People'S Resource Center

“The board reviews the prepared form 990 after a finance/audit committee review.”

“At the board of director's annual meeting, the conflict of interest policy statement and code of ethics is reviewed and completed by each of the current members”

“15a: the human resources committee periodically reviews comparable data to update job range. The board president and the hr committee chair will make adjustments accordingly based on new job range. 15b: the human resources committee periodically reviews comparable data to update job ranges and makes adjustments to compensation based on new job ranges.”

“Any public document is made available upon request.”

“The process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Since 1975, people's resource center (prc) has been bringing neighbors together to respond to hunger and poverty in dupage county. With a team of over 1,900 volunteers, we offer nutritious food and other basic necessities like clothes and rent assistance for people facing tough times. And we connect people with resources education and tutoring, jobs, technology, art, a caring community to create a future of hope and opportunity for all. Today, more than 31,000 dupage neighbors in need rely on the prc for assistance each year. Individuals and families visit our wheaton headquarters and our full-service satellite in westmont to meet their needs, as well as more than thirty additional neighborhood training sites across dupage county. Prc's assistance of food, clothing, homelessness prevention assistance and emergency financial assistance help people to meet their basic needs. Prc's education, training and enrichment programs our empowerment programs include: computer training and access to computer technology for the home; english as a second language classes and tutoring, assistance with ged, citizenship, and conversation groups; job search assistance; and art programs for people of all ages. The people's resource center community exists to respond to basic human needs, promote dignity and justice, and create a future of hope and opportunity for the residents of dupage county, illinois through discovering and sharing personal and community resources. In order to accomplish this mission, prc recognizes the following values: - dignity and respect: we recognize the dignity of each person who comes to us and we create a welcoming and respectful environment in all of our programs and communications. - creative and innovative: we express our mission directly. We try things in the community. We are willing to jump in to new areas in order to address an unmet need. - responsible stewards: we welcome those who need resources, as well as those with resources to share. - compassionate: we listen; we encourage; we try to get to know our families; we provide some help and guidance; we advocate; all in a spirit of kindness and compassion. - integrity: we place a high priority in living out our principles in our relationships, programs, and organizational practices. - we rely on miracles!! We know that we cannot do it alone. We rely on each other and our friends in the community. Suburban poverty continues to increase at an alarming rate. Statistics show that poverty in the chicagoland area is now split right down the middle, with 50% of poverty now existing in the suburbs a higher proportion than ever before. The "working poor" are only slightly better off. For these families, even with the best laid plans, things can fall apart over something as minor as a car repair or emergency room visit. More than ever, prc is an essential resource in their lives. Low wage workers have to increasingly rely on food pantries and centers like prc to make ends meet. More than half of the families using prc's food pantry and other services have at least one employed member of the household, but their wages are simply not sufficient to pay for the basic necessities. Furthermore, seniors and people living with disabilities, among the community's most vulnerable citizens, increasingly need the basic resources of prc, as their limited incomes are more frequently resulting in a life of poverty. Prc's responsibility is to help people hope for so much more than food on their table. As we move into our future, prc will continue to assist people with training and education to help them overcome poverty, and will continue to foster the health and wellness of our community's families.”