How Love INC's Clearinghouse Works

Step 1 - Request for Help

Residents of Gallatin County, Montana, who need food, clothing, budgeting assistance, car repairs, home repairs, transportation, friendship, family help - all kinds of needs - can call the Love INC Clearinghouse office and request help.   

Clearinghouse in-take advisors briefly interview the person to obtain necessary information.   

Step 2 - Analyze the Need

Love INC assesses requests for assistance to ensure that the needs referred to churches and their volunteers will be legitimate, well-defined and manageable. 

The office researches not only the need, but also the best available local resources.  Upon processing the request, the Love INC Clearinghouse may refer the request to local church volunteers, or to a local service agency, a helping organization or a local ministries.  

Love INC is committed to meeting needs without duplication of services.

Step 3 - The Helping Church

Requests for services are referred to volunteers in Love INC partner churches.  Love INC identifies willing volunteers and material resources in its partner churches and matches these church volunteers with neighbors in need.

Step 4 - Follow Up

The Love INC Clearinghouse makes follow-up calls to make sure the person who has asked for help was satisfactorily assisted, and to determine if there are any other outstanding needs Love INC can assist with.