CLOTHING PROGRAMS

 

Salvation Army

 

204 Prince Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-5154

Dale Newsome, Contact

Hours: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Saturday

Serving:

Southwest Georgia

Purpose: To provide medical, rental, clothing, food and other services for those in need.

 

Mission:

Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet basic human needs in His name.

 

Goodwill Industries

 

109 West Jefferson Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 928-2047

Joanne Dodson, Contact

Office Hours: 9:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M., Monday-Saturday; 1:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. Sunday

Purpose: Funds raised through the retail stores are used for job training for the financially disadvantaged and handicapped (physically or mentally).

 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Also see District Attorney's Victim Witness Assistance Program (under Government Organizations)

 

 

Liberty House

24 Hour Local Crisis Line  229-439-7094

24

Hour State

Crisis Line  1-800-334-2836

Administration:  229-349-7094 (8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.)

Service:  Emergency shelter and outreach services, 24/7, 365 days a year.

Services: Services include counseling and support groups, referrals for medical and legal assistance, assistance in filling temporary protective orders, Victim Compensation assistance, legal advocacy, personal advocacy, financial assistance, relocation assistance, in-home family advocacy. Speaker’s bureau for domestic violence education and prevention information. Emotional support and referrals for secondary victims (i.e., family members, children, etc.).

Counties Served: Baker, Crisp, Calhoun, Clay, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Macon, Miller, Quitman,

Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Webster

 

Prevent Child Abuse-Middle Flint Region, Inc.

1610-B

East Forsyth

,

P.O. Box 646, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-1372

24 HOUR EMERGENCY LINE: 1-800-CHILDREN (1-800-244-5336)

LOCAL: (229) 931-2462 (SUMTER-DFCS)

Larry Jackson, President

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Monday-Friday (and voice mail)

Eligibility: Parents, New Parents, Teenagers, and K-8th grade.

Serving:

Sumter

(and Middle Flint areas)

Services: Education and parent support programs; annual luncheon/breakfast, Child Abuse Prevention Month; video library which provides parenting education, pinwheels for prevention, poster contest

 

EDUCATION

 

Americus Literacy Action, Inc./

Adult Literacy Learning Center

 

307 East Lamar Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-9010

Bill Byram, Contact Person

Office Hours: Monday – Thursday,  9:00 A.M. Noon.

Eligibility: Any person age 16 and older needing assistance with basic reading & writing skills.

Serving:

Sumter

, Crisp, Dooly and

Schley Counties

Fees: Services are free.

Purpose: We assist non-reading and low-level reading (Grade 5 or below) adults to become functionally literate and offer the opportunity for clients to familiarize themselves with typing and word processing skills in our computer lab.

ALAI

, recruits and trains volunteers to provide these services.

Services: LWR Reading Level Assessment; Private One-on-One Tutoring; ESL-English as A Second Language;

 

Adult

 

Literacy

 

Learning

 

Center

Library provides reading materials for

ALAI

clients.

 

Chattahoochee -

Flint Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA)

 

121 East College Street, P.O. Box 1150, Ellaville, GA 31806

(229) 937-5341 Fax: (229) 937-5754

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Norman Carter, Executive Director

Website: www.cfresa.org

Serving: School Systems for Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

,

Chattahoochee

,

Clay, Quitman,

Randolph

, Stewart, Talbot,

Taylor

, Muscogee and

Webster Counties

Fees: Usually paid by school systems

Services:

Technology Center

(DOE), psychological & special education services, technical services,

drug-free schools services, research planning, staff development, curriculum, math consultants, language art consultants.

 

Colam Enterprises

 

403 North Lee Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-7477 Fax: (229) 924-1217

Project Save, Inc. (229) 924-9194

Milton A. Raven, Sr.

Email: mraven@sowega.net

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Youth 16-21 (Drop-out/High School Graduate) and adults

Serving: Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

,

Taylor

, and

Webster Counties

.

Purpose: Our main objective is to be a positive force in the community providing training in Basic Skills (reading and math) and pre-employment work/maturity skills.

 

Communities In School (CIS) ~ Learning for Everyone of

SumterCounty (LEAP/ CIS)

 

200 Cotton Avenue, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-9443 Fax: (229) 931 5711

Liz Smith Kelly, Executive Director

 

Mission:

To champion the connection of needed school resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.

Serving:

Sumter County

Fees: None

Purpose: To provide free GED and Basic Skills classes to individuals who are 16 years old or older. To provide a child with a caring adult mentor so they will successfully stay in school and graduate and to provide literacy resources to children and adults.

 

 

FlintAreaLearningCenter

 

607 8th Avenue East

;

P.O. Box 729

;

Cordele, GA 31010

(229) 273-5653

Mary Seay, Director

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 4 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Program for severely/behaviorally disordered students ages 3-21.

Services: Therapeutic education programs, in-school follow up, individualized academic instruction, parent conferences and services, teacher conferences and services.

Location: Serves Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Marion

,

Sumter

, Schley,

Taylor

and

Webster Counties

Fees: Any family, regardless of income, is eligible for these services.

 

Head Start / Southwest Georgia Community Action Council

 

802 Ashby Street, P.O. Box 1491, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-7666

Office Hours: 7:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M., Monday-Friday

Fees: None

Eligibility: The family applying must fall within HHS income guidelines

Services: Educational, health, dental, mental health, nutritional, social services, parent involvement and disability services

Purpose: To provide preschool services (educational, health, nutritional, and social services program) to children ages 6 wks. - 5 years, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, or disabling condition.

 

 

Lake Blackshear

Regional Library

307 East Lamar,

Americus, GA 31709

                     

(229) 924-8091

Anne Isbell, Director

Office Hours: Monday10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M.;

Friday and Saturday, 10:00 A. M. – 4:00 P.M.

10:00 A.M - 8:00 P.M. (Tuesday & Thursday)

Serving:

Sumter

, Crisp, Dooly and

Schley Counties

Fees: Fines for lost or overdue materials

Services: Reference and advisory service; books, audiovisual materials and programs for all ages; adult literacy programs and free internet services

 

Learning for Everyone (LEAP)~ Communities In Schools (CIS) of

Sumter County

 

 

200 Cotton Avenue, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-9443 Fax: (229) 931 5711

Liz Smith, Executive Director

Email: leap-cis@hotmail.com

 

Mission:

To champion the connection of needed school resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.

Serving:

Sumter County

Fees: None

Purpose: To provide free GED and Basic Skills classes to individuals who are 16 years old or older; to provide literacy resources to children and adults; to provide a child with a caring adult mentor so they will successfully stay in school and graduate; and to support the Performance Learning Center of the Sumter County School system.

Services: To provide literacy resources to children and adults; to recruit, train and recognize adults who mentor students on a one-to-one basis; to provide individualized study to improve reading, writing, math skills, and/or study for the GED; and to support the

Performance Learning Center

by providing resources for at-risk students.

 

PEECH- Partners in the Early Education of Children with Handicaps

PEECH PRESCHOOL PROGRAM

 

802 Ashby Street, Americus, GA 31709

  

(229) 924-6446

Tina Todd, Director

Email:  peechpk@sowega.net

Office hours: 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

 

Mission:

PEECH is a collaborative preschool program funded by the State of

Georgia

to provide free comprehensive servicesto disabled children between the ages of three and five. PEECH provides these services to the following school systems: Dooly, Macon, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, and Webster.

Eligibility: Children who are ages three through five (who are not eligible for kindergarten) who exhibit moderate, severe, or profound disabilities in any of the following areas:

-significantly developmentally delayed

-mentally disabled

-hearing impaired

-speech/language disordered

-visually impaired

-motor impairments

- autism

-traumatic brain injury

Referral Process: Most referrals are made by preschool teachers, physicians, health departments, Head Start, or other agencies involved in providing services to preschool-aged children. However, anyone who knows a disabled child can initiate the screening process by calling or writing.

Facility-based services: Four preschool classrooms serve the six local school systems. Preschool classes are taught by teachers certified in early childhood special education. Each child’s program is based on his or her individual educational needs.

Community-based services: A special education preschool teacher works with the child and caregivers in that child’s day care center, preschool, or Head Start program.

Home-based services: A teacher or qualified personnel work with the child and his caregivers in the home.

 

 

South GeorgiaTechnicalCollege Adult Education

 

900 South Georgia Tech Parkway, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2563

Jan Hobgood

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday-Thursday; 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Friday

Answering machine - after hours and weekend

Eligibility: Adults 16 years or older, who are not enrolled in secondary school, and who lack sufficient mastery of educational skills to enable them to function effectively in society or who do not have a certificate of graduation from a school or GED.

Serving: Crisp,

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

, and

Webster Counties

.

Fees: Free: GED and adult education classes; GED testing - $95 entire test; $19 per part

Purpose: To upgrade the reading, writing, speaking, and math skills for those who need it and to help eradicate illiteracy by providing free GED classes.

