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Page 2 Emergency Numbers Page 2 Support Groups Pages 3 – 6 Quick Reference List Pages 7 - 52 Alphabetical Listing of Resources Page 53 Bartow County Government Pages 54 - 58 City Governments Page 59 Acknowledgements

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Emergency Numbers- 911

American Red Cross 770-382-0981 Bartow County District Attorney’s Office 770-387-5080 Bartow County Clerk of Superior Court 770-387-5025 Committee for Missing Children 678-376-6265 Domestic Violence/Tranquility House 770-386-8779 Drug Help Line 1-800-378-4435 Emergency Management Agency 770-387-5089 FBI and GBI (Federal and Georgia Bureau of Investigation – Atlanta) 404-679-9000 GA State Patrol (Bartow County) 770-387-4056 Mental Health Crisis Line (evenings & weekends) 1-800-493-1932 Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222 Rape Crisis Center 770-386-8779 Resource and Referrals (weekdays) Bartow Collaborative 678-719-2041 United Way of Bartow County 770-386-1677

Support Groups

Alcoholics Anonymous 12 Elizabeth St. Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770-386-9621 Services: Provides support meetings for A.A., Al-Anon, and Alateen.

Autism, Bereavement, Diabetes, Grief, Parkinson, Stroke Support Groups Cartersville Medical Center 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Cartersville, GA 30120 Med line: 800-242-5662

Cancer Support Groups The Hope Center at Cartersville Medical Center 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 678.721.5555

Narcotics Anonymous Cartersville Medical Center 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 1-800-559-9503

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Christian League for Battered Women, 21 QUICK REFERENCE Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter, 31 Goodwill of North Georgia, 32 Adoption Habitat Thrift Store, 32 Bartow County DFCS, 12 Must Ministries, 39 Bethany Christian Services, 16 New Beginnings Outreach, Inc., 40 Faithbridge Foster Care, 25 North Bartow Community Services, 40 Georgia Center for Resources and Support, 28 Salvation Army, 46 Lutheran Services of Georgia, 37 Consumer Information and Educational Business Resources Cartersville Chamber of Commerce, 18 Allatoona Community Association, Inc., 8 Small Business Development Center, 47 Bartow County Community Development/Office of Environmental Programs, 12 Child Support CredAbility - Consumer Credit Counseling Child Support Enforcement, 21 Service, 22 DNA Diagnostics Center, 22 Environmental Protection Agency, 24 Georgia Fatherhood Program, 29 Ga. Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, 29 Office of Commissioner of Insurance, 43 Children / Youth Services Small Business Development Center, 47 A Better Way Child Advocacy Center, 7 University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Bartow Christmas Coalition, 11 Service, 51 Bartow Collaborative Family Connection, 11 Bartow Court Appointed Special Advocate Counseling / Mental Health (CASA), 12 Bartow County Peer Support, Wellness and Bartow County DFCS, 12 Respite Center, 14 Bartow County 4-H – UGA Coop. Ext, 51 Bartow Health Access, 15 Bartow Family Resources, 15 BMG Life Solutions, 16 Boy Scouts of America, 16 Briggs and Associates, 17 Boys and Girls Club, 16 Cartersville Center, Inc., 18 Cartersville City School System- Social Services Cartersville Counseling Service, 19 and Special Programs, 19 Christian Counseling Service, Inc.,21 Child Care Resource and Referral, 20 Dorothy Morgan, 22 Coalition to Prevent the Misuse of Alcohol, 21 Downing Clark Center, Inc., 23 Douglas Street UMC, 23 Family Counseling and Recovery, Inc., 25 Family Nurturing Center of Georgia, 25 Family Intervention Specialist, 25 Flowering Branch Children’s Shelter, 26 Floyd Behavioral Health, 26 Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, 31 Georgia Hope, 30 Living Way Community Center, 37 Highland Rivers Center, 34 Northwest Educational Program, 41 Inner Harbour, 36 Parent to Parent of Georgia, 43 Lookout Mountain, 37 PeachCare for Kids, 43 New Beginnings Treatment Center, 40 Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, 44 Newridge Northwest Psychology Assoc., 40 Proactive Management, 45 North Georgia MHDDAD, 41 Rainbows Grief Counseling Program for Northwest Georgia Educational Program, 41 Children, 45 Peachford Hospital, 43 Rollins Child Development Center, 46 Potter’s Wheel Counseling, 44 Shriners Hospitals for Children, 46 Psychology and Counseling Centers, 45 Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, 49 Rainbows Grief Program for Children, 45 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force, 49 Renovacion Conyugal, Inc., 45 United Methodist Children’s Home, 50 Solutions Therapeutic Services, 47 United Way, 51 Willowbrooke at Tanner, 51

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Dental Care Tranquility House, 21 Bartow County Public Health Department, 13 Georgia Legal Services Program, 30 Bartow Health Access, 15 Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, 44 Hiram Denture Center, 35 Mander’s Dental, 37 Education Northwest Georgia Public Health Dental Clinic, Bartow County College /Career Academy, 12 41 Bartow County Public Library System, 14 Bartow County School System, 14 Disability Cartersville City School System, 18 ADA Information Line, 7 Chattahoochee Technical College, 20 Alzheimer’s Association, 8 Georgia Highlands College, 29 American Diabetes Association, 9 Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter, 31 American Foundation for the Blind, 9 Hickory Log Vocational School, 33 American Heart Association, 9 Living Way Christian Academy, 37 American Lung Association, 9 Northwest Georgia Regional Educational Arthritis Foundation, 10 Program, 41 Autism Society of America, 10 Piedmont Migrant Education Agency, 44 Brain Injury Association of Georgia, 17 Simone’s Kids, 47 Canine Assistants, 17 St. Francis Catholic Church – GED, 48 Easter Seals, 23 University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Epilepsy Foundation, 24 Service, 51 Fragile Kids Foundation, 27 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, 27 Emergency / Disaster Relief Georgia Advocacy Office, 27 American Red Cross, 9 Georgia Radio Reading Services, 30 Emergency Management Agency, 23 Good Shepherd Foundation, 32 Salvation Army, 46 Hickory Log Vocational School, 33 Huntington’s Disease, Georgia Chapter, 36 Employment Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 36 Bartow County Employer Committee/Human Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 36 Resource Council, 13 Lupus Foundation Georgia Chapter, 37 Cartersville Career Center – Georgia Dept. of Muscular Dystrophy Association, 38 Labor, 18 National Kidney Foundation, 39 Career Center-Goodwill of North Georgia, 18 National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 39 Chattahoochee Technical College-Work Force Northwest Georgia Parkinson Disease, 41 Investment Act, 20 Northwest Georgia Talking Back Library, 43 Coosa Valley Regional Development Ctr, 22 Parent to Parent of Georgia, 43 Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Program, 31 Simone’s Kids, 47 Governor’s Office of Workforce Development, 32 Special Olympics Georgia, 47 Good Shepherd Foundation, 32 Spina Bifida Association of Georgia, 48 Mercy Senior Care, 38 Tech-Able, Inc., 49 Must Ministries, 39 United Cerebral Palsy, 50 Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, 41 Woodright Industries, 52 Northwest Georgia Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging, 41 Disease Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, 49 AIDS Alliance of NW GA, 8 Woodright Industries, 52 American Cancer Society, 9 Cancer State Aid Program, 17 Food Hemophilia of Georgia, 33 Area Agency on Aging, 10 Northwest Regional Cancer Coalition, 41 Atlanta Prosperity Campaign, 10 Bartow County Community Resources Office, 12 Domestic Violence Bartow County DFCS, 12 Advocates for Bartow’s Children, 8 Christian League for Battered Women, 21 Bartow CASA, 11 Coosa Valley Regional Services, 22 Christian League for Battered Women - Food Pantries, 26 4

Hot Meals, 35 Household Items Meals on Wheels, 38 Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store, 32 Must Ministries, 39 New Beginnings Food Outreach, 40 New Beginnings Food Outreach, Inc., 40 North Bartow Community Services, 40 North Bartow Community Services, 40 Salvation Army, 46 Salvation Army, 46 Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, 49 Infants / Pregnancy Babies Can’t Wait, 11 Hearing Bartow County Health Department, 13 American Foundation for the Blind, 9 Bartow Family Resources, 15 Bartow County Public Health Department, 13 First Steps, 25 Canine Assistants, 17 Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired, 28 Georgia, 32 Georgia Interpreting Services Network, 30 March of Dimes of NW Georgia, 37 Georgia Radio Reading Services, 30 Parent to Parent of Georgia, 43 Georgia School for the Deaf, 30 Pregnancy Center of Rome, 44 Georgia Telecommunications Relay Service, 31 Right from the Start Medicaid, 46 Helen Keller National Center, 33 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force, 49 Northwest Georgia Talking Back Library, 43

Legal / Courts Hispanic Services Bartow Court Appointed Special Advocate Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration, 17 (CASA), 12 Hands of Christ After School Program, 32 Bartow County Dept. of Juvenile Justice, 13 Lutheran Services of Georgia, 37 Bartow County Juvenile Court, 13 March of Dimes of NW Georgia, 37 Child Support Enforcement, 21 National Hispanic Family Help Line, 39 DNA Diagnostic Center, 22 Piedmont Migrant Education Agency, 44 Georgia Advocacy Office, 27 St. Francis Catholic Church, 48 Georgia Department of Veteran Services, 29 Georgia Gov. Office of Consumer Affairs, 29 Home Health Care Georgia Legal Services Program, 30 Coosa Valley Home Health, 21 Northwest Georgia Regional Commission Area Floyd Home Health Agency, 26 Agency on Aging, 41 Mercy Senior Care, 38 Office of Commissioner of Insurance, 43 Southern Home Care Services, 47 Social Security Administration, 47 Synergy Homecare of North Ga., 48 State Bar of Georgia, 48 Victim Witness Assistance Program, 51 Hospice Care Georgia Home Hospice, 29 Medical / Diagnostics Heyman Hospice Care, 33 Adairsville MedCare, 7 Regency Hospice, 45 Bartow County Health Department, 13 United Hospice, 50 Bartow Health Access, 15 Cartersville Medical Center, 19 Housing / Assisted Living Custom Care Clinic, 22 Action Ministries, 7 Fisher Foot & Ankle, PC, 26 Autumn Year Assisted Living, 11 Merz Consulting, Inc., 38 Etowah Area Consolidated Housing PeachCare for Kids, 43 Authority, 24 Sam Jones UMC, Parish Nurse, 46 Felton Manor Assisted Living, 25 WellCare, 51 Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness, 28 Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 28 Pets Habitat for Humanity, 32 Canine Assistants, 17 Must Ministries, 39 Etowah Valley Human Society, 24 Star Manor Assisted Living, 48 Bartow County Community Resources Office, 12 Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, 49 Bartow Health Access, 15

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GeorgiaCares, 28 Georgia Radio Reading Services, 30 North Bartow Community Services, 40 Helen Keller National Center, 33 PhRMA Patient Assistance Program, 44 Lighthouse Foundation, 36 Right from the Start Medicaid, 46 Mobley Eye Care Center, 38 Salvation Army, 46 Northwest Georgia Talking Back Library, 43 The Medicine Program, 49 Prevent Blindness Georgia, 44 Together Rx Access --Prescription Savings Professional Eye Associates, 45 Program, 49 Substance Abuse Recreation AL-ANON and Al-ATEEN, 8 Allatoona Community Association, Inc., 8 Cartersville Lions Club, 19 Bartow County Community Development/Office Coalition to Prevent the Misuse of Alcohol, 21 of Environmental Programs, 12 Council on Alcohol and Drugs, 22 Bartow County Parks and Recreation, 13 Georgia Dept. of Human Services, 29 Bartow County Public Library System, 14 Helpline Georgia, 33 Boys and Girls Club of Bartow County, 16 Highland Rivers, 34 Cartersville Parks and Recreation Dept.20 Narcotics Anonymous, 39 Eddie Lee Wilkins Youth Association, 23 North Bartow Community Services, 40 New Beginnings Treatment Center, 40 Senior Services North Georgia MHDDAD, 41 Alzheimer’s Association, 8 Northwest Georgia Regional Commission Area Area Agency on Aging, 10 Agency on Aging, 41 Bartow County Senior Centers, 14 Proactive Management, 45 Community Care Services, 21 Psychology and Counseling Centers, 45 Coosa Valley Regional Services, 22 Social Security Administration 47 EyeCare America Senior EyeCare Program, 24 Star House, 48 Georgia Cares, 28 Synergy Homecare of North Georgia, 48 Northwest Georgia Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging, 41 Transportation Angel Flight in Georgia, 10 Shelters / Homelessness Bartow Transit Authority, 16 Bartow Co. Social Services Indigent Care, 15 National Patient Air Transport Hotline, 39 Christian League for Battered Women, 21 Etowah Valley Human Society, 24 Veteran Services Flowering Branch Children’s Shelters, 26 Action Ministries, 7 Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter, 31 Georgia Department of Veteran Services, 29 Star House, 48 Veteran’s Benefit Administration, 51 Tranquility House, 21 Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, 50 Youth Activities United Methodist Children’s Home, 50 Bartow County 4-H, 51 Bartow Teen Resource Center, 15 Sight Boy Scouts of America, 16 American Foundation for the Blind, 9 Boys and Girls Clubs, 16 Bartow County Community Resources Office, 12 Eddie Lee Wilkins Youth Association, Inc., 23 Bartow County Social Services, 15 Etowah Area Housing Authority, 24 Canine Assistants, 17 Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, 31 EyeCare America Senior EyeCare Program, 24 Hands of Christ, 32 Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, 27 YMCA, 52 Georgia Advocacy Office, 27

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Atlanta, GA 30307 A Phone: 888-206-7372 A Better Way Children’s Advocacy Fax: 404-881-1902 Center Contact: Shon Brown See Advocates for Bartow's Children E-mail: [email protected] Cartersville, GA 30120 Website: ww.actionministries.net Phone: 678-605-9023 Eligibility: Must be a veteran or the family of a Fax: 770-382-3550 veteran who has not received a dishonorable Contact: Rebecca Bentley, Liz Fox discharge. E-mail: [email protected], Service Area: Athens–Clarke, Barrow, Bartow, [email protected] Carroll, Clayton, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Website: www.AdvoChild.org Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Murray, Paulding Hours: Varies Pickens, Polk and Whitfield Counties. Fees: None Services: Provides supportive services to low Eligibility: Referral only from DFCS and Law income veteran families who are residing in or Enforcement transitioning to permanent housing. Service Area: Bartow and Gordon Counties • Provides outreach and case management Services: services • The goal of the Children’s Advocacy Center is • Case management services may include: to reduce trauma to children and youth who Housing counseling/housing search, securing have made allegations of sexual or severe utilities, mediation with property owners, physical abuse through an investigative financial budgeting, employment assistance and interview in a child friendly atmosphere. linkage between participant and available • Provides support and advocacy services to services/benefits non-offending caregivers, child victims, and •Temporary financial assistance may be other family members. available for veterans who would be homeless if • Offers training to you educators, faith-based not for SSFV financial assistance. organizations, parents and other adult communities to prevent child abuse. ADA Information Line U. S. Department of Justice Action Ministries Civil Rights Division Action Ministries Housing 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 1017 Edgewood Ave. Disability Rights Section-NYAV Atlanta, GA 30307 Washington, D.C. 20530 Phone: 404-881-1991 x5608 Phone: 1-800-514-0301 Fax: 404-881-1902 1-800-514-0383 (TTY line) Contact: Rebecca Hickom Website: www.ada.gov E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 9:30am - 5:30pm, Mon - Fri Website: www.actionministries.net Services: Provides technical assistant regarding Intake: Must be referred from local agency and Americans with Disabilities Act for businesses, interviewed. nonprofit, state and local government entities. Services: Provides families with housing, Spanish language service also available. comprehensive case management and other necessary referral services. Adairsville Medcare • Participants must: 321 North Main St. • Come from a homeless shelter or homeless Adairsville, GA 30103 situation Phone: 770-773-9902 • Must have children living with them Contact: Dr. Donna Gregory • Must be able to put electric and gas service in Hours: 8am – 4pm, Mon, Wed – Fri; their name 8am – noon, Tues and Sat • Must help develop and actively work on goals, Eligibility: No Medicaid, Insurance or Peach which will lead to self-sufficiency. Care Supportive Services for Veterans Families Services: Primary Care 1017 Edgewood Ave.

