CCS Gets Grant For New Building
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
CCS Gets Grant For New Building
By Jennifer [email protected]
The grant has two components: a straight $200,000 gift, and an additional challenge grant of up to $200,000 in matching funds toward donations and contributions from the community for the facility's capital campaign.
"We have seen the productive impact that good work and service space can have on an organization trying to help the residents of our county," said K21 President Rich Haddad.
"It is easy for a business to pursue better working conditions, but so often non-profit organizations are crammed in small, unproductive spaces that were not built for them. We wanted to help CCS increase its impact on our community by being a partner in this project," he said.
The current facility, a pole barn that was converted to office space, has been reconfigured time and time again in order to meet the organization's changing needs.
Aside from the building reaching its useful lifespan, and the high utility costs associated with the poorly insulated structure, CCS faces many other challenges in providing services to clients in its current location.
Multiple employees are crammed into small offices that lack privacy and must take turns meeting with clients away from their desks. Food pantry shelves are tight and cramped, which makes filling multiple orders difficult.
"CCS is one of the largest providers of social service in this community," said CCS Executive Director Steve Possell.
Possell said, in 2010 CCS assisted more than 11,000 people, which is approximately 15 percent of the population of Kosciusko County.
One of CCS's goals is to serve its clients quickly and efficiently, which is difficult in its current location.
The needs and the services have long outgrown the building, not to mention what could be possible in the future. This grant is not only the largest to date, but CCS hopes it will propel the campaign momentum toward completion quickly.
CCS is currently under contract to vacate the old facility by summer 2012, but has already secured and paid for the land they plan to build on.
The matching portion of the K21 grant is meant to create awareness, incentive and momentum for CCS to engage the community in supporting their facility need.
"The K21 board not only wanted to contribute significantly to the project, but to also partner with the community in doubling every dollar they give up to another $200,000, to empower citizens and businesses to make a commitment to the future of these important services in our community," said Haddad.
CCS hopes to break ground on the new facility by the middle of this year.
For more information about the programs and services provided by Combined Community Services, or about the planned facility project, call 574-269-6019.
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The grant has two components: a straight $200,000 gift, and an additional challenge grant of up to $200,000 in matching funds toward donations and contributions from the community for the facility's capital campaign.
"We have seen the productive impact that good work and service space can have on an organization trying to help the residents of our county," said K21 President Rich Haddad.
"It is easy for a business to pursue better working conditions, but so often non-profit organizations are crammed in small, unproductive spaces that were not built for them. We wanted to help CCS increase its impact on our community by being a partner in this project," he said.
The current facility, a pole barn that was converted to office space, has been reconfigured time and time again in order to meet the organization's changing needs.
Aside from the building reaching its useful lifespan, and the high utility costs associated with the poorly insulated structure, CCS faces many other challenges in providing services to clients in its current location.
Multiple employees are crammed into small offices that lack privacy and must take turns meeting with clients away from their desks. Food pantry shelves are tight and cramped, which makes filling multiple orders difficult.
"CCS is one of the largest providers of social service in this community," said CCS Executive Director Steve Possell.
Possell said, in 2010 CCS assisted more than 11,000 people, which is approximately 15 percent of the population of Kosciusko County.
One of CCS's goals is to serve its clients quickly and efficiently, which is difficult in its current location.
The needs and the services have long outgrown the building, not to mention what could be possible in the future. This grant is not only the largest to date, but CCS hopes it will propel the campaign momentum toward completion quickly.
CCS is currently under contract to vacate the old facility by summer 2012, but has already secured and paid for the land they plan to build on.
The matching portion of the K21 grant is meant to create awareness, incentive and momentum for CCS to engage the community in supporting their facility need.
"The K21 board not only wanted to contribute significantly to the project, but to also partner with the community in doubling every dollar they give up to another $200,000, to empower citizens and businesses to make a commitment to the future of these important services in our community," said Haddad.
CCS hopes to break ground on the new facility by the middle of this year.
For more information about the programs and services provided by Combined Community Services, or about the planned facility project, call 574-269-6019.
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