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The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service

Community House
100 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Phone: (919) 967-0643
Fax: (919) 967-8019
Residential Services Director: Laurie Tucker housingdirector@ifcmailbox.org

  • Men's Residential Facility: 36 beds and 14 permanent floor spaces, 365 days a year. Please call for information.
  • Community House provided 17,757 nights of safe shelter for 386men in fiscal year 2010-11.
  • The Community Kitchen and Robert Nixon Free Clinic for the Homeless are located here.
  • Other services include job coaching, social work, community resource referrals, partner agency projects, laundry and postal services.
  • Space and utilities donated by the Town of Chapel Hill.

    Community Kitchen
    Contact: Donna Bradley 967-0643, Ext. 15 kitchen@ifcmailbox.org


  • Food From the Community, For the Community: Anyone who is hungry can eat.
  • Meal Times:
    Breakfast-6:15-7am
    Lunch-11:15am-12:30pm (one hour later on Sunday)
    Dinner-6:15-7pm (one hour later on Sunday)
  • 78,566 meals served in fiscal year 2010-11.
  • More than 500 volunteers are involved.
  • More than $522,193 in donated food contributed by businesses and individuals.

Robert Nixon Free Clinic for the Homeless
Contact: Laurie Tucker 967-0643 Ext. 12 housingdirector@ifcmailbox.org

  • IFC medical volunteers provided free health care, consultation, medicine and information to 550 homeless persons in fiscal year 2010-11.
  • 342 residents were seen at the IFC medical clinic and 208 were seen at the mental health clinic, and 673 prescriptions were dispensed.

HomeStart
2505 Homestead Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Phone: (919) 932-6025
Fax: (919) 929-8649
Residential Services Director: Laurie Tucker        housingdirector@ifcmailbox.org

  • Provide emergency, short and longer-term services to 50 homeless women and children at a time. Please call for information.
  • 70 women and 48 children received 14,965 nights of safe shelter at HomeStart in fiscal year 2010-11.
  • Designed for greater resident participation in planning services and managing meals.
  • Enhanced by community partnerships for specialized/expert services.
  • Land provided by Orange County.

Smart Start Transitional Social Worker
Sharon Sharpe (919) 932-6025, ext. 11
ssharpe@ifcmailbox.org

  • Provides support for homeless mothers with children at HomeStart.

Community Services and Food Pantry
110 W. Main St., Carrboro, NC 27510
Phone: (919) 929-6380
Fax: (919) 929-3353
Community Services Director: Kristin Lavergne (919) 929-6380, Ext. 41 servicesdirector@ifcmailbox.org

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  • Provide financial assistance, groceries, and clothing vouchers to individuals and families in need.
  • Assist individuals with information about community resources.
  • Non-Financial requests (groceries, clothing, IDs, etc.) are handled on a "first come first served" basis between 9am-11:30am Monday-Friday until all available slots are full, and on an appointment basis between 4pm-7pm on most Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
  • Financial requests (rent and utilities) are handled on an appointment basis from 1pm-4pm, Monday-Friday. Please call for information.
  • 17,278bags of groceries and 823 holiday meals were distributed in fiscal year 2010-11.
  • 3,369 local households were eligible to receive monthly groceries at the end of June 2011.
  • 6,525 interviews were conducted for help with food, rent, utilities, clothing, IDs, referrals, etc.
  • Crisis Unit distributed over $99,111 to 804households to prevent homelessness.
  • IFC Administration is located here.
  • Building shared with other non-profits: El Futuro, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, Building Futures/JOCCA

    Hispanic Outreach Initiative at Community Services Building
    Contact: Juan Tuset
    929-6380 Ext. 25 or hispanic@ifcmailbox.org
    (para hispanohablantes)

  • Helps Spanish-speaking clients access community services.
  • Hispanic Coordinator is an Americorps member.
  • Assisted 1,589 Spanish-speaking clients in fiscal year 2009-10.

IFC Administration

Contact:

Chris Moran, Executive Director
929-6380, Ext. 26 or executive@ifcmailbox.org

John Dorward, Associate Director
929-6380, Ext. 14 or finance@ifcmailbox.org

Allan Rosen, Project Manager
929-6380, Ext. 27 or project@ifcmailbox.org

Elizabeth Garfunkel, Executive Assistant
929-6380, Ext. 15 or assistant@ifcmailbox.org

IFC Board

See the complete list of IFC Board members here.

110 W. Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510  (919) 929-6380   info@ifcmailbox.org