Resource Directory Inclusion Criteria

To best meet the spectrum of needs in the Sierra County service area, the Resource Directory Advisory Committee, including representatives of health, social service, emergency management and religious organizations, determined that agencies in the Directoryn should fit into one or more of the following categories:
  • Nonprofit organization
  • Governmental entity
  • Educational institution
  • Assisted living facility
  • Support Group
  • Civic organization that provides human, educational, or community services in or for Sierra County on a continual or regular basis

A for-profit agency may be listed if the organization provides services to clients eligible for governmental assistance or sliding fee scales.

Only organizations which have completed a service questionnaire or been interviewed by Information andReferral staff are included in the directory. 

The following modifications and additions were made by The I&R Advisory Board in 2003:

The following types of organizations will be included in the database regardless of their status as profit or non-profit organizations:

  • Health care organizations such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, home health care providers, and health care supplies.
  • Individual health care practitioners who work in areas of health care that are licensed by the State of New Mexico (doctors, nurses, chiropractors, acupuncturist, massage therapist, counselors, etc.) who operate private practices in Sierra County.
  • Organizations, such as churches and civic groups, that offer a service for the community-at-large which is not restricted to their members
  • Schools and educational organizations
  • Cultural organizations