We Need Your Help!
Recently we sent an email to our customers, however, we realize that sometimes emails just don't make it through. So, we have decided to put the text of that email on our site for a short time. Whether you are a current customer or not, please take time to read this and respond. Your assistance can be of great help to many across the entire county.
On July 28th and 29th we will be meeting with HUD officials from Washington DC, at their request, to discuss how churches and social service agencies have used the Charity Check network to avoid duplication of services. Over the years, Charity Check network members have avoided being abused, have maximized their resources and have found a comfort in providing benevolence by sharing information. Now HUD is interested in just how that has worked.
In order to effectively communicate to HUD the value of networking we need your help. We are asking our Charity Check Network members to provide us with some feedback that we can present as evidence to the effectiveness of networking. Could you please help us out by taking the time to respond to the questions that are listed below? It will not take much time and will help us greatly in our presentation.
1. What percentage, would you estimate, of the clients you see, have also sought or will seek assistance from other churches and/or agencies?
2. What percentage, would you estimate, of the clients you see, try purposefully "live off" of benevolent agencies?
3. What percentage, would you estimate, of savings you have realized by using the Charity Check Network that in turn could be used for truly needy clients? (i.e... we have a budget of $1000, we have detected about $500 worth of fraudulent requests for a 50% savings that was given to those truly in need)
4. Please write a brief narrative of an instance that using the Charity Check program helped your church/agency detect a fraudulent request and/or a request that you would have been unable to verify if not for the Charity Check Network. (Please do not use individual names in the narrative, simply a description, i.e... a young mother of 2)
We realize that most do not keep detailed enough records to give hard numbers, but simply give us your best guess, the numbers are simply estimates. We will determine an average from all. Also, we may include some of this information and narratives on our web site at a later time.
When responding please be sure to include your church/agency information (organization name, your name & e-mail, org address, city, state, zip and phone). You may e-mail your responses to info@charityck.com.
We appreciate your help so much as we believe in the long run this may prove very beneficial for communities all over the United States. We need time to compile this information, so please send us your response ASAP.
Thank you for your help!! |