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AL-ANON and AL-ATEEN Advocates for Bartow’s Children Phone: 1-800-425-266 or 1-888-4AL-ANON P .O. Box 446 Website: www.alanonatl.com Cartersville, GA 30120 Physical Location: 49 Monroe Crossing Allatoona Community Association, Cartersville, GA 30120 Inc. Phone: 770-387-1143 P. O. Box 1161 Fax: 770-606-0732 Acworth, GA 30102 Contact: Patty Eagar Phone: 770-884-4453 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Peggy Martin Website: www.AdvoChild.org E-mail: [email protected] Fees: No charge unless noted Website: www.allatoonacommunity.org Service Area: Varies with program/service Eligibility: All community related Services: Service Area: Unincorporated segment of • A Better Way Advocacy Center (See A Better Southeast Bartow County (within the shores of Way Children’s Advocacy Center) Lake Allatoona; borders City of Emerson, Cobb • Court Appointed Special Advocates CASA: and Cherokee Counties) (See Bartow County CASA) Services: • First Steps (see First Steps) • A non-profit civic organization committed to • Flowering Branch Children’s Shelter (See serving the unincorporated southeastern Flowering Branch Children’s Shelter) segment of Bartow County -- now referred to as • Hope in Your Home: In-home parenting for the Allatoona Community. families with children 0-5 years of age. • Making sure the Allatoona community and Contact: [email protected]. neighborhoods are safe, clean, and cared for • Jacob’s Ladder: A mentoring program for places to live, work and visit. shelter residents (see website for application). • A community support base for positive action • Project Safe Place: The first step to help for through collaborative efforts with the Bartow youth in crisis or at risk (see website for County Government; Bartow Agencies & locations). Associations; supporting State Agencies. • Rainbows Grief Support (see Rainbows) TransParenting: One-day seminar for divorcing parents ($40 for participant). Alzheimer’s Association • Volunteen: Teens providing role models to 922 East Morris St. shelter residents (see website for application). Dalton, GA 30721 Phone: 706-275-0819 800-272-3900 (24-hour helpline) AIDS Alliance of NW Georgia Fax: 706-275-0159 P.O. Box 2225 Contact: Rebekah Davis Cartersville, GA 30120 E-mail: [email protected] Physical Location: 1 Friendship Plaza rd Website: www.alz.org/georgia (3 Floor Old Train Depot) Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Cartersville, GA 30120 Eligibility: Alzheimer’s/Dementia Phone: 770-606-0953 Service Area: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Fax: 770-606-8462 Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Contact: Lola Thomas Lumpkin, Habersham, Murray, Pickens, Polk, E-mail: [email protected] Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White Website: www.AANWG.org & Whitfield counties. Hours: 9am – 5pm Mon, Wed, Thurs; 9am - Services: 6pm Tues • Help line 24 hours Fees: None • Caring closet, support groups Eligibility: All community • Workshops, Conferences Services: • Advocacy and Research • Referrals • In-home respite care • Free HIV testing on Tuesday-no appointment • Special Care plus, Support needed

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American Cancer Society American Heart Association 250 Williams St. 1101 North Chase Pkwy., Ste. 1 Atlanta, GA 30303 Marietta, GA 30067 Phone: 404-816-7800 or 1-800-ACS-2345 Phone: 678-224-2000 Fax: 404-816-9443 Fax: 678-244-2001 Website: www.cancer.org Website: www.heart.org Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Intake: Telephone Intake: By appointment Area: Southeast Services: Services: • Programs related to cardiovascular disease • Transportation, prosthesis, lodging • Information services • Durable medical equipment assistance • Visitation programs American Lung Association • Look Good, Feel Better: Assists with wigs and 2452 Spring Rd. makeup for female cancer patients Smyrna, GA 30080 • Educational programs for patients Phone: 770-434-5864 • Resource information and guidance Fax: 770-319-0349 • Referral to treatment programs Wesite: www.alase.org • Literature available in Spanish. Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon-Fri Fees: varies American Diabetes Association Eligibility: Must have documentation of lung 225 Peachtree St., NE, Ste. 550 disease to be placed on waiting list for financial Atlanta, GA 30303 assistance. Phone: 404-320-7100 or 1-888-DIA-BETE Service Area: Georgia & South Carolina Fax: 404-581-1904 Services: Website: www.diabetes.org • Educational programs Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri • Community programs Fees: None. • Environmental advocacy Eligibility: No restrictions. Services: American Red Cross • Educational programs • Information, publications, research Coosa Valley Chapter • Advocacy 112 John Maddox Dr. • Health screenings Rome, GA 30165 Phone: 706-235-2842 Bartow Service Center American Foundation for the Blind 320 West Cherokee Ave., Ste. 109 National Literacy Center Cartersville, GA 30120 100 Peachtree St., Suite 2145 Phone: 770-382-0981 Atlanta, GA 30303 Fax: 770-606-1600 Phone: 404-525-2303 Website: www.coosavalleyredcross.org Fax: 404-659-6957 Hours: 9am - 3:30pm, Mon - Fri Website: www.afb.org Fees: please call Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri Services: Fees: All services are free. • Offers courses including CPR, First Aid, Eligibility: Blind and visually impaired, their Babysitter training, Certified Nurse Assistant families and friends, professionals, businesses Training (CNA), and lifeguard training. and organizations. • Responds to families affected by house fires Service Area: Nationwide. and other disasters, providing vouchers for food, Services: clothing, shelter, and emergency needs as well • Information and referral as physical and mental health support. • Literacy information for blind or visually • Provides education to help residents avoid, impaired prepare for and respond to disasters. • Resource Library -Videos and publications • Provides tracing/locating services for people • In-service training opportunities for separated from their relatives because of war, professionals who instruct blind people

9 civil disturbance, or natural disaster and works • Health care insurance counseling and referral with sister societies to provide international • Homemaker service disaster relief. • Information and referral for seniors and • Provides emergency related services to disabled members of the U.S. armed forces and their • Legal assistance families. Provides access to military aid society • Ombudsman loans for active duty military. • Prescription Drug Assistance (non-emergency) • Respite care Angel Flight of Georgia • Senior employment 2000 Airport Rd., Room 227 • Transportation Atlanta, GA 30341 • Community Care Services program Phone: 770-452-7958 or 1-877-426-2643 (Call to request air transportation) Arthritis Foundation Fax: 770-452-7391 Georgia Chapter E-mail: [email protected] 2970 Peachtree Rd. NW, Ste. 200 Website: www.angelflight-ga.org Atlanta, GA 30305 Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Phone: 404-237-8771 or 1 800-933-7023 Fees: None Website: www.arthritis.org/georgia Eligibility: Must have verifiable medical and Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon -Fri financial needs. Fees: Sliding scale Service Area: Southeastern United States Eligibility: No restrictions Services: Volunteer pilots provide free air Service Area: State of Georgia transport for ambulatory medically stable Services: Helping people with arthritis patients (who have a financial need) to take control through: and from scheduled medical appointments • Information and referral for evaluation and/or treatment. • Public forums, research support • Juvenile arthritis activities Area Agency on Aging of • Exercise programs Northwest Georgia Regional • Educational classes Commission • Volunteer opportunities P. O. Box 1798 Rome, GA 30162-1798 Atlanta Prosperity Campaign Phone: 706-802-5506 (screening/intake) 732 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd., NW 1- 800-759-2963 Atlanta, GA 30318 Fax: 706-802-5508 Phone: 404-832-4979 (option 1) Contact: Kerry DeFoe E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.atlantaprosperity.org Phone: 866.552.4464 Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Website: www.northwestga-aaa.org Services: Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri. • Assistance with applying for, renewing, or Eligibility: Age 60 and over or disabled making changes to your current Food Stamps (dependent on service needed) case. Intake: Central intake for all programs at • Train other agencies and groups on how to Area Agency on Aging assist clients with applying for Food Stamps. Service Area: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Autism Society of America Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Georgia Chapter Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, P. O. Box 3707 and Whitfield counties Suwanee, GA 30024-0994 Services: Phone: 770-904-4474 • Advocacy and coordination E-mail: [email protected] • Alzheimer’s services and training. Website: www.asaga.com • Congregate and home delivered meals. Hours: 10am - 2pm, Mon - Fri • Elder abuse prevention Fees: Information is free • Grandparents raising grandchildren Eligibility: No restrictions 10

Service Area: State of Georgia Bartow Christmas Coalition, Inc. Services: 1229 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. • Resources Cartersville, GA 30120 • Public awareness, education, conferences Phone: 770-386-2252 • Advocating, information and referral, Contact: Melissa Porter newsletters Fees: Services are free. • Library of books, tapes & DVD Eligibility: Families needing assistance • Parent phone help line must apply during set screening weeks • Autism 101 and meet certain requirements. • English, Spanish available in some Services: publications • Assisting needy residents of Bartow County during the Christmas holiday Autumn Year Assisted Living • For further information, contact local 60 Massell Dr. service agencies each year for Cartersville, GA 30121 locations or call the phone listed above Phone: 770-382-5683 • Contact local service agencies for application Fax: 770-383-9351 information in the fall Contact: Linda Gale Jones E-mail: [email protected] Bartow Collaborative, Inc. Website: www.autumnyears.us (Bartow Family Connection) 475 East Main St., #218 Cartersville, GA 30121 Physical Location: 140 Douglas St. Cartersville B Phone: 678-719-2041 Babies Can’t Wait Contact: Tina Grubbs NWGA Public Health District Office E-mail: [email protected] 1319 Redmond Cir. NW Website: www.bartow.gafcp.org Rome, GA 30165 Monthly Meeting: The Collaborative meets the th Phone: 706-802-5072 4 Friday of each month at 8:30am -- Fax: 706-802-5071 membership is free and open to all. Contact: Jamie Youngblood, Children with Services: Special Needs Coordinator • The Bartow Collaborative serves as a E-mail: [email protected] communication hub for local agencies and Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri organizations, the faith community, and the Fees: No cost for evaluation, planning, business sector. The Collaborative shares news, and service coordination. All other trainings, special events, meetings, volunteer services are on a sliding fee scale. opportunities, and donation request. Eligibility: Children with significant • The Collaborative collects trend statistical data developmental delay, ages birth to third birthday. and community input in an effort to Location Service Area: Northwest Georgia. gaps in service delivery across the community. Services: Local strategies include Homelessness, Mental • Complete evaluation of child’s development Health and Addictive Diseases, and Teen • Coordination of services such as special Pregnancy Prevention. instruction, physical, speech, and occupational • Local community projects include Bartow Give therapy a Kid a Chance (school supply distribution) and • Family training, counseling, home visits Back Pack Buddies (weekend food program). • Evaluations, planning and service coordination • The Collaborative assists with joint grant are at no cost. All other services are on a sliding writing efforts and provides fiscal oversight for a fee scale under the umbrella of “Children with variety of special community initiatives. Special Needs” Bartow County 4-H Club Bartow Area Habitat for Humanity See Bartow County Extension Service See Habitat for Humanity

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Bartow CASA – Court Appointed Bartow County Department of Special Advocates Community Development See Advocates for Bartow’s Children Office of Environmental Programs Cartersville, GA 30120 135 W. Cherokee Ave., Physical Location: 654 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Cartersville, GA 30120 Cartersville, GA 30120 Physical Location: Frank Moore Administration Phone: 770-386-1060 Bldg. Fax: 770-386-0985 Phone: 770-387-5167 Hours: Flexible Fax: 770-606-2384 Contact: Ava Lipscomb Contact: Sheri Henshaw E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.AdvoChild.org Website: www.bartowga.org Fees: none Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Service Area: Flexible Area: Bartow County Services: Services: • Recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers who • Keep Bartow Beautiful, Bartow County advocate for children who are in the foster care Greenspace and Bartow EvMS (environmental system. management program) • CASA Volunteers lean everything they can • Community and River Cleanup about a child and share finding with the court • Community and School Recycling Programs leading to a more informed decision regarding and Contests safety and permanency. • Arbor Day Tree Program

Bartow County College and Career Bartow County Department of Family Academy and Children Services 738 Grassdale Road Georgia Department of Human Cartersville, GA. 30121 Resources – DFCS Phone: 770-606-5175 P.O. Box 818 Contact: Dr. Paul Sabin Cartersville, GA 30120 E-mail: [email protected] Physical Location: 47 Brook Dr. Website: www.bartow.k12.ga.us Cartersville, Ga 30120 Services: Providing educational opportunities Phone: 770-387-3710 for high school students and ensure a viable Fax: 770-387-3944 21st Century workforce for Bartow County and Contact: Lynn Green the surrounding area. Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fr. Service Area: Bartow County Bartow County Community Office of Family Independence: Resources Office • Food stamps 140 Douglas St., Ste. 103 • Medicaid programs Cartersville, GA 30120 • Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Phone: 770-387-3708 (TANF) Fax: 770-607-2941 • Employment services Contact: Susan Barfield • Emergency financial assistance when E-mail: [email protected] funds are available Hours: 8am – 1pm, Tues - Fri • Adult Medicaid for aged, blind & disabled Call ahead for appointment. Office of Child Protection: Fees: None • Child protective services Service Area: Bartow County • Foster care placements, adoptions Services: • Adoptive parent training • Limited utility assistance, limited rental • Subsidized child care assistance, and prescription drug assistance, • IMPACT (Training for foster and adoptive • Referrals, assistance with prescription glasses parents) • Crisis food pantry when available

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Bartow County Department of Bartow County Public Health Juvenile Justice Department 645 Henderson Dr., Ste. 5 100 Zena Dr. Cartersville, GA 30120 Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770-387-3745 Phone: 770-382-1920 Fax: 770-387-3706 Fax: 770-387-3999 Contact: Dawn Clark Contact: Cathy Green, RN, BSN, MPH E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nwgahealth.com Fees: Juveniles placed on probation are Hours: 7:30am – 5pm, Mon – Wed; assessed an initial supervision fee and 8am – 7pm, Thu; 8am - 2pm, Fri monthly fees while on probation. Walk-in services available Mon - Thurs until Eligibility: Delinquent status and Unruly under 10:30am until schedule is filled. the age of 17 Fees: Varies with service provided. Services: Medicaid. PeachCare, Wellcare, PeachState, • Serves as a rehabilitative and Amerigroup, Medicare, Debit Cards and all corrective agency attempting to prevent major credit cards are accepted. juvenile delinquency Services: • Drug testing on juveniles on probation • Nurse Practitioner with agency Sick visit; recheck; work or sports physical; • Community service and restitution to women's health victims • Family planning • STD check Bartow County Employer Committee • Health check, birth to 21 yrs • Children's medical services Human Resource Council • PPD test (Tuberculin Skin Test) P. O. Box 1763 • Immunizations Cartersville, GA 30120 • Hearing, vision and dental Phone: 770-387-3760 • Checks for rash, head, parasites Fax: 770-387-3766 • Sputum evaluation Contact: Department of Labor • HIV testing & counseling Website: www.ga-ec.com or • Nutritional Services: WIC and nutritional www.dol.state.ga.us counseling Monthly Meeting: The Council is a committee • Laboratory Services: blood pressure; of the Cartersville-Bartow Chamber of pregnancy test, RPR (Syphilis) test; Hepititis B; Commerce and meets as needed. Measles; Mumps; Reubella; Chickenpox Eligibility: Meetings are open to any Human • Issue 3231 School Certificate (no Resource Representative from local businesses, immunizations) services agencies or organizations • Car Seat Training Service Area: Bartow County Services: • Trainings and Professional Development Bartow County Parks and • Partnerships through Georgia Department of Recreation Labor P.O. Box 24 • Hoops for Hope Annual Fundraiser providing Cassville, GA 30123 college scholarships and support to Bartow Give Physical Location: 31 Beavers Dr., NW a Kid a Chance Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770-387-5149 Bartow County Juvenile Court Fax: 770-387-5048 Frank Moore Administration Building Contact: Greg Hight 135 West Cherokee Ave. Ste. 333 E-mail: [email protected] Cartersville, GA 30120 Fees: Varies according to program. Phone: 770-387-5039 Eligibility: Varies according to program. Fax: 770-387-5044 Services: Contact: Judge Velma C. Tilley, Judge Haney, • Recreational and leisure opportunities Associate Judge, Carolyn Johnson, Program for citizens of Bartow County Director • Youth activities and instructional 13 activities like baseball, softball, football, • Book discussion groups cheerleading, soccer, basketball, • Access to Galileo and more dance, baton, modeling, gymnastics • Most services available at all three locations • Challenger league for special clientele • Leisure and fitness Bartow County School System • Campgrounds, beach, walking trails, 66 Gilreath Rd. play structure (including ADA accessible), Cartersville, GA. 30121 swimming, and hiking Phone: 770-606-5800 Fax: 770-606-5855 Bartow County Peer Support, Contact: Dr. John Harper, Superintendent Wellness, & Respite Center Website: www.bartow.k12.ga.us 201 N. Erwin St. Cartersville, GA 30103 Bartow County School System – Phone: 770- 276-2019 Homeless Education 770- 276-2019 (24/7 Warm Line) 738 Grassdale Rd. Fax: 770-276-2023 Cartersville, GA 30121 Contact: James Guffey Phone: 770-606-5800 ext. 5326 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Kelly Whitmire Website: www.GMHCN.org E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 10am - 6pm (Warmline 24 hours/day) Website: www.bartow.k12.ga.us Fees: none Eligibility: Students who qualify as homeless Eligibility: Self-Identifying Individuals with under the McKinney Vento legislation Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse Services: Challenges • Administer the McKinney Vento Homeless Services: Program and ensure rights and services are in • Wellness Activities and Respite place • Advocate for the enrolment rights and Bartow County Public Library System educational success of McKinney Vento 429 West Main St. students Cartersville, GA 30120 • Provide resources and referral for families with Phone: 770-382-4203 school age children Fax: 770-386-3056 • Coordinate the Backpack Buddy Program and Contact: Carmen Sims the Least of These Program E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 9am – 6pm. Mon; 9am - 8pm, Tue – Bartow County Schools Thu; 9am – 5pm, Fri & Sat Pre-K Program Additional Branches: 65 Gilreath Rd. Adairsville Cartersville, GA 30120 202 North Main St. Phone: 770-606-5800 Adairsville, GA 30103 Fax: 770-606-5855 Phone: 770-769-9200 Contact: Dawn Wood Euharlee E-mail: www.bartow.K12.ga.us 116 Covered Bridge Rd., SW Website: www.bartow.k12.ga.us Euharlee, GA 30120 Services: Full day state lottery-funded Phone: 770-382-2057 Pre-K program for 4 year olds Fees: None Services: • Fiction and non-fiction books and Bartow County Senior Center movies available for checkout 102 Zena Dr. • GED self-directed tutorial software P.O. Box 200303 • ESL self-directed tutorial software Cartersville, GA 30120 or • Programs for teens, children, and adults 33 Beavers Drive • Local history collection P.O. Box 190 • Access to the Internet and Microsoft Cassville, GA 30123 Office products -- charge for printouts Phone: 770-387-5134

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Fax: 770-607-6201 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Andy Findley Website: bartowfamillies.com E-mail: findleya @bartowga.org Hours: 10:30am – 3pm, Mon; 10:30am – 5pm Website: www.bartowga.org (click on Tue – Fri Senior Center) Eligibility: Ages 13 and over; Parents and Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Guardians of Parents with children 3 years old Eligibility: Bartow County citizens over or under. 50 years of age Service Area: Bartow County Services: Services: • Drop-in adult recreation for Bartow • Pregnancy and Mentoring Center providing County residents 50 and over pregnancy testing, options counseling, parenting • Extended programs on occasion classes, adoption classes, and baby supplies • Offers social, physical, educational spiritual, through the Baby Bucks Program and travel activities at both locations Contact: Randy Winn McSwain, Center • Nutrition site at the Zena Drive Branch, Director @ [email protected] Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 2:00pm • Relationship Center offers one-on-one peer • Fun, fellowship, and friendship counseling; support groups (“Making Peace With Your Past“, “Celebrate Recovery”, grief, and Bartow County Social Services adoption education and support); parent, pre- marital, and marriage coaching; court ordered Indigent Care parenting classes; and community outreach 135 West Cherokee Ave., Suite 6 Contact: Cindy Smith, Relationship Center Cartersville, GA 30120 Director @ [email protected] Physical location: Bartow County Annex 105 N. Bartow Street Cartersville, GA 30120 Bartow Health Access Phone: 770-387-5133 31 Point North Dr. Fax: 770-606-2245 Cartersville, GA 30120 Contact: Vonna Artemis, Director Phone: 678-535-7216 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 678-535-7227 Hours: 8:00am - 5:00 pm, Mon - Fri Contact: Roberta Green By appointment E-mail: info@bartowhealthaccess,org Services: Website: www.bartowhealthaccess.org • Screen for Lion’s Club glasses, hearing aids, Hours: Tue. 9am – 5pm, Tue; 9am – 1pm, Wed and eye surgery and Thu • Supplement Medicare insurance filing and Fees: Sliding Scale applying for Medicare Medicine Assistance card Eligibility: Bartow County residents 250% of • Georgia Care Program: Troubleshoot problems poverty or below with Medicare and other health insurance Services: claims; and problems with doctor, hospital, and • Medical Primary Care lab charges • Behavioral Health • North West Georgia Elder Rights Council: • Dental Services Provide information on services for seniors and • Specialty Care those on disability • Prescription Assistance Program • Verify eligibility for Indigent Burial Program • Health Education and Patient Navigation • Provide information on nursing homes and hospice care Bartow Teen Resource Center • Referral to other community resources 100 Zena Dr. Cartersville, GA 30120 Physical Location: 140 Douglas St. Bartow Family Resources Cartersville, GA 30120 (Formally Bartow Women’s Resource Center) Phone: 678-721-5922 20 Douglas St. Fax: 770-387-3999 Cartersville, GA 30120 Contact: Scott Sherwin Phone: 770-382-7224 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 770-386-1899 Website: www.nwgahealth.com Contact: Maryland Guthas

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Hours: Call for weekly events. BMG Life Solutions-Creating Fees: None. Solutions for Life Challenges Eligibility: Bartow County youth, ages 10-19 347 Amberidge Dr., SE Services: Cartersville, GA 30121 • Youth Action Team Physical Location: • Abstinence-based resources for adolescents 911 N. Tennessee St., Ste. 210 • Life skills classes Cartersville, GA 30120 •Alcohol Prevention Programs Phone: 404-384-5482 Fax: 1-888-334-0125 Bartow Transit Contact: Zella M. Upshaw, MA, LPC 140 Douglas St, Ste. 104 Email: [email protected] Cartersville, GA 30120 Services: Phone: 770-387-5165 • Individual Therapy Fax: 770-386-5864 • Life Skills Hours: 8am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri • Training and Consulting Fees: $1.00 each way. Services: Provides transportation for Boy Scouts of America Bartow County residents; must call one day ahead. NW Georgia Council 100 E. Second Ave., Ste. 20 P. O. Box 1422 Bethany Christian Services Rome, GA 30162 6645 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd., NE Phone: 706-235-5545 Atlanta, GA 30328 Fax: 706-290-1765 Phone: 770-455-7111 Contact: Lamar Perry Fax: 770-274-3000 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Trish Small Website: www.nwgabsa.org Web Site: www.bethany.org Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Services: Adoption Agency and Foster Care Fees: Annual membership fee for youth; some activities require additional fees. Better Business Bureau, Inc. Eligibility: Youth ages 6-18; volunteers 1010 Market St., Ste. 200 must be at least 18 years old P. O. Box 4532 Service Area: Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Chattanooga, TN 37405 Chattooga, Phone: 423-266-6144 Murray, Polk, and Whitfield counties Fax: 423-267-1924 Services: Programs designed to build E-mail: tngabbb@ chattanooga.bbb.org character, train in responsibilities of Website: www.chattanooga.bbb.org citizenship, develop fitness and self-reliance Hours: 24 hour help line. Fees: None for consumer information or Boys and Girls Club of Bartow complaints; Community Conflict program may involve fees. County, Inc. Eligibility: No restrictions. P.O. Box 455 Service Area: 10 counties in northwest Georgia Cartersville, GA 30120 and 11 counties in southeast Tennessee. Cartersville Unit Services: 642 Henderson Dr. • Consumer information on businesses, Cartersville, GA 30120 charities, and investment opportunities Adairsville Unit • Process consumer complaints 127 King St. • Mediation/arbitration program Adairsville, GA 30103 • Community Conflict Resolution Center Phone: 770-382-2552 - Cartersville handles disputes that are not normally 770-773-7333 - Adairsville handled through the bureau’s regular Contact: mediation program Dustin Garnigan, Cartersville Beth Shortnacy, Adairsville E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bcbgclubs.org 16 www.cartersvillecentury.org • Exercises control and oversight of Hours: Varied. matters relating to the administration of Fees: $25 annual membership Immigration and Nationality Law Eligibility: Youth ages 6-18 • Enforcement responsibilities include the Area: Bartow County detection, apprehension, and removal Services: of illegal aliens, as well as investigations • Comprehensive Daily Youth Development relating to any criminal laws Services • Benefits Division grants permanent • Intervention & Prevention residence, US Citizenship, and • Supplemental Education, Cultural Enrichment, provides the public with information and Character Development forms to immigration matters

Brain Injury Association of Georgia 441 Clifton Rd. C Atlanta, GA 30322 Cancer State Aid Program Phone: 404-712-5504 or 1-888-444-6443 2 Peachtree St., 16th Floor E-mail: [email protected] Atlanta, GA 30303 Website: www/braininjuryga.org Phone: 404-657-6600 Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fr. Fax: 404-657-4338 Fees: Membership dues Contact: Kimberly Redding, Branch Director Eligibility: Traumatic brain injury survivors, E-mail: [email protected] families, care providers, and those interested in Fees: None learning more about TBI Hours: 8am - 5pm. Mon - Fri Intake: Telephone, Web site Service Area: State of Georgia Service Area: State of Georgia Services: Services: • Attempts to reduce the morbidity and • Disease / disability information mortality from cancer • Event coordination volunteer opportunities • Provides funds and administrative and • Health related support groups for brain injuries technical support for these major • Home visit volunteer opportunities. services – screen for cervical and breast cancer; • Legislative advocacy treatment for medically indigent cancer • Library services patients; and, central collection and analysis of • Newsletters for brain injuries cancer incidence data • Prevention programs • Cancer control research and demonstration • Printed materials projects • Safety education programs • Van / bus driver volunteer opportunities Canine Assistants, Inc. • Weekday 3160 Francis Rd. Milton, GA 30004 Briggs and Associates Phone: 1-800-771-7221 2300 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Ste. #366 Fax: 770-664-7178 or 1-800-771-7221 Roswell, GA. 30076 Contact: Jennifer Arnold Phone: 770-993-4559 Website: www.canineassistant.org E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 9am - 6pm, Mon – Sat; Website: www.briggsassociates.org by appointment only Services: Supportive Employment and Career Fees: None development for adults with disabilities Eligibility: People with impaired mobility Area: Nationwide Bureau of Citizenship and Services: • Trains dogs to assist people with Immigration Services physical disabilities, such as those who 2150 Parklake Dr. have limited mobility or other special Atlanta, GA 30345 needs (e.g., seizure disorders) Web Site: www.uscis.gov • Animal Assisted Program to visit Services:

17 hospitals, nursing homes, etc. filing, workshop to include: Interviewing and • Disabilities Awareness Program resume preparation. Information also provided for Marketing Strategies, World Wide Web on Cartersville-Bartow County Line Chamber of Commerce, Inc. • Other Services: Veterans, TOPPSTEP, On the 122 W. Main St. Job Training, Employee bonding and Labor P.O. Box 307 Market trends and statistics Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770-382-1466 Career Center Fax: 770-382-2704 Goodwill of North Georgia Contact: Joe Harris 929 Joe Frank Pkwy. Eligibility: Any individual, corporation, Cartersville, GA 30120 firm, association or estate may subscribe Phone: 770-276-7036 for membership Fax: 770-276-7030 Services: Contact: Phyllis Bunch • Provides economic data, community profiles, E-mail: [email protected] listings of member services, maps, census Hours: 9am-5pm, Mon – Wed; 9am-7pm, Thu; tracts, etc. 9am-4pm, Fri; 10am-2pm Sat • Oversees “Drugs Don’t Work Program” in Website: www.goodwillng.org Bartow County. If certified, business can receive Services: 7.5% discount on annual worker’s compensation • Provides weekly job postings and printing of premiums. resources including those on the web • Training for school mentors • Provides free use of computers with Internet access and résumé writing software Cartersville Career Center – • Provides free phones to arrange appointments Department of Labor and facilitate communication with employers Cartersville, GA 30120 • Provides Resource Library to help prepare for Physical Location: 19 Felton Pl. and secure employment, as well as information Cartersville, GA 30120 about community training Phone: 770-387-3760 • Interview tips, coaching, and other resources Fax: 770-387-3766 Contact: Janice Couch Cartersville Center, Inc. E-mail: [email protected] 218 Stonewall St. Website: www.dol.state.ga.us Cartersville, GA 30120 Hours: 8am - 4:30 pm, Mon - Fri Phone: 770-386-1907 Customers served on first come, first served Fax: 770-386-7345 basis Website: www.mycrchealth.com Fees: No charge for any service provided Hours: 5am – 11am, Mon. – Fri; 6am - 9am, Sat Service Area: Bartow and Paulding Counties, Fees: Varies we do not refuse to serve anyone Eligibility: Current addiction to opioid Services: medication or heroin; 18 years of age or older • One Stop Partners: Social Security, Service Area: Bartow and surrounding counties. Department of Family & Children Services, Job Services: Outpatient Medicated Assisted Corps; Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Treatment; Individual and Group Counseling; Technical and Adult Education (please call our treatment referral Center to get days and times they provide services) Cartersville City School System • Resource Center: Library, books, videos, P. O. Box 3310 internet access, fax machine, copier and other Cartersville, GA 30120 resources for our customers Physical Location: 15 Nelson Street • Job search assistance: Workshops, resume Cartersville, GA 30120 preparation, customized assistance, job search Phone: 770-382-5880 and skills matching, career guidance and much Fax: 770-387-7476 more Contact: Dr. Howard Hinesley, Superintendent • Unemployment Insurance assistance: Claims Website: www.cartersville.k12.ga.us

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• Safe and Drug Free Schools Cartersville City School System - • Student Support Team • After school programs Social Services • Early Intervention P. O. Box 3310 • ESOL, Title 1, Remedial Education Cartersville, GA 30120 • Special Need Pre-Kindergarten Physical Location: 15 Nelson St. • At-Risk programs Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770-387-4722 Paula 770-387-4723 Mary Cartersville Civic Center Fax: 770-387-7476 435 West Main St. Contact: Paula Womack or Mary Montgomery Cartersville, GA 30120 E-mail: Phone: 770-387-5625 [email protected] Fees: Fees include usage charge, utilities, and [email protected] staff. Website: www.cartersville.k12.ga.us Services: Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon - Fri. • Three meeting rooms which can accommodate Services: from 25 to 500, plus kitchen facilities • Assessment and diagnosis of students for • Staff takes reservations and set-up information special education services • For use by public and private groups; not • Individual counseling with students restricted to City of Cartersville residents experiencing mental health difficulties • Phone contacts and home visits with parents Cartersville Counseling who are overburdened Service, Inc. • Meeting with teachers 183 West Main St. • In the context of group work, school Cartersville, GA 30120 social workers intervene in a classroom to Phone: 770-382-9655 encourage acceptance of non-traditional Contact: Dr. Frank D. Weathersby students. May also offer support for struggling Fees: Reduced fees parents Hours: 9am – 6pm, Mon - Fri • May facilitate staff meetings designed to Call for appointment encourage school change Services: Individual, couples, teens, or family • Overall, school social workers focus on counseling. Call for additional information. individual strengths and connect students, families, and communities to resources that Cartersville Lions Club foster success and achievement Phone: 678-743-8072 (leave message) or • Provide resources and referral for families with 404-428-7227 school age children E-mail: [email protected] • Coordinate the Backpack Buddy Program and Services: Provide eyeglasses the Least of These Program • Administer the McKinney Vento Homeless Program Cartersville Medical Center 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Cartersville, GA 30120 Cartersville City School System - Phone: 770-382-1530 Special Programs Department Medline: 1-800-242-5662 15 Nelson St. Fax: 770-606-2127 P.O. Box 3310 Website: www.CartersvilleMedical.com Cartersville, GA 30120 Hours: 24/7 365 day a year Phone: 770-387-4724 Services: Fax: 770-387-7476 • Hope Center/Oncology Services Contact: Dr. Susan Tolbert • Surgical Services E-mail: [email protected] • Women’s Health Services Website: www.cartersville.k12.ga.us • Emergency Services Services: Supervises: • Cardiovascular Services • Special Education, Gifted, Pre-Kindergarten • Acworth Immediate Care 2-year old 19

Cartersville Parks & Eligibility: Anyone without a High School Recreation Department diploma who wants to improve their skills, get a P.O. Box 1390 GED, learn to read and write English or become Cartersville, GA 30120 a U. S. Citizen Physical Location: 100 Pine Grove Rd. Service Area: Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens, and Cartersville, GA 30120 Gilmer Counties Phone: 770-387-5626 Services: Fax: 770-387-5624 • GED preparation classes Contact: Greg Anderson • Certified GED testing Center Services: • English as a Second Language • Facilities to rent • Physical fitness stations, walking trails Chattahoochee Technical College - • Community interest programs Work Force Investment Act • Youth and adult recreational programs 5198 Ross Rd. • Services offered year-round Acworth, GA 30102 Phone: 770-975-4026 Chattahoochee Technical College Fax: 770-975-4101 980 South Cobb Dr. Contact: Lori McAllister Marietta, GA 30060 E-mail: [email protected] Registrar’s Office: 770-528-5820 Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon – Fri at Acworth Hours: 7:30am - 5pm, Mon-Thu; 7:30am- Campus and 2pm – 4pm every other Wed at 4:30pm, Fri Cartersville Career Center E-mail: Fees: None Registrar’[email protected] Eligibility: Qualifying workers who have been Web Site: www.chattahoocheetech.edu laid off, and long term unemployed/low income North Metro Campus workers 5198 Ross Road Services: Acworth, GA 30102 • Job skills assessment Phone: 770-975-4000 • Training placement and support Fees: Tuition fees vary; financial aid is available • Job search assistance Services: • 70+ degrees, diplomas, and certificates in 45 Child Care Resource & Referral of programs of study in: Business Sciences, NW Georgia / Quality Care for Computer Sciences and Engineering; Technology, Health Sciences, Personal and Children, Inc. Public Services, Technical Studies; 913 N. Tennessee St., Ste. 202 • Day, evening, and weekend classes; Cartersville, GA 30120 • Custom-designed Community and Economic Phone: 770-387-0828 Development training courses, Adult Education Fax: 678-721-6676 classes, Contact: Gloria Calhoun • SOAR targeted middle and high school E-mail: [email protected] students [email protected] Website: www.qualitycareforchildren.org Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Chattahoochee Technical College - Service Area: 27 counties in Northwest Georgia Adult Education Program Services: 5198 Ross Rd, • Referrals for partners seeking child care Acworth, GA 30102 • Training and technical assistance to child care Phone: 770-975-4271 providers for quality improvement Fax: 770-529-2460 • Child Care Food Program for family daycare E-mail: adulated-GED@ homes ChattahoocheeTech.edu • Inclusion services to assist children with Website: www.chattahoocheetech.edu special needs Hours: Call or email Fees: Classes are free. There is a $160.00 fee to take the GED test.

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Child Support Enforcement • Legal advocate P.O. Box 1300 • TANF application assistance Cartersville, GA 30120-1300 Physical Location: 45 Brook Dr. Coalition to Prevent the Misuse of Phone: 800-423-4746 Alcohol Fax: 770-387-3772 28 Hastings Dr. Fees: One time fee of $25 for the person Cartersville, GA 30120 making application to Child Support Physical Location: 140 Douglas Street Enforcement; fee waived if applicant is an active Cartersville, GA 30121 recipient of public assistance or Medicaid Phone: 678-721-5922 through the Department of Family and Children Contact: Scott Sherwin Services E-mail: [email protected] Eligibility: Parents seeking assistance with Website: www.preventalcoholmisuse.com child support recovery payments Hours: 9am-5 pm, Mon - Fri Service Area: Bartow County Service Area: Bartow and Polk Counties Services: Services: • Establishment of paternity and child support • Alcohol prevention strategies orders for current support and medical insurance • Alcohol education • Enforcement of orders established through • Alcohol promotion and awareness child support enforcement divorce, orders obtained from other states due to non-custodial Community Care Services Program parent moving to Georgia, or obtained by 101 East Second Ave., Ste. 200 custodial parents through private legal action Rome, GA 30161 Phone: 706-295-6654 or 1-800-414-5221 Christian Counseling Service, Inc. Fax: 706-802-5059 100 Redmond Rd. Contact: Carol Gooch Rome, GA 30165 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 706-295-1409 Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Fax: 706-295-0483 Fees: Free if Medicaid eligible; cost Contact: Jimmy E. Jordan sharing program for those whose income Hours: Mon. - Thurs is over Medicaid guidelines Fees: None, will accept contributions Eligibility: Must be functionally Eligibility: No restrictions impaired/elderly. All applicants must be Service Area: Floyd and surrounding counties screened and referred by Area Agency on Services: Christian counseling for Aging (AAA) to Community Care Service families, teenagers, marital problems, post Intake: Contact Area Agency on Aging abortion, etc. (AAA) for screening Service Area: Coosa Valley Area (15 counties) Christian League for Battered Women Services: – Domestic Violence/Tranquility • Assist older adults in continuing to live in the home / community setting rather House than enter a nursing home P.O. Box 1383 • Community Care Health Services offers skilled Cartersville, GA 30120 nursing services, medical social services Phone: 770-386-8779 (crisis line) or 770-386- 8093 (administration line) Fax: 770-386-4490 Coosa Valley Home Health E-mail: [email protected] 12 Felton Pl., Ste. E Services: Cartersville, GA 30120 • 24-hour crisis line Phone: 770-382-8801 or 1-800-831-4138 • 24-hour safe shelter Fax: 770-382-8808 • No cost emergency shelter, food clothing, Contact: Gail Burkhalter transportation, support group, and counseling for Fees: Costs vary. Accepts Medicare, victims of domestic violence Medicaid, private insurance or private pay • Counseling and support groups to educate the Service Area: Bartow County public Services: Provides home health 21 services which include skilled nursing management through community and and psychiatric nursing; physical client education programs. therapy, speech therapy, and • Confidential budget counseling. occupational therapy; medical social • Debt management programs services; and home health aides • Bankruptcy counseling & education

