Community Foundation Works with Indiana 211 in Hopes to Increase Calls

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"We know that per (211's) study that over 50% of the Hispanic population does not know about or is not accessing nonprofit services.

So we really want to make sure that we're serving those populations and making sure that they are aware of the services," Alison Gerardot, chief impact officer at the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, tells the News-Sentinel.

That was one of the goals of a town hall meeting Monday with community and nonprofit representatives that focused on increasing awareness for social services available to nonprofits in the community.

Indiana 211, a free service that connects residents to help from thousands of health and social services across the state, received more than 84,500 calls this year, more than 7,000 came from Allen County, according to the service's call data.

Only about 800 calls were made by Hispanic or Latino people, including nearly 60 from Allen County.

Kevin Evans, deputy director of Indiana 211, said he planned several topics with focuses on housing, utility assistance, and food.

"Those are the top three needs that we see as far as calls that come into Indiana 211," he said.

Gerardot said the main learning objective was for the community to examine what is happening within the community.

Evans said the main learning objective was for

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