Our Mission:

Enhance the delivery of services by providing leadership that convenes Lake County human service sector stakeholders and fosters collaboration.

Our Vision:

The Alliance cultivates a network that maximizes the effectiveness of Lake County human service providers.

 
 
 

“The Alliance for Human Services remains one of the most impactful connections I made since being named Avon Township Supervisor in 2021. This connection and the resources they have provided has been invaluable since the first meeting I attended with the Alliance for Human Services. They simultaneously changed my way of thinking on how to best provide services and resources to Avon Township residents and gave me the tools to impact my community. I cannot recommend their services enough and I thank them for all they have done.”

— Michele Bauman, Avon Township Supervisor

 

Our History

The Alliance began through the foresight and generosity of The Lake County Community Foundation. The Foundation convened a group of Lake County nonprofits in a series of dialogues between 2008-2010, making significant capacity building investments through grant making, creating the REACH program and providing technical assistance workshops.

This culminated with a request from the nonprofit leaders that The Foundation actively seek ways to engage the nonprofit sector in creating systemic change. The Lake County Community Foundation launched the Leadership Task Force.

To support the Leadership Task Force (a select group of agency leaders and CEOs), The Lake County Community Foundation worked with the following organizations to develop a year-long initiative.

Two Key Issues Surfaced:

  • The agencies had many shared clients, but didn’t know enough about each other and shared clients to efficiently coordinate care.

  • Predictable income was becoming increasingly difficult, creating a strong need for sustainable funding.

Today, the Alliance for Human Services is a membership organization led by a volunteer board of directors. It is committed to the original vision of helping to foster relationships and collaborations to improve the delivery of human services. It also seeks to strengthen the human services sector by helping member organizations increase their capacity.

The Alliance seeks to be a true model for countywide collaboration amongst health and human service agencies.  It is actively seeking new members. Ultimately, it seeks to ensure that all Lake County health and human service agencies have the resources and capacities to effectively meet the needs of the county’s diverse communities.

Our Current Organizational Members

The Alliance is made up of over 90 leaders throughout Lake County
including nonprofits, schools, houses of worship, and government officials. 

Individual Members

  • Lynn Bergero

  • Robin Byster

  • Ed Gallagher

  • Nancy Frohman

  • Scott Jewitt

  • Charles Ivy

  • Sam Haik

  • Sharon Harris

  • Christine M. Lopez, M.Ed.

  • Emily Pahl

  • Jessika Pencak

  • Meghan Powell-Filler

  • Devin Steiber

  • Julia Wold