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2010/2011 Community Partners

American Red Cross: Central Kentucky Chapter

859-236-6538 Boyle & Mercer Counties

Provide disaster relief and community education for emergency awareness and serves as a liaison for military families.

BGCAP Mercer County Adult Day Care

859-734-5187

Provides personal care, medication supervision, medical support, nutritious meals with snacks, physical exercise, education activities, socialization and cognitive stimulation for adults with Alzheimer’s or dementia, adults with physical, mental or social impairments, and adults who have special needs.

BGCAP Mercer County Senior Citizens

859-734-5185

Provides homecare and personal services to senior citizens, including meals, transportation, wellness care, and recreational and referral services.

BGCAP Self-Sufficiency: Mercer County

859-734-9549

Helps low-income families in Mercer County become self-sufficient. Eliminates the need for public assistance. Promotes transition for their clients from dependence to long term independent living.

BGCAP Senior Companion Program

502-695-4290, ext. 260; 800-456-6571, ext. 215

Serves homebound elderly people by providing companions to assist with transportation, light housekeeping, and respite for caregivers.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass

859-236-2999

To create and support relationships that provide consistent positive one-to-one interaction between a single parent child and an adult volunteer who will be an advisor and friend on the journey from childhood to adulthood.

Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program

Crisis Hotline 800-544-2022

Serves and advocates for women and families affected by domestic violence, provides safe shelters for adults and children, and professional resources such as counseling.

Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center

859-236-445; Crisis Hotline 800-656-4673

Provides support and information to victims of rape and/or sexual assault, and their families and friends. Provides safety education to children.

Boyle County 4-H

859-236-4484

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

Boyle County Senior Citizens

859-236-2070

Provides homecare and personal services to senior citizens, including meals, transportation, wellness care, and recreational and referral services.

Centro Latino

859-238-7228

Fosters positive relationships in the Latino community and connects Spanish speakers, with existing social services in Boyle County, free of charge.

CASA @ Woodlawn

859-936-3510 Boyle and Mercer Counties

Trains and provides court appointed special advocates who represent abused, neglected children; works with the children, court system, and the family to decide what is best for the child.

Family Services Association

859-236-3863

Provides short-term assistance for basic living expenses to low-income Boyle County residents who are experiencing temporary financial difficulty.

Garrard County 4-H

859-792-3026

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

Girl Scouts, Wilderness Road Council

800-475-2621; 859-854-0742 Boyle; 606-787-8648 Garrard; 606-365-8496 Lincoln; 859-734-0481

Provides programs for youth to develop high values, self-esteem, leadership qualities, and explore career opportunities.

Habitat for Humanity: Boyle & Mercer County Chapters

859-236-9153 Boyle County; 859-734-5086 Mercer County

Affords the opportunity for home ownership to qualified low-income families while working to eliminate sub-standard housing in Boyle and Mercer Counties.

Heritage Hospice: Transitions

859-236-2425; 800-203-6633; TTY 800-718-7708 or 859-236-3367

Offers information, referral assistance, encouragement, and support through case management and volunteer services. Anyone experiencing a life-limiting illness is eligible for services once physician consent is given.

Hope Clinic and Pharmacy

859-236-4473

A collaboration of Ephraim McDowell Health, Boyle Co. Health Dept., Heart of Kentucky United Way, and The Salvation Army to provide access to health care service for the uninsured and low-income populations with chronic diseases.

Kidney Health Alliance of Kentucky

859-277-8259

Seeks solutions to kidney disease while providing patient services to improve quality of life.

Legal Aid of the Bluegrass

800-928-4556

Provides high quality civil legal assistance to low income individuals through direct representation, education, advice, and advocacy.

Lincoln County 4-H

606-365-2447

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

Lincoln County Senior Citizens

606-365-9016

Provides homecare and personal services to senior citizens, including meals, transportation, wellness care, and recreational and referral services.

Mercer County Adult Education and Learning Center

859-734-4195

Education is accomplished by first determining individual goals of adults (e.g. learning to read, earning their GED, English as a Second Language) and helping participants reach their goals.

Mercer County 4-H

859-734-4378

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

Nursing Home Ombudsman of the Bluegrass

Toll free 877-787-0077

Advocates for nursing home residents to express concerns, assert legal rights, & maintain dignity.

Recovery Center

859-236-2726

Provides individual and family outpatient treatment for drug abuse/dependence and domestic violence.

Sunrise Children's Services

859-236-5513

Provides short-term, emergency housing for children and youth, as well as counseling for their families.

