The Volunteer and Information Center of Henderson, Kentucky (“VIC”) has produced the Community Resource Guide (“CRG”) for over a decade. This book was provided to nonprofit agencies, and later, made available online as a PDF for the public. Over time, other agencies began producing CRGs for their clients. Seeing this duplication of administrative efforts as a problem for cash-strapped agencies and seeing an opportunity to transform Henderson nonprofit services, a new initiative was launched to bring the CRG to an online platform – accessible to anyone, at anytime, from anywhere. VIC Board Member and Henderson Leadership Initiative (“HLI”) Fellow, Trisha Wright, initiated the construction and launch of this online platform as part of a multi-phase project to bring greater use of technology to lower administrative costs, allow agencies to spend more time working with clients, and encourage greater transparency and interagency cooperation. A grant was secured through a generous contribution by the Community Foundation of Henderson, Kentucky to begin with this CRG.
