• Community Action Centers
  • Community centers
    
  • Information/education/referral offices
    
  • Food banks/commodity distribution
    
  • Thrift stores
    
  • Weatherization programs
    
  • Battered Women’s shelters
    
  • Halfway houses
    
  • Homeless shelters
    

• Residential Treatment Centers/Group Homes
  • Treatment Foster Care
    
  • Therapeutic Foster Care
    
  • Foster family based treatment
    
  • Emotionally disturbed children/adolescents
    
  • Mentally Retarded/developmentally disabled individuals
    

• Head Start
  • Federally Funded and regulated program for children ages 3-5
    
  • Focus on early education and nutrition
    

• Early Childhood Intervention
  • Adjunct to Head Start, Community Action or other larger program
    
  • Primarily provides the care of children under age 3
    
  • Emphasis on nutrition and well-being
    

• Schools
  • Charter Schools
    
  • Schools for deaf, blind and handicapped
    
  • “At Risk” special needs schools
    
  • Special schools for minorities (such as economically deprived, Native Americans)
    
  • Must be geared toward providing a social service function
    

• After School Programs
  • After school education and recreational programs for grades K-12
    
  • No food or medical services provided
    

• Boys & Girls Clubs
  • Neighborhood centers to serve school age youth
    

• YWCA
  • Smaller programs that include:
    
  • Day care
    
  • Educational programs
    
  • Minor recreational facilities
    
  • Women’s shelter
    
  • Job training programs
    

• Adult & Family Services
  • GED Programs
    
  • Job Training programs
    

• Counseling Services
  • Socialization skills, peer pressure, school problems, grief counseling
    

• Senior Services
  • Adult Day Care
    
  • Senior Citizen Centers
    
  • Meals on Wheels
    

• Handicapped/ARC/MRDD/Group Homes
  • Sheltered Workshops
    
  • Work Activities
    
  • Supported Living Respite Care
    
  • Job or vocational training
    

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America

• Family Planning Clinics
  • Education & outreach
    
  • Education and distribution of birth control methods, including emergency contraception
    
  • Pregnancy testing
    
  • Referrals/counseling for pregnancy, abortion, adoption services, drugs or alcohol, sexuality issues
    
  • Health assessments, including medical history
    
  • Urine tests
    
  • Ultrasound to confirm pregnancy
    

• Transportation Risks
  • Provide transportation service to the low income and elderly populations.

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