The organization I am using is the MidCumberland Human Resource
Agency. This agency was founded in 1947 and though it is never
specified exactly who started it, it noted many times that it was found
by visionary leaders. It notes that the leaders who established it,
established it to offer compassionate services to children, youth,
seniors, and disabled individuals. The mission of the organization is
"to help people help themselves by providing knowledge and
resources to improve the quality of life."
An event that relates to my human service agency is in 2018 when
non-profit organizations struggled financially to due the expenses
these agencies had to uphold and did not have the ability to do so. In
2018, a project called "Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services
in America by Alliance for Strong Families and Communities" began
that wanted to address the issues of commitment to long-term
outcomes, investment, development of new models and new financial
policies, and practices. The ASFC worked hard to analyze tax filings
by many human service agencies and found underlying causes that
were leading to financial vulnerability and began proposing ways to
make them stronger. This directly affected my agency, causing them
to struggle for awhile in 2018, having less staff to work with and less
funds to help them. When more plans were put into place, they were
able to begin seeking larger grants and found new opportunities to
take on staff, allowing for them to stay in business.
Resources:
About Us. MidCumberland Human Resource Agency. Retrieved from
https://www.mchra.com/about-us
The NonProfit Times. (2018).
Nation's Human Services Agencies In
Financial Trouble.
https://www.thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/nations-human-
services-agencies-financial-trouble/
