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Publications
Where can you go
for help when you are unsure about the resources available in
our community?
With 211
Portage’s Community guides – brochures and booklets filled with
contact information and phone numbers that helps individuals
touch base with the correct resources – individuals in
need can have a go-to resource at their fingertips when they are
in need of assistance.
The Yellow Pages for Today's
Families directory is a specialized directory of services
available to Portage County families and their children.
The Senior Services Directory is a specialized directory
of services available to older adults in Portage County. The Where to Turn directory is a directory of resources
for displaced workers in Portage County.
211 Portage staff updates the
Community Checklists on an annual or bi-annual basis, to ensure that
health and human service information is up to date. The
following guides can be opened in Adobe PDF format for your use.
Click to download:
Directories
Yellow Pages for Today's Families:
2009 - 2010 Edition
(PDF)
Senior Services Directory: 2007 Edition (PDF)
Community Checklists
2010
Checklist of Community Services (PDF)
2010 Senior Services
Checklist (PDF)
Other
Congregate Meals in
Portage County, June 2009 (PDF)
Emergency Assistance Network
United Way 211 Portage
produces the quarterly newsletter, the EA Update, in
collaboration with the Emergency Assistance network of Portage
County. The EA Update provides caseworkers, social
service personnel, as well as individuals and families with
information about services that may be available on a quarterly
basis. 211 Portage also produces the Emergency
Assistance Network: Year in Review. This annual publication
provides information on the resources utilized by low-income
households in Portage County, and is sent to over 225 local,
county, and state government officials, agencies, organizations,
planners, and funders.
Click to download (Adobe PDF format):
EA Network
Update, Summer 2010 (PDF)
Emergency
Assistance Network, Year in Review, 2009 (PDF)
If you need
additional information or referrals, call:
211 Portage at 211, 330.297.4636, or 1.800.961.0191*
*Available from
most telephone exchanges in Portage County
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