Coosa Valley Regional Services and Custom Care Clinic Development Corp 17 Collins Dr. Mailing Address: Cartersville, GA 30120 P.O. Box 5236 Physical Location: Medical Arts Center Rome, GA Phone: 770-606-0611 Physical Location: 3 Riverside Industrial Pkwy. Fax: 770-386-0212 Rome, GA 30161 Contact: Dr. Benny Smith Phone: 706-235-2798 or 1-800-361-1888 Hours: 4pm - 7:30pm; Tues & Thu; Fax: 706-235-3098 10am - 5pm, Fri Website: www.coosavalleyrsdc.net Fees: $40.00 Contact: Stacey Holbrook Eligibility: No Medicaid; No Insurance; No Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri PeachCare Fees: None. Services: Primary Care Eligibility: Adults 60 and over. Service Area: 10 counties in the Coosa Valley Area. Services: D • Homemaker service DNA Diagnostics Center • Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Phone: 1-800-362-2368 • Nutritional programs for congregate 800-DNA-CENTER and home delivered meals Fax: 706-802-2123 Website: www.dnacenter.com Council on Alcohol and Drugs Hours: 8am - 8pm 270 Peachtree St., NW Ste. 2200 Fees: Determined by extent of service Atlanta, GA 30303-1283 Area: Nationwide and international Phone: 404-223-2480 Services: Fax: 404-223-2481 • Refer to local agency or hospital for testing E-mail: www.livedrugfree.org • Assists people in identifying their biological Fees: Varies children, parents, or grandparents through DNA Services: testing • Prevention education for ages 6-18 • Services can be used for resolving doubt, child • Teacher training support and custody issues, social security • Video library benefits immigration and adoption, or peace of • Other training and community development mind • Treatment referral • Language- English, French, Spanish

CredAbility - Consumer Credit Domestic Violence/Tranquility House Counseling Service See Christian League for Battered Women 270 Peachtree St. NW #1800 Atlanta, GA 30303 Dorothy Morgan, MS.ED Phone for appointment: 1-800-251-2227 911 Tennessee St., Ste. 210 Fax: 404-527-7662 Cartersville, GA 30120 Website: www.cccsinc.org Phone: 404-452-0425 Hours: Virtual 24/7 Fax: 1-888-334-0125 Fees: Free counseling & education Contact: Dorothy Morgan Service Area: North Georgia E-mail: [email protected] Services: Hours: 9am - 7pm, Mon – Thu; 9am – 5pm Fri & • Non-profit organization educates and Sat. By appointment counsels consumers in money 24 hours 7 days on call 22

Fees: Various insurance plans accepted Website: www.northgeorgia.easterseals.com Service Area: Bartow and surrounding counties. Fees: Sliding scale, insurance, Medicaid Services: Eligibility: Persons with disabilities, their family • Individual, couple, families, group counseling members and professionals in the community • Trauma/Recovery, Depression, Anxiety, Service Area: 44 counties of North Georgia Stress, Grief/Loss, Anger Management, Long- Services: term chronic illness • Assist people with disabilities to achieve • Hospice and caretaker issues independence through rehabilitation services, • Spiritual and Christian Counseling technical assistance, disability prevention, advocacy, and public education Douglas Street United Methodist • Specialized information and referral Church • Assessments/evaluations 219 Douglas St. • Case management Cartersville, GA 30120 • Physical, speech and occupational therapy, Phone: 770-382-2778 • Training for consumer and family Fax: 770-382-2636 • Supportive software Contact: Rev. Angela Rivers • Provide adaptive toys and games, aids for daily E-mail: [email protected] living, aids for vision impaired, augmentative Hours: After school program 3:00pm - communication devices, educational devices 6:00pm, Mon, Tue, Thu /adaptation, environmental controls, seating and Other programs vary. positioning equipment, wheelchairs and mobility Fees: $25 a student per year for after school aids program; other programs vary, most are free Eligibility: Children, teens, families; Eddie Lee Wilkins (ELW) Youth Primarily, but not limited to, Hispanics Association, Inc. Area: Cartersville, Bartow County P. O. Box 722 Services: Cartersville, GA 30120 • After school homework assistance, academic Phone: 770-899-4821 and cultural enrichment, character education, Fax: 770-431-7856 community service, career planning Contact: Eddie or Dawn Wilkins • Family education, counseling, support E-mail: [email protected] (Spanish, English) Website: www.elwyouth.org • Summer enrichment activities Fees: Summer Program Activities are free $40 fee for summer basketball league for Downing Clark HOPE Center and Cartersville/Bartow County residents, Ages 6-17 Academy. Eligibility: Cartersville/Bartow County P. O. Box 2068 community youth, ages 6-17 Adairsville, GA 30103 Services: Phone: 706-595-9595 • Free athletic, life skills, educational and social Contact: Kelli Clark and Cindy Downing intervention programs during summer Website: www.downingclark.com • Basketball league for boys, ages 6 - high Hours: 24 hours / 7 days school & girls, ages 9 - high school Service Area: NW Georgia • Fitness and nutrition camps, cheerleading and Services: Residential treatment facility for tennis camps girls ages 6 - 17 who have emotional, behavioral, and mental challenges Emergency Management Agency 10 Elizabeth St. Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 770-387-5089 E Fax: 770-387-5654 Easter Seals North Contact: Johnny Payne Services: Georgia, Inc. • Rescue and fire services for lost persons 1200 Lake Hearn Dr., NE, Ste. 250 • Assistance with floods, tornadoes, nuclear Atlanta, GA 30319 attack, chemical spills Phone: 404-943-1070 23

• Rescues for crash victims members of the household; • Social Security cards; Environmental Protection • Proof of income, and verification of family Division assets for all family members; 16 Center Rd. • At least two names and addresses of previous P. O. Box 3250 landlords; and Cartersville, GA 30121 • Picture IDs for all household members 16 Phone: 770-387-4900 years old and over. Fax: 770-387-4906 It is EHA's policy to secure Criminal History Service Area: Bartow County. Reports prior to placement in public housing Services: Implements the Federal laws facilities. designed to promote public health by protecting Applicants who have not lived in Georgia for at our nation’s air, water and soil from harmful least 3 years will be finger printed. pollution Services: • Modern air-conditioned apartments Applicants must complete an application. Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia Applications accepted on the second and third 6065 Roswell Rd., Ste. 715 Tuesdays and Thursdays of each month by Atlanta, GA 30328 appointment only. Phone: 404-527-7155 or 1-800-527-7105 • Free bi-monthly First Time Homebuyer Fax: 404-564-3034 Educational workshops. Registration is required; E-mail: [email protected] Down payment assistance available Website: www.epilepsyga.org • Free community-wide GED classes held daily Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm. Mon-Fri at Summer Hill Complex, 770-387-4030 Fees: None • After School Tutorial and Summer Enrichment Eligibility: Take out information on faxed sheet. Program— We no longer have employment program. Summer Hill: Mon-Wed. 2:30pm-5:30pm Service Area: Georgia Adairsville: Mon-Wed.3pm- 6pm Services: • On-site Library located at the Summer Hill • Educational programs / seminars • Support groups for persons with epilepsy

• Schools program Etowah Valley Humane Society • Camps for persons with epilepsy 36 Ladd's Mountain Rd. • Medication assistance Cartersville, GA 30120 • Mentoring programs Phone: 770-383-3338 Fax: 678-721-6953 Contact: Bryan Canty Etowah Area Consolidated E-mail: [email protected] Housing Authority Website: www.etowahvalleyhumane.org P. O. Box 514 Hours: Noon - 7pm Wed & Thu; 10am - 5pm – Cartersville, GA 30120 Friday; 10am - 2pm, Saturday; Noon - 3pm, Physical Location: 240 Stonewall Street Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesday Cartersville, GA 30120 Fees: Dogs - $125.00, Puppies - $100 Phone: 770-382-1414 Cats - $85 Fax: 770-382-3799 Services: Contact: Angela Thomas-Cooley or Philya P. • Adoption of dogs and cats Gray • Microchip clinic once a month E-mail: [email protected] or • Referrals for low-cost spay/neuters [email protected] Website: www.etowahha.com EyeCare America Senior Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Fees: Apartments, based on income; EyeCare Program After School Tutorial Program, $25 for P.O. Box 429098 non-Housing Authority students. San Francisco, CA 94142-9098 Eligibility: It is mandatory that all items are Phone: 1-800-222-3937 furnished to apply for housing: Fax: 415-561-8567 • Must have certified birth certificates for all Contact: Gail Nyman-York,

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Public Service Manager 20 Fox Chase Website: www.eyecareamerican.org Cartersville, GA 30120 Hours: 11am - 7pm, Mon - Fri Phone: 770-222-6622 ext.801 Fees: No cost to patient for physician Fax: 678-384-5893 fees, services Contact: Amy Leker Eligibility: 65 or older; a citizen or legal E-mail: [email protected] resident, without access to an Website: www.fisinc.org ophthalmologist; no HMO or A benefits Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Intake: Call for information and application Fees: Sliding Scale Services: Eligibility: Medicaid • Provides medical eye care for Service Area: Bartow County disadvantaged seniors Services: • Provides referrals to an ophthalmologist • Individual and Family Therapy in the local area for a medical eye • Psychiatric Services examination and follow-up care for one • Nursing year for whatever condition is found • Psychological testing • Community Support

Family Nurturing Center of F Georgia Faithbridge Foster Care P.O. Box 385 2655 Northwinds Pkwy. Snellville, GA 30078 Alpharetta, GA 30009 Phone: 770-972-3664 Phone: 678-690-7100 Fax: 770-978-2217 Contact: Donnis Steele Contact: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.heartsforfamilies.org Website: www.faithbridgefostercare.org Services: Training and technical assistance for Service Area: Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb and the Nurturing Parenting programs and other staff Forsyth Counties development trainings Services: Provides foster care through local churches. Felton Manor Assisted Living 16 Roving Rd. Family Connection Cartersville, GA 30121 See Bartow Collaborative, Inc. Phone: 770-382-8989 Fax: 770-606-1141 Family Counseling and Recovery, Contact: Janice Hunt Inc. E-mail: [email protected] P. O. Box 200743 Website: www.feltonmanor.com Cartersville, GA 30120 Hours: 24/7 Physical Location: 317 Grassdale Road, SE Fees: Private Pay Cartersville, GA 30121 Eligibility: Senior adults Phone: 770-386-3777 Services: Contacts: • Assisted living for seniors Dan Dougherty, LPC, NCACII • Private suites Ann Dougherty, LPC, NCC • Respite (day care/overnight care) for seniors 770-387-2372 • Veterans benefits for qualified wartime Hours: By appointment veterans Fees: Reduced fees, sliding scale Eligibility: All ages accepted First Steps Services: See Advocates for Bartow's Children • Individual and family counseling Cartersville, GA 30120 • Drug/alcohol addiction counseling Physical Location: 49 Monroe Crossing • All ages accepted Cartersville, GA 30120 • Accepts Medicaid and private insurance Phone: 770-387-1143 Family Intervention Specialist Fax: 770-606-0732 25

Contact: Courtney Jones Phone: 706-509-3500 or 1-800-365-3548 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.floyd.org Website: www.AdvoChild.org Hours: 24 hours, 7 days Hours: Varies Services: Fees: None • Adult behavioral health and chemical Eligibility: New Parents whose children are dependency programs born at Cartersville Medical Center • Senior adult psychiatric programs Services: A child abuse prevention program: • Medical stabilization • First Steps volunteers visit new mothers at • Individual, group, family, and 12-step therapies Cartersville Medical Center to provide support, • Support groups including Alcoholics education and referrals for community resources Anonymous, Alanon, Narcotics Anonymous, • Mothers are called as follow-up during next Emotions Anonymous three months • Inpatient and intensive outpatient programs • Help families find needed resources or provide a listening ear Floyd Home Health Agency 1328 JFH Pkwy. Fisher Foot & Ankle, PC Cartersville, GA 30120 1124 N. Tennessee St., Ste. 104 Phone: 770-387-1471 Cartersville, GA 30120 Fax: 770-387-1474 Phone: 770-386-4111 Hours: 8am - 5pm Mon - Sun Fax: 770-386-4905 24 hour call, 7 days / week E-mail: [email protected] Fees: Medicare, Medicaid, insurance, Website: www.fisherfoot.com private pay. Contact: Dana Fisher Eligibility: Services require a physician’s order Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri Service Area: Bartow, Floyd, Haralson, Fees: Vary Paulding, and Polk counties Services: Services: •Podiatry - fungal nails, calluses/corns, ingrown • Skilled nursing care, home health aides nails, bunions, hammertoes, heel pain, injuries, • Physical, speech, and occupational therapy wounds, swelling, flat feet, sprains and strains, • Medical social services, nutrition guidance infections, athlete's foot, etc. • Stroke and cardiac rehabilitation • Pregnancy related services Flowering Branch • Pediatric services Children’s Shelter • Mental health services See Advocates for Bartow’s Children Cartersville, GA 30120 Food Pantries Phone: 770-387-1143 Contact: Angela James Empty Food Pantries, Inc. E-mail: [email protected] 720 Martin Luther King Dr., Cartersville Website: www.AdvoChild.org Phone: 678-721-6468 Hours: 24 hours/7days a week Contact: Roy Stoner Fees: none Service Area: Bartow and surrounding counties Episcopal Church of the Ascension Services: Residential care for homeless, 205 W. Cherokee St., Cartersville abused, abandoned and runaway children and Phone: 770-382-2626 youth, primarily ages 5 - 17. Hours: 9am – 11am Wed • Counseling • Family counseling Manna Foods-Faith United Methodist Church • Tutoring, homework assistance 501 Grass Dale Rd., Cartersville • Music and Art Phone: 770-382-0313 • Medical and dental appointments Hours: First and Forth Wed each month 9am First 50 people Floyd Behavioral Health 306 Shorter Ave. Grace Baptist Church Rome, GA 30161 477 Old Cass White Rd. NW, Cartersville

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Phone: 770-382-6446 • Advocacy Hours: 10am Thu Friends of Disabled Adults and Harvest House 165 Old Tennessee Hwy., Cartersville Children Phone: 770-382-9489 4900 Lewis Rd. Hours: 10am – noon; Thu Stone Mountain, GA 30083 Phone: 770-491-9014 New Beginnings Food Outreach, Inc. Fax: 770-491-0026 6973 Glade Rd., Acworth Contact: Receptionist Phone: 770-529-6353 Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Hours: 11pm - 2pm, Friday Fees: Vary from suggested donation to mandatory fees North Bartow Community Services Eligibility: No restrictions as to 2397 Hall Station Rd., Adairsville handicaps or disabilities Phone: 770-773-3812 Service Area: Medical equipment provided Hours: Mon - Fri, call ahead. statewide, ramps built and home mods in Metro Atlanta area, vehicle lifts installed at Stone NorthPointe Church Mountain location 30 Orchard Rd., Adairsville Services: Food Pantry - • Mobility and medical equipment Impact Building-Joe Frank Harris Pkwy /Hwy 41 • Information and referral Phone: 770-334-8435 • Ramps and home mods Hours: 10am Tues and Fri; 6pm Thu • Vehicle lift program

Redemption Baptist Church 4160 New Hope Church Rd, Acworth Phone: 770-529-0509 G Hours: 11:30pm, Tues - Fri Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc. 150 E. Ponce De Leon Ave., Ste. 430 The Salvation Army Decatur, GA 30030 16 Felton Pl., Cartersville Phone: 404-885-1234 or 1-800-537-2329 Phone: 770-386-6256 Fax: 404-378-0031 Hours: Mon - Fri, call ahead. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thegao.org Tabernacle Baptist Church Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri 112 E. Church St., Cartersville Fees: None Phone: 770-382-1977 Eligibility: Must have a disability and Hours: 1pm, Tuesday issue of priority related to disability or mental illness Fragile Kids Foundation Intake: Telephone 6666 Powers Ferry Rd., Ste. 328 Service Area: State of Georgia Atlanta, GA 30339 Services: Advocacy related to inclusive Phone: 770-951-6111 education, housing discrimination, abuse Hours: 8am - 4pm, Mon - Fri and neglect, financial entitlements, Fees: None employment discrimination, inappropriate Eligibility: Medically fragile children institutionalization, assistive technology, etc. between birth and 18 years of age who are Georgia residents Georgia Alliance to End Intake: Telephone. Application must be Homelessness, Inc. completed before assistance is given 2655 Dallas Hwy., Ste. 610 Service Area: State of Georgia Marietta, GA 30064 Services: Phone: 770-575-5785 or 1-877-243-1576 • Funding of health care services including Fax: 770-575-5786 physical and speech therapy, medical Contact: Katheryn Preston or any intake equipment and supplies 27 specialist for referral Website: www.gachi.org E-mail: [email protected] Fees: None. Website: www.gahomeless.org Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Hours: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon - Fri. Eligibility: Deaf, hard of hearing, late Service Area: All counties in State of Georgia deafened, deaf-blind, and individuals or Services: Homeless Services Coordination and groups with whom they interact referral Service Area: Banks, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, GeorgiaCares Elbert, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, P. O. Box 1798 Gordon, Habersham, Hall , Haralson, Hart, Rome, GA 30162-1798 Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Murray, Phone: 1-866-552-4464 Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Fax: 706-802-5508 Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Whitfield Leave message if no answer. Services: Fees: None • Advocacy services, workshop, community Eligibility: Seniors and disabled resources, community outreach, (TTY, phone Medicare beneficiaries and those seeking equipment, etc.) information for them • Assists individuals obtain necessary Intake: Telephone. accommodations to ensure effective Service Area: 15 counties in NW Georgia. communication as defined in the Americans with Services: Disabilities Act • Medicare counseling • Provides a central location for information, lists • Assistance with prescription drug costs of referrals for a wide range of services, • Lifelong planning activities, events and social functions • Healthcare consumer protection • Conducts presentations and workshops to educate and expand the public’s awareness of issues pertaining to hearing impaired individuals Georgia Center for Resources & • Provides educational workshops for deaf, hard Support of hearing, late deafened and deaf-blind 1105 West Peachtree St. individuals in areas relating to basic Atlanta, GA 30329 independence, ADA and empowerment Phone: 404-929-0401 • Educates and trains mental health Fax: 404-929-0405 professionals on how to accommodate deaf, E-mail: [email protected] hard of hearing, late deafened and deaf-blind Website: www.gacrs.org individuals who need mental health services Hours: 9am - 5:30pm, Mon – Thu; 9am - 5pm, Fri Georgia Department of Fees: No Fees Community Affairs Eligibility: Adoptive/foster family in Georgia Rental Assistance Division Services: Athens Regional Office • Free trainings and Resource information 1061 Dowdy Rd., Ste. 201 • On-line lending library Athens, GA 30606-5700 • Experienced Resource Advisors Phone: 706-369-5636 or 1-888-318-0354 • Adoptive Family Network Hours: 8am – 5pm, Mon - Fri Fees: None Georgia Council for the Eligibility: Low income families Hearing Impaired, Inc Service Area: Bartow County and surrounding P. O. Box 5011 Services: Rome, GA 30161 • Administer the Housing Choice Voucher Physical location: 336 Broad St., Ste. 201 Program which is a tenant-based assistance Rome, GA 30161 program that assists low income individuals and Phone: 706-622-2438 TTY/voice or families in renting safe, decent, and sanitary 1-800-541-0710 TTY/voice dwelling units in the private rental market. Fax: 706-622-2364

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Georgia Department of Human Website: www.consumer.ga.gov Services Division of Aging Services Hours: 8am - 4:45pm, Mon -Fri APS Central Intake: Handles reports of abuse, Counselors available 8:30am - 6:00pm. neglect or exploitation of disabled adults or elder Fees: None. persons Eligibility: No restrictions Phone: 404-657-5250 or 1-888-774-0152 Service Area: State of Georgia. Website: www.aging.dhs.georgia.gov Services: Information and referral. Services: Protects consumers from unfair or deceptive • Regulatory Services Intake-Handles business practices. See website for all services. reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation of disabled adults or elder persons residing Georgia Highlands College in nursing homes or personal care home. 5441 Hwy. 20, NE Cartersville, GA 30120 Georgia Department of Labor Phone: 678-872-8069 See Cartersville Career Center-Department of Fax: 678-872-8098 Labor Contact: Carolyn Hamrick, Director E-mail: [email protected] Georgia Department of Veteran Website: www.highlands.edu Fees: Tuition fees vary; financial aid is available Services Eligibility: Must be high school graduate or 20 West Cherokee Ave., Rm. 105 have GED certificate; SAT or ACT scores Cartersville, GA 30120 Service Area: Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Phone: 770-387-3746 Gordon, Fax: 770-387-4077 Paulding and Cherokee counties Contact: Robert Turner or Jeffery Baker Services: E-mail: [email protected] or • Transferable associate degree programs [email protected]. • Career programs Website: www.veterans.georgia.gov • Learning Support programs Fees: None • Public Service programs Eligibility: Veterans and their dependents. • Continuing Education programs Service Area: Bartow and Paulding • Library Services: Informing, advising and directly • Small Business Development Center assisting veterans and their families about veteran benefits, and securing the benefits to which they are entitled Georgia Highlands College-Adult and Service Learning 3175 Cedartown Hwy. Georgia Fatherhood Program Rome, GA 30161 Phone: 877-423-4746 (select option 1 for Phone: 706-368-7756 DCSS, then 2 for agent, then 3 for outreach) Fax: 706-802-5897 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Juliana Breithaupt, Director Eligibility: Any non-custodial parent who owes E-mail: [email protected] or child support through the Office of Child Support [email protected] Services Website: www.highlands.edu Services: Service Area: Bartow, Floyd, Douglas, Cobb • Life Management Skills Services: • Effective parenting classes • Community Outreach and Engagement • Job readiness and job retention activities • Support for Adult Learners returning to college • Self-esteem • Curriculum Support for Service Learning in the college classroom Georgia Governor’s Office • Clearinghouse or resources Of Consumer Affairs 2 Martin King Jr. Dr., Ste. 356 East Georgia Home Hospice Atlanta, GA 30334 15 Bowen Ct., Ste. B Phone: 404-651-8600 or 1-800-869-1123 Cartersville, GA 30120 Fax: 404-651-9018 Phone: 770-877-9757

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Fax: 770-678-689-2345 Eligibility: Low income according to guidelines, Contact: Lois Greenway no income limits for elderly Hours: 8:30am – 5pm, Mon - Fri Intake: Telephone, walk-in, appointment Service Area: 20 NW Georgia Counties Service Area: 18 counties surrounding metro Services: Atlanta Area, including Bartow • Medical services for hospice at home in LTC Services: facilities, and assisted living facilities • Legal services to low-income people in civil • Services include: Skilled nursing, nursing matters assistants, chaplains, and more • Housing / employment discrimination assistance Georgia H.O.P.E. • Domestic violence resources Phone: 1-800-906-9766 • Complaint investigation of nursing home/ Fax: 706-301-1608 personal care homes E-mail: [email protected] • Information and assistance on choosing Website: www.gahope.org nursing home/person care facility Eligibility: Low income children (ages 4 and up) • Languages: English and Spanish and adults struggling emotionally or behaviorally (mental health and substance abuse services. Georgia Northwestern Technical Service Area: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, College Cherokee, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Rome Campus - One Maurice Culberson Drive Murray, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Whitfield. Rome, GA 30161 Services: In home services include: Phone: 706-295-6963 • Medication Management Fax: 706-295-6944 • Individual and Family Counseling Website: www.gntc.edu/admission • Parenting Education Hours: 8am - 4pm, Mon - Fri • Behavioral Support Evening classes: 6pm -10pm, Mon -Thu. • Case Management and Resources Fees: Fee for GED testing; supplies and textbooks at a minimal cost; tuition fees vary Georgia Interpreting Services Services: Network • Full time day school/ Part-time evening school 100 Edgewood Ave., Ste. 175 • In-plant industrial training Atlanta, GA 30303 • Adult literacy education Phone: 404-521-9100 or 1-800-228-4992 • GED testing and Customer service training Fax: 404-521-9121 • Manufacturing training E-mail: [email protected] • Continuing education classes Fees: Varies depending on situation. Eligibility: No restrictions. Georgia Radio Reading Intake: Call for scheduling. Languages: Sign, ASL, PSE, CASE, Services, Inc. SEE, Tactile, Oral 260 14th St., NW Service Area: Southeast Atlanta, GA 30318 Services: Provides statewide interpreting Phone: 404-685-2820 services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals Fax: 404-685-2821 Website: www.garrs.net Hours: 9am – 5pm, Mon – Fri Georgia Legal Services Program Fees: $75 for radio, financial assistance may be 104 Marietta St., Ste.240 available Atlanta, GA 30303 Services: SCA radio receiver that provides 24 Phone: 404-894-7707 hour/7 day a week broadcasts ranging from a 706-272-2924 Dalton office live reading of the AJC to periodicals and books 888-408-1004 Dalton office 9-5 Fax: 404-463-1584 Website: www.glsp.org Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon-Fri Georgia School for the Deaf Call to schedule an appointment. 232 Perry Farm Rd. SW Fees: None Cave Springs, GA 30124

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Phone: 706-777-2200 •Rehabilitation technology 800-497-3371 • Vocational Training 866-761-5762 for video • Business services, ADA consultation, job Fax: 706-777-2204 analysis, job training Hours: 8am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri Fees: None Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Eligibility: Georgia resident; hearing loss 2204 E. Walnut Ave. of 55db in the better ear or severe learning Dalton, GA 30721 deficiency associated with hearing loss. Phone: 770-702-9311 Service Area: State of Georgia Fax: 770-702-9321 Services: Contact: Amy Gallman • State-supported educational program for pre- E-mail: [email protected] school through grade twelve Website: www.gsgatl.org • Dormitory facilities for students age four and Hours: Phone for hours over Fees: $12-$15 registration fee for girls and adult volunteers Georgia Telecommunications Eligibility: Girls age 5 - 7, and adult volunteers Relay Service age 18 and older Phone: 711 inside Georgia Service Area: Bartow, Murray, Whitefield 1-800-255-0135 Counties 1-800-255-0056 Text users Services: 706-295-6067 Rome office • Encourages girls to build self-worth, relate to Fees: Local calls free; long distance 25% others, develop meaningful values and ethics, discount contribute to their communities, and explore Hours: 24 hours / 7 days a week critical contemporary issues that effect girls and Services: The person who is deaf, hard of women today hearing or speech impaired types their conversation using a text telephone. Good Neighbor Homeless The TRS Communications Assistant relays the message by reading it to the hearing person. Shelter The Communications Assistant then relays the P. O. Box 664 hearing person’s spoken words by typing them Cartersville, GA 30120 back to the text telephone user. Every call is in Physical Location: 110 Porter St. strict confidence; no record of conversations is Cartersville, GA 30120 kept. Phone: 770-607-0610 Fax: 770-607-7026 E-mail: [email protected] Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Website: www.goodneighborshelter.org Program Contact: Jessica Mitcham 450 Riverside Pkwy., Ste. 200 Hours: Open 24/7 Rome, GA 30161 Fees: None Phone: 706-295-6400 Eligibility: Potential shelter guests must be Fax: 706-802-5188 about to pass a drug and alcohol test, must have Contact: Paul Ray or Scott Buckner a background free of charges related to physical E-mail: [email protected] violence or crimes against women and children, Website: www.vocrehabga.org and must be physically and mentally able to Hours: 8am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri work Fees: None Service Area: Bartow and surrounding counties. Eligibility: persons with permanent physical or Services: mental disabilities • 24 hour shelter, meals, transportation Service Area: Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, assistance for guests Chattooga, Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin counties • Day services available for those who are Services: homeless but not staying at the Shelter-food, • Assists persons with disabilities to return to pantry, showers, laundry, meals work • Computer lab with GED classes available • Counseling/Guidance/Career Exploration 31

Good Shepherd Foundation Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon. - Fri 66 Gilreath Rd. SE Fees: None for housing application Cartersville, GA 30121 Eligibility: Low income for Housing Phone: 770-386-0131 Service Area: Bartow County Fax: 770-386-3966 Services: E-mail: [email protected] • Constructs homes for low-income families Website: www.goodshepherdgeorgia.com using volunteer workers, to be financed at no Hours: 8am - 2pm, Mon - Fri interest Service Area: Bartow County • Family is required to help with construction of Services: the home • Employ adults with special needs • Mission is eliminating substandard housing in • Sheltered workshop employing mentally and the community physically challenged adults • Education class - budgeting, How to care for • Supported employment to the special needs your home population • Thrift Store • Skills for living, personal development, and meth reduction classes on Wednesday nights at Habitat for Humanity 6 p.m. Call for details. Thrift Store 1 Roosevelt St. Goodwill of North Georgia Cartersville, GA 30120 929 Joe Frank Pkwy. Phone: 770-383-9054 Cartersville, GA 30120 Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Sa. Phone: 770-276-7036 Services: Provides clothing and household Fax: 770-276-7030 goods at a reduced cost. Will pick up. Website: www.goodwillng.org Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon – Wed; 9am - 7pm, Hands of Christ Thu; 9am - 4pm, Fri; 10am - 2:00pm Sat Services: After School Program • Collect and sell donated goods and household Douglas Street United Methodist Church items 219 Douglas St. • Provide Training Programs and Employment Cartersville, GA 30120 Services Phone: 770-382-2778 Fax: 770-382-2636 Contact: Rev. Angela Rivers Governor's Office of Workforce E-mail: [email protected] Development Hours: After school program 3:30pm - Two Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. 6:00pm, Mon, Tue, Thu. Other programs vary. 1408 West Tower Fees: $25 a student per year for after school Atlanta, Georgia 30334 program; other programs vary, most are free Phone: 404-463-5030 Eligibility: Children, teens, families; Email: [email protected] Primarily, but not limited to, Hispanics Website: www.workforce.georgia.gov Service Area: Cartersville, Bartow County Services: • After school homework assistance, academic and cultural enrichment, character education, H-I community service, career planning Habitat for Humanity • Family education, counseling, support P.O. Box 3392 (Spanish, English) Cartersville, GA 30120 • Summer enrichment activities Physical Location: 14 Eagle's Court Cartersville, GA 30120 Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Phone: 770-382-6293 Coalition of GA Fax: 770-382-5310 2300 Henderson Mill Rd., Ste. 410 Contact: Robin Hooker Atlanta, GA 30345 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 770-451-0020 Website: www.bartowhabitat.org 32

1-800-300-9003 (Power Line) Atlanta, GA 30350 Fax: 770-451-2466 Phone: 770-518-8272 or 1-800-866-4366 Website: www.hmhbga.org Fax: 770-518-3310 Hours: 8am - 6pm, Mon - Fri Website: www.hog.org Fees: None Hours: 7:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Eligibility: Available for men, women and Fees: Sliding scale children Eligibility: People with hemophilia or related Service Area: Georgia -- state-wide bleeding disorders Services: Intake: Telephone, walk-in, appointment •Statewide, toll-free, bi-lingual referral line for Languages: English and Spanish obtaining health care services and information Service Area: State of Georgia • Medicaid & low-cost providers Services: • Breastfeeding support • Referrals to comprehensive care clinic • WIC customer service • Home health care and infusion training, • Children 1st referrals follow-up • HIV testing sites • Limited financial aid for medical expenses, HIV • SIDS referrals testing and treatment • Referral for vocational counseling Helen Keller National Center for Deaf- • Client activities • Peer working groups Blind Youths and Adults • Educational sessions Phone: 678-826-9174 (TTY) • Literature, newsletter, handbooks Fax: 404-766-3447 • Scholarships, summer camp Contact: Barbara Chandler • Transportation assistance E-mail: [email protected] • Community education / speaker’s bureau Website: www.hknc.org Fees: None Eligibility: Deaf and blind individuals Heyman Hospice Care at Floyd Services: Medical Center • Resources for persons who are deaf and blind 420 East Second Ave. • Client advocacy Rome, GA 30161 • Consultation and technical assistance to Phone: 706-509-3200 schools and agencies Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri • Assistance in developing local services Website: www.floyd.org • Professional development and in-service Fees: Medicaid, Medicare, private pay, training Insurance; will work with persons unable to pay • Public education and awareness Eligibility: Persons with less than six months to • Maintenance of National Registry live; doctor’s order required Service Area: Bartow, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, and Polk counties. Helpline Georgia Services: 2762 Watson Blvd. • Assistance for clients with a terminal diagnosis Warner Robins, GA 31093 • CNA Phone: 1-800-338-6745 • Counselors Fax: 912-953-5674 • Chaplain Website: www.health.state.ga.us • Bereavement support group Hours: 24 hours / 7 days a week • RN home visits Fees: None • Symptom management and emotional support Services: • 24 hour call RN and social workers • Alcohol and drug information and referrals • Medical social workers • Crisis intervention, information, and referral resources for victims of violent crime and individuals with gambling problems Hickory Log Vocational School • Victim compensation program P. O. Box 300 White, GA 30184 Hemophilia of Georgia Physical Location: 3680 Highway 411 North 8800 Roswell Rd, Ste.170 White, GA 30184 33

Phone: 770-382-6655 • Short Term Alcohol and Drug Detoxification Fax: 770-387-2345 and Mental Health Stabilization Contact: Greg Flowers • Comprehensive Nursing, Physician, and Case E-mail: [email protected] Managers Assessments, Evaluation, and Hours: 24/7 Treatment Fees: $900 - $1,100 per month Eligibility: IQ of 70 or below Highland Rivers Health’s Assertive Services: • Personal care home for men with Community Treatment (ACT) developmental disabilities 6 Mathis Dr. • Adult literacy classes Rome, GA 30165 • Training in daily living skills Phone: 706-233-9023, ext. 2034 • Physical education and activities Fax: 706-314-6622 Contact: Lonja Jones, ACT Team Lead Website: www.highlandrivershealth.com Highland Rivers Center Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Mon - Fri 650 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Eligibility: Adults who are 18 years or older with Cartersville, GA 30120 severe and persistent mental illness that impairs Phone: 770-387-3538 their ability to live in the community. Fax: 770-607-6704 Service Area: Bartow, Floyd, Paulding and Polk Contact: For a first time appointment or to Counties cancel and reschedule an existing appointment Services: Assertive community treatment call 1-800-729-5700 utilizes a holistic approach with services Website: www.highlandrivershealth.com provided in the community by a multidisciplinary Hours: 8:00am – 5:00 pm, Mon - Fri mental health team from the fields of psychiatry, Fees: Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial nursing, psychology, social work, substance Insurance, Sliding scale abuse, and vocational rehabilitation; in addition Eligibility: Children and Youth with serious a Certified Peer Specialist is an active member emotional and behavioral disturbances, Adults of the team. Services include: Crisis with serious and persistent mental illness and/or Assessment & Intervention, Service co-occurring addictions Coordination Symptom Assessment & Service Area: Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Floyd, Management, Cognitive Behavioral Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Therapy, Vocational Training & Education Pickens, Polk, and Whitfield counties, Services, Substance Abuse Treatment & Services: Education, Self-Management Skills, Family • Crisis Intervention Support/Education, Community Integration, • Diagnostic, Nursing & Psychiatric Assessment Social & Interpersonal Skills. Connection to • Individual, Family, and Group Skills Housing, Support & Recovery Services • Training/Counseling • Medication Management & Education • Peer Support/ Community Supports Highland Rivers Health’s • School Based and In Home Child & Adolescent Kaleidoscope Program Therapy 6 Mathis Dr. • Accountability Court Services Rome, GA 30165 • Telepsychiatry Phone: 706- 295‐6425 • Family Violence Intervention Program and Fax: 706-295‐6478 Anger Management Website: www.highlandrivershealth.com • Pharmacy Services Hours: 8:00am – 5:00 pm, Mon - Fri • HIV Testing & Education Fees: Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial • Case Management Services Insurance, Waivers, Sliding scale • Hospital/Jail to Community Discharge Planning Eligibility: Have mental retardation since birth • Permanent Supportive Housing (Independent or before age 18, or another developmental and Semi- Independent) disability since birth or before age 22, which • Supported Employment requires similar services to those needed by • Clinically Monitored Residential Crisis people with mental retardation. Must be at risk Stabilization for going into an institution Service Area: Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Floyd,

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Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, justice system with an open child protective Pickens, Polk, and Whitfield counties, services case, history of relapse, or secondary Services: Pre-Vocational and Supported medical or psychiatric disorder. Employment, Social and Community Service Area: Bartow, Cherokee, Fannin, Floyd, Involvement, Educational Learning, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Recreational, Family Support Services, Pickens, Polk, and Whitfield counties, Community Living Support, Case management, Services: Residential and intensive outpatient Residential, and Nursing services that address risk factors for relapse and support women in achieving abstinence, Highland Rivers Health’s Substance maintaining recovery, avoiding illegal activity, Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program obtaining gainful employment, meeting parenting roles and responsibilities, and transitioning into (SAIOP) safe and stable housing. Services include: 605 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Comprehensive Assessments, Substance Cartersville, GA 30120 Abuse Treatment & Education, Relapse Phone: 770-387-3538x104 Prevention & Aftercare, Trauma Informed Care, Fax: 770-607-6704 Healthy Relationships, HIV Testing & Education Contact: Kathleen P. Lowry or Juan McDonald Community Support & Transition, Employment Website: www.highlandrivershealth.com Services, GED Preparedness, Therapeutic Child Hours: 9:00am – 2:30 pm, Mon - Fri Care Services, Parenting & Nurturing Classes Fees: Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial Anger and Emotional Management Insurance, Sliding scale Transitional Housing, Co-occurring Mental Eligibility: Men and Women who have a Health Treatment, Case Management, Basic substance abuse diagnosis (ASAM Level 1 to Life Skills Training , Drug Testing, Needs 2.5) and who may be involved in court Assessment & Resource Coordination probation, DFCS, drug charges, personal recovery, possession charges, and parole Service Areas: Bartow, Floyd, Polk and Hiram Denture Center Whitfield Counties 1897 Hwy. 92 Services: Structured as a three phase program, Hiram, GA 30165 this program follows a 13-26 week curriculum Phone: 770-943-5533 that supports Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Fax: 770-943-5533 the 12 Step methods of treatment. Services Hours: 10am - 5:30pm, Mon - Thu, include: Alcohol and Drug Evaluations, Intensive closed daily noon -2pm. By appointment only Outpatient Treatment, Education, Individual and Fees: $795 full set; $450 single; $395 Group Therapy, Accountability Relapse acrylic partial; $695 for cast metal partial Prevention, and Random Drug Screens Services: Dentures made, repaired, and realigned Highland Rivers Health’s Women’s Hot Meals Outreach Program (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Cassville Baptist Church 6 Mathis Dr. Friendship Kitchen Rome, GA 30165 1663 Cassville Rd. NW, Cartersville Phone: 706-291-7201 Phone: 770-382-6739 Fax: 706-291-7198 Hours: Meals delivered every Tuesday, Contact: Ansley Silvers Evening in the immediate Cassville area Website: www.highlandrivershealth.com Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Mon - Fri First Presbyterian Church Fees: Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial Friendship Table Insurance, Sliding scale 183 W. Cherokee St., Cartersville Eligibility: The Women’s Outreach Program is Phone: 770-382-3511 for pregnant women, women who are Hours: Meals served every Tuesday beginning postpartum or parenting women who have at 6pm. children under the age of 13 and who have a substance use or dependency. Preferences to women who are needy women, in the criminal 35

North Bartow Community Service 2397 Hall Station Rd., Adairsville J-K-L Phone: 770-773-3812 Juvenile Diabetes Research Hours: Soup and Sandwich served the last Foundation Georgia Chapter Friday in each month, 4:00pm - 5:30pm. 3525 Piedmont Rd., NE Building 4, Ste. 300 Huntwood Terrace Apartments Atlanta, GA 30305 71 Center Rd. Phone: 404-420-5990 Cartersville, GA 30121 Fax: 404-420-5995 Phone: 770-387-9296 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 770-387-2267 Website: www.jdrfgeorgia.org Contact: Joni Webb Hours: 9-5 Mon - Fri E-mail: [email protected] Services: Services: An apartment complex for seniors or • Provides support groups, financial support for mobility disabled who earn less than $24,300 for research and information on Juvenile an individual and $ 27,750 for a couple. Rent is 30% of applicants gross adjusted monthly Leukemia and Lymphoma income and includes basic utilities and appliances (not phone or cable). Society 3715 Northside Pkwy. Bldg. 400; Northcreek Ste. 300 Huntington’s Disease Society Atlanta, GA 30327 Georgia Chapter Phone: 404-720-7900 P. O. Box 3651 Fax: 678-279-2060 Eatonton, GA 31024 Website: www.lls.org/ga Contact: Bell Kline Fees: None E-mail: [email protected] Eligibility: Individuals affected by Website: www.hdsa.org leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, Eligibility: No restrictions myelodysplasia, Hodgkin’s disease. Service Area: State of Georgia Intake: Telephone Services: Services: • Support groups • Research • Public awareness and education • Prescription, transfusion fees, transportation reimbursement Inner Harbour-Youth Villages • Educational programs, speaker’s bureau 4685 Dorsett Shoals Rd. • Information and referral Douglasville, GA 30135 • Support groups Phone: 770-942-2391 or 1-800-255-8657 • Individual support program Fax: 770-489-0406 Website: www.innerharbour.org Lighthouse Foundation Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fr. Georgia Lions 24-hour residential program 5582 Peachtree Rd. Fees: Vary Decatur, GA 30321 Eligibility: Children and adolescents Phone: 404-325-3630 or 1-800-718-7483 ages 6-18; State and private referrals Fax: 404-636-5549 Intake: Telephone Website: www.lionslighthouse.org Services: Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri • Community-based after school programs Fees: None • Group homes Eligibility: Financial hardship • Juvenile rehabilitation programs Intake: Bartow County residents apply • Intensive residential programs through Bartow County Indigent Care • Workshops for professionals (770-606-2245) • CORE services Services: • Partial Programs/Day Treatment • Eye exams, surgery, prostheses, eyeglasses, • Intensive Outpatient low vision aids • Emergency Shelter • Hearing aids

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• Collection of used eyeglasses Fax: 678-535-5222 E-mail: [email protected] Living Way Community Website: loveloudawareness.com Center/Christian Services: Mentoring at risk teens; Events; Tours Academy/Foursquare Church 118 East George Lupus Foundation of America, Adairsville, GA 30130 Inc., Georgia Chapter Phone: 770-877-3600 1850 Lake Park Drive Suite 101 Fax: 770-877-3601 Smyrna, GA 30080 Contact: Shirley Clay Phone: 770-333-5950 or 1-800-800-4532 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 770-333-5932 Website: www.lwfsc.org Website: www.lfaga.org Hours: 8am – 2:30pm Mon-Fri Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Fees: See website for details Fees: Sliding scale Service Area: Bartow County Eligibility: No restrictions, targets lupus patients Services: and their families • Private School: Pre-K-12th grade with Intake: Telephone, walk-in afterschool programs Services: • GED, ESL and foreign language classes • 24-hour hotline • Tutorial • Support groups, self-help courses • Event, Rental, Meeting space • Physicians meeting • Community presentations, health fairs Lookout Mountain Care Management • Educational literature, mailings • Research contributions Entity • Literature available in Spanish 1875 Fant Dr. Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 Physical Location: Bartow County DFCS Lutheran Services of Georgia, Inc. 47 Brook Dr. 100 Edgewood Ave., Ste.1800 P.O. Box 818 Atlanta, GA 30303 Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 404-875-0201 Phone: 678-350-4461 Fax: 404-591-1031 Fax: 706-806-1109 Website: www.lsga.org Contact Bridgett Bethune Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Phone: 706-806-1260 Fees: None E-mail [email protected] Eligibility: No restrictions Website: LMCME.org Services: Hours: Office hours 8:30 to 4:00’ on call 24/7 • Translation / interpretation Fees: No fees for family or youth to enroll in • Refugee resettlement & employment Wraparound • Adoption, foster care, adults with disabilities Eligibility: • Youth career services Must be age 6 to 21 and be Medicaid eligible. Must have Axis 1 mental health diagnosis, previous mental health services, or increased dangerous behavior toward self or others Service Area: Statewide with county teams M located in 15 NW Ga Counties, metro Atlanta Mander’s Dental and Macon, Georgia. 2220 Atlanta Rd., SE Ste. 104 Services: Smyrna, GA 30080 • High Fidelity Wraparound: intensive care Phone: 770-744-4650 coordination with family support. Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Thu • Referrals and Support Services: Offers reduced prices for dentures • Plan of Care Team March of Dimes Love Loud Awareness NW Georgia Division Phone: 404-545-1087 37

1775 T-Exchange, Ste. 515 age with limited earnings Atlanta, GA 30339 • Caregiver Support Group (second Thursday at Phone: 770-977-3114 noon) Fax: 770-977-3540 Website: www.marchofdimes.com/georgia Merz Consulting, Inc. Fees: None P. O. Box 388 Eligibility: No restrictions Adairsville, GA 30103 Intake: Telephone Physical Location: 55 International Pkwy. Languages: Literature available in Spanish Adairsville, GA 30103 Service Area: 17 counties of NW Georgia Phone: 770-773-3653 Services: Fax: 770-773-6355 • Birth defect prevention Contact: Shelley Hankins • Pre-pregnancy and prenatal health education E-mail: [email protected] • Infant care education Website: www.merzconsulting.com • Teen pregnancy prevention Hours: 9am - 5, Mon - Fri • Hispanic program: Comenzando Bien Fees: Private pay or contract; fees vary by service Meals on Wheels-Bartow County Service Area: State of Georgia; Drug testing & 102 Zena Dr., SE background checks available nationwide Cartersville, GA 30120 Services: Phone: 770-386-3294 • Paternity testing Hours: Three days a week • Drug & alcohol testing Fees: None • Drug Free Workplace (DFW) development Eligibility: Handicapped or unable to prepare • Background checks meals • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Services: 14 area churches prepare and deliver • Individual, couples and family counseling meals three days a week • Online encrypted chat and email counseling • Parenting skills classes • Marriage enrichment classes Mercy Senior Care • Substance abuse education classes P. O. Box 866 • Child custody evaluations Rome, GA 30162 • Substance abuse, domestic violence, parental Physical Location: 300 Chatillion Rd. fitness & sex offender evaluations Rome, GA 30161 Phone: 706-291-8496 Hours: Call for more information. Mobley Eye Care Clinic Fees: Call for information 3999 Austell Rd. Eligibility: Varies per program Austell, GA 30106 Intake: Contact Area Agency on Aging for Phone: 770-941-2323 screening Fax: 770-941-9220 Service Area: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Hours: 9am – 5pm, Mon - Fri Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Polk, Appointment necessary and Walker counties. Eligibility: Eligibility for glasses depends upon Services: patient's plan • Day care and activities including health Services: monitoring, personal care and grooming, social • Treatment of eye problems and diseases for and recreational therapy, organized exercise, Medicaid recipients hot meals, snacks, field trips, holiday parties, • Routine vision exams and glasses for Medicaid health education, and limited transportation recipients • In-home services for eligible persons • Support group and case management services Muscular Dystrophy for Grandparent’s Raising Grandchildren Association program Building 9, 2187 Northlake Pkwy. • Senior Employment Program for 55+ years of Tucker, GA 30084 age with limited income Phone: 770-621-9800 • On-the-job Training Program for 50+ years of Fax: 770-934-6183

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Website: www.mda.org Hispanic Health Fees: None Phone: 1-866-783-2645 (Hotline) Eligibility: Individuals with one of 40 800-504-7081 (Prenatal Hotline) neuromuscular diseases or individuals Hours: 9am - 6pm, Mon - Fri with a family history of neuromuscular Services: disease • Refers callers to clinics and public health Intake: Physician referral required programs Service Area: State of Georgia • Provides information on numerous health care Services: topics • Medical and therapeutic services for those with • Bilingual health care topic fact sheets available neuromuscular diseases • Spanish speaking staff available • Individual and family counseling referrals • Diagnostic and follow-up services National Kidney Foundation • Research, education, newsletters, of Georgia presentations 2951 Flower Rd. S., Suite 211 • Assist with purchase of wheelchairs Atlanta, GA 30341-4146 • Summer camp Phone: 1-800-633-2339 • Literature available in Spanish 770-452-1539 Fax: 770-452-7564 Must Ministries Website: www.kidneyga.org P.O. Box 1717 Hours: 8:30am – 5pm, Mon - Fri Marietta, GA 30060 Fees: None Physical Location: 55 Elizabeth Church Rd. Eligibility: Kidney, urology, and transplant Marietta, GA 30061 patients and their families; organ donors. Phone: 770-427-9862 Intake: Telephone Fax: 770-423-0446 Service Area: State of Georgia Website: www.mustministries.org Services: Hours: 8:30a – 5pm, Mon-Fri • Vocational rehabilitation Services: • Children’s summer camp • Service Centers in Marietta, Smyrna and • Public education Cherokee providing food, clothing, financial aid, • Peer counseling, support groups education and employment assistance; • Organ donation, transplant education and interview, assessment and referral services, to services families and individuals in crisis. • Spanish-speaking volunteers • Integrated Housing Programs in Cobb, Cherokee, and Douglas Counties dedicated to National Multiple Sclerosis Society helping 200+ residents break their own cycle of Life Center homelessness. 1177 Perimeter Center West, Ste. E101 • Emergency shelter, transitional housing, and Atlanta, GA 30338 permanent supportive housing and a host of Phone: 678-672-1000 wrap around services provide a healthy Fax: 678-672-1015 environment to foster whole life change. Website: www.nationalmssociety.org • Seasonal Programs including: summer lunch Fees: None program; back to school supplies; holiday meals; Service Area: State of Georgia. Services: • Education • Support groups N • Limited financial assistance with medical Narcotics Anonymous equipment Phone: 800-559-9503 (Hotline) • Home and auto modification Website: ww.drugstrategies.org • Respite care

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Phone: 1-800-296-1217 agencies, for the treatment of persons addicted Hours: 9am – 5pm, Mon - Fri to street drugs, such as heroin, and prescription Fees: No fees for hotline service. drugs, such as Oxycotin, Percocet, Lorecet, etc. Eligibility: Financial and medical need Taking Methadone in lieu of drug(s) of choice Service Area: Nationwide allows the patient to function (work, operate Services: Coordinates patients traveling for vehicles), reduces cravings, and eliminates medical treatment less than a 1000 miles with withdrawal symptoms from the abused drug. Angel Flight (see Angel Flight) Methadone maintenance is available.

New Beginnings Outreach, Inc. Newbridge Northwest 7034 Glade Rd. Psychology Associates Acworth, GA 30102 108 Forrest Ave. Phone: 770-529-6353 Cartersville, GA 30120 Fax: 770-529-6904 Phone: 770-386-6222 Contact: Dwight (F.D.) or Brandi Holcomb Fax: 770-386-9801 E-mail: [email protected] Fees: Accepts Medicaid and insurance Hours: Per service – see below Services: Fees: No charge. Donations accepted • ADHD Eligibility: Based on Income • Child behavioral and learning problems Service Area: All areas • Children with special needs Services: • Adolescent issues • Food Bank and personal care needs • Depression and anxiety • Distribution signup Friday @ noon • Trauma survivors • Thrift Store including food, health and beauty • Psychological evaluations items, diapers, furniture, and appliances at • Marital and family therapy greatly reduced prices Open Mon and Wed. 9am • Group psychological therapy – noon; Fri noon – 4pm • Counseling programs – minimum fee North Bartow Community • Pick-up of donations – food, usable furniture, appliances and household items Services, Inc. P.O. 144 Adairsville, GA 30103-3812 New Beginnings Treatment Physical Location: 2397 Hall Station Rd. Center Adairsville, GA 30103 36 Chateau Ct. Phone: 770-773-3812 Rome, Georgia 30161 Fax: 770-773-2769 Phone: 706-233-9603 Contact: Kay House or Nicole Varnell Fax: 706-233-5626 E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 5am - 11am, Mon – Fri; 6am - 9am, Sat Website: Fees: Intake fee $65.00 northbartowcommunityservices.yolasite.com Daily dosing fee $10.00 Hours: 8am - noon and 1pm – 5 Mon – Fri; Transfer fee from another clinic-$35.00 6am – 9am Eligibility: History of opiate dependence Fees: None for at least one year, two years for clients Eligibility: Live is service area and income under age 20. Service Area: Bartow County residents of Intake: Walk-ins welcome 7 days a week during Adairsville, Rydal, Kingston, and White-Some office hours streets with a Fairmount address are in Bartow Must have valid, current photo I.D. and be able County to pay fees Services: Service Area: Northwest Georgia, Northeast • Limited prescription assistance Alabama; guest dosing available for patients of • Clothes closet, thrift store other U.S. clinics • Emergency energy assistance Services: Offers Methadone treatment for • Food pantry those addicted to narcotics, opiates (pain • Georgia Cares Program – troubleshooting for medication), and/or heroin. Methadone is a Medicare and other health insurance claims synthetic opiate, approved by federal and state • Referral to other community resources

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• Senior Lunches Northwest Georgia Regional Cancer • Soup and Sandwich Supper Coalition • Resource counseling 96 East Callahan St. • Sittercize Rome, GA 30161 • Assistance for applying for Medicare Discount Phone: 706- 295-6048 and Prescription Drug Programs Website: www.nwgacancer.org Northwest Georgia Regional North Georgia Region Office Commission MHDDAD 1 Jackson Hill Dr., Rome GA 30162-1798 Mental Health, Developmental P.O. Box 1798 Disabilities, Addictive Diseases Phone: 706-295-6485 Banks Crossing Fax: 706-295-6665 236 Industrial Park Dr. Contact: Gwen Dellinger Commerce, GA 30529 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 800-646-7721 Bartow Contact: Services: Provides residential and outpatient GDOL Cartersville Career Center treatment programs; 19 Felton Pl. Contact for listing of complete comprehensive Cartersville, GA 30120 services Phone: 770-387-5487 Fax: 770-387-3766 Northwest Georgia Educational Contact: Anne Rapp Program E-mail: [email protected] 301 Nixen Ave. SW Hours: 8am - 4pm, Mon - Fri Rome, GA 30161-5148 Fees: None Phone: 706-291-2625 Eligibility: Selected by program eligibility Fax: 706-291-0109 and availability of GOWD funds from Service Area: County and city school system in the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission for surrounding ten county areas specific needs, e.g. further education or On the Services: Provides psychological and Job Training for Dislocated Workers laid educational services for severely emotional or off through no fault of their own. behaviorally disturbed children from age 0 to 21 Area: 15 counties of Northwest Georgia – years old (if enrolled in public school) Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Whitfield Northwest Georgia Parkinson Services Disease Support • Regional center for data gathering, 708 Glenn Milner Blvd. interpretation, and information Rome, GA 30161 • Assists local government with planning and Phone: 706- 413-3264 development Website: www.gaparkinsons.org • Administers Work Force Investment Act (WIA; Provides training and supportive services to Northwest Georgia Public Health dislocated workers, adults with barriers to Dental Clinic employment and disadvantaged youth in the 15- 16 East 12th Street county NWGA Region Rome, GA Physical Location: Floyd County Health Dept Northwest Georgia Regional Phone: 706-802-5050, 706-802-5051 Commission Area Agency on Aging Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon – Wed; 8am - 2pm, Tue P.O. Box 1798 and Fri Physical Location: 1 Jackson St. Fees: Varies with services Rome, GA 30162-1798 Eligibility: Low Income Phone: 706-295-6485 Service Area: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, 1-800-759-2963 (Information and Referral) Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Paulding, Polk, 706-802-5506 (Screening and Intake) and Walker counties 1-800-759-2963 Fax: 706:802-5508 41

Service Area: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, •GeorgiaCares helps people with Medicare Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, understand their choices and enroll in a Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Medicare plan that meets their needs. Georgia Whitfield Cares offers individual one-on-one counseling, Website: www.northwestga-aaa.org community education and outreach about: Services: . Original Medicare •Advocacy and Coordination - Provides . Medicare Supplement Insurance representation and coordination on behalf of . Medicare Advantage Plans older persons. . Medicare Prescription Drug Plans • Adult Day Care provides services in a . Medicare Appeals and Grievances supervised, protective, congregate setting during . Healthcare Rights and Protections some portion of a 24-hour day. . Financial Assistance Programs • Alzheimer Services provides out-of-home day . Long-Term Care Insurance care and in-home respite care to assist AD . Georgia Long-Term Care Partnership clients and their families. . Prescription Assistance •Alzheimer Training provides education and . Healthcare Fraud training to professionals and caregivers. . Consumer Protection •Community Cares Service Program offers: . Volunteer Opportunities . Person Support Services including For more information contact 1-866.552.4464, meals/meal prep, personal care, option 4 between 9am – 4 pm, Mon – Fri. All housekeeping, shopping and assist with services are free. getting transportation •Home Delivered Meals provides a meal to . Extended Personal Support Services temporarily or permanently homebound including 1-7 day care and supervision •Homemaker provides services by trained for those unable to care for themselves homemaker to assist in home related tasks and in absence of caregiver of needed relief personal care . Home-Delivered Meals including •Long Term Care Ombudsman provides nutritional support advocate and helps to ensure compliance with . Adult Day Health includes a center for the rights of long-term care facility residents adults needing structured daytime care Services are completely confidential. For more in Fannin, Floyd, Paulding, Walker and information contact 866.552.4464, option 1. Whitfield counties •Respite Care provides respite assistance for . Emergency Response Systems allows caregivers of frail homebound elderly emergency communication between •Senior Community Service Employment isolated persons and a medical control Program (SCSEP) assist clients age 55+ in center finding part-time employment through host . Skilled Services provides skilled nursing agencies. For more information contact 1-900- care. Services are financially limited and 759-2963 between 9am - 5pm, Mon – Fri. clients are encouraged to seek •Transportation to and from nutrition centers and Medicare and Medicaid home health other community resources first . Alternative living services includes Northwest Georgia Regional limited supportive personal care for self- propelled or ambulatory clients in an Educational Service Agency alternative residence with staff RESA supervision for those unable to stay in 3167 Cedartown Hwy. their own homes. Available in Fannin, Rome, GA 30161 Floyd, Gilmer, Haralson and Whitfield Phone: 706-295-6189, ext. 32 counties Fax: 706-295-6098 •Congregate Meal provides a meal in a group Contact: Brenda Stansell. Mary Czentnar or setting Catherine Smart •Elder Legal Assistance Program provides E-mail: [email protected] individuals age 60+ with free civil legal services Website: www.nwgaresa.com For more information contact 1-800-759-2963 Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri between 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri Fees: Workshops and training at little to no cost Eligibility: SDFSC Consortium Members

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Bartow County and Cartersville City Schools. and communities P Service Area: Bartow County Parent to Parent of Services: Georgia, Inc. • Workshops and training provided by SDFSC 3070 Presidential Pkwy., Ste. 130 consultants for schools, parent and community Atlanta, Georgia 30340 organizations Phone: 770-451-5484 or 1-800-229-2038 • Curriculum materials to schools; newsletters to Fax: 770-523-7753 parents Website: wwwp2pga.org • Resource library materials for checkout to Fees: None schools and parents Eligibility: No restrictions • Guidance on choosing effective programs to Intake: Telephone reduce violence and drug use by students Service Area: State of Georgia Services: Northwest Georgia Talking Back • Emotional support to parents of disabled Library - Regional Library for children People with Disabilities • New-parent assistance Sara Hightower Regional Library • Printed information on over 1,000 disabilities 205 Riverside Pkwy., NE and conditions Rome, GA 30161 • Babies Can’t Wait early intervention Phone: 706-236-4618 information service Hours: 8:00am – 6:00 pm, Mon - Thur • Peer counseling and support; support groups Service Area: Floyd, Polk, Bartow, Carroll, • Special needs database: Specialized Heard, information and referral for people of all ages Haralson, Pickens, Paulding, Douglas, Gilmer, with developmental disabilities and Cherokee counties • Child and respite care information Services: • Parent training on supporting other parents • Free library service for visually and physically • Information and referral on special needs handicapped summer camp • Books by mail • Languages: Spanish/English • Equipment loans and repair PeachCare for Kids PeachCare For Kids® P.O. Box 2583 O Atlanta, GA 30301-2583 Office of Commissioner of Phone: 1-877-GA-PEACH (1-877-427-3224) Insurance Website: www.peachcare.org Suite 716, West Tower Fees: No charge for children under five Two Martin Luther King Dr. years; Sliding scale monthly premiums; No Atlanta, GA 30334 co-pays or deductibles. Phone: 800-656-2298 or 404-656-4031 TDD or Eligibility: Uninsured children through age 18 404-657-2070 Income based Fax: 404-657-8542 Services: Health care insurance for children Hours: 8am - 4:30 pm, Mon - Fri ineligible for Medicaid Fees: Varies with services Eligibility: No restrictions Peachford Hospital Services: 2151 Peachford Rd. • Consumer complaint line Atlanta, GA 30338 • Regulation of insurance and small loan Phone: 770-455-3200 companies Contact: Erica Collins • Enforcement of state fire laws, aid in arson E-mail: [email protected] investigations Website: www.peachfordhospital.com • Fire safety education Fees: Most major insurance accepted Service Area: Metro Atlanta and North Georgia Services:

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• Psychiatric and substance abuse services Website: www.potterswheelcounseling.com • Free in-hospital or mobile assessments, 24 Hours: Mon – Fri 10:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Tue hours, 7 days noon – 8:30 pm, Wed 10:00 0am – 3:00 pm • In-patient or partial hospitalization Fees: $30 - $100 sessions based on income • Intensive out patient treatment Eligibility: Ages 8-18 • Aftercare programs: 12 step meetings, support Service Area: Cartersville and surrounding groups, halfway house accommodations. areas Services: PhRMA Partnership for • Individual and Group Counseling Prescription Assistance • Trauma Resolution Phone: 1-800-477-2669 Website: www.pparx.org Pregnancy Center of Rome Hours: 24-hour information line. 100 Redmond Rd. Fees: None Rome, GA 30165 Eligibility: Anyone may call for a free Phone: 706-235-6833 list; each company determines the eligibility Fax: 706-295-0483 criteria for its own program. Website: www.sextruth.net Service Area: Nationwide Hours: Call for hours Services: Provides a free booklet listing Fees: None pharmaceutical company programs that Eligibility: None provide medication free of charge to Service Area: Rome and surrounding counties physicians whose patients could not Services: otherwise afford them. Also provides • Free pregnancy test information about the medicines covered, • Clothes closet for clients (maternity & baby application process, and basic eligibility clothing) criteria for each program. • Pregnancy-related counseling

Piedmont Migrant Education Prevent Blindness Georgia Agency (MEA) 739 West Peachtree St., NW Phone: 404-272-5622 Atlanta, GA 30305 Fax: 770-359-5940 Phone: 404-266-2020 or 1-800-477-4448 Contact: Alice Matthews Website: www.georgia.preventblindness.org Fees: None Fees: None Eligibility: Migrant children and youth Eligibility: Some restrictions for adults; ages 3-21 who have not graduated from no restrictions for children high school or earned a GED Intake: Telephone or appointment Service Area: North Georgia Service Area: State of Georgia Services: Services: • Supplemental education and support services • Public education for children of migrant families to assist them in • Early detection vision screening for Pre-K overcoming disadvantages, especially disruption classes of their education • Eye safety programs • Health services • Vision clinics for homeless shelters and senior • Summer school programs, special teachers, centers tutors, and aides • Languages: Literature available in Spanish • English as a second language instruction • Student record transfer system Prevent Child Abuse Georgia P. O. Box 3995 Potter’s Wheel Counseling Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3995 911 N Tennessee St., Ste. 204 Phone: 404-413-1419 Cartersville, GA 30120 Contact: Carol Neal Rossi, Director Phone: 770-386-0776 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 6787-279-9950 Website: www.preventchildabusega.org Contact: Michelle Allen Services: E-mail: [email protected] 44

• Prevention Network encouraging the development and implementation of innovative Q-R prevention programs using research-based Quality Care for Children models See Child Care Resource & Referral of • Public Awareness Northwest Georgia • Research and Advocacy Rainbows Grief Program Proactive-Management LLC See Advocates for Bartow's Children 111 Bridgepoint Plaza Ste. #308 Cartersville, GA 30120 Rome GA 30161 Phone: 770-387-1143 Phone: 706-232-3073 Contact: Patty Eagar Fax: 706-232-3005 E-mail: [email protected] Contact Name: Vivian McCollum Website: www.AdvoChild.org E-mail: Fees: None to children, some startup costs for [email protected] new sites Website: www.proactive-management.com Services: Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri • Volunteer-led grief support for children support Services: groups • Comprehensive Child & Family Assessments • 13-week program • Wrap-Around Services • Currently offered in 8 elementary and middle • Intensive Family Interventions (IFI) schools • Crisis Intervention Stabilization • Advocates can help fund additional sites in • In home Family Support new schools or in churches • Substance Abuse Counseling Regency Hospice Professional Eye Associates 3415 Old Hwy. 41, Unit 790 136 West Belmont, Ste. #3 Kennesaw, GA 30144 Calhoun, GA 30701 Phone: 770-529-8155 or 1-800-493-7175 Phone: 706-602-7775 Fax: 770-529-8154 Hours: 8:30am - 5:30pm, Mon – Thu; 7:30am – Website: www.regencyhospice.com 4:30pm Fri. Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri 24 hours 7 days on call Psychology and Counseling Eligibility: Life limiting illness Centers, PC Service Area: Bartow, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gordon, Paulding, Polk counties. 17-A Felton Pl. Services: Cartersville, GA 30120 • RN case management available 24/7 Phone: 770-386-8996 • Social workers (LMSW) Fax: 770-386-8100 • Certified nurse assistants for personal care Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon - Fri • Bereavement counseling Fees: $25 - 130 • Pain management Eligibility: Self pay and Insurance • Specialists in end of life care Service Area: Bartow, Paulding, Floyd, Cherokee, Cobb Services: Renovacion Conyugal, Inc • ADHD evaluations P.O. Box 146 • Adolescent issues Acworth GA. 30101 • Adult issues Physical Location: 209 Northridge Dr. • Depression and anxiety Acworth, GA 30101 • Geriatrics Phone: 678-363-3079 • Marriage and family therapy Contact: Belisa Urbina • Psychology evaluation E-mail: [email protected] • Individual and family counseling Eligibility: Services provided in Spanish • All ages accepted Services: • Accepts Medicaid • Couples Workshop and Support Groups

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• Parenting Classes and Seminars (gangs, Thrift Store: 770-382-2484 internet safety, talking to your kids about sex) Hours: Office hours Mon – Fri 9:00 am – 2:00 • Strengthening Your Families pm. Thrift Store hours Mon – Fri 9:00 am – 5:00 • Domestic Violence pm, Sat.9:00 am – 2:00 pm • Cultural and Linguistic Proficiency Training Services: • Emergency Financial Assistance to needy Rescare Home Care families (utility on past due accounts –call for See Southern Home Care Services more information) • Food Pantry (call ahead for days and times) • Limited prescription assistance Right from the Start Medicaid •Thrift Store provides quality usable clothing, 101 Bainbridge Way, Ste. 200 household and furniture items at affordable Dallas, GA 30132 prices Phone: 770-443-7918 or 1-800-809-7276 •Character Building Programs for children of all Fax: 770-443-7322 ages Website: www.georgia.gov Hours: Contact office to schedule appointment Fees: None Sam Jones United Methodist Church Eligibility: Income-based Parish Nurse Services: 100 West Church St. • Right from the Start Medicaid – no cost health Cartersville, GA 30120 care coverage for children and pregnant women Phone: 770-862-7104 • PeachCare for Kids – low-cost health care Hours: 10am - 2pm, Mon - Fri coverage for children Services: • Women’s Health Medicaid – coverage of • Patient Advocate breast and cervical cancer treatments for • Personal Health and Wellness Counseling women • Patient Education with medications, new • Emergency Medical Assistance – payment for diagnosis, chronic illness emergency health care expenses for non- citizens and others who are not eligible for Shriners Hospitals for Children Medicaid 950 West Faris Rd. • Referrals and Outreach Greenville, SC 29605 Phone: 864-271-3444 or 1-800-237-5055 Rollins Child Development Center Fees: None 676 Henderson Dr. Eligibility: Children from birth to 18 years Cartersville, GA 30120 if treatment at another facility would place Phone: 678-535-5200 a financial burden on the family Contact: Linda Owens Service Area: Nationwide, Mexico, Canada. E-mail: Services: [email protected] • Network of 19 orthopedic hospitals and Website: three burns institutes, founded by the www.rollinschilddevelopmentcenter.com Shrine, where children receive medical Hours: Monday through Saturday 6:30 am to care free of charge. 6:30 pm. • Shriners Hospitals offer medical care Services: Faith-based program educating and and services to children including outpatient and caring for children six weeks through pre- inpatient care, diagnostic services, surgery, kindergarten medical care, casts, braces, X-rays, rehabilitation programs, recreation, and continuation of their education. S • Shriners burns institutes are staffed and Salvation Army equipped to treat patients with acute burns, 16 Felton Pl. patients needing plastic or reconstructive Cartersville, GA 30120 surgery as a result of “healed” burns, severe Phone: 770-386-6256 scarring. Fax: 770-386-8303 • Family-centered care involves the family in the Contact: Michelle Wilson child’s care and recovery; parents are taught

46 how to care for the child at home; when income (SSI) possible, room is provided for parent to remain • Social Security card applications with child • All issues regarding social security and SSI throughout hospital stay; family counseling is eligibility offered. • A Shriner who acts as a liaison between the Solutions Therapeutic Services family and hospital sponsors every patient; 109 Central Ave. Shrine Clubs often help arrange and pay for Cartersville, GA 30120 transportation for children and parents to Phone: 770-383-8909 hospitals, many Shriners volunteer to drive for Fax: 770-383-8930 families themselves. Contact: Beth McArdle • Research efforts achieve significant progress E-mail: [email protected] in orthopedic and burn treatment, including Website: www.solutionstherapeuticservices.com development of a method of “growing” skin from Hours: Vary -- traditional and non-traditional a sample of a patient’s own skin. office hours Fees: Most insurances accepted; private pay Simone’s Kids sliding scale. 202 Dallas Hwy., SW Services: Out-patient counseling services for Cartersville, GA 30120 children, adolescents, adults, couples, and Phone: 770-639-5221 families Contact: Simone Puccinelli E-mail: [email protected] Southern Home Care Services- Website: www.simoneskids.com Rescare Home Care Services: Build schools in locations where th education is not accessible. 200 East 11 St. Rome, GA 30165 Phone: 706-235-8791 Small Business Development Center- Fees: Private pay, insurance pay, CCSP University of Georgia and Medicaid waiver programs 901 North Broad St. Eligibility: No restrictions on private home care. Rome, GA 30161 CCSP requires referral from case manager. Phone: 706-622-2006 Nursing care patients must have a physician’s Fax: 706-622-2783 order. Contact: Sarah Tuck Service Area: NW Georgia E-mail: [email protected] Services: Website: www.georgiasbdc.org • Home / Community Care through agency on Services: aging • To enhance the economic well-being of • Personal Support Services Georgians by providing a wide range of • VA Support Services educational services for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs through consulting, continuing education and research. Special Olympics Georgia, Inc. 4000 DeKalb Tech Pkwy. Social Security Administration Building 400, Ste. 400 Atlanta, GA 30340 480 Riverside Pkwy., NE Phone: 770-414-9390, 770-414-9389 or Rome, GA 30161 1-800-866-4400 Phone: 1-866-964-1006 or 1-800-772-1213 Fax: 770-216-8339 605-291-9957 (TTY) Children: Website: www.socialsecurity.gov Lavonna Frady, Bartow County Schools Hours: 9am - 3pm, Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri; 9am – E-mail: [email protected] noon, Wed. Call before visiting office. Phone: 770-606-4151 Services: Adults: • Process claims for retirement, disability, Greg Flowers, Hickory Log survivors’ benefits, and Medicare under the SS Phone: 770-382-6655 Program E-mail: [email protected] • Process claims for supplemental security Eligibility: Ages eight and over, people 47 with intellectual disabilities St. Francis Catholic Church Service Area: State of Georgia 850 Douthit Ferry Rd. Services: Sponsors athletic training and Cartersville, GA 30120 competition programs for people with Phone: 770-382-4549 intellectual disabilities Fax: 770-382-4506 Contact: Rev. Monsignor Daniel Stack Spina Bifida Association E-mail: follow links on web site: Of Georgia Website: www.st-francis-cartersville.org 5072 Bristol Industrial Way, Ste. F Fees: For Spanish classes only Buford, GA 30518 Services: Phone: 770-939-1044 • English Speaking Literacy (ESL) Fax: 770-939-1049 • NMTC Adult Literacy Program classes E-mail: J [email protected] • GED preparation classes Website: www.spinabifidaga.org • Spanish language classes Eligibility: People with spina bifida and their families, professionals, and the general public State Bar of Georgia Intake: Telephone, walk-in 104 Marietta St., Ste. 100 Area: State of Georgia Atlanta, GA 30303 Services: Phone: 404-527-8700 • Information and referral 800-334-6865 • Medical update conference Fax: 404-527-8717 • Public awareness and education Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon – Fri • Advocacy, newsletter Fees: None • Training and technical assistance Eligibility: No restrictions • Languages: Spanish Service Area: State of Georgia Services: • Investigates complaints against attorneys

Star House • Lawyer referral is available through the local 212 North Fifth Ave. bar association president; call for name and Rome, GA 30165 phone number of current local president Phone: 706-204-8135 Hours: 9am - 5pm, Mon - Fri 24-hour residential facility Synergy Homecare of North Georgia Fees: No entrance fee. Percentage cost 650 Henderson Dr., Ste. 434 after employment. Cartersville, GA 30120 Eligibility: Clients must be detoxed before Phone: 770-783-2323 entering program Fax: 770-872-0913 Service Area: NW Georgia Contact: Dan Armstead Services: Half-way house for substance E-mail: [email protected] abusers Website: www.synergyhomecare.com Hours: 24/7 Service Area: All north Georgia. Star Manor Assisted Living Services: 241 Nelson St. • In-home care for seniors Cartersville, GA 30120 • All ADL’s Phone: 770-386-8147 • Bathing, dressing, feeding Fax: 770-607-6578 • Companionship Contact: Monica Graham E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 24/7 Fees: Private pay Eligibility: Senior adults Services: • Assisted Living for seniors •Veterans benefits for qualified wartime veterans • Respite (day care/overnight care) for seniors • Private, semi private rooms 48

