critical appointment. Job seekers may sometimes get a ride to an interview as well or to their place of employment if their car is in the shop.
Love Inc. of Tanana Valley Christmas and holiday programs are available as part of Adopt-A-Family as well as the Create-A-Gift Event. These programs allow volunteers, businesses, and members of the community to give back to less fortunate and/or low income families, especially children.
Needy families, including those with children or a senior member, are referred to the Love Inc. holiday program by churches, schools and the Clearinghouse. The process starts in the fall, and a referrals is needed in order to enroll. Free gifts or toys are delivered either by the sponsor or by Love INC volunteers one week before Christmas. There are other national and regional programs, and find free Christmas toys for your kids.
Life skills, including budgeting and financial workshops, are part of the Relational Ministry. Volunteers and counselors from the organization and local churches teach the unemployed and less fortunate basic skills. It stresses mentoring as well as encouragement and accountability.
For more information, or to apply for help, call the clearing house at the Love Inc. of the Tanana Valley office and the phone number is below. While resources and funding is limited, the charity will do its best to help anyone that needs it, regardless of their religion, race, or background. If assistance is not available, then referrals are often provided in lieu of help.
Many other services are administered by Fairbanks area churches. They include some or all of the following.
- -Repairs, including for furnaces during the winter, car repairs, or minor home repairs for the elderly and seniors.
- -School assistance – This will include clothing or supplies for children, tutoring, day care for parents that are working, shoes, backpacks and more.
- Case management – Volunteers from Love will offer budgeting classes, job placement, and transitional support.
- -Housing assistance includes repairs (as noted above), yard work, and referrals to eviction prevention or legal aid.
- Transportation – Gasoline vouchers for a job interview or emergency car repairs, if the issue could lead to termination from a job.
- Basic needs, or material help – Fairbank families can receive free food, paper products, clothing, firewood, furniture, or household items from a local Love Inc. affiliated church.
- Social Help – Volunteers will visit a homebound persons, offer assurance phone calls to shut-in’s, and provide home delivered meals.
Additional resources may be offered, including a host of programs for working poor low-income households. Everything needs to go through the Clearinghouse, and if someone is found to be qualified, a case manager or volunteer will direct the client to the program for meeting their needs.
Dozens of local churches work with Love on address the needs of low income families. Some examples of them are below, however many other groups may help as well. Anglican Church of St. George, Bible Baptist Church, Community Covenant Church, Christ Lutheran, Door of Hope Church, Immaculate Conception, First Church of the Nazarene, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, New Hope Methodist Presbyterian, and University Baptist are just a few of the partners.
Applying and contact for Love in Name of Christ in Fairbanks
For more information of assistance programs, call the Clearing house at 907-452-5683. The main Love Inc. of the Tanana Valley office is at 818 26th Ave. Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
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