Community Resources Guide. Special Needs

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Community Resources Guide

Special Needs

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Special Needs – Blind

Alabama Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

6030 Monticello Drive

Montgomery, AL 36130-6000 (p) (334) 213-3906

Website:http://webmini.apls.state.al.us/apls_web/bard/bph1.php

Contact Person: Susan Clements

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 8AM-5PM

Purpose: To provide services for blind and physically handicapped.

Services Provided: To provide recreational reading and basic reference needs for persons unable to read

standard print, unable to hold books or suffering from dyslexia.

Eligibility Requirements: Must be blind or physically handicapped.

Waiting List: No

Preferred Referral Procedure: None

Fees: None

Transportation Provided: No

Area Served: Alabama

Last Updated 1-10-10

American Council for the Blind (Hotline)

1155 15th Street NW, Suite 1004 Washington, DC 20005

(p) 1-800-424-8666/ (202) 467-5081 (Recording after 3:00) (f) (202) 467-5085

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 2PM-5PM EST

Purpose: Information and Referral

American Foundation for the Blind (Hotline)

11 Penn Plaza Suite 300 New York, NY 10001

(p) (212) 502-7600 toll free (800) 232-5463 (f) (212) 502-7777 Email: [email protected]

Website:www.afb.org

Contact Person: Regina Jenwright

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 8:30AM-4:30PM EST

Purpose: Information on vision loss, blindness and services available for the blind. Sends free brochures.

Eligibility Requirements: None

Fees: None

Area Served: United States

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Special Needs – Children

Alabama Early Intervention System

Child Find

602 S. Lawrence St. Montgomery, AL 36104 (p) 1-800-543-3098 / TTY: 800-499-1816 (f) (334) 293-7393 hispanic # (866) 450-2838 Website:www.rehab.state.al.us/ei

Contact Person: Elizabeth D. Prince

Purpose: To locate, identify, evaluate, and coordinate services for children from birth through 3 years of age

with special needs/disabilities.

Services Provided: Child Find Information and Referral/ Public Awareness (Brochure/ Fact Sheet)

Eligibility Requirements: Client must have a known or suspected developmental delay in one or more areas:

physical, vision/hearing, motor, etc.

Waiting List: No.

Preferred Referral Procedure: Phone/ Fax

Fees: None.

Transportation Provided: No.

Affiliation/Parent Organization: Early Intervention Service.

Camp ASCCA

P.O. Box 21 5278 Camp ASCCA Jackson Gap, AL 36861 (p) (256) 825-9226 (p) (800) 843-2267 (f) (256) 825-8332 Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected] Website:www.campascca.org

Contact Person: Matt Rickman

Purpose: CAMP provides quality year-round recreational and educational activities in a resident camp setting

for individuals with disabilities in a barrier-free environment.

Services Provided: One week summer camps/ Seasonal weekend camps

Eligibility Requirements: Mental/ Physical Disability: Ages 6- Adult

Waiting List: Yes.

Preferred Referral Procedure: Phone

Fees: Yes, based on service provided.

Area Served: Alabama and a few areas in Tennessee and Georgia.

Affiliation/Parent Organization: Alabama Easter Seals Society

Last Updated 5/16/12

Camp Smile-A-Mile

1510 5th Ave. S.

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(p) (205) 323-8427 / 1-888-500-7920 (f) (205) 323-6220 Website:www.campsam.org

Contact Person: Bruce Hooper, Executive Director

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 8:30AM-4:30PM

Purpose: Alabama’s program for children with cancer.

Services Provided: Camp for children with cancer.

Eligibility Requirements: Cancer patients between the ages of 2 and young adults.

Preferred Referral Procedure: Referrals through the Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology department.

Fees: No cost to children with cancer

Transportation Provided: Week long camps have transportation provided through busing from Children’s

Hospital.

Children's Rehabilitation Services

516 West Thomason Circle Opelika, AL 36801

(p) (334) 745-7579 (f) (334) 749-3530 Website:www.rehab.state.al.us

Contact Person: Ginger Brannon

Purpose: To provide medical services to children in need who have disabilities.

Services Provided: Provide medical services, medication, appliances, therapy (speech, occupational, physical),

care coordination, nursing services, audio logical services, nutrition counseling, and patient education.

Eligibility Requirements: Treatment in CRS clinics provided for the following conditions: orthopedic

problems, plastic surgical conditions, neurosurgical disorders, visual defects, cleft lip and palate, convulsive disorders, spinal bifida, cerebral palsy, hearing loss, cystic fibrosis

Preferred Referral Procedure: Physician referral or walk-in

Fees: CRS patients assist with treatment costs as they are able; Will bill Medicaid or insurance companies.

