BEFORE YOU START
Many of the organizations listed here receive grants and federal funds. They are mandated to provide services and assistance, so take your time going through the website, read the requirements and make use of what they have to offer.
How to Use this Website:
1. Make a list of your needs and seek help for the ones that are most important. Prioritize!
2. Locate providers who can provide services that fit your needs.
3. Follow through on getting the help you need to lead a self-sufficient lifestyle. Try to provide all of the information that's being requested when you visit an agency or talk with a caseworker. Making their job easier will reflect back to you.
HOW TO CONTACT AGENCIES AND GET RESULTS
1. Take notes. Have paper and pencil ready when you make a call. Be ready to give a brief but complete account of what you need. Eliminate unrelated information.
2. Be ready to provide your full name and contact information such as how or where you can be reached or receive messages.
3. If your inquiry involves an agency that uses an identifying case or file number, have that available, if possible.
4. Be sure to record the names and titles of people you talk to and confirm their phone numbers in your notes.
5. Keep your notes together on all of your contacts to each agency so that you can supply information when you make follow-up calls.
6. Take the time to say thank you to those who assist you!
Services provided in this directory can change or end at any given time due to funding and/or resources.
How to Use this Website:
1. Make a list of your needs and seek help for the ones that are most important. Prioritize!
2. Locate providers who can provide services that fit your needs.
3. Follow through on getting the help you need to lead a self-sufficient lifestyle. Try to provide all of the information that's being requested when you visit an agency or talk with a caseworker. Making their job easier will reflect back to you.
HOW TO CONTACT AGENCIES AND GET RESULTS
1. Take notes. Have paper and pencil ready when you make a call. Be ready to give a brief but complete account of what you need. Eliminate unrelated information.
2. Be ready to provide your full name and contact information such as how or where you can be reached or receive messages.
3. If your inquiry involves an agency that uses an identifying case or file number, have that available, if possible.
4. Be sure to record the names and titles of people you talk to and confirm their phone numbers in your notes.
5. Keep your notes together on all of your contacts to each agency so that you can supply information when you make follow-up calls.
6. Take the time to say thank you to those who assist you!
Services provided in this directory can change or end at any given time due to funding and/or resources.