Interfaith Community Outreach Inc.
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Mission Statement
Interfaith Community Outreach, Inc.- Mission is to help people facing a temporary emergency crisis.
About This Cause
The primary focus of the Interfaith Community Outreach (ICO) is to provide emergency assistance to those in our community who are facing a temporary emergency crisis. ICO funds are used to assist those in need of shelter (including rent, and mortgage assistance), utility payments, heating fuel costs, automobile gasoline costs, transportation, repairs (auto & home), medical expenses, prescriptions, equipment and other services not provided by any other agency, businesses or individual. In 2014 the Outer Banks Cancer Support Group requested a merge with ICO. Upon securing ICO board of director’s support this merger was completed in 2015. ICO has embraced and continued the outreach and care previously provided by the Outer Banks Cancer Support Group. ICO now also provides significant financial assistance to individuals who have cancer and are experiencing the immense financial burden that cancer brings to an individual and their family. Cancer patients at ICO are afforded the same care and financial assistance as other ICO clients. ICO often assists cancer patients by improving access to care by providing uninsured and under-insured persons the funding needed to cover the initial cost of physicians care. Uninsured and under-insured patients may particularly experience the financial burden of cancer care. ICO helps these patients by prioritizing needs for assistance so that patients may participate in the medical care they need while remaining safely in their community. Insured cancer patients also feel the financial burden of care and are assisted as well when eligibility is determined.ICO also has a Home Rehabilitation Ministry which encompasses home repair and/or minor construction for the working poor, the elderly, the handicapped and the single parent who does not have the means to do the work. As a vital community partner, the ICO works with the Dare County Emergency Management Department coordinating volunteer response in the event of a disaster. The ICO’s responsibility in this role locally will be to provide one single point of contact for the public in requesting needs and providing resources. Volunteers will manage a call-center located at the Dare County Municipal building. A working relationship between the ICO and the Dare County Department of Social Services, Health Department, Beach Food Pantry, Hotline, Community Care Clinic of Dare and a large number of local businesses is already in place and all entities work closely together at a local level in making our community a better and a more kindhearted place to live.