{"id":806425,"date":"2020-04-15T17:22:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T23:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381820"},"modified":"2020-04-15T17:22:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T23:22:50","slug":"summit-county-contributes-500000-to-support-family-intercultural-resource-center-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-contributes-500000-to-support-family-intercultural-resource-center-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County contributes $500,000 to support Family &amp; Intercultural Resource Center operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.853146853147\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/FIRC_Copan_0029-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/FIRC_Copan_0029-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/FIRC_Copan_0029-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/FIRC_Copan_0029-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/FIRC_Copan_0029-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/FIRC_Copan_0029-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>The Family &amp; Intercultural Resource Center is pictured in Breckenridge.<\/strong><br \/><em>Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Summit County contributed $500,000 on Tuesday to the Family &amp; Intercultural Resource Center, a local nonprofit helping to provide families with support related to food, health insurance, mental health navigation and more.<\/p>\n<p>The contribution will help to ensure that the organization is able to continue its operations throughout the duration of the year, despite unprecedented financial hardships that have popped up because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen a precipitous rise in the need for food, rent assistance and other needs in our community, and we\u2019ve been reallocating our resources to meet that demand,\u201d Resource Center Executive Director Brianne Snow said in a news release about the donation. \u201cThis amazingly generous contribution from Summit County will allow us to keep the lights on, keep all our staff onboard and continue serving the individuals and families who need us now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An estimated two-thirds of the county\u2019s workforce is currently unemployed, according to Summit County, and the center remains one of the primary sources to help support community members facing financial challenges. While the center typically assists 60-80 families a week with food, the organization is now serving 60-80 families a day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/sdn-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The center\u2019s rental assistance program usually helps about 20 people per month, though the program quickly grew to receive more than 380 applications in the first three days of expanded services with funding assistance from Frisco, Breckenridge and Silverthorne.<\/p>\n<p>The county\u2019s donation will help to fund the group\u2019s operations, including overhead and other programs in accordance with state and federal law. In addition to the new contribution, the county also donated $10,000 at the onset of the public health order in addition to $125,000 annually to support programs and operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FIRC staff is doing heroic work in their response to these challenges, and we need to be sure that they can continue doing it,\u201d County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence said in the release. \u201cSummit County is proud to be able to provide this lifeline for FIRC\u2019s operations and programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.338785046729\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 sd-4 pl-4\" readability=\"17.745882352941\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a Summit Daily News reader, you make our work possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your financial support is critical to help us keep our communities informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on our residents and businesses. 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