Community Counts: Community Resource Center of Teton Valley

Resilient. Someone recently suggested this term to describe the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley (CRCTV) after a year spent responding to the pandemic. It caused us to pause and reflect. We most certainly had to flex, bend, think and reconfigure in order to rise to the challenges of 2020. Yet rise we did. With the help of generous donors, we were able to launch an online application that enabled us to keep both clients and staff safe while still…

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Community Counts! Community Resource Center

The number of Teton Valley residents that the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley (CRCTV) serves has risen every year since we opened our doors in 2016. With many families constantly living on the precipice of financial disaster, a quick change in circumstance can send an unstable situation into a downward spiral of events. This is why the CRCTV exists. Unlike many social service organizations that might focus on providing help with one specific need, the CRCTV seeks to assist…

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Community Resource Center of Teton Valley — Removing the Language Barrier

Removing the Language Barrier – $4,800 The Community Foundation of Teton Valley was honored to support this valuable and critical asset need for the Community Resource Center of Teton Valley.  One of the primary goals of the Foundation’s Competitive Grant Program is to support projects that reach underserved community members.  The Community Foundation expects the results of having an interpretive service available will improve bi-lingual interactions with Resource Center clients and improve their quality of life. Clients that speak Spanish as their…

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Working Remotely: Week 6

Community Emergency Response Fund Support for the Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has continued to pour in, bringing the total raised to $118,500 thanks to charitable donations from our community! Many generous donors are stretching their limited resources, some even sharing stimulus checks, to help those in more dire straits. These dollars are going straight to work through the nonprofits most on the front lines of COVID-19 crisis relief. They are providing necessary resources for many valley residents during…

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Working Remotely: Week 5

Community Emergency Response Fund The Community Foundation of Teton Valley’s Community Emergency Response Fund has grown to over $100,000 through generous donations from our community! This amazing response shows just how much our valley truly cares for its neighbors. In that light Targhee Athletics, in an effort to help the community two-fold, held a 21-Day Teton Valley Strong Challenge to help motivate people at home and raise funds for both the Community Emergency Response Fund and the Teton Valley Food Pantry. Their efforts have…

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Why It Matters: Community Resource Center of Teton Valley

Two out of every five Teton County, Idaho residents exist in or very near poverty. Many are single parents, physically disabled, or living in multi-generational households and not earning enough to pay for the area’s average cost of housing, food, transportation, childcare, and healthcare. One misstep can leave a family at the precipice of financial disaster.  A single mom struggles to choose between paying her rent or the overdue electric bill. A senior’s Social Security check runs out before the…

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