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Currently Funded Programs
Helping Adults |
Helping Families Families in Portage County need and deserve access to training, counseling and vital support services that will help them obtain and maintain stability. United Way funded programs help strengthen the family unit by providing access to culturally enriching and educational programming.
Center of Hope Center of Hope (A program of Family & Community Services)
Contact: Debby Missimi, Program
Director The Center of Hope provides nutritious hot meals and food pantry assistance, Monday through Friday, that help families in all areas of Portage County meet their basic needs for food and personal care items. The center also provides holiday programs for families through distribution of Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets. Toys are also collected and provided for children at the center’s Christmas Shop. County Clothing Center (A program of Family & Community Services) Contact: Candy
Pollard, Program Manager The County Clothing Center provides gently used clothing to individuals and families in Portage County at no charge, while reducing the waste stream by providing a centralized drop-off and distribution facility for donations. Home-Based Services (A program of Family & Community Services) Contact:
Laura Mann, Program Manager Home Based Services are designed to provide intensive case management, counseling, and support in families’ homes in order to improve family functioning, increase self-sufficiency and address specific family preservation-related needs. Kent Social Services (A program of Family & Community Services)
Contact: Debby Missimi, Program
Director Kent Social Services provides nutritious hot meals and food pantry assistance, Monday through Friday, that help families in all areas of Portage County meet their basic needs for food and personal care items. The program also provides holiday services for families through distribution of Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets.
St. Joseph’s
Child Care Center (A Program of Family & Community Services) St. Joseph’s Child Care Center is a quality, full-day care center that provides a Christian environment for children ages six weeks to four years old. Low-income families receive priority enrollment and may quality for tuition assistance.
Serving At Risk
Youth (A program of
Great Trail Boy
Scouts of America ) The Serving At Risk Youth Program aims to provide youth with a safe environment and to give them a variety of hands-on experiences that will teach them self-assurance, teamwork and leadership – critical life skills for the future.
Scoutreach, Windham
Contact: Bud Bower, Program Director The Scoutreach Program’s mission is to help make young people to make ethic choices over their lifetimes by instilling them in values of the Scout Oath and Law.
Scouting Character
Development The Scouting Character Development program provides youth with the opportunities to have fun and learn new skills and by doing so, develop good citizenship, strong character, and positive behavioral habits. |
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