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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
County Clothing
Center
Home-Based Services
Kent Social Services
St. Joseph’s Child Care Center
Serving At Risk Youth
Scoutreach, Windham
Scouting Character Development
Center of Hope (A program of Family & Community Services)
Contact: Debby Missimi, Program
Director
1034 West Main Street
Ravenna, Ohio 44266
330-297-5454
www.portagefamilies.org
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
3377 State Route 59
Ravenna, Ohio 44256
330-296-0503
www.portagefamilies.org
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
143 Gougler Avenue
Kent, Ohio 44240
330-677-4124
www.portagefamilies.org
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
1066 South Water Street
Kent, Ohio 44240
330-673-6963
www.portagefamilies.org
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)
Contact: Lori Livengood,
Site Manager
2617 Waterloo Road
Mogadore, Ohio 44260
330-628-9550
www.portagefamilies.org
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 )
Contact: Jim Shimko, Program Director
Administration: 1601 South Main Street, Akron, OH
44309
330-773-0415 or 800-844-7268
www.gtcbsa.org
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
(A program of
Greater Western
Reserve Boy Scouts of America)
Contact: Bud Bower, Program Director
Administration: 4930 Enterprise Parkway,
Warren, Ohio 44483
Program locations: East Elementary and Katherine Thomas
Elementary, Windham
330-898-8474 or 800-234-7268
www.bsa-gwrc.org
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
(A program of
Greater Western
Reserve Boy Scouts of America)
Contact: Gary Erlinger, Program Director
Administration: 4930 Enterprise Parkway,
Warren, Ohio 44483
330-898-8474 or 800-234-7268
www.bsa-gwrc.org
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. |