What is the HSC Listserv?

The Human Services Coalition (HSC) Listserv is for not-for-profit organizations to share information with the local community regarding:

  • Upcoming events and how to get involved
  • Collaboration in service delivery or grant writing
  • Job opportunities
  • Other topics of specific interest to the health and human services community
  • Donations

The list is open to persons who are affiliated with the not-for-profit sector. This may include employees or volunteers at not-for-profit agencies, county and city departments, elected officials, board members, or other affiliates. 

Guidelines for Posting

These guidelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Human Services Coalition.

Following these Guidelines keeps our Listserv operating successfully:

  • DO use the HSC Listserv to post announcements for not-for-profit community meetings/events, donating useful items, and posting job opportunities.
  • ALWAYS create a new email message to tc-hsc-l@simplelists.com when posting, please do not reply to the daily digest when posting to the Listserv.
  • KEEP any file attachment and/or embedded image under 5MB or your post may be rejected.  Please note that screen reading programs used by individuals who are blind or visually impaired may not be able to read text in embedded images.
  • DO remember that you are posting to a public forum.  Sharing personal details about your client, their medical needs, or their personal struggles is not recommended as it may allow others to identify them.
  • DO NOT use this listserv to:
    • post your resume/ask for a job or internship
    • solicit funds directly from subscribers – Requests for client assistance should come from an agency – individuals should not post personal requests.
    • sell merchandise or services – If you represent a for-profit business or private practice, please do not advertise on this listserv.
    • find homes for kittens, puppies, or other animals
    • search for lost/stolen items or pets
    • post partisan/political messages or campaign/PAC fundraisers
    • advertise the rental/sale of real estate.
  • DO NOT use this listserv for editorializing or ongoing dialogue. If you would like to respond to another subscriber, please respond to that individual only, not to the entire list.
  • DO NOT post information for the same event too often. Please respect others’ inboxes and limit posts for the same event to once per week.
  • DO use the List as smart way to request information for your not-for-profit or clients.
  • DO use the subject line to specifically describe your event/information.
  • DO keep your message short and simple.
  • DO provide good contact information.
  • SUCCESS: The Listserv works in a self-regulated way, owing its effectiveness and success to its own subscribers; now totaling almost 2,900.

To contact the Listserv Manager, email tbeardsley@hsctc.org.

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How To Post to the HSC Listserv

Once you are subscribed, send a newly composed email to tc-hsc-l@simplelists.com in order to reach all list subscribers directly. You must send from the email address you subscribed under.  Posts cannot be recalled or deleted so be sure that what you send is what you wish subscribers to receive.

How To Ensure You Receive Posts

Spam filters are getting aggressive these days. To ensure you stay an active member of this list – set your email filter to accept all mail from tc-hsc-l@simplelists.com.  If you are unsure how to do this, please contact your IT administrator or your email provider.

Access the HSC Listserv Archive

Subscribed members now have access to an archive of past posts.  Click the button to request access.  Posts prior to June 22, 2026 are not available.



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Our Sponsor

Our deepest thanks goes to the Cornell University Einhorn Center for Community Engagement for granting us the funding to support this listserv.  Their continued partnership in connecting the nonprofit community is greatly appreciated.

Frequently Asked Questions

Individual email spam filters are getting more and more aggressive and often see the volume of listserv posts sent through our system as unwanted mail.
If you find you are no longer receiving HSC Listserv emails you can try the following:

  • CHECK YOUR SPAM folder.  Listserv emails often end up in spam folders.  You can force emails to your inbox (or a folder of your choosing) by using a filter in your email (see below).
  • If there is nothing in your spam folder make sure you are still subscribed.  YOU CAN RESUBSCRIBE yourself via the form on our website, fill out the ‘SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE’ form out as if you were new.
  • MAKE A FILTER in your email that forces mail from tc-hsc-l@simplelists.com to your inbox (or a folder of your choosing).  This should alert your spam filter that you actually want our emails.  If you are unsure how to create a filter, please google it or contact your email provider.
  • NEVER mark an email coming through the Listserv as spam, doing so may alert our listserv system to stop sending to you and may automatically unsubscribe your email address.
  • DID YOUR FORWARD TO SOMEONE ELSE? There is a unique-to-you unsubscribe link at the bottom of each post you receive which someone could use to unsubscribe you.  We recommend removing that link should you wish to forward a post to others.
  • IS YOUR PROVIDER BLOCKING US? Providers often block emails due to specific content, attachments, or size of the email.  If you are experiencing issues, please check with your provider or IT person to ensure your email can accept all posts from our Listserv.

We try to give as much flexibility as we can but given our not-for-profit status there are regulations in place that govern what our resources can be used for. This informs much of our guidelines and we thank you for your understanding.

Also, our main focus and mandate is to support not-for-profit organizations and through them, their clients which could be clouded by allowing too many other things. 

Our format has worked successfully for almost 30 years and we appreciate the efforts of our subscribers in helping to keep things running smoothly.

Sometimes, but they also require constant moderation to remain productive in most online forums.

We also believe in-person discussions provide great opportunities for the community to come together to learn and discuss important topics.  That’s why we offer our HSC Workshop Series, HSC Forums, Homeless and Housing Task Force Meetings, and Health Planning Council Presentations. Most of these opportunities are free and all are open to the public.

As with all good things in life, on occasion our listserv comes with some not-so-good stuff.  If we filtered out all of the things you might not be interested in then it would severely limit the diverse, inclusive, and cooperative entity that makes up the HSC Listserv we know and love. 

We do contact users behind the scenes to encourage appropriate use of the Listserv and we will continue to post the guidelines as a reminder to subscribers.

Questions, feedback, and other requests may be brought to the attention of the HSC Listserv manager by emailing tbeardsley@hsctc.org.