CONNECTIONS links people and service providers throughout the county by maintaining a database of information on available community resources and providing contact information for a broad range of services.  Numerous service providers (Salvation Army, Feed My Sheep, St. Vincent and Trustees) as well as area churches refer calls for assistance to CONNECTIONS.  CONNECTIONS in turn completes an application with the caller to identify the need for assistance then verifies the information and contacts resources that may be able to help the family.  CONNECTIONS maintains a database of all calls and applications which helps identify the number of times the person has requested and received assistance.