Area Served: Lee, Macon, Russell, Chambers, Tallapoosa, Randolph Counties

Affiliation/Parent Organization: Department of Vocational Rehabilitation Services

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Residential Services

2506 Lambert Drive Opelika, AL 36801 (p) (334) 742-2877

Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/residential.htm

Contact Person: Outreach Services Department

Days and Hours of Operation: 8AM-5:00PM (evening appointments available)

Purpose: The center has a variety of group homes for mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons.

Services Provided: Group homes for mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons. Homes are based on

condition (i.e. mentally handicapped or mentally ill) and age. The ages served are from children to elderly.

Eligibility Requirements: Must be mentally handicapped or mentally ill.

Waiting List: Yes

Preferred Referral Procedure: Call the Outreach Services Department to arrange an appointment.

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Area Served: Lee, Chambers, Russell, and Tallapoosa Counties

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Adult Case Management Services

Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/case_management.htm

Contact Person: Anne Penney

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 8AM-4:30PM (evening appointments available)

Purpose: A consumer focused strategy for linking mentally ill (SMI) adults, seriously emotionally disturbed

(SED) individuals with mental retardation to necessary community supported systems and services.

Eligibility Requirements: Mentally Handicapped, mental illness, or seriously emotionally disturbed individuals.

Alabama Chapter Arthritis Foundation

P.O. Box 241683

Montgomery, AL 36124-1683

(p) (800) 879-7896 (f) (334) 244-1178 Email: [email protected]

Website:www.arthritis.org/communities/chapters/chapter.asp?chapid=8

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/8:30-4:30 (CST)

Purpose: To provide information on Arthritis/ Patient Advocacy

Services Provided: Information and Referrals/ Self-Help Classes

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Special Needs – Employment

Goodwill Industries

1955 North Side Industrial Boulevard Columbus, GA 31904

Website:www.goodwill.org

Contact Person: Jane Nichols

Purpose: To train persons with disability so they may gain competitive employment.

Services Provided: Work Evaluation and Adjustment Training/ Clothing

Eligibility Requirements: To have a certified disability by a physician.

Waiting List: Yes, Depends on availability of jobs.

Preferred Referral Procedure: Phone/ Personal Appearance ( Must have birth certificate, income tax

statement, disability papers, and social security card)

Fees: Varies

Area Served: Columbus, Phenix City, West Point, LaGrange, Americus, Opelika, Eufaula, Carrolton, Newnan

Affiliation/Parent Organization: United Way, CARF, GARF

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Special Needs – Housing / Group Homes

Alabama Rural Ministry

P.O. Box 2890 131 South Gay Street Auburn, AL 38631

Website:www.arm-al.org

Contact Person: Lisa Pierce

Purpose: Meet home repair needs/ Children's Day Camp

Services Provided: Summer Day Camp/ Home Repair

Eligibility Requirements: Disabled/ Elderly/ Low-Income

Waiting List: 3 Months on Home Repair

Preferred Referral Procedure: Application

Fees: None

Transportation Provided: N/A

Area Served: Sumter/ Greene/ Lee/ Macon Counties

Care Center of Opelika

1908 1/2 Pepperell Parkway Opelika, AL 36801

(p) (334)749-1471 (f) (334)749-6016

Contact Person: Jane Hornsby

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 8AM to 5PM (Office)/ Facility open 24 hours

Purpose: 225 bed Long-Term Care Facility including an Alzheimer's unit

Services Provided: Long term care

Eligibility Requirements: Patients require long term care; physician referral; Medicare Medicaid eligible or

private insurance

Waiting List: Yes-short

Preferred Referral Procedure: Appointment (Insurance policies, Health Insurance Card, and Social Security

Card must be provided)

Fees: Varies with service

Transportation Provided: No, only emergency

Area Served: Lee County and surrounding area

Affiliation/Parent Organization: Care Corps of Alabama VI

Last Updated 9-6-05

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Adult Day Services

2300 Center Hills Drive, Bldg. 2 Opelika, AL 36801

(p) (334) 742-2130

Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/day.htm

Contact Person: Adult Day Services office.

Purpose: Offers various programs to help adults with mental illness or who are mentally handicapped.

Services Provided: Adult Intensive Day Services/ Adult Habilitation Services/ Adult Rehabilitation Day

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Preferred Referral Procedure: Call for an appointment

Area Served: Lee, Russell. Tallapoosa Counties

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Residential Services

Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/residential.htm

Contact Person: Outreach Services Department

Purpose: The center has a variety of group homes for mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons.

