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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.

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Directories
Yellow Pages for Today's Families: 2007 - 2008 Edition (PDF)
Senior Services Directory:  2007 Edition (PDF)
Where To Turn: 2005 Edition
(PDF) 


Community Checklists
2008 Checklist of Community Services (PDF)

2008 Senior Services Checklist (PDF
)
 

Other
Congregate Meals in Portage County, June 2008 (PDF)

Portage County 2008 Holiday Needs and Volunteer Opportunities (PDF)
 

Tele-Tips

Tele-Tips is a 24-hour a day, seven day a week, recorded information line. The tapes provide information and education and referrals on subjects of special interest to children and the community. Just dial 297-6302 and enter the six digit access code of the tape you want to hear. The tape will automatically play for you.

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Tele-Tips Directory (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.

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EA Network Update, Fall 2008
Emergency Assistance Network, Year in Review, 2007
 

If you need additional information or referrals, call:
211 Portage at 211, 330.297.4636, or 800.961.0191*

*Available from most telephone exchanges in Portage County

   

 

 

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