Services: Free Adult Education classes basic level-designed to teach basic reading, writing, math, and language skills to adults performing on a 0-4 grade level. Free Adult Education classes intermediate level-designed to teach adults who have a minimal competence in reading, writing, math, and language and who are performing on grade levels 5-8. Free Adult Education classes secondary (GED) designed to teach all content areas required to pass the GED test. GED Testing-available as needed on a scheduled basis.

 

 

Sumter

County Schools ASTEP

 

Sumter County Primary School

,

100 Learning Lane,   Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-3168 Fax (229) 931-8555

Contact: Natacha Merritt

EMAIL: nmerritt@sumterschools.org

Office Hours: 9:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Fees: $40.00 per week; DFCS subsidized, if qualified

Purpose: To provide quality, affordable after-school child care

Eligibility: Open to any student in grades Pre-K through 8th grade

Services: After-school programs for grades Pre-K through 8th; Community Programs

Serving: Students and Parents

Purpose: Our goal is to provide for each child a supportive, interesting, and adult-supervised environment. During their after-school hours, the children who attend these programs enjoy hobbies, assist in chores, complete homework assignments, engage in self-discovery play, and improve physical fitness.

 

Sumter County Schools (Pre-K Program)

 

Sumter County Primary School

--

100 Learning Lane, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2613

Debbie Messer, Contact

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Must be 4 years old on or before September 1st of the year attending

Serving: Children 4 years of age

Purpose: Provide preschool experience for 4 year olds

Fees: None

Services: Preschool Education

 

 

SumterCounty 21st Century Community Learning Centers

 

Sumter County Primary School

,

100 Learning Lane,   Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-8500 Fax (229) 931-8555

Contact: Natacha Merritt

EMAIL: nmerritt@sumterschools.org

PASS: Promoting Academic Student Success

Purpose: To provide tutorial services and instruction after school for grades 9-12

(Promoting Academic Student Success (PASS) for high school students

Mission: To provide an opportunity to receive credit recovery and increase graduation rate.

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

 

See Georgia Department

of Labor (under Government Organizations)

 

Colam Enterprises

 

403 North Lee Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-7477 Fax: (229) 924-1217

Project Save, Inc. (229) 924-9194

Milton A. Raven, Sr. Email: mraven@sowega.net

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Youth 16-21 (Drop-out/High School Graduate) and adults

Serving: Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

,

Taylor

, and

Webster Counties

.

Purpose: Our main objective is to be a positive force in the community providing training in Basic Skills (reading and math) and pre-employment work/maturity skills.

 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

 

P.O. Box 845

, 1604-C

East Forsyth Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2516

Jan M. McGowan, Contact

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Persons with a permanent physical or mental disability that results in a substantial impediment to employment.

The person must be able to benefit from vocational rehabilitation services in terms of an employment outcome.

Serving: Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, and Webster counties.

Fees: Economic eligibility is required on cases where division funds are to be utilized.

Purpose: To provide opportunities to improve the quality of life for Georgians with disabilities.

Services: Vocational counseling and guidance, job development and placement, vocational evaluation, rehabilitation technology, academic training, community work adjustment training, on-the-job training, supported employment, physical restoration, mental restoration, and other support services.

 

Middle

Flint Workforce Development System

 

228 West Lamar Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2909 Fax: (229) 931-2917

Janice West, WIA Director

Email:  kwest@middleflintrdc.org

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday - Friday (Closed for Lunch: 12:00-1:00)

Eligibility: Income based and assessment of need for services.

Fees: None

Purpose: To provide assistance with training and education for individuals to become gainfully employed and self-sufficient.

Services: Occupational skills training, On-The-Job Training (OJT), Youth GED Preparation and Work Readiness.

 

The Staffing People

 

125 West Lamar Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-0477

Kathy Tyler or Mike Yerby, Contacts

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday-Friday (By Appointment Only)

Eligibility: Participants with job experience and technical diploma or college degree

Serving:

Sumter

, Schley,

Macon

, Dooly,

Taylor

, Crisp

Purpose: To find jobs for qualified applicants.

 

FAMILY RESOURCES

 

Child Care Resource & Referral Agency of West

Georgia at Americus

 

802 Ashby Street, Americus, GA 31709

 

(229) 931-2996   Fax: (229) 931-7352

Monica Jennings, Director

EMAIL: visions4sumter@bellsouth.net

Services: Provides training for childcare providers, a lending library of educational toys, books, videos and baby supplies, and referrals about child care options.

Serving: Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Randolph

, Schley,

Sumter

,

Taylor

, and

Webster Counties

 

Community Services Ministry (CSM)

 

226 Forrest Street, Americus, Georgia

31709

(229) 924-8599

Rev. Allen Purtill, Rev. Rusty Mauldin; Contacts

Office Hours:  9:00 A.M. – Noon every Tuesday and Thursday

Service: Assists with utilities, medical costs

 

Healthy Families Americus/First Steps

 

802 Ashby St.

, Room 15,

Americus, GA  31709

(229) 928-4308  Fax:  (229) 928-1986

Email:  scash@visionsforsumter.com

Stephanie Cash, Program Manager, Yaketha Brown, First Steps Coordinator; Contacts 

Office Hours:  Service hours are flexible depending upon needs of program participants;

Office hours are 8:30am-5:00pm Monday-Friday

Serving: All pregnant women and parents of newborns in

Macon

, Schley and

Sumter Counties

Eligibility: Available to families regardless of ethnic, racial, religious or economic background.  Must be pregnant or have a newborn 2 weeks old or younger.  Must reside in

Macon

, Schley or

Sumter County

.

 

Mission

: The mission of First Steps is to provide expectant parents and parents of newborns with emotional support, parenting education, and referrals to community services. The mission of Healthy Families Americus is to provide voluntary, community-based home visitation services that strengthen families, promote positive parent-child relationships, and optimize the health and development of children in

Sumter

,

Macon

, and

Schley Counties

.

Services: First Steps provides a face-to-face initial visit, helpful information on various topics pertaining to expectant families and newborns, a developmental calendar, linkage to community resources, and telephone support for up to 3 months postpartum. Healthy Families provides voluntary intensive home visitation services to expectant families and families of newborns who are experiencing multiple life stressors.  Home visits are conducted by Family Support Workers who are trained to offer support, education and information, developmental tracking, and referrals/linkages to community resources.  Families must be enrolled before the baby turns 3 months old, and services continue for up to 3-5 years.

Funding: Healthy Families Americus/First Steps is a program of Visions for Sumter, Inc., and is funded by the Governor’s Office for Children and Families, through PCA Georgia.

Fees: All services are provided at no charge.

 

Koinonia Partners

 

1324 Georgia Highway

49 South,

Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-0391

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Purpose: Love the Lord, and Love our Neighbors

Ministeries

Heart-to-Heart Home Repair: We partner with neighbors of limited financial means to help keep their homes in good repair.

Homeowners contribute “sweat equity” by helping with their own repairs or on a project at Koinonia Farm.

Programs for area youth: We share activities including creative arts, computers, snacks, sleepovers, field trips, homework help, and outdoor games. Every June,

Koinonia Community Outreach Center

hosts a summer youth camp.

Circle of Friends: Our Thursday morning elders’ gathering is a time to share readings, music, physical exercise, delicious food, classes on health, finances, gardening and more, and to take field trips, as well as to share personal joys and concerns.

Peace Action Team: Koinonia, Americus Mennonite Fellowship, and area students, parents, teachers, and neighbors work together to present youth with alternatives to the military despite our county’s severe economic challenges and aggressive military recruitment.

Seasonal Employment: Koinonia is usually able to hire a number of neighbors during our annual pecan harvest and bakery seasons. This seasonal employment builds relationships and benefits both Koinonia and the individuals hired.

 

SWGA Community Action Council Head Start & Early Head Start

 

802 Ashby Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-7666     Fax: (229) 928-1986

Sondra Hudson, Site Manager, Contact

Office Hours: 7:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Monday-Friday - Full Day (Year Round)

Eligibility: A child that meets the requirement of age (birth to 3 years old) and family income as established by the regulations.

Serving:

Sumter County

Services: Agency provides a range of services in the area of education and early childhood development, medical, dental, mental health, nutrition, and parent involvement. The entire range of Early Head Start services is responsive and appropriate to each child and family developmental, ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage, and experience.

Clients: Low-income families, children with disabilities, over-income families, children ages 0-3, and pregnant women.

 

The

Firefly House Child Advocacy Center

A Division of The Lily Pad SANE Center, Inc.

 

P.O. Box 467

,

300 West 3^rd Avenue, Albany, GA  31702

(229) 435-0074    Fax (229) 435-0756    HOTLINE: 1-866-319-5459

Amy Boney, Director  

Email: Boney.amy@gmail.com

 

Mission

: To coordinate a timely, comprehensive and multidisciplinary response to victims of child abuse in a safe and child friendly setting.

Purpose:  The

Firefly House Child Advocacy Center

is a neutral and safe place for the evaluation of alleged child abuse. 

This includes sexual or physical abuse as well as severe neglect or child witness to violent crimes.  The Firefly House enhances the response to suspected child abuse cases by combining the professional knowledge of various investigative agencies and other professionals with expertly trained forensic interviewers.  

Services: Free forensic interviews (24 hour on-call service) referred by Law Enforcement and Departments of Family and Children Services; Crisis Intervention; Counseling referrals/on site counseling; organized tracking and follow up on all Dougherty County Child Abuse Cases;, free expert testimony for all substantiated child abuse cases in criminal court. 

 

Tri-County Head Start

Buena Vista

 

116 Rogers Street

;

Buena Vista, GA 31803

(229) 649-3389

Ramona Codling, Director

Office Hours:  8:00 A.M. – 3 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility:  Low-income families

Services:   Provides services to children 6 weeks - 5 years, regardless of race, creed, color, disability.

Educational, health, nutritional, dental, social services, etc.

Serving:  Schley, Webster, and

Marion Counties

.

Fees:  None

 

Visions for

Sumter

Family Connection Collaborative

 

802 Ashby Street

, Room 22,

Americus, Georgia

, 31709

(229) 928-0399    Fax: (229) 928-1986

Contact: Angela Westra, Coordinator  

EMAIL: awestra@visionsforsumter.com

Serving:

Sumter County

 

Mission:

To foster and advance the causes beneficial to the youth and children of our community through a comprehensive, coordinated community effort.

Purpose: The Sumter county Family Connection Collaborative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families as they meet the challenges of life. We are supported by the Georgia Family Connection Partnership, a

Georgia

statewide initiative of 159 community collaboratives committed to making measurable improvements for children and families in

Georgia

.

Services: We were formed to achieve in Sumter County the five results indentified as being critical to the well-being of Georgia’s children – Healthy Children, Children Ready for School, Children Succeeding in School, Strong Families and Self-sufficient Families – through supporting the identification of ongoing and changing needs of children, youth and their families. We can provide information on training opportunities and grants available to individuals, agencies and organizations within our community and region.

Funding: State Grant

Fees: None

 

Visions for

Sumter: Seeing Through Young Eyes, Inc.

 

802 Ashby Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 928-3499      Fax: (229) 928-1986

Norman Race, President

Joyce Carreker, Executive Director, Contact

Serving:

Sumter County

Purpose: Visions for

Sumter

is a broad-based coalition of volunteers from the public and private sectors dedicated to providing opportunities that nurture and enrich the lives of children and families in

Sumter County

. A volunteer Board of Directors, representing service agencies, education, the business community, the faith community and parents, directs the work of the organization.

 

FOOD PROGRAMS

 

Angel Food Ministries – angelfoodministries.com

Koinonia Partners – (229) 931-9835

Salvation Army – (229) 924-5154

United Holiness – (229) 924-5539

 

WelcomeBaptistChurch

– (229) 924-5637

West Central Georgia Community Action Council, Inc. – (229) 937-5450

 

Angel Food Ministries  

Website: www.angelfoodministries.com

 

Mission

:  Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing food relief and contributing to benevolent outreaches in communities throughout the

United States

.

 

United Holiness-Food Program

901 Aaron

Snipes Sr. Drive

;

Americus, GA  31709

(229) 924-5539

 

Welcome Baptist Church-Food Program

 

Middle River Road, Americus, Georgia

(229) 924-5637

Juanita Jones, Contact

Distribution is on 2^nd Saturday of the month at 10:00 A.M.

 

West Central Georgia Community Action Council, Inc.  

 

Schley County Community Service Center

 

420 Wilson Street

;

Ellaville, GA 31806

 

(229) 937-5450  

Tina Underwood, Community Developer

Office Hours:   Monday & Wednesday 8:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.; Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M.

Eligibility:    Low-income families

Services:   Second Harvest Food Bank that comes in every 6-8 weeks, Community Service Block Grant,

FamilySupport/Self-Sufficient, Weatherization, The Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program

Location:  Schley, Webster, Sumter, and Macon

Fees: None

 

HEALTH

 

District Child Health Care

825-A

North Mayo Street

,

P.O. Box 672, Americus, GA 31709

Phone: (229) 931-2023 or (706) 327-0645

Serving: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris,

Macon

,

Marion

, Muscogee, Quitman,

Randolph

, Schley, Stewart,

Sumter

, Talbot, and

Taylor Counties

.

Fees: There is no cost for families or children. The state shares the cost of these services with the local health department.

Eligibility: Children within ages birth to three years old with conditions that put them at risk. Doctors, nurses, childcare workers, parents and others can refer any child who needs special care.

Mission: To identify all children in Georgia from birth to age three with conditions that place them at risk for poor health and/or developmental outcomes and to assist families in accessing preventive, specialized, and support services in order to assure children the maximum opportunity to reach their full potential.

 

Children's Medical Services – Cordele

 

604 Fleming Road, Cordele, GA 31015

(229) 276-2343 Fax: (229) 276-2717

Deborah C. Wilson, RN/NA

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday (closed weekends & holidays)

Eligibility: Must meet CMS financial and diagnostic guidelines, be under age 21 and a resident of

Georgia

Serving: Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

,

Taylor

and

Webster Counties

Fees: There is no clinic fee; however, family may have to assist with outside medical costs, depending on income level.

Purpose: Providing specialized medical care for children birth to 21 years old with chronic  medical conditions and who meet the eligibility requirements

Services: Outpatient clinics with physicians who evaluate each child's condition. CMS offers long-term treatment and therapy by providing physician evaluations, treatment plans, and follow-up care. The nursing staff provides case management, implementing the treatment plan and coordinating the services needed by the child and his/her family.

Services include: Comprehensive physical assessment; diagnostic testing (x-rays, lab tests, etc.); evaluation by medical social workers and nutritionists; corrective surgery, medications, health education for child and family; ongoing health care supervision by registered nurses; hearing aids, braces, casts, wheel chairs, special shoes & other supplementary devices; dental care only if related to the handicapping condition; coordination of care with other agencies and schools; depending on resources: support services (i.e. genetic, nutrition, financial and vocational counseling, and psychological evaluation); referral services to appropriate community resources.

 

Early Intervention/Babies Can't Wait

 

705 17^th Street, Suite 208, Columbus, GA 31901

706-327-0189 / 1-888-568-7777 Fax: (706) 327-1355

Serving: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris,

Macon

,

Marion

, Muscogee, Quitman,

Randolph

, Schley, Stewart,

Sumter

, Talbot,

Taylor

, and

Webster Counties

.

Fees: There is no charge for evaluating.

Purpose: Early Intervention is available to serve and assist families and children birth to 3 years to enhance a child's development if he/she is determined eligible for program. We are dedicated to case management for children and adolescents.

Services: Assisting technology devices, audiology, family training and counseling, certain health services, certain nursing services, nutrition services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, social work, special instruction, speech-language pathology, vision services.

Eligibility: Birth to three years old with a diagnosis known to cause a delay in development

 

Government Assistance for children’s health care

see Government Organizations

 

Health Departments

Emergency:  229-782-4584

Fees: Sliding scale based on family income and size for certain services – flat fee for some services.

Purpose: The Sumter County Health Department's purpose is Preventive Health Measures through immunization, pre-natal and post-natal services, family planning services, WIC program, school health, and primary health care - acute and chronic illness.

Services:. Child's first assessment, general clinical services, various health checks, screenings and testing, immunization program, WIC program, and family planning. Other services provided as needed include: Women Cancer, Stroke/Heart Attack Prevention Program, Medicaid – Presumptive Eligibility Medicaid, Breast Test and more for women age 40- 64 years.

Programs: Vital Records; Immunizations; Health Education; Women’s Health; Environmental Health;

STD Screening and Treatment; Hypertension Services;

Babies Can’t Wait; Children’s Medical Services (Referral treatment and services to children from birth to 21 years of age with special health care needs

 

Mission:

Recognizing the ever-changing complexity of the health care community, Sumter County Health

Department exists as a resource to ensure an environment where all people can obtain health care services and attain optimum health and well-being.

 

 

LeeCounty

– (229) 759-3014

 

MaconCounty

– (478) 472-8122

 

SchleyCounty

– (229) 937-2208

 

StewartCounty

– (229) 838-4859

 

SumterCounty

– (229) 924-3637

 

WebsterCounty

– (229) 828-3225

 

Medical Supplies

Diabetic Supply Foundation – 1-800-583-3770

Hometown Medical, Inc. of

Americus

– (229) 924-5225

M.R.S. Homecare of

Americus

– (229) 928-2701

 

Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children

2900 Rocky Point Drive,

Tampa

, FL, 33607

1-800-237-5055

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

(If calling during non-office hours, callers will hear a message)

Eligibility: All children from infancy to their 18th birthday may be eligible for treatment if, in the opinion of the hospital's chief of staff, there is a reasonable possibility that treatment will benefit the child and if treatment at another facility would place a financial burden on the patient's family or guardian.

Serving: All of

North America

Purpose: Shriners Hospitals have a three-fold purpose: (1) Treatment - To save children's lives and restore their bodies to the highest level of usefulness; (2) Research - To conduct research into orthopedic and burn care; and

(3) Education - To train physicians and other medical professionals in the care and treatment of orthopedic disabilities and burn injuries.

Services: Nineteen Shriners Hospitals provide care for congenital and acquired orthopaedic conditions, four hospitals provide acute and rehabilitative care for burn injuries, three hospitals provide rehabilitative care for children with spinal cord injuries, and the cleft lip and palate program is expanding to multiple Shriners Hospitals. Some Shriners Hospitals offer care for more than one care specialty.

 

 

Southwest Georgia Health Care

 

Southwest Georgia

Health Care provides comprehensive primary health care services through 7 medical and dental centers serving Schley, Sumter, Stewart, and Webster counties. 

Administrative Office:

804 East 16^th Avenue, Cordele, Georgia

  31015

Phone: (229) 273-8881

Website: swghc.org

Locations:

 

PlainsMedicalCenter

 

107 Main Street

, Plains, GA  31780

(229) 824-7757

Office Hours:  Monday – Friday 8:30 - 5:00 PM;

Services provided: Blood Cholesterol Screening, Blood Pressure Monitoring, cancer collaborative, Diabetes collaborative, Foot care Clinic, Glycolsylated Hemoglobin Measure, Health Education, Hearing Screening, HIV Testing & Counseling, Immunizations, OB/GYN, Primary Care, Vision Screening, Women’s Health

Insurance Accepted: Medicare, Medicaid, Wellcare, PeachState, All Major Insurances, and Sliding Fee.

Stewart Webster Rural

Health Center

 

220 Alston Street, Richland, GA  31825

(229) 887-3324

Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM;

Services Provided: Blood Cholesterol Screening, Blood Pressure Monitoring, cancer collaborative, Diabetes collaborative, Foot care Clinic, Glycolsylated Hemoglobin Measure, Health Education, Hearing Screening, HIV Testing & Counseling, Immunizations, OB/GYN, Primary Care, Vision Screening, Women’s Health

Insurance Accepted: Medicare, Medicaid, Wellcare, PeachState, All Major Insurances, and Sliding Fee.

 

Sumter Convenient Care

 

302 G South Lee Street, Americus, GA  31709

(229) 928-4755

Office Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Services Provided: Blood Cholesterol Screening, Blood Pressure Monitoring, cancer collaborative, Diabetes collaborative, Foot care Clinic, Glycolsylated Hemoglobin Measure, Health Education, Hearing Screening, HIV Testing & Counseling, Immunizations, OB/GYN, Primary Care, Vision Screening, Women’s Health

Insurance Accepted: Medicare, Medicaid, Wellcare, PeachState, All major insurances accepted and there is a sliding fee schedule.

Southwest Pediatrics

1610 D East Forsyth,

Americus, Georgia

31709

Phone: (229) 924-8636

Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Services: Pediatric

 

 

SumterCounty Health Annex

 

618 East Lamar Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 928-2777  FAX (229) 928-9242

Tracey Hall, Contact

Office Hours: 7:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M., Monday-Thursday

Fees: Sliding scale based on family size and income

Purpose: To provide family planning services, referrals, and other preventive health measures. Also provides abstinence skills training and other preventive measures to reduce teen pregnancy

Eligibility: Women of childbearing age through age 50

Serving:

Sumter

, Schley,

Macon

,

Marion

, Dooly, Dougherty, &

Webster Counties

Services: Physical exams, breast exams, pap smears, pregnancy testing, and educational programs. Information on abstinence, STD’s, HIV educational counseling, nutrition-diet, preventative health care, birth control, and referrals for other health related problems.

 

WOMEN’S HEALTH

 

 

AmericusCrisisPregnancyCenter

1620 Martin Luther King Drive.,

Americus, GA 31719

(229) 928-2802

Lisa Martin, Director        

Office Hours: 9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Wednesday & Thursday; 5 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. Thursday

Fees: Free services

Purpose: This non-profit organization offers free self-administered pregnancy tests, as well as accurate information and counseling on abortion alternatives and prenatal health for expectant mothers. They also provide maternity clothes, baby clothes and other baby items.

 

District Women's Health

 

P.O. Box 1302, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2390 Fax: (229) 931-2448

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday - Friday

Fees: Sliding Scale (based on income)

Serving: West Central Health District 7

Purpose: To provide health services to women in need; to include physical assessment and health education

Services: Family Planning, Health Education

 

HOUSING ASSISTANCE/UTILITY ASSISTANCE

 

 

Americus Housing Authority

(229) 924-3386

John Anderson, Director

Office Hours: 7:30 A.M. – 5:15 P.M.

 

Ellaville Housing Authority  

(229) 937-5792

 

 

Flint Area Consolidated Housing Authority

(478) 472-8209

Website:  www.hud.gov/local/ga/

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Low-income families that meet federal requirements and guidelines.

Purpose: To provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing to low-income families.

Services: The Housing Authority, in addition to housing, offers a variety of recreational and educational type programs for all residents.

Serving:  Butler Housing (Marshallville; Montezuma/Oglethorpe Housing (478) 472-8209; and Reynolds (478) 472-8209)

 

Stewart

County Housing

Authority 

(229) 838-4493

 

Subsidized Apartments

 

MaconCounty

 

Country Village

Apts- Montezuma – (478) 472-8988),  Marshall Village Apts – Marshallville – (478) 967-2065

Quail Run Apts – Oglethorpe – (478)472-7966, 

White Water Village

– Ideal – (478) 949-2041

 

SchleyCounty

 

Pecan Village

Apts or Shady Grove – Ellaville – (229) 937-2916

 

SumterCounty

Cripple Creek Apts –

Americus

– (229) 928-0854, Heritage Villas of

Americus

– (229) 924-6490,

Magnolia Village Apt –

Americus

– (229) 924-8466, 

Meadowbrook Lane

–

Americus

– (229) 924-9067,

Ravenwood Apts –

Americus

– (229) 924-1366, The Garden Apts –

Americus

– (229) 924-9352

 

WebsterCounty

 

Hamilton

 

Village

–

Preston

– (229) 828-2022

                                               

Utility Assistance Program

BellSouth Lifeline…………………….…888-757-6500

Georgia Power……………………….…888-660-5890

Project Share (Statewide)……………..800-257-4273

Public Service Telephone Company…478-847-4111

SCANA Energy – Natural Gas…..……866-245-7742

 

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

 

Government Assistance

Medicaid – to apply or ask general questions contact your local Department of Family and Children Services

Medicare – www.medicare.gov – 800-633-4227

PeachCare for Kids – www.peachcare.org – 877-427-3224

Right from the Start Medicaide – www.rsm.dhr.state.ga.us – 800-809-7276

 

Child Support Services (Offices of)

 

502 Lawson Drive, P.O. Box 1085, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2420 Fax: (229) 931-2525

Office Hours: 7:00 A.M.-5:15 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Anyone needing assistance in establishing paternity and/or obtaining child support.

Serving: Lee,

Macon

, Schley, Stewart,

Sumter

,

Webster Counties

Fees: No fee for TANF or Medicaid recipients; $25.00 fee everyone else.

Services: Locate non-custodial parents, establish paternity, establish child support obligations and obtain orders; enforce child support orders, enforce private child support orders; modification of child support orders and private orders and obtain medical insurance orders.

 

Department of Family and Children Services

Office Hours: Monday – Thursday 8:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Fridays 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Eligibility: Any individual in need of public assistance or social services residing in the county, based on income.

Fees: All services are offered without any charge.

Purpose: The Department of Family and Children Services is responsible for administering Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Food Stamps, Social Service programs and Childcare Assistance.

 

Mission

: To strengthen

Georgia

’s families – supporting their self-sufficiency and helping them protect their vulnerable children and adults by being a resource to their families, not a substitute.

Services: TANF - Provides a monthly check and Medicaid to families with children under 18 who are in financial need. The children in the family unit must be deprived of the care and support of at least one parent.

Medical Assistance Only - Provides Medicaid to persons who are eligible based on income; pregnant women, children, low-income families, and aged, blind, or disabled persons who meet financial needs.

Food Stamps - Provides electronic benefit card (EBT) to be used as cash at a grocery store to purchase food items. The food stamp household must within income and resource limits to be eligible.

Social Services - Provides services to children or adults (Adult Protective Services) who have been physically or sexually abused or neglected; foster care providing assistance to families for children in need of temporary care; adoption services to individual and/or couples interested in adoption and children in need of placement; and general services offering assistance with information and referrals for food, clothing, emergency energy assistance, medical transportation.

Counties: 

Lee

 

County

: (229) 759-3000;

Macon County

: (478) 472-3700;

 

SchleyCounty: (229) 937-2591; Stewart County: (229) 838-4335;

 

SumterCounty: (229) 931-2462; Webster County: (229) 828-6265

 

District Attorney's Victim Witness Assistance Program

 

P.O. Box 1328, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-5411 Fax: (229) 928-4271

Services: Assists victims and witnesses of felony crimes through the criminal justice process of the Superior Court provides advocacy and support to victims of domestic violence, advocacy for the fundamental rights of victims and witnesses within the criminal justice system, victim notification of pending cases and court accompaniment, victim compensation information, assistance with creating victim impact statements, and referrals for counseling and emergency shelter.

 

 

Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Sumter County Services

510-A

West Lamar Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2409 FAX: (229) 931-2728

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Monday-Friday; after hour coverage available

Eligibility: The Department of Juvenile Justice provides supervision, detention and a wide-range of treatment and educational services for youths referred to the Department by Juvenile Court and delinquency prevention services (for at-risk youths through collaborative efforts with other public, private and community entities).

Serving:

Macon

, Schley, Stewart,

Sumter

, and

Webster Counties

Services: Intake, Probation and Aftercare of Juvenile Offenders

Mission:  “To protect and serve the citizens of Georgia by holding youthful offenders accountable for their actions through the delivery of treatment services and sanctions in appropriate settings and by establishing youth in their communities as productive and law abiding citizens”

 

 

GeorgiaDepartment of Labor -- Americus Career Center

 

120 West Church Street, Americus, GA 31709

 

(229) 931-2520

Office Hours: 7:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Website: www.dol.state.ga.us

Eligibility: No eligibility requirements for job placement. Person must have worked for a liable employer for unemployment insurance.

Serving: All applicants who are in need of job placement assistance and career counseling in Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, and Webster counties.

Purpose: Provide job placement and assistance to applicants. Work with area employers to find and develop a skilled labor force.

Services: Provides direct job placement, career counseling, job skills workshops, employer proficiency testing, computerized job information system and resume preparation, labor market information, & administration of the unemployment insurance program

 

 

LEGAL SERVICES

 

Georgia Legal Services Program

 

1036 First Avenue, P.O. Box 176, Columbus, GA 31902-0176

Contact:  Paul Kauffmann, Sherry McKenzie

(706) 649-7493      1-800-533-3140      FAX: (706) 649-7519

Email:  pKauffmann@glsp.org    smcKenzie@glsp.org

Website: www.glsp.com

Office Hours: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

 

Mission

:  To provide free legal services to low income individuals

Serving:

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

, Webster, Harris,

Chattahoochee

, Lee, Meriwether, Troup,

Muscogee, Upson, Pike, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor counties

Purpose: Providing free legal services to Georgians with low incomes.

Services: Civil cases - wills for elderly, tenant affairs, domestic violence, bankruptcy, guardianship, child custody,

Social Security for kids under 18, consumer matters, some divorce cases, healthcare public benefits, probate matters

 

 

MENTAL HEALTH / PSYCHOLOGICAL

 

Anchorage, Inc.

 

162 Hampton Lane, Leesburg, GA 31763

 

(229) 435-5692

Dudley Thomas, Jr. Clinical Director

Office Hours:   8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility:  Males 18 yrs and older, no children.

Services:  Substance Abuse Long-term care: 16 weeks [54 men is maximum capacity limit).

There is a waiting List. Based on Christianity and the 12-step program. After care: a little more freedom, clients allowed to have employment.

Location:

Lee County

Fees: No charge to clients

 

Breeze Way MH Day Services

523 Hwy 280 East,

Americus, GA 31709

 

Phone (229) 931-2493;   Fax:  (229) 931-2963

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Must be 18 years old or older, and primary diagnoses must be mental illness.

Services: Adult Mental Day Care Program

Location:

Sumter County

Fees: Self-pay, Medicaid, Medicare, Insurance

 

Celebrate Recovery

 

Cornerstone Church

,

245 Southland Drive, Americus, GA 31709

Mark Collier  931-2651

Elaine Morrison  924-6388

Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find support and help to recover from your hurts, habits, and hang-ups. The session meets on Monday nights at 7:00 P.M. Free child care during Monday night sessions.

 

Mission:

To encourage fellowship and to apply God’s healing power to our lives through the “Eight Recovery Principles” and “The Twelve Steps to Recovery.”

 

Charter Behavioral Health System of

Central Georgia

 

3500 Riverside Drive, Macon, GA 31210

(478) 474-6200      1-800-242-7837

Office Hours: 24 hours

Fees: No cost

Purpose: Assess needs of any kind of mental health issue; if hospitalization is not indicated, make appropriate referrals to community-based programs. Provide parenting information for parents with children ages three & up.

Services: Positive Parenting Workshop - free (1st Saturday Monthly, 9:00 A.M.-12:00 noon)

Serving: Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

, Webster and

Wilcox Counties

 

 

ColiseumPsychiatric Hospital

 

340 Hospital Drive

;

Macon, GA 31217-3838

 

(478) 741-1355

Susie Nicolson, Lifeline Director

Office Hours:  Open 24/7

Eligibility:  Adults Only (Including GeroPsych 14 bed unit)

Services:  Substance Abuse and Mental Illness.Acute Care.

Two levels of care:

Partial Hospitalization, 7:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Monday-Friday, lasts 10 to 14 day;

IOP (Intensive Out-Patient)3 days a week Monday, Wednesday, and Friday7:00 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.

Location: 

Bibb County

Fees:  Self-pay, most third party insurance, no Medicaid but will accept Medicare.

 

Easter Seals Southern Georgia, Inc.

 

1906 Palmyra Road, Albany, Georgia

229-439-7061 or 800-365-4583  Fax:  229-435-7787

Beth English, Executive Director; Email: benglish@sowega-easterseals.org

Nicki Wilson, Program Director; Email: enwilson@sowega-easterseals.org

Website:  www.southerngeorgia.easterseals.com

Office Hours:  8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Mission: To provide exceptional services to individuals with disabilities

Programs and Services: 

Work Adjustment:  training in good work habits, appropriate behavior, and production skills

Extended Employment Transition Services: for persons with more severe disabilities

Transition Services:  vocational readiness training to students with disabilities

Respite Care and Family Support: short-term relief to caregivers of children and adults with mental retardation and autism

Independent Care:  attendant services to adults with physical disabilities

Residential Services: Group home living

Megan’s House:  Children’s respite home, located in

Albany

and

Waycross

; 54 county region; Fees are determined by a sliding fee scale and scholarships may be available.

Solutions:  Day habilitation program for adults with developmental disabilities

Senior Solutions:  Center-based respite program in

Albany

for disabled adults who are 65 years and older.

 

Grief Share Ministry

 

First Baptist Church

,

221 South Lee Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-9035

Ann Beavers, Contact

Grief Share is a support group that combines educational videos with a group discussion that allows participants to

share the common experience of the death and the grieving process. It meets on the first and third Monday in room 203.

 

Middle

Flint Behavioral HealthCare

 

415 North Jackson St.

, P.O. Drawer 1348,

Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2470

Director:  Pam Davis   Email:  pamdavis@middleflintbhc.org

Website:  www.middleflintbhc.org

Office Hours:  Open 24/7  

Crisis Line (after 5 p.m.):  1-800-342-7843

Eligibility:  Children, adolescents, and adults; specializes in mental disorders, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases.

Services:  Counseling, crisis intervention, education, caregiver support, outpatient psychiatric care, community housing, community outreach, and ambulatory detoxification.

Fees:  Accepts all insurance

 

Area Program Central Office:

 

415 North Jackson St., Americus, GA 31709

Administration:  (229) 931-2470

Intake/Assessments:  (229) 931-2404

Mental Health (Children and Adults):  (229) 931-2504

Hours:  8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

Crisis Line (after 5 P.M.):  1-800-342-7843

Serving:  Children, adolescents, adults and older adults; in Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, and Webster counties.

Fees:  Charges based on income, number of family members, and third party payers (such as Medicaid and insurance)

Purpose:  Mental health, developmental disability, and addictive disease services designed to maintain and improve consumers’ quality of life and functioning in the community.

Services:

• Adult Program:  Family, individual and group counseling, psychosocial rehabilitation, peer support,

cluster apartments, group homes, community support, pharmacology, psychological evaluations.

• Children & Adolescent:  Family, individual and group counseling, prevention, residential placement,

parent training, substance abuse counseling, psychological evaluations, C&A psychiatry, pharmacology.

 

Residential Living for Developmentally Delayed Adults

Director: Cynthia Davis

(229) 931-2659

  

Rose House

 

701 Jackson Avenue, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2812

Female DD

4 females-maximum number

Currently at full capacity

Personal Care

No insurance: Middle Flint Behavioral Health Care is the payee or client’s SSI

Peach House

 

421 Elm Avenue, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-2481

Male DD

4 males-maximum number

Currently at full capacity

Personal Care

No insurance: Middle Flint Behavioral Health Care is the payee or client’s SSI

Moderate Training Residence (MTR)

 

416 West Church Street, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-4619

Female DD

6 females-maximum number

Currently at full capacity

Personal Care

No insurance: Middle Flint Behavioral Health Care is the payee or client’s SSI

 

New Beginnings

 

952 Anthony Drive

;

Americus, GA 31709

(229) 928-2201

Ramona Price, Director

Office Hours:  8:30 A.M. -.1:35 P.M. -- Call for Intake or Assessment.

Eligibility:   Adults

Services: Primary Diagnosis must be substance abuse, but may have secondary diagnosis of mental illness.

Classes: Psycho-education, Substance Abuse, Parenting, Anger Management, Mental Illness, Relapse Prevention, Triggers of Substance Abuse, and Group Therapy.

Location: 

Sumter County

Fees: All Types of Insurance

 

 

PerryWellnessCenter

207 Hwy 280,

Americus, GA 31719

 

(229) 931-4404

Stewart Perry, Director

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Only Adults

Services: Mental Illness, Group Therapy, Exercise Program

Location:

Sumter County

Fees: Only Medicaid

 

Renaissance Centre

 

533 Third Avenue, Albany, GA, 31701

(229) 889-7200   Fax: (229) 889-7393

Nick Carden, Ph.D.

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and all eligible third party insurance parties and Managed Care Groups

Serving: Calhoun, Crisp, Dougherty, Lee,

Macon

,

Randolph

,

Sumter

, Terrell, Worth Counties

Fees: $100.00 per hour unless seeing interns who have reduced fees (call for details)

Purpose: The Renaissance Centre is a full service family counseling center that provides a broad range of outpatient therapy and consultation services for the people of

Albany

and Southwest

 

Georgia

. Confidential services are provided for families and individuals of all ages and circumstances through a variety of treatment programs, business and industry services, and educational programs. Professional care is offered through such programs as: Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychotherapy; Marriage and Family Counseling; Pastoral Counseling; Outpatient Substance, Abuse Treatment; Evaluation and Testing; and Geriatric Concerns. A highly -rained and dedicated staff provide these services as a way to enhance the quality of life for individuals, families, and organizations in the community and surrounding area.

Services: Psychological testing, Individual, Family, Couple, Group Therapy, Professional Training and Consultation.

 

 

Providence Psychological Services

 

615 Barlow Street, P.O. Box 1492, Americus, GA 31709

  

(229) 928-9887

Laura DePaola, Ph.D.

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Monday-Friday

Serving:

Sumter

and surrounding counties

Fees: Call for fee schedule

Services: Adult, adolescent, child counseling and evaluation, marriage and family therapy, educational evaluations.

 

Barbara T. Simpson, MSN.CNSP

 

208 East Lamar Street, Americus, GA 31709

 

(229) 924-9796                        

Credentials: Clinical Nurse Specialist Psychiatry & Mental Health,

LMFT, LPC, Certified Divorce Mediator, Certified by Family First to teach “Children Coping With Divorce.”

Office Hours:  9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Adolescences, Adults

Services: Individual Adult therapy and Marriage & Family therapy

Location:

Sumter County

Fees: All insurance except Medicaid

 

 

SumterRegionalHospital Support Groups

Sumter Regional Hospital Education Department

(229) 931-1188

Chevin Ellis, Contact

 

Sumter Regional Stroke Support Group

(229) 931-1348

Katherine Mordi,  Contact

Office Hours: Every 3rd Thursday, 11:00 A.M.

 

Transforming Counseling Services

 

107 Bronco Drive, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-1333

Willie Greene, M.S., NCC, LPC, CCDVC

Hours: By appointment only

Fees: Self-Pay & Insurance

Eligibility: 10 years old and Up

Services: Counseling for individuals, families, couples, and marriage

Purpose: To provide quality mental health, substance abuse services, training and consultation.

 

 

TurningPointHospital

 

3015 Veterans Parkway, P.O. Box 1177, Moultrie, GA 31768

(229) 985-4815      1-800-342-1075

Andrew Dow, M.D. (Psychiatrist) Medical Director

Office Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (for crisis calls)

Eligibility: For anyone seeking help for a chemical dependency issues

Funding/Fees: Commercial and private insurance, private pay, Medicare and Champus/Tricare

Purpose: To provide intensive inpatient and outpatient treatment/rehabilitation services designed to alter the destructive course of the addictive disease. Assist families in intervening in the patient’s life to motivate recovery.

Services: Adult (18 and older) treatment services (detoxification, rehabilitation, partial hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient, and after care) for chemical dependency.

Serving:

Southeastern United States

 

PARENT/CAREGIVER RESOURCES

 

See Charter Behavioral Health System of

Central Georgia

 

Rosalynn Carter Institute of

Georgia

Southwestern

State University

 

800 Wheatley Drive, Americus, GA  31709

(229) 928-1234

Dr. Richard Birkell, PhD

Website: rosalynncarter.org

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday or by appointment

Fees:  Services are free and confidential; workshops may require a registration fee.

Purpose:  The Rosalynn Carter Institute establishes local, state and national

Partnerships committed to building quality long-term, home and community-based services.  The

Caregiver Support Center

is the local initiative charged with providing caregivers with effective supports that promote caregiver health, skills and resilience.

Services Provided:  A Care Coach provides assessment, care planning, resource and referral information.  Services can be provided in the Center during regular hours or at a time and location that is convenient for the caregiver.  Workshops on effective caregiver practices are provided to both family and professional caregivers.

Serving:  Americus/Sumter County

 

The Parenting Project, Inc.

 

Sumter Regional Hospital

1610-B

East Forsyth

,

P.O. Box 1565, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 931-0454   (229) 931-1199    Fax: (229) 931-0454

Brenda Oglesby, Contact

Email: hfameric@sowega.net

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Available to families regardless of ethnic, racial, religious, or economic background.

Fees: None

Serving:

Sumter

, Schley and

Macon Counties

Services: The Parenting Project offers volunteers for the First Steps Program during hospital stay and offer emotional support, parenting education and referrals to community resources by telephone calls for 3 months following the birth of their child. The Healthy Families Program provides intense home visitation by home visitors to families through support, education (curriculum), developmental tracking, and resource referrals. An infant closet is available for infants in need: clothing and supplies are donated by individuals, churches, and civic clubs.

 

RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION SERVICES

 

 

GeorgiaCenter for Youth

 

211 Goose Hollow Road, Reynolds, GA 31076

(229) 847-2900 (24-HOUR EMERGENCY)

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Jill Amos, Executive Director

Eligibility: SED children 10-18 years old

Serving:

Georgia

- Statewide

Fees: Per diem as prescribed by MATCH Committee ($181.00/day)

Purpose: A dedicated, caring and unique group of people serving troubled youth. The

Georgia Center

provides a Nurturing Environment necessary to foster change, growth, and maturity so that our children reach their maximum potential. Serving with com-passion, skill, effectiveness and respect, we make a difference in each child’s life.

Services: Residential Treatment: Each child is supported by a staff consisting of a psychiatrist, a client advocate, Human Service professionals and nursing staff.

Educational Program: Georgia Certified teachers provide the educational program for students. Teachers are trained to work with learning disabilities and behavior disorders.

Therapeutic Foster Care: Placement in certified therapeutic foster homes provided. Foster families will be supported with on-going case management and 24-hour crisis intervention as needed.

 

Georgia Industrial Children’s Home

 

4690 N. Mumford Road

;

Macon, GA 31210

 

(478) 474-8220  

Website: www.gich.org

The Mission of the Georgia Industrial Children's Home is to protect and care for troubled children and their families in a safe, stable environment while providing quality care to help others help themselves.

Residential Services: There are four residential cottages that serve children age 10 and up.

There are two boy cottages and two girl cottages. Each cottage usually houses 8-10 children.

Children usually stay in this program from 1-3 years

TLC Foster Parent Program

Immediate Care: The Immediate Care Centers provide temporary placement for children in crisis situations. Children can stay in this facility for up to 90 days. Housing is available for a total of 16 children, 8 boys and 8 girls.

The purpose of this program is to prepare the residents for a permanent placement by providing emotional support and guidance with behavior management.

Placement: They regularly accept referrals from the Department of Family and Children's Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Mental Health agencies. They are open to working with private families but suggest that community assistance be explored before considering out of home placement. Referrals are received by completing the on-line admission referral packet located on this website.  Upon request, a referral packet can be mailed or faxed but please include a social summary and/or a current (within one year) psychological evaluation. All mailed and faxed referrals should be sent to the attention of the Intake Coordinator (April Hall).

