PLEASE NOTE: Distribution of food and clothing takes place on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 10 a.m. CJCOHN does not help with rent or utility assistance. CJCOHN is coordinated by a joint council composed of representatives from its 15 member churches. All workers are volunteers, and all staff persons are volunteers. The staff includes case workers who interview and screen perso
ns who apply for assistance. In a given month, several hundred volunteers will contribute to various CJCOHN activities. CJCOHN was formed through the Saline County Ministerial Alliance in 1976. Ministers felt the need to coordinate and respond to needs in the area in a responsible way. Agencies, schools, and other professionals were limited in what they could do, either through government regulation, long waiting periods, or in emergency situations. The churches were being called on to handle these problems. Some of them were bigger than one or two churches could handle, so the ministers decided to pool their resources, join together, and handle the referrals together. Requests range from food, clothing, toiletries, and medical prescription assistance, to more long-range types of cases that involve personal support and friendship for families through crisis situations. Our aim is to enable hurting people to help themselves by providing assistance during a time of emergency or crisis in their family or by referring them to the agency that can provide the services they need. Our funding comes from civic groups, United Way, private donations and donations from local churches. We conduct two annual fund-raisers: our Pancake Breakfast and our Hunger Hike. Food, clothing, and other household goods are donated by members of the community. Once a year, the "Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive" picks up non- perishable donations at mailboxes throughout Saline County and transfers the donations to CJCOHN. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, s*x, gender identity (including gender expression), s*xual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
