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SCRC Mission Statement
The Shippensburg Community Resource Coalition is a collaborative effort to provide quality social services and youth programs that are accessible, safe, and honor the dignity of each person. This work includes a reduction in risk factors related to youth substance use and social, emotional, and physical health in order to increase youth resiliency. Our goal is to help community members reach their full potential.
We work to fulfill our mission in the following ways:
• Working with existing programs in surrounding communities to encourage them to provide services in Shippensburg.
• Regularly assessing community needs and resources.
• Creating new services as necessary.
• Partnering with other community programs to strengthen our collective efforts.
The SCRC is a Shippensburg University Center For Excellence and serves as a "learning lab" for the university. Students, faculty, and staff are involved in our work and have initiated many of our programs and services. We also provide a bridge for building community-university relationships. Whether you are on or off campus, contact us with your questions and ideas!
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Upcoming Events and Committee Meetings
Shippensburg Human Service Council
3rd Friday ever month from September - May
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
The Shippensburg Human Service Council (SHSC) was created decades ago by a core group of committed community members who saw the need to share information across organizations about the human services programs and challenges in Shippensburg. SCRC has coordinated the monthly luncheons since 2013. The intent of the meetings is to bring together community organizations, county agencies, and anyone interested in human services in the Shippensburg area to share what they are doing and network with other people in the area. Bi-monthly meetings are open to the public but geared towards the human services field on the second Friday of the month from September - May.
Shippensburg Community Resource Coalition meetings
General coalition meetings are monthly on the 2nd Thursday of the month. 1 PM - 2:15 PM in-person with hybrid options
The town of Shippensburg is located in both Cumberland County and Franklin County, leading to confusion about how and where to access social services. County social services are available in the neighboring towns of Carlisle and Chambersburg. Both counties have their own guides to social services, so this guide was created to focus only on the services that are available within the Shippensburg Area School District boundaries to help eliminate the confusion of where to obtain services for our community members.
Shippensburg Community Conference Calls
Conference calls have ended with the start of Human Service Council this year
The Community Conference Calls started on March 17, 2020 in response to the pandemic and the shut-down. The goal was to bring key stakeholders and community members together to identify the needs in Shippensburg and how to address them as a community. While SCRC thought that these calls would only continue during the height of the pandemic, the community asked to continue hosting them. Thus, we continue to have these calls on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. We average 10 people on each call which includes community members, agencies, school district personnel, Shippensburg University staff and faculty, government representatives, and faith-based community members.