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Helps children establish speech and language skills through the evaluation and treatment of expressive and receptive language, problem solving and reasoning, social skills, sign language, and augmentative communication. Therapists also work with children on pre-speech and feeding skills, swallowing, and oral-motor development.

Treatments provided for:

- Speech and language disorder.

- Receptive and expressive language disorder.

- Auditory processing disorder.

- Language processing disorder.

- Articulation/phonological disorder.

- Fluency disorders and stuttering.

- Feeding therapy and picky eating.

- Social skills and communication.

- Pragmatic disorder.

- Dysphagia.

- Oral-motor and feeding concerns.

- Apraxia.

- Deaf and hard of hearing services.

- Autism spectrum disorder.

- Augmentative and alternative communication.

Provides a food basket to those in need. Can be accessed every 30 days as needed.

Offers maternity services to those in need. A complete range of educational classes, birthing facilities, and post-birth care options are available. Call for more information to arrange a tour or to register for classes. Services include breast- feeding consultation, prepared brother and sister and grand-parenting classes, mother and baby exercise, and infant and child CPR, etc. Call for more information regarding postpartum depression.

Offers pediatrics, well child visits, developmental screenings and guidance on nutrition, growth and safety to support children's well-being up to age 21.

Offers primary care including family medicine, internal medicine, infectious disease management, pediatric care, OB/GYN services, prenatal and postpartum coordinated care with labor and delivery, immunizations and preventative screenings, and chronic care.

Helps to improve classroom readiness of students by addressing issues contributing to chronic absenteeism and the incidence of risky behaviors of high school aged youth. Provides school-based support services, monthly family nights, lunch and learn activities, and Ollin and Xochikalli: leadership and character development afterschool programs.

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

Meals on Wheels provides hot, home delivered meals to eligible persons. Frozen meal program available on a limited basis.

Provides services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking. Services include Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence, divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment, elder abuse, including financial exploitation, other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking, immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking, and guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

Offers foster care, adoption services, or pregnancy option counseling. The Office of Community Connections connects with families in need with resources to provide stability and prevent DCFS involvement. 

Provides Section 8, HUD Housing, rental assistance, and rental deposit assistance through Section 8 and other housing programs.

Provides voluntary home visiting services that offers family support and coaching for expectant parents and parents of young children ages birth to 3. The program provides guidance about child development, child safety, practical parenting skills, and family bonding. Provides regular visits based on the family's needs, preferences, and schedules. Visits may be in-person or virtual.

Offers a food pantry that is available to area residents. Can access once per month. Perry County residents may also receive additional food from the monthly Mobile Market.