Outreach Cares Benevolence Fund

The OUTREACH CARES BENEVOLENCE FUND

PURPOSE:

The Outreach Cares Fund exists to offer limited financial help in the form of monetary gifts to our fellow employees who are struggling to provide for their basic needs, such as medical treatment, housing, utilities, food, transportation, funeral-related expenses, etc. or during times of natural disaster or emergency hardship.

GENERAL GUIDELINES: 

The medical/benevolence fund is intended as a source of last resort, to be used when the family or individual needing assistance has explored all other reasonable possibilities for assistance from family, friends, savings, or investments. It is intended to be a temporary help during a time of crisis. Assistance from the benevolence fund is intended to fill a short-term need of six months or less.

Those requesting help are willing to give the Benevolence Fund Committee permission to follow up on any information provided, and the committee is sensitive to confidential issues, complying with HIPAA laws.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

• Housing, rent, or lodging
• food & clothing
• medical treatment
• transportation to/from work; car repairs ($500 max.)
• phone/internet services
• professional counseling appointments
• treatment or rehabilitation facilities
• funeral related expenses

NOT Eligible for Assistance:

• Purchase or reimbursement for any personal assets including, i.e., computers, smartphones, home appliances or personal electronics, etc.
• business investments or anything that brings financial profit to the individual or family
• paying off credit card balances 
• needs of individuals who are wanted by the law or for paying fines as a result of breaking the law
• tax/legal fees and expenses
• loans and pay advances
• penalties relating to late payments or irresponsible actions

Thank you for your tax-deductible gift by donating here! Or, if an Outreach employee, click on the QR form shown on this page to complete the Google form for a payroll deduction on the next regularly scheduled pay cycle.