Snyder Community Resource Center is a non-profit organization devoted to helping people take a step forward. This umbrella organization contains different agencies that meet specific needs. We are organized to provide emergency assistance to families, children and individuals to live safe, stable and self-sufficient lives. We endeavor to educate the general public about the dangers and the negative impact on families and communities of drug and alcohol addictions. Our organization is formulated to promote assistance to those in the community who are seeking assistance in the recovery of alcohol and drug addictions and/or are in need of housing, clothing, food, and general life necessities. This agency has been established to provide a positive and supportive environment for families, children and individuals facing a life crisis by offering opportunities to socialize and confide among others facing similar situations. Through strategic partnerships, our organization endeavors to streamline community assistance to individuals and families while reducing the abuse of the community’s generosity.

SCRC began in 2014 as a referral agency for individuals needing drug and alcohol treatment after founder, Steven Pena, realized there was no place for people to turn for help when our community was directly impacted by an epidemic of methamphetamine use. It was our goal to ensure the people in our community struggling with addiction had the necessary resources to obtain treatment for their life-controlling addiction. As we realized the needs in our community were so great, our agency began to grow. We now have four growing and viable programs under the umbrella of SCRC. iCare (emergency assistance), Snyder Area Naturalization Assistance, The Council of Alcohol & Drug Abuse, and Community Care Initiative.

Since 2014, SCRC has strategically collaborated with other organizations to ensure the capability of our agency to help individuals and families take a step forward. Directly following the launch of our agency in 2014, our partnership with Narcotics Anonymous began. NA allowed us to provide an environment in which those with addiction can help one another stop using and find a new way to live. In 2015, we partnered with Region 14 Education Service Center to present English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to those who desire to take a step toward United States citizenship or legal residency. March of 2016 allowed for even greater growth within our organization as the relationship with the Scurry County Ministerial Alliance was established. Any individual that seeks financial assistance from a local church are directed to the SCRC, where we collect necessary information and issue vouchers to help with utility bills, gas, or immediate shelter. This particular collaboration has allowed us to help more individuals in a way that benefits our community and makes greatest use of available funds. As an organization that began to refer the addict to treatment, our accomplishments and strategic partnerships with individuals, businesses, and other organizations have allowed us to impact our community’s greatest needs economically, personally, therapeutically, and through sustainability.