• Source of Information / Referral T • Lending Library Adaptive Equipment Tallatoona Community Action • Assessments / Evaluations / Training Partnership, Inc. • Computer Distribution Classes • Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher Bartow County Human • Vision and rehab services Resource Development Center • Custom keyguards (HRDC) Tallatoona CAP, Inc. – Central Office Teen Pregnancy Prevention P. O. Box 1480 Task Force Cartersville, GA 30120 Physical Location: Teen Center Central Office: 140 Douglas St. 406 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Cartersville, GA 30120 Cartersville, GA 30120 Phone: 678-721-5627 HRDC office: Contact: Scott Sherwin and Christa Layton 140 Douglas St., Ste. 108 E-mail: [email protected] or Cartersville, GA 30120 [email protected] Head Start Central Office: Fees: None. 410 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Hours: Varies Cartersville, GA 30120 Eligibility: Live or work in Bartow County, Phone: ages 13 and older 770-382-5388 - Central Office Service Area: Bartow County 770-382-4222 - HRDC Office Services: 770-382-5421 - Head Start Central Office • Adult-teen partnership addressing teen issues Fax: and concerns 770-387-4302 Central Office • Public awareness, guest speakers, free teen 770-382-5202 -- HRDC Office resource materials 770-386-6787 - Head Start Central Office • Free workshops for teens and parents on Contact: Deborah L. Schmell, Executive healthy relationships, dating, sex education, and Director STD’s) E-mail: [email protected] • Strategy Team of Bartow Collaborative Website: www.tallatoonacap.org Hours: 8am - 5pm; Mon - Fri Fees: No cost to eligible applicants The Medicine Program Services: Areas of Assistance include Holistic P.O. Box 515 Case Management, Job Readiness/Training, Doniphan, MO 63935-0515 and Educational Assistance. Services include: Phone: 1-866-694-3893 • Head Start Website: www.themedicineprogram.com • LIHEAP Energy Assistance Program Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri • Weatherization Fees: $5.00 per prescription, only one • Holistic Case Management time prescription fee • Educational Assistance Eligibility: Income guidelines • Job Readiness/Training Service Area: Nationwide Services: • Assists patients make use of pharmaceutical Tech-Able, Inc. companies’ patient assistance programs 2524 Flair Knoll Dr. • Provides assistance with applications for Atlanta, GA 30345 prescription medicine to individuals in need, Phone: 404-697-3182 regardless of age, if they meet the sponsor’s Fax: 404-929-6468 criteria Hours: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm, Mon - Fri • Seeks to aid those who have used all other E-mail: [email protected] resources Website: www.at4learning.com Eligibility: Persons with disabilities Area: State of Georgia Together Rx Access – Services: Prescription Savings Program Phone: 1-877-789-6028 49

Website: www.togetherrxaccess.com • Employment services for individuals with Services: 25% - 40% savings on 278 brand disabilities name drugs as well as savings on generic drugs • Job training / placement, ADA assistance for businesses, community training Toys for Tots – Marine Corps • Training and technical assistance for child care Reserve providers on inclusion of children with disabilities 30 Berkeley Pl. Cartersville, GA. 30121 United Hospice Phone: 404-593-3547 150 Warrior Path, Ste. 2 Contact: Richard Goodson Calhoun, GA 30701 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 706-602-9546 Website: www.toysfortots.org 800-867-7976 Fax: 706-602-0765 Hours: 8:30am - 5pm, Mon – Fri; on call 24 Tranquility House hours See Christian League for Battered Women Fees: Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance Eligibility: Patients who are terminally ill, have a Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, primary caregiver, and do not desire further Inc. curative treatment 60 Walton St., Ste. 200 Service Area: NW Georgia Atlanta, GA 30308 Services: Phone: 404-817-7070 ext. 108 • Skilled nursing care Website: www.travelersaidatlanta.org • Physical, spiritual, emotional, pain and Cobb County Satellite Offices symptom management Salvation Army Center • Medical social work 202 Waterman Street • Chaplain services, spiritual care Marietta, GA 30067 • Physical and occupational therapy Phone: 770-428-1883 • Speech therapy Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm, Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri. • Counseling • Bereavement care • Volunteer services

U United Methodist Children’s Home United Cerebral Palsy P. O. Box 222 3300 Northeast Expy, Building 9 Dalton, GA 30722 Atlanta, GA 30341 Physical Location: 1615 Hickory St, Suite 118 Phone: 770-676-2000 Dalton, GA 30720 Fax: 770-455-8040 Phone: 706-278-4010 Website: www.ucpga.org Fax: 706-275-6796 Hours: 8am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri Contact: Mike LaChapelle or Del Jackson Fees: Varies E-mail: [email protected] or Eligibility: Individuals with developmental and [email protected] physical disabilities and their families Hours: 8:30am – 5pm, Mon – Fri. After hours Intake: Telephone, appointment available upon request Service Area: State of Georgia. Fees: Sliding scale for counseling education Services: Eligibility: Minor children Specialized information and referral Service Area: Bartow, Catoosa, Fannin, Gilmer, • Early intervention day program Gordon, Murray, Pickens, Walker, Whitfield • After-school care for children with disabilities counties. • Adult group homes in residential Services: neighborhoods • Rent and utility assistance • Personal support: in-home help with personal • Parenting education care and activities of daily living • Counseling education • Service coordination-early intervention and • Crisis intervention adults

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United Way of Bartow County Administration medical benefits and services to P.O. Box 1264 Georgia Veterans and their families Cartersville, GA 30120 Physical Location: 140 Douglas St., Ste. 104 Victim Witness Assistance Cartersville, GA Program Phone: 770-386-1677 135 W. Cherokee St., Ste. 368 Fax: 678-721-5142 Cartersville, GA 30120 Contact: Brenda Morehouse or Cynthia Ball Phone: 770-387-5106 E-mail: [email protected] or Fax: 770-387-5035 [email protected] Contact: Julia Richards, Director Website: www.bartowliveunited.org E-mail: [email protected] Hours: 7:30am - 4:30pm, Mon - Fri Fees: None Fees: None Service Area: Bartow County Services: Provides the community with contacts Services: to obtain assistance • Provides services including crisis intervention in criminal cases University of Georgia Cooperative • Gives victims an orientation into the court Extension - Bartow County system; explains the process, keeping the victim 320 W. Cherokee Ave, Room 112 informed on court dates as well as the status of Cartersville, GA 30120 their case Phone: 770-387-5142 • Inform victims of their rights Fax: 770-386-3488 • Accompanies victims to court; sequesters Contact: Paul Pugliese, County Extension victims during trial proceedings if necessary Coordinator and Allison Perkins, 4-H Agent • Works with victim to determine their financial E-mail: [email protected] loss as a result of the crime Website: www.caes.uga.edu/extension/bartow • Helps victims who qualify make application Hours: 8am – noon, 1pm – 5pm, Mon - Fri for crime victim compensation Fees: Free or minimum cost for class or test • Secures victim impact statement Eligibility: Residents of Bartow County • Gives child victims tours of courtroom, explains Services: the set up, and goes over court notebooks • Agriculture and Natural Resources – • Makes referrals back into the community Educational information and classes for commercial, agriculture and homeowners. Lab test for soil, water and foliage through UGA (fee applied). W • Family and Consumer Sciences – Educational WellCare information and classes in the areas of food 211 Perimeter Center Pkwy., NE, Ste.800 safety, nutrition, family and child development, Atlanta, GA 30346 personal money management, and housing and Phone: 678-232-5116 equipment. Fax: 813-283-9353 • 4-H Club – Youth development programs and Contact: Jason Griggs activities for youth ages 9 – 19 (or grades 5 – E-mail: [email protected] 12). Activities include leadership, citizenship, Website: www.wellcare.com and project work. Hours: 8am - 7pm, Mon - Fri Service Area: Georgia Services: • Health and Medical benefits V • Community Outreach Veteran’s Benefit Administration • Sponsorship and Volunteers 1700 Clairmont Rd. Decatur, GA 30033 Willowbrook at Tanner Phone: 1- 800-827-1000 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. Website: www.va.gov Cartersville, GA 30120 Services: The Atlanta Regional Office is Phone: 770-382-1530 or 770-546-3266 responsible for delivering non-medical Veteran’s 24-hour help line - 770-836-9551

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Services: • Free Mental Health and Substance Abuse X-Y-Z Screenings for adults, adolescents, and children YMCA (Young Men’s Christian • Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Association) Program 810 E Second Ave. P.O. Box 727 Woodright Industries Rome, GA 30162 1595 Hwy. 411 NE Phone: 706-232-2468 Cartersville, GA 30120 Fax: 706-232-2662 Phone: 770-387-3730 Contact: Jim Williams, Director Fax: 770-387-3729 Hours: 5am -9pm, Mon - Fri Contact: Steve Solomon Fees: Membership and class fees, scholarships E-mail: [email protected] for those unable to pay Services: Eligibility No restrictions • Provides supported employment Services: Recreational programs for • Sheltered workshop members and non-members, ages three to • Early intervention adult, include: • Summer camps • Swimming and aerobic classes • Exercise programs for older adults • Preschool and after school activities • Sports programs for young people, including basketball, indoor track, exercise equipment, pool, racquetball

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Bartow County 770-387-5000 Frank Moore Administration and Judicial Building TDD: 770-387-5034 135 W. Cherokee Ave. Cartersville, GA 30120 www.bartowga.org

Commissioner Steve Taylor 770-387-5030 Clerk of Superior Court Melba Scoggins 770-387-5025 District Attorney Rosemary Greene 770-387-5080 Chief Magistrate Thomas E. Moseley 770-387-5070 Probate Judge Mitchell Scoggins 770-387-5075 Tax Commissioner Steve Stewart 770-387-5111

County Departments

Ambulance Service 770-387-5160 Carver Park 770-974-6053 Animal Shelter 770-387-5153 Roads and Revenue 770-387-5140 Building Inspections 770-387-5005 Rose Lawn Museum 770-387-5162 Building Maintenance 770-387-5180 Senior Citizens Centers: Cooperative Extension 770-387-5142 Beaver Drive 770-387-5134 Court Reporters 770-387-5128 Zena Drive 770-387-5166 Facilities Manager 770-387-5022 Sheriff’s Department 770-382-5050 Fire Department 770-387-5151 Anonymous Tips 770-386-1200 Grant Writing 770-607-6202 Social Services/Indigent Care 770-387-5133 Emergency Management 770-387-5089 Solid Waste 770-387-5145 Engineer 770-387-5067 Enforcement 770-387-5187 Human Resources 770-387-5020 Recycling 770-387-5100 Information Systems 770-387-5015 Tag Office 770-387-5112 Juror’s Information 770-387-5131 Tax Assessor 770-387-5090 Juvenile Court Judge 770-387-5039 Tax Commissioner 770-387-5111 Keep Bartow Beautiful 770-387-5167 Transit 770-387-5165 Natural Resource Conservation 770-387-5189 Voter Registration 770-387-5098 Law Clerk 770-387-5121 Zoning 770-387-5007 Parks and Recreation 770-387-5149 Structural Numbering 770-387-5010 Gatewood Park 770-387-5163

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City of Adairsville 770-773-3451 30103 FAX: 770-773-2582

116 Public Square P.O. Box 309 [email protected]

Mayor Evan King 770-773-3451 ext. 27 City Administrator Pat Crook 770-773-3451 ext. 24 City Clerk Nicole Stephens 770-773-3451 ext. 26 Chief Financial Officer Roger Freeman 770-773-3451 ext. 30 City Council Post 1 Alan Towe Post 2 Erwin Holcomb Post 3 Connie Morrow Post 4 Buddy Bagley

City Services

North Bartow Services 2397 Hall Station Rd. 770-773-3812 Court Clerk Wanda McCollum 770-773-7711 ext. 30 Gas Department Terry West, Dwight Edwards 770-773-2586 Police Department 100 Public Square 770-773-7711 Chief of Police Charles Stafford 770-773-7711 ext. 13 Investigation Larry Miolen, Lieutenant 770-773-7711 ext. 12 Public Library 202 N. Main Street 770-769-9200 Sewage Treatment Plant Leslie McClure 770-773-2588 Voter Registration 116 Public Sq. 770-773-3848 Water Department Steve Edwards 770-773-2586

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City of Cartersville 770-387-5616 30120 www.cityofcartersville.org

Mayor Matt Santini 770-387-5617 1 N. Erwin St. City Manager Sam Grove 770-387-5616 1 N. Erwin St. City Clerk Sandra Cline 770-387-5606 10 N. Public Square City Council Ward 1 Helen Cagle Ward 4 Lindsey McDaniel Jr. Ward 2 Joey Womack Ward 5 Dianne Tate; Ward 3 Louis Tonsmeire, Sr. Ward 6 Lori Pruitt

City Services

Building Inspections 770-387-5600 Business License 770-387-5600 Cartersville FiberCom 770-607-6380 1 N. Erwin St. Cartersville School Board 770-382-5880 1 S. Nelson St. Primary School 770-382-1733 Elementary School 770-382-0983 Middle School 770-382-3666 High School 770-382-3200 Cemetery 770-387-5604 City Garage 770-387-5640 500 S. Tennessee St. Code Enforcement 770-387-5610 10 N. Public Square Convention and Visitors Bureau 770-387-1357 1 Friendship Plaza Customer Service / Utility Billing 770-387-5604 10 N. Public Square Downtown Development Authority 770-607-3480 1 Friendship Plaza Economic Development 770-382-1466 122 W. Main St. Electric System 770-387-5631 320 S. Erwin St. Finance Director 770-387-5672 1 N. Erwin St. Fire Chief and Employees 770-387-5635 19 N. Erwin St. Gas System 770-387-5642 4 Cook St. Historic Preservation 770-387-5661 Parks and Recreation 770-387-5626 100 Pine Grove Rd. Civic Center 770-387-5625 Dellinger Park 770-387-5626 Gymnastics 770-387-5629 Tennis Center 770-387-5628 Planning and Development 770-387-5600 10 N. Public Square Police Department – Non-emergency 770-382-2526 178 W. Main St. Police Chief 770-387-5645 Public Works 770-387-5602 330 S. Erwin St. Voter Registration 770-387-5098 105 N. Bartow St. Water Department 770-387-5653 148 Walnut Grove Rd

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City of Emerson 770-382-9819 30137 FAX: 770-606-1731

700 Hwy. 293 P.O. Box 300

Mayor Al Pallone City Manager Kevin McBurnett City Clerk Robbie Sword City Council Charles Lowry Ed Brush Terry Webb Brenda Tidwell

City Services

Police Department Kyle Teems, Police Chief 770-386-6696 Public Works Ray Pedrick, Superintendent 770-382-9863 Voter Registration 770-382-9819

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City of Euharlee 770-386-1542 30145 FAX: 770-386-1349

30 Burge’s Mill Rd. www.euharlee.com

Mayor Kathy Foulk 770-386-1542, Ext 202 [email protected] City Manager Trish Sullivan 770-386-1542, Ext. 201 [email protected] City Clerk Brenda King 770-386-1542, Ext. 202 [email protected] Administrative Assistant Drucilla McClellan 770-386-1542, Ext. 203 Court Clerk Belinda Kimsey 770-386-1542, Ext. 205 [email protected] City Council Sammy Carden Craig Guyton Steve Worthington Joseph (Jo Jo) Turner City Attorney Boyd Pettit

City Services

Business License/Planning/Zoning Bobby Gay 770-386-1542 ext. 210 [email protected] Public Work/Parks and Recreation LeeRoy Sheperd 770-386-9595 or 770-386-1542 Voter Registration 770-386-1542, Ext. 202 Euharlee Police Department: Chief: James Chuck Martin 770-386-7339, Ext 211 [email protected] PD Administrative Assistant: Becki Bennett 770-386-7339, Ext 207 [email protected] Assistant Chief/Investigator: Duane Smith 770-386-7339, Ext 209 [email protected] Sergeant: Dutch Amos 770-386-7339, Ext 212 [email protected]

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City of Kingston 770-336-5905 30145 FAX: 770-336-5904

30 West Main St. P.O. Box 309

Mayor Ronald Casey City Clerk Michelle Jones 770-336-5905 City Treasurer Michele Jones 770-336-590 City Council Post 1 Louise Howell Post 2 Harold Posey Post 3 Elbert (Chuck) Wise, Jr. Post 4 Edward Miklas

City Services Police Department Pete Little, Police Chief 770-336-5507 770-336-5508 FAX Public Works (Water) 770-336-5906 Voter Registration 770-336-547

City of White 770-382-5466 30184 FAX: 770-382-224

19 West Rocky St. P.O. Box 116 [email protected]

Mayor Chris Allen City Clerk Jane L. Reynolds 770-382-5466 City Council Jimmy Bennett Ronny Roberts Dennis Huskins David Richards

City Services

Board of Zoning Appeals Ronnie Roberts, Jerry Hyatt, Gary Crisp Building Inspector Billy Baker City Attorney H. Boyd Pettit, III 770-382-9592 City Engineer John Sweitzer 770-956-7901 City Solicitor Peter Olson 770-387-1373 Fire Department 770-387-5164 Municipal Judge Terry Wheeler Planning Commission Jane L. Reynolds, Chair David Richards, Betty Mathews, Gary Crisp, Eddie Billue Police Chief David J. King 770-382-9383 Utility Superintendent William (Mac) Ledford 770-382-3755

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Bartow County Resource Directory 2013 – 2014 Provided By: Bartow Collaborative, Inc. In Partnership With: United Way of Bartow County

Compiled and Prepared by:

Susan Barfield Bartow County Community Resources Kerry Defoe NW Georgia Area Agency on Aging Kathy Floyd Bartow County Cooperative Ext. Service Kathy Gill Bartow County Government Roberta Green Bartow Health Access Tina Grubbs Bartow Collaborative Rebecca Hickom Must Ministries Carolyn Johnson Bartow County Juvenile Court Eric Lee The Bridge United Methodist Church Lane McMillian Bartow County Government Leslie McMillian Bartow County Chamber of Commerce Jessica Mitcham Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter Molly Schultz Behavioral and Emotional Health Resources of Bartow County Michelle Wilson Salvation Army

The Bartow County Resource Directory is compiled with every reasonable effort to obtain accurate information that will assist people helping those in need throughout our community. We hope you find it an asset in your efforts. It is not presented to be a comprehensive listing of every resource, as inclusion is voluntary and information and services are constantly changing with the needs of the community. Any omissions or errors are unintentional.

For questions or to obtain additional information, contact Bartow Collaborative, Inc. 679-719-2041 [email protected] www.bartow.gafcp.org

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