Benevolence Handbook: Why, How, When, For Whom

Our Handbook seeks to document the following areas:

1. Who Are We:
1.1. Purpose
1.2. History
1.3. Overview: What Might Help Look Like
1.4. Helping Hand Funding
1.5. Helping Hand Financial Balance
1.6. How We Relate to the Global Diaconate
1.7. Committee Members
1.8. Reaching the Helping Hand
1.9. Flexibility, Adaptation, Improvement

2. Whom Do We Serve:
2.1. Serving the Body
2.2. Serving our Church Staff
2.3. Serving our Neighbors from the Downtown Campus
2.4. Serving our Neighbors from the North Campus
2.5. What are Primary Needs
2.6. Confidentiality
2.7. Policy Exceptions

3. Financial Assistance:
3.1. When We Will Help Financially
3.2. Time Line for Financial Assistance
3.3. To Whom We Will Write Checks
3.4. Giving Gifts or Loans
3.5. Ongoing Financial Assistance
3.6. Assistance Outside an Urgent Need
3.7. Payments toward Debt
3.8. Bankruptcy
3.9. Scholarships
3.10. Psychological Counseling
3.11. Psychological Counseling for BBC Missionaries
3.12. Security Deposits
3.13. Adoption Assistance
3.14. Assistance Cap

4. Financial Counseling:
4.1. When We Will Provide Financial Counseling
4.2. What We Will Provide
4.3. Financial Counselors
4.4. Financial Accountability Partners
4.5. Helpful Resources

5. Other Services:
5.1. Financial Seminars
5.2. Thanksgiving Food Drive
5.3. March Food Shelf Offering
5.4. Christmas Cookies

6. Giving to the Helping Hand:
6.1. How Can Someone Give Financially
6.2. When is a Financial Gift Tax Deductible
6.3. Designated Giving
6.4. How Else Can Individuals Help

7. Internal Workings:
7.1. Who Can Join the Helping Hand Committee
7.2. How To Join the Helping Hand Committee
7.3. How Often the Helping Hand Committee Meets
7.4. Chairman Responsibilities
7.5. Treasurer Responsibilities
7.6. Adjunct Partner Responsibilities
7.7. Making Decisions on Assistance
7.8. How to Move Forward with a Request
7.9. Request Histories & the Chairman's Report
7.10. Helping Hand Interview Form
7.11. Our Relationship with CES

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