WHAT IS OUR RELATION TO THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES?
A United Way agency, The Center for Community Services is a model family resource center serving families in southern Greenville County. Building on the work of individual volunteers, voluntary organizations, and education, health, and social service agencies, The Center is directed by an IFNL Extension associate, Linda Smith, and governed by a volunteer board, with facilities provided by the Greenville County Schools. The Center is the base for the STRONG COMMUNITIES initiative, and it serves as a site for other externally supported projects generated by IFNL faculty, who have been partners in setting the vision for The Center since its inception. In several other communities, IFNL has worked in a sustained way to generate external funding and to apply state-of-the-art principles for community development to assist local residents in leveraging resources for community development. For example, IFNL recently has had multiple grant projects in the following counties: Anderson, Beaufort,
