Churchill County Social Services prior to 2000 was motivated to assist residents in their immediate needs to end a one moment crisis situation. Through these motivations emergency services of rent, utilities, and indigent issues were addressed. During the next two years, the Social Services Department started to see the increase of more involved crisis situations and identified the previous services offered only addressed the immediate need, but was not assisting the community to develop the skills to provide for ongoing needs related to their situations. Through development of formal regional and statewide groups, such as Rural Nevada Continuum of Care and Nevada Association of Community Action Agencies, it started to assist the Social Services Agency to develop in a more modeled approach to address community needs that resulted in assisting with poverty on a larger level.