Programs & Services
Since its origin, CES has provided high-quality, direct services to persons with emergency, as well as ongoing, needs. In each "crisis interview," CES attempts to go beyond the stated need in order to discover - and help resolve - any underlying needs that may have contributed to the crisis. Programs and services include: Rent & Mortgage Assistance, Joshua Transitional Housing Program, Utility Assistance Program, Transportation Assistance Program, Families in Transition (FIT), Work With Dignity (WWD), Kids Care Program and Emergency Food & Hygiene Assistance. CES has also started two new experimental programs, free legal counsel from a local law office and Simply Good Eating (Somali nutrition and food prepartaion class).
Outline of Services
Although CES is mainly a foodshelf with emergency funding for people in need, there are also many different programs currently operating. As well as meeting the crisis need, CES is trying to help change the underlying causes that lead to these emergencies with programs such as Work With Dignity and Families in Transition.
The full Outline of Services explains in more detail the components of the different programs.
Other Individual Programs of CES
Several of the programs listed in the Outline of Services have a more expanded explanation. Listed below are several of those programs: