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Partner Agencies (codes)
Provides medical adult day care services for elderly and medically disabled adults including therapeutic activities and programs, hot lunch and snacks, transportation, professional nursing care, and support and respite for caregivers.
Provides disaster relief, community preparedness/education, health and safety training (including 1st Aid/CPR/babysitting) courses for children & adults, as well as services to military families/veterans.
Provides direct services and advocacy to individuals with disabilities and their families. Services include supported living, employment, family support services and therapeutic foster care and adoptions.
Provides services to individuals with physical and mental disabilities including training in job readiness, job skills, and independent living to help them obtain employment and become self-sufficient and productive in our community.
Provides youth ages 6-18 with facility based programs in character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, the arts, and sports, fitness, and recreation.
Del-Mar-Va Council (170) www.dmvc.org
Provides programs designed to build character and promote self-reliance and leadership in youth from 6 to 20 years of age. Emphasizes long and short term camping, family activities and special events.
Cecil County Domestic Violence/Rape Crisis Center (180)
Domestic
Violence Rape Crisis Tutoring Program
This program is designed to assist children who reside in the shelter
with educational goals, by providing tutoring services after-school
during the school year.
Operates Settlement House, a shelter for homeless men, with a day program providing lunch, informal counseling, information and referral, and computer training.
Provides information on options available to pregnant woman, material assistance and pregnancy testing without charge.
Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Develops programs that encourage child development and family success. Focuses on at-risk youth facing out-of-home placement. Offers after school and mentoring programs.
A nationwide volunteer based organization that preserves and repairs the homes of low-income, elderly and disabled citizens throughout Cecil County on the last Saturday in April.
Fosters, encourages and develops programs that enhance the well being of the seniors living in Cecil County. Provides public information concerning issues and services that affect seniors.
A mutual assistance and self-help support group offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents and siblings.
Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore (260) www.de.easterseals.com
Offers people with disabilities services that make it possible to live, work, learn and participate fully in the community with independence and personal dignity.
Provides clinical, financial, residential, recreational, vocational and educational services to persons with epilepsy and their family members through counseling, a self-help group, in-service training to professionals, and community awareness.
Provides environmental education programs designed to complement classroom science curriculum, summer day camp, and programs for the public. Scholarships are available for summer camp.
Provides confidential and affordable counseling, employee assistance programs (EAP), visitation services for children of divorced or separated parents, housing counseling and programs to help families understand finances and attain assets.
Provides therapeutic riding programs for physically and mentally handicapped children and adults.
Provides a safe, supervised and structured environment for youth, including after-school help with homework, summer day camps, community service opportunities, volunteerism, study groups, computer classes, organized recreation and field trips.
Offers programs for girls ages 5 – 17 aimed at solving contemporary problems by emphasizing traditional values. Girls may participate through troops as individuals and in special summer programs.
Supplements the services provided by the Department of Juvenile services to "at-risk" youth sponsoring youth oriented planned events and community activities.
Serves meals to shut-ins in the northwestern and Rising Sun area of Cecil County.
Meeting Ground is a community which provides emergency and transitional housing, meals, care, and many related services to persons and families experiencing homelessness. Meeting Ground also provides extensive support and means of empowerment to assist a rapid return to independent housing and help prevent future homelessness.
Provides financial assistance to hospice patients who do not otherwise have the ability to pay for their care, scholarships for professionals in hospice-related care, educational seminars and forums for hospice professionals.
Provides medical adult day care services for elderly and medically disabled adults including therapeutic activities and programs, hot lunch and snacks, transportation, professional nursing care, and support and respite for caregivers.
Provides shelter, medical supplies and other needs for those experiencing an emergency. Also participates in Cecil County area Emergency Fuel Fund.
The Susquehanna Workforce Network is a workforce development organization that provides facilities employment and training services to the business community, job seekers, and youth entering the workforce.
Provides mental health services for adults, children, families, and community groups. Services include outpatient counseling, day programs, psychiatric rehabilitation, school-based therapy, and residential services.
A Congressionally chartered, non-profit organization dedicated to serving human needs of America’s military personnel and their families.
Offers programs to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities including summer day camp, swimming, youth basketball and football, childcare and pre-school. Scholarships are available.
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