Caring Communities

The Community Resource Council was established in 1992 and became a Caring Communities Initiative in 1997. Currently, the Community Resource Council employs eleven full-time employees and four part-time employees.  There are over 150 volunteers who serve in some capacity through the work of the Community Resource Council.

The premise of the Butler County Community Resource Council's Caring Communities Initiative is to collaborate with agencies, organizations, churches, schools, businesses, and individuals to improve the lives of children and families in Butler County. The Butler County Community Resource Council works toward the following policy directions in the six core results to accomplish this goal.

Four Policy Directions

  • Increase the accountability of communities and agencies to improve results

  • Change the way services are delivered by integrating and locating them in the neighborhoods where children go to school and families live

  • Change the way services are financed by pooling funds more flexibly across state agencies and communities and by tying program funding to the results they produce

  • Change the way decisions are made by involving neighborhood residents and community stakeholders in decisions that affect their well being

Core Results

  • Parents working

  • Children safe in their families, and families safe in their communities

  • Young children ready to enter school

  • Children and families that are healthy

  • Children and youth succeeding in school

  • Youth ready to enter the workforce and become productive citizens

 

The Community Partnerships are governed by the Missouri FACT Board. Learn more about the FACT Board and their purpose by visiting their website at Missouri FACT - Family and Community Trust (mofact.org)