 

GraceWay Recovery Residence 

412

W. Tift Avenue

; Post Office

Box 32, Albany, GA  31702

(229)446-4550, Fax:  229-446-4554

Admissions: (229)446-7800

Debbie Mazur, Executive Director

Liz Dixon, Development Director

Email:  liz@gracewayrecovery.com

Website: www.gracewayrecovery.com

AdministrativeOffice Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

GraceWay is a 501(C)(3) non-profit, faith- based, long - term substance abuse treatment community for women. GraceWay provides a spiritual home environment that empowers residents to become productive members of their families and society through intensive application of the Twelve-Step methodology. Residents length of stay: 6 months – 2 years

GraceWay also offers After Care and Transition Housing (The Way Half-Way House)

 

Hephzibah Children’s Home

 

6601 Zebulon Road, Macon, GA  31220-7606

(478) 477-3383  

Website:  www.hephzibah.com

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., Monday–Friday

Services:  The mission of Hephzibah Children's Home is to provide a Christ-centered, safe, and wholesome residential environment For at-risk children and young people. Hephzibah Children's Home is a Residential Group Home for children ages 6-18 needing levels of care I, II and III. We are a 60-bed facility (six group homes, ten residents in each home). Most children placed in this program are in state custody.

Level of Care I: At this level there are occasional mild and emotional and/or behavioral problems that interfere with the child's ability to function in the family, school and/or community. The focus of care is on reassurance, consistency and regular parenting type activities with guidance and supervision needed to develop normalized social skills and to ensure emotional and physical well being.

Level of Care II: A child at this level has mild emotional and/or behavioral management problems that interfere with the child's ability to function in the family, school and/or community. The child at this level likely has a mental health diagnosis. Behaviors include infrequent impulsive or deliberate acts that may result in minor property destruction, nonviolent anti-social acts and some oppositional behavior. Care, treatment and supervision are provided in the supportive settings of residential facilities.

Level of Care III: A child has moderate and/or occasional serious emotional and/or behavioral management problems that interfere with his/her ability to function in the family, school and or community when outside of a therapeutic setting.  At this level, care, supervision, and treatment are provided in an environment in which many activities are therapeutically designed to improve the child's social, emotional and educational functioning and to teach the child pro-social, adaptive skills.

Placement: Children and young people may be placed at Hephzibah Children's Home by the Department of Family and Children's Services and the Department of Juvenile Justiceof the State of Georgia, or by individual families from anywhere in the United States.

 

 

InnerHarbour

4685 Dorsett

Shoals Road

;

Douglasville, GA 30135

 

(770) 942-2391     1-800-255-8657

Website: www.innerharbour.org

Services:

Inner Harbour

offers a variety of therapeutic and educational services for children and families. Services are provided to young people from 6 to18 years old. We are TRICARE approved for ages 6-17.

Inner Harbour

specializes in treating children and adolescents with significant psychiatric illness and impairment in behavioral, cognitive, emotional, familial, and/or social functioning. Admissions approval requires both clinical and financial clearance.

Inner Harbour

provides services to clients regardless of race, gender, creed, national origin, or disability.
Clinical Approval requires one or more of the following conditions:

• Evidence of a DSM-IV-R diagnosable mental disorder.
• Child or adolescent exhibits behaviors which are dangerous to self or others.
• There is a history of failed or insufficient inpatient or outpatient treatment efforts or inaccessibility of outpatient treatment.
• There has been unmanageable behavior in the home environment.
• There is evidence of severe dysfunction within the community or school system.
• There is a history of drug abuse or alcohol abuse.
• There is an absence or collapse of support systems to a degree that requires hospitalization.

Methodist Home for Children and Youth

 

100 Mill Creek Road, P.O. Box 1967, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-9550   Fax: (229) 924-8332

Website:  www.themethodisthome.org

Contact: Judy Tott, Director

Email: judy.tott@themethodisthome.org

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Fees: DFCS per diem and parent’s sliding fee scale

The Methodist Home for Children and Youth is more than a home for children. It is also a home for a

host of children and family programs and offering a range of more than 15 services. 

 

Mission: 

In response to Christ and the Church, the mission of the Methodist Home is to be a model agency that restores childhoods, strengthens families and cultivates a people-building organization.

Purpose: To provide a safe, caring environment for emotionally & behaviorally disturbed children.

Eligibility: A residential treatment program for 13 to 17 year old girls, from neglectful backgrounds, who have suffered some form of neglect or physical, sexual or emotional abuse; who are experiencing a degree of emotional/psychological difficulty; who are oppositional, havelearning disabilities, school problems or truancy and need shelter and protection due to economic, emotional, circumstantial or legal situations, not actively psychotic, able to attend public school, and ability to benefit from group living.

Services: Provides care in a residential treatment center which meets the basic needs of food, clothing and shelter and provides therapeutically designed interventions to improve social, emotional, educational and spiritual adaptive behavior in a family-like setting.

Serving: South Georgia (

Macon

,

Americus

,

Valdosta

, St. Marys,

Columbus

and

Albany

)

 

Murphy-Harpst

 

740 Fletcher Street

 

Cedartown, GA 30125-3249

(770)748-1500   Fax (770) 749-1094

Website: www. Murphy-Harpst.org

Sarah Barron, Contact; ext. 209

EMAIL: sbarron@murphyharpst.org

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.,Monday through Friday except on Holidays

The Harpst Campus, offers a continuum of quality services that includes residential treatment for children and youth ages 6-17, therapeutic foster care, and community programs.

 

Mission:

To provide a continuum of superior quality, outcome focused, preventive and therapeutic services addressing the emotional, physical, educational and spiritual needs of children and families in a steadfast effort to help all become self-sufficient, contributing members of society. To be admitted to the Harpst campus residential treatment center, the child or teen must  be referred by a source such as the Department of Family and Children’s services, the Department of juvenile justice, the Department of Mental Health, a school district, an insurance company, or a parent/guardian who has the resources with which to fund the child’s treatment. Some insurance companies will pay for residential treatment.

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Open Arms, Inc.

 

601 Pine Avenue, Albany, Georgia

  31701  

(229) 431-1121

Website:  www.openarmsinc.org

Contacts:

Fonda Strong, Executive Director

Rosalyn Fowler, Associate Executive Director

Tomica George, Foster Care

Paula Mays, Transitional Living Program

Sharrodd Hart, Runaway and Homeless/Street Outreach

Services: It operates a long-term 12-bed girl facility and a long-term 12-bed boy facility at the Bridges.

The Bridges homes are in confidential locations in

Lee County

. The Bridges are emergency shelters for confirmed cases of abuses and neglect. Children from birth to 18 years of age can stay at the Bridges.

Children must have a DFCS referral.

Foster Care:

This is an approved child placing agency.

 

GeorgiaCenter for Child Traumatic Stress

This provides mental health interventions to children and adolescence that have experienced trauma.

Runaway & Homeless

This program provides shelter and safety to runaway and homeless youth.

Transitional Living

This provides a safe and stable home for youth transitioning out of foster care or those youth who are homeless. Program is available to youth between the ages of 18 and 21.

Street Outreach

This program provides a Drop-In center for runaway and homeless youth.  The drop-in center provides personal items, clothes, and food. It is located at

601 Pine Avenue, Albany, Georgia

.

 

Serenity Farm

 

696 McMath Road, Americus, GA 31719

  

(229) 931-2501

Dwight

Poole

, Director

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: Women, must be 18 years or older

Services:  Substance Abuse Long term care: 1 year.  It has counseling for clients with HIV/AIDS.

Program accepts pregnant women. Children can stay with parent.

Location:

Sumter County

Fees: no charge (program is subsidized by state and federal grants)

Serves: West Central Region: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris,

Macon

,

Marion

, Muscogee,

Quitman,

Randolph

, Schley, Stewart,

Sumter

, Talbot,

Taylor

and

Webster Counties

Eligibility: Females, age 18 and older, eligible for TANF benefits; screening process must take place at Middle Flint AOP or Private Physician/Psychiatrist of Middle Flint Behavioral Healthcare.

Purpose: A long-term, residential program designed for females who are residents of

Georgia

, are 18 years of age or older, have a primary disability of substance abuse that prevents them from obtaining or maintaining employment. Individuals must meet at least one or the following criteria: Pregnant (priority given to pregnant women); have children who are 13 years of age or younger; are attempting to regain custody of minor children; priority will be given to TANF recipients and clients who are TANF eligible.

 

 

TurningPointHospital

3015 East by Southeast,

P.O. Box 1177, Moultrie, GA 31768

(229) 985-4815      1-800-342-1075

Mike Wager, Director of Family Education

Office Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (for crisis calls)

Eligibility: Anyone seeking help for a chemical dependency problem

Funding/Fees: Commercial and private insurance, private pay, and Medicare

Purpose: Provide intensive rehabilitation services designed to alter the destructive course of the addictive disease. Assist families in intervening in the dependent's life to motivate recovery.

