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Resource B
FINDING RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY 

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It is the responsibility of the parent involvement coordinator to know the community and its resources so that she can guide parents to the support systems that are available to them. In urban areas there are likely to be an array of services; the task is to determine which will really deliver the kind of assistance sought by a family. In rural areas the coordinator may have to do some more rigorous searching in order to piece together appropriate services for the parents with whom she is working. The social services staff of the Head Start program are valuable resources in this process. The following charts offer some ideas on where to look for help within the community. Coordinators should also contact local civic organizations, for many of them have funds to be used for specific purposes, such as medical needs and scholarships.
 
 

	PUBLIC	PRIVATE	VOLUNTARY  AGENCIES	FEDERAL AGENCIES	CIVIC  ORGANIZATIONS	PROFESSIONAL  ASSOCIATIONS	COORDINATING  AGENCIES
SOCIAL  SERVICES  Financial:	County Dept. of Public Welfare  · AFDC  · Food Stamps  · Medicare/Medicaid  Social Security Administration field representative  · SSI benefits	College & university scholarships and student aid office			Scholarship committees of Kiwanis  Lion's Club  Junior League  Jaycees, etc.		Information & Referral Centers   Health & Welfare Councils  United Way  Community Services Administration  Community Action Agency
Counseling:	County mental health services (under Health or Welfare Dept.)  Child Welfare Agency Juvenile Services in court system	Child Guidance Clinic  Family & Children Services
Housing:	Housing Authority  Mayor's Council on housing
Supportive:	Day Care Unit of Child Welfare Agency	Cooperative Day Care Association	Day Care Child Development Council  Big Brothers  Big Sisters  YWCA/YMCA	ACYF  Head Start Home Start

	PUBLIC	PRIVATE	VOLUNTARY  AGENCIES	FEDERAL AGENCIES	CIVIC  ORGANIZATIONS	PROFESSIONAL  ASSOCIATIONS	COORDINATING  AGENCIES
HEALTH	County Health Dept.  Clinics:  Dental  Well-baby  Neighborhood clinics  Speech and hearing clinic  Orthopedic clinic  Public Health Dept.  Public Health Nurses  Drug treatment center Alcoholism center	Local Hospital:  Dental clinic  Well-baby clinic  Maternal and child health center  Neighborhood clinic  Speech and hearing clinic  Orthopedic clinic  Rehabilitation Center  Visiting Nurses Association  Homemaker health-aid services	Easter Seal  United Cerebral Palsy Assoc., Inc  Heart Association  Kidney Foundation	National Institute on Alcohol & Alcoholism  National Institute on Drug Abuse	Ask each organization what their special interests are	American Association of Pediatrics	Information & Referral Centers  4-C's  Health and Welfare Council  Handicapped Information
ADVOCACY			Children's Defense Fund  National Council for Children & Youth  Closer Look			Lawyer Referral State Bar
EDUCATION	County Board of Education  Special Ed.  Adult Ed.  Vocational & Technical Ed.  Dept. of Agriculture Extension Service (course materials)	Colleges  Community Colleges  Universities  Dept of Special Ed.  Child Develop, programs  Mental Health programs  Depts. of Continuing Ed.	Red Cross (training in first aid, family health, prevention of child abuse)  Child Development Associates Consortium, Inc.	Office of Education  Bureau of Education for the Handicapped  Dept. of Labor	League of Women Voters	National Education Association
EMPLOYMENT  TRAINING	Dept. of Labor Employment and Training Division (Manpower)  CETA		Salvation Army  Goodwill Industries  Red Cross (first aid courses)  Family health courses Courses on child abuse	ACYF  Head Start Home Start
RECREATION	Dept. of Parks and Recreation		YMCA YWCA

 

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