MISSION - Connect2Help™ facilitates connections between people who need human services and those who provide them.

SUMMARY - Connect2Help™ is a nonprofit agency governed by a volunteer board of directors. Connect2Help™ is dedicated to facilitating connections between people who need human services and those who provide them. Major funding is provided by United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI).

Connect2Help™ is accredited by the Alliance of Information & Referral Systems and has received certification from the American Association of Suicidology.

EXPERIENCE – Connect2Help™ became an independent 501(c)(3) corporation in 1987. Up until that time, for more than 40 years, the services of Connect2Help™ were provided by the Community Service Council, a division of UWCI.

Connect2Help™ achieved “2-1-1 Center” designation for Connect2Help™ 2-1-1 in 2004 by meeting requirements of the Indiana 211 Partnership, Inc. The Partnership was given authority for exclusive use of the 2-1-1 dialing code in the state by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Connect2Help™ 2-1-1 is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by highly trained I&R Specialists. Services are available in English and Spanish.

Connect2Help™ also publishes The Rainbow BooK™, a directory of thousands of community health and human services programs available to persons in central Indiana. The directory has its origins in a small booklet that was first distributed over 80 years ago by the Community Council on Social Agencies.

As an added service to the community, Connect2Help™ collects data and publishes information on needs, resources and gaps in services to inform community funders and planners.

Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2006-2007