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About Us
Mission
The Information Center, Inc., The Family Resource Place empowers people with the ability to make informed choices by providing assistance, information, and access to public resources, community services and activities thereby facilitating independence, self-reliance, and dignity.
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History
Jeff Padden, then State Representative, and a small group of committed community organizers founded the Downriver
Citizens Information and Referral Office in 1975. The primary purpose was to cut bureaucratic "red tape" in order to help people gain access to public services. While the name has changed three times in its history, the mission of The Information Center, Inc., The Family Resource Place has changed little. The primary purpose today continues to be educating people about options and simplifying access to resources and services.
The Information Center, Inc. is proud of its grass roots, community based-beginnings. Just as it did then, the agency continues to strive to fill community needs and to patch the holes in the tapestry of services to local residents. This has resulted in a number of programs that exist for the purpose of smoothing access to services so that people can get the help they need to resolve life's challenges.
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Overview
The Information Center, Inc., The Family Resource Place is a private, non-profit organization, comprehensive Information & Referral agency dedicated to the national goal of the Alliance of Information & Referral Systems: bringing people and services together. We are incorporated as a 501(c)3 organization and are guided by an 11 member board of directors. Connecting almost 24,000 persons a year with resources and services is a measure of our impact in the community. To obtain the most recent copy of our annual report summarizing our efforts and supporters, call or e-mail us today.
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