Services Provided: Group homes for mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons. Homes are based on

condition (i.e. mentally handicapped or mentally ill) and age. The ages served are from children to elderly.

Eligibility Requirements: Must be mentally handicapped or mentally ill.

Waiting List: Yes

Preferred Referral Procedure: Call the Outreach Services Department to arrange an appointment.

East Alabama Services for the Elderly

EASE HOUSE

1300 Commerce Drive Auburn, AL 36831

(p) (334) 749-0226 (f) (334) 749-9195

Days and Hours of Operation: 7 Days a week/ 8AM - 5PM

Purpose: Provides life sustaining services to elderly and disabled individuals to allow them to remain

independent for as long as safely possible.

Services Provided: Housing

Eligibility Requirements: Low income; must be 62 or older

Waiting List: Varies With Service

Preferred Referral Procedure: Call/ Write/ Personal Appearance

Transportation Provided: Yes

Area Served: Auburn/ Opelika

Alabama Department of Human Resources -Lee County Office

Adult Protective Services

2015 Gateway Drive Opelika, AL 36801

(p) (334) 737-1100 (f) (334) 749-0889

Contact Person: Debra Causey

Purpose: The mission of the Adult Protective Services Division is to support and enable County Departments to

protect elderly and disabled adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation and prevent unnecessary institutionalization.

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Homemaker Service/ Investigating Adult Abuse and Neglect

Eligibility Requirements: Lee County residents only (over the age of 18 and must be physically or mentally

impaired/ unable to make decisions in their best interest)

Waiting List: No for intake, Yes for adoption

Fees: None

Area Served: Lee County

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Special Needs – Legal

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program/ University of Alabama

University of Alabama 624 Bryant Dr. Box 870395 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0392 (p) (205) 348-4928 / 1-800-826-1675 (f) (205) 348-3909 Email: [email protected] Website:www.adap.net

Contact Person: Ellen Gillespie

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 8AM-4:45PM

Purpose: To advocate for the rights of those with disabilities.

Services Provided: Legal Rights/ Assistance with Information and Referral/Education and Training.

Eligibility Requirements: To be diagnosed with a disability, live in Alabama, to meet priority issues.

Waiting List: No.

Preferred Referral Procedure: Telephone

Fees: None

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Special Needs – Mental Health

Best Buddies

1228 Haley Center

Auburn University, AL 36849 (p) (334) 844-2086

Email: [email protected]

Contact Person: Cari Dunn

Days and Hours of Operation: No set days/ No set hours

Purpose: Best Buddies is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people who are

intellectually disabled by providing one to one friendships and integrated employment with students at Auburn University.

Services Provided: To provide a client with a student and help form a dependable friend relationship.

Eligibility Requirements: Must be intellectually disabled.

Fees: None

Area Served: Auburn/ Opelika / Lee County

Affiliation/Parent Organization: Auburn University

Last Updated 1/10

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Adult Day Services

1708 Corporate Dr. Opelika, AL 36801 (p) (334) 742-2130

Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/day.htm

Contact Person: Adult Day Services office.

Purpose: Offers various programs to help adults with mental illness or who are mentally handicapped.

Services Provided: Adult Intensive Day Services/ Adult Habilitation Services/ Adult Rehabilitation Day

Services

Eligibility Requirements: Mentally Handicapped or Mental Illness

Preferred Referral Procedure: Call for an appointment

Area Served: Lee, Russell. Tallapoosa Counties

Last Updated 1/10

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Outreach Services

2500 Lambert Drive Opelika, AL 36801

(p) (334) 742-2877/ 1-800-815-0630 (f) (334) 742-2832 Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/outreach.htm

Contact Person: Outreach Services office

Purpose: The primary goal of Outreach is to coordinate emergency and intake services in the most efficient and

timely way possible.

Services Provided: Outreach Services provides an array of services that are crisis-oriented, intensive, brief, and

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Eligibility Requirements: Mentally Handicapped, Mental Illness, or serious emotional disturbance.

Preferred Referral Procedure: Call for an appointment.

Last Updated 1/10

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Adult Case Management Services

Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/case_management.htm\

Days and Hours of Operation: M-F/ 8AM-4:30PM (evening appointments available)

Purpose: A consumer focused strategy for linking mentally ill (SMI) adults, seriously emotionally disturbed

(SED) individuals with mental retardation to necessary community supported systems and services.

Eligibility Requirements: Mentally Handicapped, mental illness, or seriously emotionally disturbed individuals.

