Information for Referring Agencies
Currently, our policy has changed and we are not requiring our families to bring a voucher to be served.
We need your help in referring more families to our store. We want to serve all families that you assist who are in financial need. If you need additional vouchers or if you have any questions, please call the store at 772-221-8777or email gigisuntum@hotmail.com. Thank you for your continued support!
We need your help in referring more families to our store. We want to serve all families that you assist who are in financial need. If you need additional vouchers or if you have any questions, please call the store at 772-221-8777or email gigisuntum@hotmail.com. Thank you for your continued support!
Referring Agency Guidelines
Our organization was established in 1997 in response to the need for good quality used school clothing for children in Martin County. Our mission targets school aged children ages 5-18 but we also help the younger siblings in the families that we serve.
Each child may choose three outfits (or six pieces of clothing). Each child age 3 and older also receives three new pairs of socks and underwear. Children ages 5 to 16 also receive a voucher toward the purchase of shoes at Walmart.
In addition, we maintain an organized library at our store to encourage literacy. We accept donations of children's books as well as stuffed animals. We are always in need f these items. Please feel free to donate them to us.
Client Eligibility
Vouchers
Each child may choose three outfits (or six pieces of clothing). Each child age 3 and older also receives three new pairs of socks and underwear. Children ages 5 to 16 also receive a voucher toward the purchase of shoes at Walmart.
In addition, we maintain an organized library at our store to encourage literacy. We accept donations of children's books as well as stuffed animals. We are always in need f these items. Please feel free to donate them to us.
Client Eligibility
- Please qualify your clients for our services by referring only families who are known to you and have met your agency's set of criteria. All families who receive vouchers must be reviewed regularly for eligibility, including those who have received vouchers for several years.
- Please refer only families who live in Martin County as we only receive funding for Martin County residents.
- You may still use our vouchers, however, they are no longer necessary. Please write vouchers only for your enrolled families. Families you do not serve should be referred to another agency that is familiar with them.
- Please keep track of the families that you send to us. Keep copies of your yellow vouchers for reference. Many families try to shop before they are eligible. They can come to the 4Cs once every four months. Review information with families each time they ask for a voucher so they do not come to shop too early or come when we are closed.
- Please reference 4C policies if it makes it easier to refuse someone. We need to make sure that all of the families referred to us truly need our services. Our funds, like many other non-profits, are limited.
Vouchers
- Families may shop at the 4Cs store or on the van every four months if needed.
- If you write a family a voucher, they must be filled out completely by you or another staff person at your agency who is knowledgeable about the 4Cs.
- Please do not give vouchers only partially filled out to be finished by the client families.
- Please fill in the client's personal ID number such as a driver's license. A photo ID is preferred.
- Families need only one voucher for all children. All children should be documented by birth year as part of the family. New additions (newborns, nieces or nephews, etc.,) now living with the family, who are documented, may be added to the voucher. Please verify that anyone over age 18 is still in high school.
- Any child not listed on a voucher by a referring agency will not be allowed to shop. Please ask the client to check their voucher for accuracy prior to them leaving your office.
- No one may shop without a voucher. In addition, they will need to bring their identification to the 4Cs in order to shop.
- Parents may not shop for themselves. Our store is only for children up to age 18.
- Do not photocopy vouchers if you run out. The vouches are numbered. Please call (772) 221-8777 for more vouchers to be sent to you. You may also contact Gigi Suntum by e-mail for more vouchers : the4cclub@comcast.net. We are currently giving out $20 shoe vouchers for children ages 5-16 that are good towards the cost of shoes purchased at Stuart Walmart. Children must be five years and older to be included in our shoe voucher program.