Children of Restaurant Workers (CORE)

Website: https://coregives.org/apply/

Email: info@coregives.org

Phone: 404-655-4690

Address: 8084 Rivers Avenue Suite 200, North Charleston, SC 29406

CORE is a national nonprofit dedicated to serving food & beverage service employees with children to provide financial relief when either the parent or their child faces a health crisis, injury, death or natural disaster.

Qualifying events: (usually within 3 months of application)

• Diagnosed Medical Condition (child or parent)

• Injury or Accident (child or parent)

• Death of an immediate family member (child or parent)

• Documented domestic abuse (child or parent)

• Natural disaster

Restaurant: any place where food and beverage is bought and sold on-premise, including quick service (ex.: Starbucks and McDonald’s, grocery store hot bar), fast casual (ex.: Panera), casual dining (ex.: Olive Garden), fine dining (ex.: Fleming’s Steak House), and room service and in-hotel restaurants (ex.: Marriott hotel bar or in-room food service), food trucks, and hospital and school cafeterias.

Restaurant Employee: a person on the payroll of a restaurant (as defined above) part- or full-time. CORE refers to these employees as “food and beverage employees”.

If a family qualifies for CORE support, they receive a grant to cover medical bills for children, gas cards, groceries, clothing, medical supplies and therapies, utilities, rent and mortgage, and other essential needs a family might need to navigate their specific circumstance.

Types of expenses CORE covers include but are not limited to:

• Rent or mortgage

• Utilities such as electric, gas, water and sewer

• Funeral expenses including travel to out of town funerals

• Medical bills/supplies

• Therapy sessions/equipment

• Hospital expenses for family: travel, hotel stays, food, gas, etc.

• Other child needs: diapers, formula, etc.

• Childcare costs

Expenses CORE DOES NOT cover:

• Cable/Internet service

• Direct Cash/Check to Family

Appointment Steps & Documentation

1. Fill out a grant application form here