Services: Adult and adolescent treatment for chemical dependency

Serving: Crisp, Dooly,

Macon

,

Marion

, Schley,

Sumter

, Webster, and

Wilcox Counties

 

Twin Cedars Youth Services, Inc.

 

P.O. Box 1526, Lagrange, GA 30240

(706) 884-1717    Fax (706) 884-3280

Mike Angstadt, Director

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Services: Residential treatment for boys and girls, Independent Living Program for girls, prevention services,

Homestead training, Teambuilding (Ropes Course).

Service Area: Statewide

Eligibility: 11-18 years old

Fees: Based on services

Purpose: To provide programs and services empowering children, youth and families to achieve optimum potential.

 

The

VashtiCenter

 

1815 E. Clay Street, Thomasville, GA  31792

 

(229) 226-4634

 

Mission:

  The mission of the

Vashti Center

is to provide children, youth and families with resources necessary to grow physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  Their goal is to change destructive behavior patterns and establish new behaviors and coping skills, to promote increased self-esteem, to establish more appropriate perceptions of self and others, and to enjoy life to the fullest.

Residential Care (RBWO) – Basic, Additional, and Maximum levels, Boys and girls ages 6-17.  Admissions: (229) 226-4972

 

Second Chance Home – Teen mothers and their infant and/or toddler children.  Admissions: (229) 226-4972

 

Community Services – IFI and CSI Services in an 8 county area.  Contact: Omar Taveras (229) 226-4634

 

Clinical Services – Mental Health Services for children/youth and their families.  Contact: Cathy Marchant (229) 226-4634

 

 

TRANSPORTATION

 

 

Americus Transit

 

101 W. Lamar Street, Americus, GA 31709

     

(229) 924-4414

Dexter Cliatt, Transportation Coordinator

Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Closed 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. and Holidays

Fees: $2.50 per trip ages 14-60; 50 cent per child under age 14 (must furnish own car seat for children under 5);

$1.25 ages 60 and up; all wheelchair pickups are $5.00 per trip;

$2.00 per trip/ $1 senior citizens & handicap services/$.50 per child under age 14 (must furnish own car seat for children under 5.

Services: Provide medical and public transportation within

Americus

city limits. Same-day service to Wal-mart, etc.

 

Logistic Care

503 Oakplace,

Suite 550

,

Atlanta, GA 30349

1-888-224-7988

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Fees: Accepts Medicaid

Services: Transports to medical appointments outside of

Americus

from any city/county. Requires 3-day notice and address, phone numbers (of patient & doctor), and time of appointment.

 

US Transit

 

912 South MLK Blvd., Americus, GA  31709

(229)924-5120

Services:  Medical Transport only

Fees: Please call for current prices.

 

YOUTH RESOURCES

 

Boy Scouts of

America

/ Chehaw Council

 

P.O. Box 469, Albany, GA 31702

(229) 436-7226

Ray Allen, Scout Executive/CEO

Office Hours: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility: All boys first grade and up. Girls age 14 and partake in exploring or venturing

Serving: Baker,Calhoun, Crisp, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Mitchell, Miller, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, Tift,

Turner, Wilcox and Worth counties

Fees: $10.00 annual fee to national offices. Dues are determined by unit.

Development of American youth into strong, well-rounded citizens prepared for tomorrow's leadership.

 

 

Boys & Girls Clubs

 

 

EasterMorningCommunity Center

Americus GA  31719

(229) 924-8791
A unit of: Boys & Girls Club of Americus/Sumter County

Website: http:www.bgcsumter.org

 

Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter YD Center/Unit

 

Americus, GA  31709

(229) 824-5357

A unit of: Boys & Girls Club of Americus/Sumter County

Website: http:www.bgcsumter.org

 

 

LeeCounty Unit

 

Albany, GA  31707

(229) 436-1216

A unit of: Boys & Girls Club of Americus/Sumter County

Website: http:www.bgcsumter.org

 

 

Girl Scouts of

Southwest Georgia

 

515 Pine Avenue, Albany, GA 31701

(229) 432-9188      1-800-448-4762      Fax: (229) 432-7044

Office Hours: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Website: www.girlscoutsofSWGeorgia.com

Eligibility: Any girl, 5 to 17 years of age, or adult who expresses a belief in the Girl Scout Promise and Law and who wants to join the organization.

Serving: 34 Counties in

Southwest GA

Fee: $10.00 yearly membership dues paid to Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Financial assistance available for girl or adult wanting to join, but who cannot afford dues.

Purpose: Meeting the developmental, educational, emotional and social needs and interests of girls ages 5 to 17.

Services: Delivering programs through troop/group experiences that further teach positive relationships with others, service to the community, development of values and a deepening of self-worth. We accomplish this mission through individual, troop and group experiences facilitated by qualified adults and community support.

 

Kent Hill Youth Development Program, Inc.

 

1105 Middle River Road, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-6762

Office Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M., Monday-Friday; 4:00 - 6:00 P.M. - Summer Camp

Eligibility: Kindergarten to High School (ages 5-17)

Serving:

Americus

and

Sumter

 

County Youth

Fees: Free for all youth

Purpose: Designed to offer help to the youth of

Americus

academically & socially, through tutoring sessions, social events, individual counseling, educational & social outings.

Services: SAT preparations, career awareness, drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and common courtesies. Educational learning experiences through a week-long summer camp, during which professional football athletes come as role-models and engage in activities with the students on "Super Saturday." This helps the students who need love and support of an adult who they see as role models that may help and inspire them to improve their lives.

 

 

Mentor Plus of Sumter County

 

PO Box 6684

;

Americus, GA 31709

1-888-986-5646 ext. 104

Valecia Sales, Program Director

Email: vsales@mentorplus.org 

Website: www.mentorplus.org

Program Description:

Mentor

plus helps to empower youth in our community to make positive life choices that enable them to maximize their potential. Adult volunteers commit to supporting,, guiding, and being a friend to a young person for a period of one year. Thus, helping that young person to develop and reach positive academic, career, and personal goals.

Mission: The mission of Mentor Plus is to empower at-risk youth ages 4-18 to make positive life choices by providing positive role models to encourage them to remain in school and set positive goals for their adult lives.

Vision:

Mentor

Plus envisions a community in which every youth can reach their full potential through nurturing one-to-one relationships and community support.

Serving youth of incarcerated parents ages 4-18

Benefits: Improves academic performance helps young people face daily challenges offers opportunities for new career paths provides a positive way to spend free time

Types of Mentoring offered: One-to-one mentoring, E- Mentoring, Group mentoring

 

 

SchleyCounty Extension Services

 

78 West Oglethorpe Street, Ellaville, GA 31806

(229) 937-2601

Office Hours:   8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M., 1:00 - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Eligibility:  5^th grade-12^th grade students, within Schley County School System

Services:  4-H programs with a focus on agricultural awareness, classes are science based. Leadership training offered.  The students meet after school from 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. There are also District Project Achievements.  Along with this Mr. Star goes into the classroom to meet with the children once a month.

Location:

Schley County

Fees:  None

 

 

Sumter County

Cooperative Extension Service

331 Highway 19 South,

Americus, GA 31719

;

P.O. Box 1027, Americus, GA 31709

(229-924-4476 Fax: (229)-924-4723

Contact: Keri Gandy, Joan Mason

Email:  klgandy@uga.edu

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 - 5:00 P.M.

Eligibility: Children ages 9-19

Purpose: To assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing citizens.

Services: Unbiased research-based education which improves the quality of

Georgia

's agriculture, industry, environment, families, 4-H, and youth.

 

 

SumterCounty Mentor Program

 

142 Cotton Avenue, Americus, GA 31709

(229) 924-9443

Fees: None

Purpose: To recruit, train, and recognize adults who mentor students one-on-one

Eligibility: To be a mentor you must be 18 years or older

Serving:

Sumter County

Services: Provides adult mentors to at-risk children

 

Sumter County Parks & Recreation Department

(229) 924-4878 or (229) 924-5557   Fax: (229) 928-9464

EMAIL: scprd@bellsouth.net

Office Hours: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M., Monday-Friday

Serving:

Americus

and

Sumter County

Fees: Fees vary with program. Fee reduction is based on income and number of family members in household.

Purpose: To provide recreational activities for all citizens of the

Sumter County

area regardless of race, national origin, or disability.

Services: We provide a year-round recreation program for the citizens of the

Sumter County

area.  We try to emphasize participation in a variety of athletic programs, involving organized leagues, educational activities, and special events.

Eligibility: Must live, work, or attend school full-time in

Sumter County

.

Out-of-county citizens are eligible, but are required to pay double registration fee.