community resources
Neighborhood help services
Community resources are the services, organizations, and facilities available to residents of a particular area.
These include libraries, food banks, health clinics, job training programs, and social services.
The term often appears in contexts involving people who need assistance: The social worker connected the family with community resources.
Schools and hospitals maintain lists of community resources for referral.
- childcare centersFacilities supervising young ones
- food banksDonation-based hunger relief centers
- soup kitchensFree meal centers for poor
- homeless sheltersTemporary residence for unhoused
- warming centersEmergency cold-weather refuges
museums · hospitals · grassroots movements · microloans · neighborhood associations · trade unions · mentorship programs · mutual aid · public libraries · legal aid · parks · public health campaigns · crisis hotlines · support groups · housing complexes · volunteer groups · vocational training programs · job fairs
- support servicestherapy, counseling, tutoring, mentoring, coaching
- victim servicesvictim support, victim advocate, victim assistance, crisis intervention, safe house
- disability parentingspecial education, IEP, early intervention, developmental delays, caregiving
- Elder Lawelder abuse, elder rights, elder care, elder neglect, eldercare
- resourcesmoney, capital, materials, supplies, assets
- living conditionshousing, income, employment, healthcare access, education access
community resourcesprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
private property · personal assets · commercial services · private sector · exclusive amenities
community resourcesself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
federal programs · national institutions · family support · self-sufficiency · going it alone
community resourcescommercial enterprises
For-profit organizations
private sector · luxury services · premium amenities · commercial ventures