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Provides fully furnished, temporary housing (up to 1 year) for men out of incarceration. Single and double bedroom apartments with furniture, beds, linens, and dishes are available. Also provides food, clothing, and job coaching assistance.

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Ex-Offender Halfway Houses
Individual Counseling
Adult Mentoring Programs
Provides a peer to peer program where amputees are connected with certified, trained peers.
Provides individual adult mentors for children focused on building confidence, educational success, and positive behavior. Volunteers meet with their asigned children weekly or bi-weekly.
Provide information and referral services; food pantry; emergency food; elderly nutrition; summer feeding program; BINGO every Mon,Wed and Fri; Ohio Benefit Bank; Notary Public; computer lab; online tutorial/mentor program; Wee-Care Daycare; Annual Health Fair. Assistance for seniors.

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Ongoing Emergency Food Assistance
Senior Centers
Mentoring Programs
Notary Public Services
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Telephone Reassurance
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Outreach Programs
Summer Food Service Programs
Public Access Computers/Tools
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides a mentoring program for youth in which volunteer adult mentors serve as role models, tutors, and friends. Participating youth are matched with a mentor and spend at least a few hours a month for at least a year with their mentor. The mentors and their Little Brothers or Little Sisters plan their own activities.
Provides seniors who are lonely and/or isolated with a regular visitor and/or telephone call.

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Telephone Reassurance
Friendly Visiting
Provides in-person and virtual peer, team, and traditional mentoring for students at Buchtel and East Community Learning Centers (CLC).

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Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Big Brothers Big Sisters provides carefully screened adult volunteers to serve as friends and role models to children. They also provide sexual abuse prevention training in addition to social activities for program participants.Volunteers must have access to car/insurance.
Links parents of children with albinism to a trained parent liaison. Parent liaisons offer information, guidance about resources, and peer support.

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Peer to Peer Networking
Offers a mentoring program to parents that are involved in the child welfare system. Mentors provide guidance and support to parents. Services include assisting in connecting parents to community resources and helping parents improve parenting skills and creating a more stable home enviroment.
Provides outreach services which include transportation to medical appointments (for persons 60+); home visiting; assistance with tax and insurance forms and applications. Also a site for the Golden Buckeye program.

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Case/Care Management
Health Insurance Information/Counseling
Outreach Programs
Support Groups
Friendly Visiting
Senior Centers
Senior Ride Programs
Criminal Law
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Medicare
Tax Forms
Senior Center Bus Services
Medicare Information/Counseling
Health screenings, health information, health education, health referrals. All open to the community. Blood pressure, blood sugar, bone density, peripheral vascular disease, advance directive, hearing screenings, grief support, various lab screenings every odd number month for $10. Talk with the Doc, Walk with the Doc. Fitness center.

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Sports Participation Physical Examinations
Breast Examinations
Prescription Drug Patient Assistance Programs
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Health Education Programs
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests
Parenting Skills Classes
Children's Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Exercise Classes/Groups
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Geriatric Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Disaster Related Bereavement Support Groups
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Disease/Disability Information
Emergency Room Care
Outreach Programs
Childbirth Education
Cancer Clinics
Intravenous Medication
Urgent Care Centers
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
New Dad Parenting Programs
Diabetes Management Clinics
Medical Social Work
Neonatal Intensive Care
Blood Pressure Screening
Physical Therapy
Prenatal Care
Living Wills
Sexual Assault Treatment
Notary Public Services
Community Clinics
Home Nursing
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Mammograms
Respiratory Therapy
Food Stamps/SNAP
Sexually Transmitted Infection Treatment
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Delivery/Childbirth
Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening
Community Wellness Programs
Mentoring Programs
Cholesterol/Triglycerides Tests
Pregnancy Testing
Nutrition Education
General Dentistry
Diabetes Screening
Safe Havens for Abandoned Newborns
General Physical Examinations
BMI/Body Composition Screening
General Acute Care Hospitals
Osteoporosis Detection
Muscular Dystrophy Clinics
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Mobile Dental Care
Occupational Therapy
General Medical Equipment/Supplies Provision
Medication Disposal
Parent Support Groups
Speech Therapy
Pap Tests
Substance Use Disorder Day Treatment
Lung Scans
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Provides support and information for individuals concerned about breast cancer from someone who has been there - a breast cancer survivor. This program helps breast cancer patients and their loved ones address the emotional, physical and social issues related to breast cancer.
Program focuses on supporting middle and high school-aged refugee and immigrant students in Columbus City Schools and other participating central Ohio districts by matching students with adult mentors throughout their educational journeys.

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Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Provides gender-specific group mentoring programs for Hispanic students in 6th through 12th grade. Staff facilitates in-person sessions that cover topics like relationships, goals, health, college/post-secondary opportunities, and more. Provides two groups: ELLOS (Esperanza Latino Leaders for an Outstanding Society) for males and ELLA (Esperanza Latina Leadership Alliance) for females.
Providing life skills services program;“Getting Ahead" assisting individuals living in poverty, evaluate their lives, develop the life skills necessary to survive and flourish. Participants develop a series of mental models to examine their own past and create a new future. Participants create a "plan for prosperity" with goals to gain employment, start a monthly budget, savings plan and/or obtain permanent housing.

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Personal Enrichment
Life Skills Education
Peer to Peer Networking
Children are matched with adult volunteers for a mentoring relationship that lasts for one year or longer. Mentors and Mentees can be found in as many places as their mutual interests take them: soccer fields, fairs, libraries, theaters, kitchens, and backyards. Young and older have fun while forming a strong relationship that leads to positive outcomes for the child. Our Mentees: - 5-17 years old - Residing in Southeast Ohio, especially Athens, Meigs, Monroe, Vinton or Washington Counties - Referred to Southeast Ohio Youth Mentoring (SEOYM) by a school employee, social worker, or a parent/guardian - Eager to spend 1-2 hours a week with a Mentor - Have the full support of the parent/guardian to participate in the program Our Mentors: - Complete a thorough background check, an interview with a staff member, a home visit, and training - Are 19 years of age or older - Have a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance - Spend a minimum of 1-2 hours a week for one year (usually longer!) with a child - Are committed to being a role model for children who grow up in our community.
Comprehensive mentoring program between college single parent students and Columbus area high school teen girls and young women who are parenting or pregnant. Empowers parenting girls and young women with the knowledge that education can bring economic self-sufficiency and shows by example that it is possible.

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Adult Mentoring Programs
Higher Education Awareness/Support Programs
Provides inhome companionship to seniors 55+ older who simply need a friend and to combat senior isolation
Provides a prevention and empowerment program to young women that aims to build their self-esteem and enhance their abilities to make positive life choices to become resilient, responsible, and successful.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Provides volunteer mentors to tutor youth and assist them in learning pro-social behavior and life and leadership skills. Activities take place in group and 1-on-1 settings.

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Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Life Skills Education
Leadership Development
Tutoring Services
Career Development
Provides gender specific, one-on-one mentoring for inner-city Hispanic youth. Program is designed to provide a nurturing, supportive environment designed to encourage youth to complete school and develop leadership skills. When creating matches, career and personal interests are considered, as well as information collected during student and volunteer interviews. Interactions may include texting, social media, dinner, arts & cultural events, college visits, etc.
8 week education course for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. Taught by trained leaders with lived experience. Program includes activities, discussions, and informative videos.

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General Mental Health Information/Education
Peer Role Model Programs

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Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Home Nursing
Hospice Care
Friendly Visiting
Adult In Home Respite Care
Housekeeping Assistance
Home Health Aide Services
Offers after-school mentoring program that matches high school students and adults with elementary school children.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs