HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
| Wyoming County United Way | P.0. Box 399 | 836-l66l |
| , Executive Director | ||
| The United Way's mission is to meet the needs and improve the quality of life for the people of the county. A system of volunteers in an ongoing effort to raise and allocate funds for the services to non-profit member agencies. | ||
| Wyoming County Human Services | 836-313l | |
| Greg Porasky, Director | ||
| Serves dependent children and families with a primary concern of protecting children and family conservation when possible. Provides counseling, child protective services, adoption, emergency placement, independent living, day care eligibility, foster care, community-based placement, residential placement, in-home services, homemaker, intake and referral. | ||
Wyoming
County United Way Member Agencies: |
| American Red Cross , Wyoming County Chapter |
836-2626 | |
| Tammy Balewski, Executive Director | ||
| Volunteer organization that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Provides emergency food, clothing and shelter to victims of natural disasters, emergency communications between military personnel and their families to notify in cases of birth, death, and illness and to arrange for emergency leave, bloodmobiles, safety courses. | ||
| ARC of Wyoming County | P.O. Box 338 | 836-400l |
| Dianne Sheridan, Executive Director | ||
| Helps develop capability of individuals with mental retardation, community living arrangement program, host family program, family aid program, recreation program for children in conjunction with schools. | ||
| Big Brothers/Big Sisters | l02 Warren St. | 836-3389 |
| Jeanmarie Harding, Caseworker | ||
| Provides opportunity for positive growth and enrichment to children from single-parent families, through the companionship provided in a trusting and caring relationship with mentors. | ||
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Bradford/Wyoming
County Literacy Program |
220 W. Tioga Street | 996-5203 |
| Judy Cooper, Outreach Recruiter | ||
| Free and confidential help, one-to-one tutoring in reading and writing skills, using a phonics approach to increase skills needed to meet the new reader's needs. | ||
| Child Development Council of NEPA | Second St. | 836-3846 |
| Barb Philpotts, Center Director | ||
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Center provides care for infants and
toddlers, preschool and school age children |
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| Community Counseling Services | 99 Bridge St. | 836-3ll8 |
| Leonard McNabb, Director | ||
| Mental health and mental retardation services for adults in Wyoming County. Stress management, marriage counseling | ||
| Family Service Association-Counseling | 823-5144 | |
| Dennis Gourley | ||
| Provides strength to families under stress including individual, marital, family and group therapy, employee assistance program, drug and alcohol outpatient services, family life education programs, pregnancy counseling, custody/visitation mediation, adoption home studies. | ||
| Hemodialysis Patient's Association of NEPA | 836-1640 | 876-3988 |
| Robert Cooney, Director | ||
| Provides mileage reimbursement for transportation to dialysis treatments. | ||
| Interfaith Friends | 57 E. Tioga St. | 836-2428 |
| , Executive Director | ||
| Targets small children and the elderly. Serves the working poor in the county, provides clothing thrift shop, nursing home visitation by Green Thumb volunteers, Christmas Bureau, Thanksgiving dinner for boarding home residents, purchasing shoes, coats, medicine, etc., for the needy. | ||
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Girl Scouts |
Boy Scouts |
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| Penn's Woods Council | 829-2631 | Northeastern Pa. Council | 207-1227 |
| Scanton Pocono Council | 344-1224 | ||
| Trehab Center | Rt 92 S. | 836-6840 |
| Dennis Phelps, Executive Director | ||
| Reverse equity program, GPU customer assistance program, GPU good neighbor program, low-cost/no-cost energy survey, home maintenance program, case management, supported work program, home ownership program, weatherization services, Independent Living Program. Job training programs including adult and youth employment, summer youth employment and training, dislocated worker program, upfront job placement program, PREP profile reemployment program, older individual program, ABE/GED program, and SPOC program. | ||
| Tunkhannock Library | 220 W. Tioga St. | 836-l677 |
| , Director | ||
| Services offered are books-by-mail service to shut-ins, audio books, books in large print, videos, research material and popular best sellers, both fiction and nonfiction. | ||
| United Rehabilitation Services | 25 West St. | 836-3930 |
| Pam Pangonis, Site Manager | ||
| Private, non-profit vocational rehabilitation facility. | ||
| Victims Resource Center | 836-5544 | |
| Janet Mackay, Executive Director | ||
| Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | ||
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Helping children and adults who are victims of: Domestic
Violence-Sexual Assault/Rape-Stalking/Harassment- Services provided
include: Confidential 24 Hour Hotline |
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| Wyoming County Cancer Society | 8 Ironwood St. | 836-6552 |
| Betty Ubachs, Executive Director | ||
| Educating about cancer, cancer prevention, financial assistance for cancer patients. Assistance for transportation, medication, dressings, rehabilitation, loan of walkers, wheelchairs, commodes. Cancer screening clinics 3-4 times a year | ||
| Parenting Network | 26 Pine St. | 836-l092 |
| Provides social and informative support to community families. Offers discussions on various topics, playgroups during discussions, guest speakers, literature and a membership directory. | ||
| Penn State Cooperative Extension | Courthouse | 836-3l96 |
| Karen Bracey, Extension Director | ||
| Pat Butler, Extension Agent/4-H: | ||
| Provides a link to Penn State and its research to assist individuals and families improve the quality of their lives in agriculture, family living and 4-H youth. | ||
| Seventh Day Adventist Church Community Services | Rt. 6 | 836-3763 |
| Pastor Paul Fisher | ||
| Provides clothing to those
in need due to economic need or disaster. |
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| Tyler Memorial Hospital | Rt. 6 | 836-216l |
| Acute care community general hospital | ||
| Wyoming County WIC Clinic | 7 Charles Brothers Plaza | 836-6622 |
| (Women, Infants, Children) | ||
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Provides supplemental nutritious foods and nutrition education during critical times of growth and development.
WIC is
for: Pregnant women - Mothers breastfeeding their
babies - WIC is FREE to those
who age eligible. to qualify for the program, Receiving WIC benefits will not reduce other benefits you may receive If you know a woman,
infant or child who could Win With WIC,
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| Wyoming County Senior Citizens Center |
Rt.
29 S Dymond Terrace Plaza |
836-2324 |
| Wyoming County Transportation Dept. | Courthouse | 836-3200 |
| Wyoming County Conservation District | Hollowcrest Rd. | 836-2589 |
| A Public service organization charged with administering the Chesapeake Bay Program, Erosion and Sediment Pollution, Wetland and Stream Encroachment, and Environmental Education Programs within the county. Works cooperatively with the NRCS and the State Dept. of Environmental Protection to ensure conservation of the county's natural resources. Topographic maps and plat books for Wyoming County are available. | ||
| Wyoming County Domestic Relations Office | Courthouse | 836-3200 |
| Florence A. Mociun, Director | ||
| Establishes and enforces spousal and/or child support orders. Also to establish paternity. | ||
| Wyoming County Housing Authority | Main St. Nicholson | 942-6l55 |
| John M. Martin, Director | ||
| Provides safe, decent, sanitary, affordable housing. | ||
| Wyoming County Redevelopment Authority | Main St. Nicholson | 942-6l55 |
| Nancy Lloyd, Director | ||
| Housing rehabilitation, home repairs, to bring home up to federal housing quality standards, weatherization and preservation of the home. Provides eligible first-time home buyers with affordable mortgages and provides housing rehabilitations of the home being purchased. | ||
| Wyoming County Juvenile Court Services | Courthouse | 836-3200 |
| Marshall Davis, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer | ||
| Provides education and prevention services to pre-delinquent youth. Intervention, education, counseling, supervision to delinquent youth. Investigates and assesses eligible youth and advises the judiciary concerning appropriate dispositional alternatives. | ||
| Pa. Dept. of Health | Wyoming County State Health Center | 836-298l |
| Provides various state programs and/or clinics to County residents. Immunization clinic for children up to age 6 months. | ||
| Wyoming County Assistance Office | Rt. 6 W. | 836-5171 |
| Dept. of
Public Welfare. Program purpose: the administration of income
maintenance and medical programs, according to state policy regulations.
Services provided: Aid to families with dependent children; general assistance; medical assistance; state blind pension; food stamps; supplementary security income; unemployment and training services; information and referral; and low-income home energy assistance program. |
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| Catholic Social Services | l02 Warren St. | 836-ll0l |
| Outpatient drug and alcohol counseling, family education and group therapy, codependency and ACOA counseling for families, children and adolescents. | ||
| Children's Service Center | 99 Bridge St. | 836-2722 |
| Case management and support, outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization, parent counselor program, mental retardation services, family-based crisis service. HUGUS, in-home outreach program, school outreach, inpatient care, mental health respite, mobile crisis, case management, SAP outpatient in the school, consultation and education. | ||
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Wyoming County Dept. of Human Services
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