SPAN: Special Persons Advocacy Network

859-236-6061

Offers support for developmentally disabled citizens and their families, and provides respite for caregivers.

The Salvation Army

859-236-4473

Provides food, shelter, clothing, and utility payments to people in emergency situations. Offers character-building, educational, recreational, and life skills programs for youth and adults.

Wilderness Trace Child Development Center

859-236-0878

Provides education, special education and speech, occupational and physical therapy for preschool children with mental and physical disabilities, while offering parental support.

Wilderness Trace YMCA

2010/2011 Community Partners

859-236-6538 Boyle & Mercer Counties

Provide disaster relief and community education for emergency awareness and serves as a liaison for military families.

859-734-5187

859-734-5185

Provides homecare and personal services to senior citizens, including meals, transportation, wellness care, and recreational and referral services.

859-734-9549

Helps low-income families in Mercer County become self-sufficient. Eliminates the need for public assistance. Promotes transition for their clients from dependence to long term independent living.

502-695-4290, ext. 260; 800-456-6571, ext. 215

Serves homebound elderly people by providing companions to assist with transportation, light housekeeping, and respite for caregivers.

859-236-2999

To create and support relationships that provide consistent positive one-to-one interaction between a single parent child and an adult volunteer who will be an advisor and friend on the journey from childhood to adulthood.

Crisis Hotline 800-544-2022

Serves and advocates for women and families affected by domestic violence, provides safe shelters for adults and children, and professional resources such as counseling.

859-236-445; Crisis Hotline 800-656-4673

Provides support and information to victims of rape and/or sexual assault, and their families and friends. Provides safety education to children.

859-236-4484

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

859-236-2070

Provides homecare and personal services to senior citizens, including meals, transportation, wellness care, and recreational and referral services.

859-238-7228

Fosters positive relationships in the Latino community and connects Spanish speakers, with existing social services in Boyle County, free of charge.

859-936-3510 Boyle and Mercer Counties

Trains and provides court appointed special advocates who represent abused, neglected children; works with the children, court system, and the family to decide what is best for the child.

Provides short-term assistance for basic living expenses to low-income Boyle County residents who are experiencing temporary financial difficulty.

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

800-475-2621; 859-854-0742 Boyle; 606-787-8648 Garrard; 606-365-8496 Lincoln; 859-734-0481

Provides programs for youth to develop high values, self-esteem, leadership qualities, and explore career opportunities.

859-236-9153 Boyle County; 859-734-5086 Mercer County

Affords the opportunity for home ownership to qualified low-income families while working to eliminate sub-standard housing in Boyle and Mercer Counties.

859-236-2425; 800-203-6633; TTY 800-718-7708 or 859-236-3367

Offers information, referral assistance, encouragement, and support through case management and volunteer services. Anyone experiencing a life-limiting illness is eligible for services once physician consent is given.

859-236-4473

A collaboration of Ephraim McDowell Health, Boyle Co. Health Dept., Heart of Kentucky United Way, and The Salvation Army to provide access to health care service for the uninsured and low-income populations with chronic diseases.

859-277-8259

Seeks solutions to kidney disease while providing patient services to improve quality of life.

800-928-4556

Provides high quality civil legal assistance to low income individuals through direct representation, education, advice, and advocacy.

606-365-2447

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

606-365-9016

Provides homecare and personal services to senior citizens, including meals, transportation, wellness care, and recreational and referral services.

859-734-4195

Education is accomplished by first determining individual goals of adults (e.g. learning to read, earning their GED, English as a Second Language) and helping participants reach their goals.

859-734-4378

Offers programs to help young people, ages 9 – 19, develop life skills. Provides camp and school clubs.

Toll free 877-787-0077

Advocates for nursing home residents to express concerns, assert legal rights, & maintain dignity.

859-236-2726

Provides individual and family outpatient treatment for drug abuse/dependence and domestic violence.

859-236-5513

Provides short-term, emergency housing for children and youth, as well as counseling for their families.

859-236-6061

Offers support for developmentally disabled citizens and their families, and provides respite for caregivers.

859-236-4473

Provides food, shelter, clothing, and utility payments to people in emergency situations. Offers character-building, educational, recreational, and life skills programs for youth and adults.

859-236-0878

Provides education, special education and speech, occupational and physical therapy for preschool children with mental and physical disabilities, while offering parental support.

859-236-0359; 859-734-9622

Offers programs to promote and develop wholesome lifestyles for youth and adults.