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Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Respite Care Subsidies
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Prevocational Training
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Benefits Screening
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants

Offering addiction information, support, and treatment program listings by state. Resources available for the following drug addictions (alcohol, opiates, opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants), process addictions (eating disorders, food addiction, gambling addiction, sex addiction, kleptomania), and treatment programs (medical detox, inpatient and outpatient rehab, interventions).

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Specialized Information and Referral

Provides information and referrals to programs and services for Iowans with disabilities, their families, and service providers. Can access local, state, and national programs for people with health-related conditions and disabilities.

Parent support and parenting education.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides social support to Latinos in the area. Services offered in Spanish.

Social Services include:

-- Risk education (alcohol, drugs, gambling, and other risk factors)

-- DUI assessments

-- Interpreter services

-- Help to complete community hours

-- Healthy Choices Youth Program

-- Youth Support Groups

-- Early Intervention and Prevention

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Court Ordered Community Service Referral Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Specialized Information and Referral
Language Interpretation
Youth Outreach Programs
Cultural Heritage Programs
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Cultural Heritage Groups

Connects pregnant women or couples, and parents of children ages 0-5, to free family support services.

All services are provided by family support specialists who want to listen, offer knowledgeable advice, and help with resources for parenting success. Every family is approached without judgment and focus on connecting families to the right support services that build confidence in raising healthy, happy kids.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral

Provides coordination of community-based respite care services for family caregivers of children and adults with special needs in Illinois. The Illinois Respite Coalition (IRC) assists families in avigation funding streams., eligibility criteria and fragmented services. IRC also builds connections between caregivers and providers through online resources, a statewide network, and access to training opportunities.

Provides information and referrals to area agencies that offer support services to the Washington and Marion County residents.

Department of Defense resources offer information for military households related to childcare, education, healthcare, housing, and spouse employment.

Additional welcome guides are linked for various base cities and countries around the world.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Provides information and referrals to available resources in the Polk County area. Information and referrals can include food programs, energy assistance, chore services, and Medicare and Medicaid information. Volunteer opportunities, educational, recreational programs and nutrition information is also available. Coordinates seven neighborhood-based senior centers and nine meal sites throughout Polk County. Contact your local community center for more information.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Respite Care Subsidies
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Prevocational Training
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Benefits Screening
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Clinical staff maintains an updated referral file of mental health professionals throughout the Chicago area who are experienced working with grieving children, teens, and families. Contacts with other resources may be provided or researched, as needed.
LifeLong Links-Aging & Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) provide specialized information, referral, and assistance regarding programs and services available for older adults and persons with disabilities. ADRC Options Counselors provide benefits counseling to help empower individuals to make informed choices about their long-term care options and assist them in accessing needed services. LifeLong Links also provides an online resource directory of resources for people to use.

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Long Term Care Options Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Area Agencies on Aging
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Specialized Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Specialized Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Services and activities for senior citizens to support their independence and community involvement. Includes activities coordination, entertainment, fellowship, recreation, and education.

Specific services include congregate meals Mon-Fri at 12 pm, home delivered meals, information and referral, blood pressure clinics, foot clinics the 3rd Tue from 1 pm-3 pm.

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Senior Centers
Foot Screening
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Home Delivered Meals
Specialized Information and Referral
Blood Pressure Screening
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Provides information and referrals to available resources in the Polk County area. Information and referrals can include food programs, energy assistance, chore services, and Medicare and Medicaid information. Volunteer opportunities, educational, recreational programs and nutrition information is also available. Coordinates seven neighborhood-based senior centers and nine meal sites throughout Polk County. Contact your local community center for more information.
Provides information on support groups and financial resources for caregivers.

Provides free and confidential services. Services offered include pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling, limited ultrasound, on-going pregnancy support, referrals for community support services, support after an abortion, Earn While You Learn Program, fatherhood mentoring programs, and Mother's/Maternity Home.

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Pregnancy Testing
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Vocational Rehabilitation
Parenting Skills Classes
Pregnancy Counseling
Mentoring Programs
Childbirth Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Information and referral.

10 Tips on How To Get Started

Ten ways to get started caring for a family member or friend: www.aarp.org/211care


5 Steps for Family Caregivers

Tips to ease the transition into caregiving: www.aarp.org/firsttimecaregiving


Taking the Stress out of Family Caregiving

Guide to help find support, make tough decisions, and handle conflict during the caregiving journey: www.aarp.org/careguides


Caregiving Questions and Answer Tool

Answers about caregiving: www.aarp.org/caregiving/answers

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Specialized Information and Referral

RAMP works with students and their families to learn the laws that protect the rights of a student with a disability, how to navigate the maze of community services, and to learn the skills required to achieve their goals.

Services include legal rights training, self-advocacy skills training, peer support, independent living skills training, transition planning guidance, educational workshops, and assistance with letter writing.

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Disability Rights Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Health/Disability Related Counseling
ADA Implementation Assistance
Disability Awareness Training

Redeploy is a state funded program which provides services to youth who are at very high risk of incarceration in the State of Illinois prison system. Services include:

-- Clinical Treatment

-- Case Management

-- Transportation

-- Advocacy

-- Linkage to other services

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Specialized Information and Referral
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Case/Care Management

Restorative service for diverting youth at risk of involvement with the criminal justice system. Services include:

-- Linkage and referral

-- Development of critical decision making skills

-- Emotional literacy development

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

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Homemaker Assistance
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Medicare Information/Counseling
Home Delivered Meals
Specialized Information and Referral
Case/Care Management
Area Agencies on Aging
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's In Home Respite Care