What We Do
The Community Services Collaborative meets quarterly with the goals of networking and spurring cooperation among area helping groups.
Who We Are
The Community Services Collaborative is an informal group of representatives from Outer Banks-area human services agencies and community benefit groups.
Albemarle Area United Way
Albemarle Commission Area Agency on Aging
Albemarle Health, Project Access
Beach Food Pantry
Be Resilient OBX
Cape Hatteras United Methodist Men
Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County
College of the Albemarle
Community 4 Kids
Community Care Clinic of Dare
Currituck-Dare Community Foundation
Dare County Department of Health & Human Services
Dare County Schools Social Workers
Dare County Sheriff’s Office
Dare 2 Care / OBX Shred Fest
First Flight Lions Club
Food Bank of the Albemarle
Food for Thought
The GEM Center
Hands of Hope
Interfaith Community Outreach
Kids First
Make A Wish Foundation, Dare Chapter
NC Works Career Center, Dare County
North Carolina Community Foundation
Outer Banks Cancer Support Group
Outer Banks Community Foundation
Outer Banks Dementia Friendly Coalition
Outer Banks Home Care
Outer Banks Hotline
Outer Banks Relief Foundation
Room in the Inn
Ruthie’s Community Kitchen
Saving Lives Task Force
The Outer Banks Hospital
WaterLife Pregnancy Care Center
History
- The Collaborative met first in 2010 to provide a way for local helping groups to network with one another and better refer clients to one another. Quarterly meetings began.
- In 2013, with the help of a grant from the Outer Banks Community Foundation, the Collaborative introduced the NC 211 information and referral hotline in Dare County. NC 211 maintains up-to-date contact info for all local services. It is available 24/7 and in multiple languages.
- In 2018, NC 211 became the data backbone of NCCARE360, the digital health and human services referral platform sponsored by NC DHHS and the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation. It is unclear if this platform will be adopted to provide integrated client management among multiple agencies on the Outer Banks as the state leaders hope.
Today
- Collaborative participants take turns hosting quarterly meetings.
- There is a 211 Fund held at the Outer Banks Community Foundation. Distributions from this fund are available to defray the costs related to the operation of NC211 in Dare County.
Tomorrow
- Anything is possible. Let’s continue working together to improve delivery of services to members of our community.
Meeting Calendar
March 7, Winter 2025:
Roxana Ballinger, Dare County Department of Health and Human Services, on the new Mobile Recovery Unit
June 6, Spring 2025:
Bronwyn Thronton, on the latest at Outer Banks Hotline
September 5, Summer 2025:
Bill Blake, Albemarle Area United Way on the new ALICE system
December 5, Fall 2025:
Sara Sampson, Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County, on the State of the Child
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