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Causes: Food, Food Programs
Mission: Interfaith help services' mission is to care for the needy. Christ in our midst. He will answer them: "i assure you, as often as you have neglected to to it to one of these least ones, you neglected to do it to me. " (matthew 25:45) so, "go in peace to love and serve the lord. "
Programs: Utilities: ihs pays 1/4 of the utility bills up to a maximum of $100 (one time exceptions maybe made for extremely high bills), once every 6 months for needy clients. In 2017 assistance was provided to 600 clients.
ihs provides enough food for a week to clients needing assistance. The amount of food given is based on family size. Clients are eligible for food every 2 months. Food was given out 1,572 times benefitting 4,447 people.
medical assistance: ihs helps with the purchase of prescription medicine and with dental bills of needy clients. In 2017, ihs helped pay dental bills for 52 clients and prescriptions for 27 clients.
transportation: ihs pay for gasoline for needy clients that are traveling out of town for medical treatment. 183 clients were served during 2017.