Dialing 2-1-1 provides a hotline to emergency help and crisis information. This includes a wide range of counseling services. Volunteers can refer you to resources in the area.
Just dial 2-1-1 on your telephone to reach a certified counselor. Help is available 24 hours a day.

Please see the website for all services.

Services include:

• Homeless hotline
• Rape counseling
• Suicide hotline
• Substance abuse services
• Trauma counseling
• Traveler's Aid

The Fresh Start Program is a 4 week class. It will help women and men 18 yeas and older with support and tools for academic and personal goals.

Fresh Start Program will help with:

• Build confidence and self-esteem
• Develop financial awareness and personal planning
• Develop personal awareness
• Explore career and educational options
• Learn healthy coping skills
• Learn job search tools
• Master the art of finding, obtaining, and keeping a job
• Offered on an as-needed basis is a 30 hour evening class called WAND (Women Achieving New Directions) to help individuals find career focus.

Please call for more information.

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation provides Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind Services. These services are offered by counselors to those with vision and speech impairments. They help with job interviews and other life skills. Please call or visit website for more information.

This agency provides direct care services. These services are for people with disabilities. They include a variety of employment related programs. The help is customized for each person. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Programs & Services Include:

This program provides employment services to people who are blind or visually impaired. The goal is to place them into jobs that are compatible with their interests and abilities. Services could also include direct training at the job site and help with issues that have an impact on the job. This includes issues such as transportation, housing and referrals to local resources.

Please see the website for all services.

Goodwill can help someone find a job. They are ready to help in the efforts to secure a job. The Direct Placement Services are for those job seekers with disabilities. Please call or visit the website for more information.

This is a shelter for pregnant women over the age of 18 with no other children in their care. The house can accommodate one woman with a child under five in certain cases.

Education and job training are provided so the women can get a GED or college diploma. They will develop specific job seeking skills so they will be more self sufficient. Each woman stays an average of six to eight months after her baby is born.

Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 9am-4pm. The shelter is staffed 24 hours a day.

http://www.divinemercyhouse.org

We help people with disabilities (physical and/or mental) achieve their employment goal and we help them feel more independent.