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United Way News
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United Way, Fishers Foods, Stark County Early Childhood Communications Collaborative, Stark County District Library kick off Shop & Learn summer session
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(Canton, OH) July 15 , 2010--United Way of Greater Stark County announces the summer session of Shop & Learn, a community initiative to help parents provide their children with the building bloc
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Early July Participation Deadlines for Annual United Way Day of Caring
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(Canton, OH) July 2, 2010 —United Way of Greater Stark County’s Volunteer Center coordinates Day of Caring, an annual community-wide day of hands-on volunteering connecting businesses, o
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United Way, 2-1-1 Information & Referral receive grants totaling $117,941
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(Canton, OH) June 29, 2010 — United Way of Greater Stark County and United Way’s 2-1-1 Information & Referral department will receive $117,941 in grants from American Electric Power
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United Way announces first Volunteer of the Month recipient Jun. 21
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(Canton, OH) June 21, 2010 — On Jun. 21, the longest day of the year, United Way’s Volunteer Resources department announces their first United Way of Greater Stark County Volunteer of th
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Dial 2-1-1 for Free, Confidential Help Anytime, Day or Night
United Way’s 2-1-1 is an easy to remember three-digit telephone number that can be used to access community resources available to Greater Stark County. By simply dialing 2-1-1*, residents of Stark County can reach the Information and Referral (I & R) office and be directed to programs, health and human service agencies and volunteer opportunities. The service is free, confidential and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
With the outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 virus, more precautions are needed to protect you and your family. For information on preventative measures and where flu shots are available, please see the link below.
For more information on the H1N1 virus please click here.
2-1-1 is your First Call for Free Foreclosure Help
Help is just a phone call away. Act now to save your home. The Stark County Save Our Homes Coalition Foreclosure Prevention Partnership works to educate and reach out to the community and provides foreclosure assistance initiatives, consumer-based financial education and a support system for homeowners who seek to refinance, and future home purchasers who seek to buy homes.
United Way’s 2-1-1 line is partnering with the Stark County Auditor’s office and the Save Our Homes Partnership. 2-1-1 is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for FREE, CONFIDENTIAL help with next steps in foreclosure.
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What is I & R?
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Information & Referral (or I & R) is the community link between
people in need of health and human services assistance
and the appropriate providers. I & R
Specialists help link thousands of callers
with services each year.
Specialists assess caller’s needs and determine
the service provider best equipped to handle their
problem or crises. Additionally, Specialists are
trained to determine whether a caller may be eligible
for other services in the community. United Way’s 2-1-1
maintains a comprehensive database of resources,
including federal, state and local government agencies,
community–based organizations, private non-profits
and volunteer opportunities.
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What type of services does 2-1-1 provide?
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Knowing that you need help is one thing…finding
someone who can help you is another. United Way’s
2-1-1 can link you to resources such as family counseling,
senior services, rent and utility assistance, health
related services, support groups and parenting
resource information. United Way’s 2-1-1 also provides
information about volunteer opportunities available in
the community.
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What happens when I call 2-1-1?
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United Way’s 2-1-1 is designed to provide you with
information and referrals using an extensive database
of community resources. When you call 2-1-1, you will
be connected with a trained United Way Specialist who
will ask you to answer a variety of questions so that
they can determine which community services may be
available to address your needs.
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What are the benefits of 2-1-1?
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• 2-1-1 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• 2-1-1 allows callers who are senior citizens,
teens and adults of all ages to access telephone
services that formerly required the caller to dial a
seven-digit number.
• 2-1-1 eliminates confusion about who to call and
where to go when you need help – 2-1-1 is an
easy to remember three-digit number to access
information and/or linkage to health and human
service agencies.
• 2-1-1 eliminates complicated searches through
phone books and thousands of misdirected
phone calls trying to fi nd the right social service
agency to meet the callers’ needs.
• 2-1-1 provides our most vulnerable residents,
those who are elderly, disabled, illiterate, new to
the community, etc. easy access to services that
can meet their needs.
• 2-1-1 can help direct some non-emergency, non-police
related calls that are related to a caller’s
need for heath and human services away from
the area’s emergency 9-1-1 lines. It is estimated
that in many communities as much as 70% of
the calls to 9-1-1 are for non-emergency related
matters and often tie up the lines designated to handle
police and fire rescue emergencies.
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