Last Updated 1/10

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Brief Intensive Treatment Partial Hospitalization and Crisis Residential Program

1708 Corporate Drive Opelika, AL 36801

(p) (334) 749-6750 (f) (334) 742-2832

Website: www.eastalabamamhc.org/brief_intensive.htm

Purpose: Provides crisis residential and partial hospitalization services and is certified by the Alabama

Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation as a designated mental health facility to detain persons who are court ordered to receive inpatient treatment.

Eligibility Requirements: Mentally Handicapped

Last Updated 1/10

East Alabama Mental Health Mental Retardation Center

Website:www.eastalabamamhc.org/who.htm

Purpose: To provide quality mental health services to citizens of all income levels.

Services Provided: Homes/ Outpatient/ Child/ Adult

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Last Updated 1/10

Alabama Department of Human Resources -Lee County Office

Adult Protective Services

1715 Corporate Dr. Opelika, AL 36801-6836

(p) (334) 737-1100 (f) (334) 737-1270 Website: www.dhr.state.al.us

Contact Person: Carolyn Hunter

Purpose: The mission of the Adult Protective Services Division is to support and enable County Departments to

protect elderly and disabled adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation and prevent unnecessary institutionalization.

Services Provided: Casework Services/ Adult Day Care and Foster Care/Homemaker Service/ Investigating

Adult Abuse and Neglect

Eligibility Requirements: Lee County residents only (over the age of 18 and must be physically or mentally

impaired/ unable to make decisions in their best interest)

Waiting List: No for intake,Yes for adoption

Fees: None

Affiliation/Parent Organization: State Department of Human Resources

Lee County Youth Development Center, Inc.

Psychological Services

1109 Spring Drive Opelika, AL 36801

(p): (334) 745-2760 (f): (334) 745-7998 E-mail contact: [email protected]

Website: www.lcydc.org/PsychologicalServices.aspx

Contact Person: Terry Woodall.

Days and Hours of Operation: 8AM-4:00PM / M-F, Clinic Hours 9 am-5:30pm Mon-Thurs, 9 am-3:00pm on

Friday.

Purpose: To provide comprehensive assessment and therapy services to youth.

Services Provided: Residential and outpatient psychological assessments for children / psychotherapy / mental status examinations / Psychological or psychiatric consultations

Eligibility Requirements: Depends upon specific program.

Waiting List: Yes (Depending on program)

Preferred Referral Procedure: DHR or the Alabama Dept. of Youth Services

Fees: Depends on program

Transportation Provided: Not provided unless the Alabama Dept. of Human Resources or Alabama Dept. or

Youth Services provides transportation to the center.

Area Served: Counties statewide, main concentration in East Alabama.

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Transition Services

1101 Spring Drive Opelika, AL 36801 (p) (334) 749-2996

Website:www.lcydc.org/TransitionServices.aspx

Contact Person: Ellen Ingram, Director of Transition Services

Services Provided:

Passages: A moderate, congregate-care residential facility meeting the needs of a co-ed population ages 11

- 17. Length of stay is approximately 90 days and referrals are accepted from County DHRs and Juvenile Court Systems. For more information, please call 321-0217, or email Sherrell Stout at [email protected].

Journeys: An intensive residential treatment facility serving up to 12 male and female adolescents ages 12

through 17. The youth are referred by Juvenile Court probation officers or DHR social workers throughout the State of Alabama. This facility is located on the Lee County Youth Development Center’s Main

Campus in Opelika, Alabama. Average length of stay is 9 months. The program provides intensive

therapeutic interventions to address behavioral and psychosocial functioning in a minimally secured setting. For more information, please call (334) 321-0213 or email Rudolph Martin at [email protected].

Transitional Living Home: Serves a co-ed population of up to 10 adolescents ages 16 through 19.

Referrals accepted statewide from DHR and Juvenile Court with length of stay ranging from several

months to several years. Provides nurturance and support in a homelike environment with a goal of helping youth to live self sufficiently post-care. Strong emphasis on independent living skills including

employment, money management and community integration. For further information, please call (334) 749-3314 or email Darryle Powell at [email protected].

Independent Living Services (ILP): Serves a co-ed population of up to four young adults in apartment

living arrangements. For further information, please call (334) 749-3314 or email Darryle Powell at [email protected].

Central Cafeteria: Centrally located at the heart of main campus, the agency’s Central Cafeteria

operations meets standards set forth by the State Department of Public Health, as well as the Federal Child Nutrition program administered through the State of Alabama Department of Education. The cafeteria prepares more than three hundred meals each day year-round. After school and evening snacks as well as special dietary menus for youth with identified health issues are also provided.

