Resources
The Kootenay Boundary Community Services Co-operative serves as a support to its members and to the region served by its members. The following list provides links to resources found useful by the Co-op and its members.
Advocacy
- Canadian Council on Social Development: http://www.ccsd.ca/home.htm
- First Call Child & Youth Advocacy: http://www.firstcallbc.org/
- Federation of Child & Family Services: http://www.fcfs.bc.ca/
Co-operatives
- BC Co-operative Association: http://www.bcca.coop/
- Canadian Co-operative Association:http://www.coopscanada.coop/
- United Community Services Co-operative: http://www.ucscoop.com/
- Shared Services - Adding Value to Non-Profit Organizations: http://innovations.voluntarygateway.ca/
- Upper Columbia Co-operative Council: www.uccc.coop
Finances and Funding
- BC Bid for contract opportunities: http://www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca/open.dll/welcome
- BC Gaming for program support funds: http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/gaming/grants/index.htm
- The Centre for Sustainability: http://www.centreforsustainability.ca/index.html
- Columbia Basin Trust: http://www.cbt.org/main/default.asp
- Human Resources & Social Development Canada: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml
- Vancouver Foundation: http://www.vancouverfoundation.bc.ca/
- Voluntary Sector Knowledge Network: http://www.vskn.ca/vskn.htm
Food Security
- The Cost of Eating in BC 2009: Low-income British Columbians can't afford healthy food: http://www.dietitians.ca/pdf/CostofEating2009
Governance
- The Centre for Sustainability: http://www.centreforsustainability.ca/index.html
- Charity Village: http://www.charityvillage.com/
Human Resources
- Charity Village: http://www.charityvillage.com/
- HRSDC HR for Employers: http://www.hrmanagement.gc.ca/gol/hrmanagement/site.nsf/en/index.html
- Human Resources Council: http://www.hrcouncil.ca/index_e.cfm
- Interlock Employee and Family Assistance Program: http://www.interlock-eap.com/index.htm
- Work in Non-Profits for finding and posting Jobs: http://workinnonprofits.ca/index
- Voluntary Sector Knowledge Network: http://www.vskn.ca/vskn.htm
Management and Planning
- Centre for Non-Profit Management: http://www.cnpm.ca/
- Charity Village: http://www.charityvillage.com/
Quality Assurance
- CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities: http://www.carf.org/
- Council on Accreditation: http://www.coanet.org/front3/index.cfm
- Voluntary Sector Knowledge Network: http://www.vskn.ca/vskn.htm
Regional Services
- Columbia Basin Trust: http://www.cbt.org/main/default.asp
- West Kootenay Boundary Community Services Directory
- Success by 6 early childhood development: www.successby6wk.com
Technology
- NTEN Non-profit Technology Network: www.nten.org
- Tech Soup www.techsoup.org
