Bridging the Gap
to Fill Unmet Needs
The First Responder for Urgent Unmet Needs.
CRN aligns services, connects resources to fill unmet needs for community members, and accelerates impact by utilizing private sector innovation, leveraging public sector resources, and mobilizing social service networks.
School activity fees for a single mom's three kids.
Request sent 6:40 AM, funded by 9:00 AM
A furnace repaired the day after Christmas.
Family of five, infant and disabled child
$64.50 stood between her and a nursing career.
A member covered the exam fee. She now works as a CNA.
A Community Engagement Platform That Firms Up Safety Nets
The Community Resource Network is comprised of public bodies, non-profits, for-profit businesses, tribes, and individuals. When a member becomes aware of a need it is posted on the CRN. No personally identifiable information is listed, only the basics about the need.
Custom matching notifies only those members whose profiles fit the need. Members contact the requester directly to coordinate details. The platform connects resources to needs in the local community, and it logs every transaction.
Average fulfillment in CRN communities
Without coordination
What Members Do
From Need to Fulfillment
A member encounters a service gap and posts it. No personally identifiable information, only the basics.
Custom matching alerts only those whose profile fits the need. No mass email, no noise.
Whoever can help contacts the requester to arrange pick up, delivery, or payment.
Every fulfillment is time stamped, building county-level evidence that a need was actually met.
Public bodies · Non-profits · Businesses · Tribes · Individuals
CRN Started by Asking These Questions
What happens when service referrals are not met?
Where can I access community-level data to inform my organization?
How can I share my organizational strengths to help out, where we can?
If I have resources or an event to share, how might I most efficiently communicate that to our partners today?
What if I can't wait for the next community partners meeting to ask for an urgent client's need at the moment?
Four Regional Networks.
One Statewide Model.
Each network is backed by a local backbone agency. Each one is community-owned, not centrally imposed.
Bring CRN to Your Community
Free for community members. Member-owned. Eight years operational.
Get in Touch
Get in touch with Community Resource Network to learn more about our work and how you can get involved.