The cafeteria staff take pride in their efforts to prepare meals which appeal to a wide-range of discerning adolescent palates. They gladly accept suggestions from the residents and incorporate changes when feasible. For additional information call (334) 321-0238 or email [email protected].

Relief Staff Services: Providing qualified staff to physically supervise and support children in residential

care 24-7-365 is a continually daunting task. In order to provide basic coverage during regular staff absences or position vacancies and additional coverage during client crisis, the agency utilizes a Relief Specialist system. Relief Specialists receive the same screening and training as the regular Residential Specialists and are expected to work on an as-needed basis.

The Relief Specialists are vital to Transitional and Correctional Service operations and provide an important link to consistent quality client care. The agency strives to maintain a list of reliable and dependable Relief Specialists. For further information call (334) 321-0209.

Preferred Referral Procedure: County Department of Human Resources or Juvenile Court.

Fees: Per Contract rate or Non-contract rate.

Transportation Provided: No.

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Special Needs – Physical Disability

Alabama Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

6030 Monticello Drive

Montgomery, AL 36130-6000 (p) (334) 213-3906

Website:statelibrary.alabama.gov/Content/APLSSer_Blind.aspx

Contact Person: Susan Clements

Purpose: To provide services for blind and physically handicapped.

Services Provided: To provide recreational reading and basic reference needs for persons unable to read

standard print, unable to hold books or suffering from dyslexia.

Eligibility Requirements: Must be blind or physically handicapped.

Fees: None

Lee County Alabama Easter Seals

510 West Thomason Circle Opelika, AL 36801

(p) (334) 745-3501 (f) (334) 749-5808

Contact Person: Joni House

Days and Hours of Operation: M-Th/ 8AM-4:30PM F/ 8AM -11:30AM

Purpose: Improves quality of life of individuals with disabilities helping them become productive,

self-sustaining and healthy members of their families and community.

Services Provided: Transportation assistance for disabled persons to clinics, hospitals, and other treatment

centers for examination and treatment when family is unable to provide.

Eligibility Requirements: Be referred by another agency verifying need and financial eligibility or furnish

financial information which meets eligibility guidelines.

Preferred Referral Procedure: Phone/ Written request from agency making referral verifying need, disability,

and service needed (DOB and address of patient)

Fees: None

Affiliation/Parent Organization: Alabama Easter Seals Society

Salvation Army

1038 Opelika Rd Auburn, AL 36830 (p) (334) 826-0073

Contact Person: Captain Ronette Smith

Days and Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm

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Purpose: Offers emergency assistance to the less fortunate of Lee County who are facing dire circumstances.

Assistance is provided according to need, without discrimination.

Services Provided: Food/ Clothing / Lodging / Medical Assistance / Miscellaneous

Eligibility Requirements: Based on Income

Preferred Referral Procedure: Phone/ Personal Appearance: Must bring SSC, Picture ID, Proof of Income,

Material specific to request (prescription, eviction notice, etc.) required.

Fees: None

Index of the Community Resources Guide – Special Needs

For a complete index of the Community Resources Guide for all categories, look in the main guide.

Adult Case Management Services

Special Needs – Children, 5 Special Needs – Mental Health, 12

Adult Day Services

Special Needs – Housing / Group Homes, 7 Special Needs – Mental Health, 11

Adult Protective Services

Alabama Chapter Arthritis Foundation

Special Needs – Children, 5

Alabama Department of Human Resources -Lee County Office

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program

Special Needs – Legal, 10

Alabama Early Intervention System

Alabama Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Special Needs – Blind, 2

Special Needs – Physical Disability, 16

Alabama Rural Ministry

Special Needs – Housing / Group Homes, 7

American Council for the Blind (Hotline)

American Foundation for the Blind (Hotline)

Best Buddies

Special Needs – Mental Health, 11

Brief Intensive Treatment Partial Hospitalization and Crisis Residential Program

Camp ASCCA

Camp Smile-A-Mile

Care Center of Opelika

Child Find

Children's Rehabilitation Services

EASE HOUSE

East Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center

Special Needs – Children, 4, 5

Special Needs – Housing / Group Homes, 7, 8 Special Needs – Mental Health, 11, 12

East Alabama Mental Health Mental Retardation Center

East Alabama Services for the Elderly

Goodwill Industries

Special Needs – Employment, 6

Lee County Alabama Easter Seals

Lee County Youth Development Center, Inc.

Special Needs – Mental Health, 13, 14

Outreach Services

Psychological Services

Residential Services

Salvation Army

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Community Resources Guide. Special Needs