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The purpose of 211 is to assist people: to get help, to give help, to volunteer, and to donate through our community’s organizations.
Dial
211 or 706-232- 0210, Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Bilingual- English and Spanish).
The 211 Information and
Referral Line connects people
with needed human services through an easy to remember
three-digit phone number.
211
is also available on the web, access it online at:
www.floydcountyga.org.
Click on the blue 211
logo
on the home page.
When someone calls 211,
specially trained information
and referral call agents analyze what services are needed
and provide the appropriate resource and related information,
such as the organization’s name, address, phone number, and
services.
In
the Floyd County 211 Database there are listings for
approximately 150 non-profits, community organizations,
governmental agencies, and ministries.
For
example 211 can offer access to the following types
of services: Basic Human Needs: food banks, clothes
closets, rent and utility assistance, and shelters.
Physical and Mental Health Resources:
pre-natal and maternal
health, free health clinic, crisis intervention
services, support
groups, counseling, alcohol and drug intervention and
rehabilitation.
Employment Supports: Job training, and
education programs,
literacy, GED, English as a Second Language.
Support for Senior Adults and Persons with Disabilities:
Adult day care, aging services, respite and home health care, and
transportation.
Support for Children and Youth: child care,
after schools programs, mentoring, tutoring, summer camps and recreation
programs, and protective services.
Volunteer and Donation opportunities
through the United Way
and 17 member United Way agencies and numerous
other
community organizations.
Emergency Preparedness: The 211 mission in
times of disaster
is to provide emergency assistance-support. This covers all phases of an emergency:
prevention, planning, response, and recovery.
The public may look to the 211 Call Center
for information on
shelter, clothing, food, water, ice, rumor control,
locations for applications for disaster assistance, opportunities to
volunteer services and to donate blood and financial assistance.
For more information about disaster preparation visit: www.floydcounty.org, on the pull down menu click: Emergency Management also visit: www.ready.gov
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A sample of Floyd County Community Resources
available to
our citizens:
Salvation Army, 706-291-4745, 317 East First Avenue
Financial Assistance, Call on the first of the month
at
8:30 am for an appointment, must talk to a counselor.
No phone messages
accepted for appointments and no
walk-ins. Clothing, Mondays, 1:00 pm –
3:00 pm, ID; Social Security card, or birth certificate, or Medicaid card
or
Peach Care card. Food, Tuesday- Friday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm. ID
and rent
receipt.
Good Neighbor Ministries, 706-291-0556, 209 East
Second Avenue
Financial Assistance, Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Rome Action Ministries, 706-291-773, 208 East Second
Avenue
Food/Groceries distributed through several churches:
South Broad United Methodist Church, 706-232-5320,
546
South Broad StreetMonday – Friday, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Garden Lakes Baptist Church, 706-234-6615, 2200
Redmond Circle
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Meals and More, sponsored by and supported by
volunteers from several churches:
First Christian Church, 706-291-7465, 500 East First Street,
Tuesdays, 5:00 pm, take-out meal in a sack.
Community Kitchen, There is a “soup kitchen” on a
rotating
basis at different churches for lunch on weekdays.
The location
can be determined by using the following schedule:
Beginning on the 1st Monday of the month:
First United
Methodist Church (Mon-Fri)
Beginning on the 2nd Monday of the month:
First
Presbyterian Church (Mon-Fri)
Beginning on the 3rd Monday of the month:
Saint
Peter’s Episcopal Church (Mon-Fri)
Also, Wed-Sat of this designated week:
Thankful Baptist
Church
Beginning on the 4th Monday of the month:
First
Baptist Church (Mon-Fri)
For months with a 5th Monday:
Second Avenue Baptist Church (Mon-Fri)
Each Saturday there is a lunch served at the
South Broad
Baptist Church.
Floyd County Baptist Association,
Groceries
distributed
on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Must
call for
an appointment: 706-291-0904. Located at
300 Chatillion Road, Rome 31061.
Financial Assistance
for tornado victims and volunteer opportunities for
tornado relief.
West Rome United Methodist Church Crisis Ministry,
(leave message on recorder and someone
will return your call)
706-290-9223
Lovejoy Baptist Church, 706-232-1917
Metropolitan United Methodist Church, 706-291-8660
Thankful Baptist Church,
706-291-8132
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 706-295-7014 (also has a
Hispanic ministry)
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. The Habitat for Humanity
Home Mart accepts donations of furniture and household
items. Habitat’s
Home Mart is located at 106, Excelsior
Street, N.W., Rome, Georgia 30165.
(This is on the street
behind the former Piggly Wiggly, just off Division
Street.)
For more information on donating items call the Home Mart:
706-378-5957, and to volunteer for tornado relief projects
call Executive
Director, Bruce Day at 706-378-0300.
HANDS ON ROME FLOYD COUNTY
is a non-profit
organization focused on providing volunteers to support
community efforts
all of Rome and Floyd County. People
who have been affected by the tornado
can list projects
they need done and people who want to volunteer can
finds
ways to donate their time and talents. Please contact
Debbie
Gunnells at 706-766-0633 or by email: info@handsonrome.net
or visit the web site:
www.handsonrome.org.
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ADULT EDUCATION:
Adult Education Center
Coosa Valley Technical College AIDS
INFORMATION:
AIDS Information Hotline
AIDS Resource Council, Inc.
CHILD
ABUSE/NEGLECT:
Dept of Family &Children Services
Prevent
Child Abuse Georgia
Harbor House
Victim-Witness Assistance
CLOTHING
(and other services)
Salvation Army
West Rome UMC Crisis Ministry
Lovejoy Baptist Church
Metropolitan UMC
Thankful Baptist Church
Third Street
Ministries
DISABILITIES:
Services for Persons with disabilities
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
Hospitality
House
Victim-Witness Assistance
EMPLOYMENT
Georgia
Department of Labor
Lutheran Services of Georgia
Title V Employment Program
Vocational Rehabilitation
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
DFCS
Good Neighbors (Bills)
Salvation Army
United Methodist Children's Home
West Rome UMC Crisis Ministry
Tallatoona CAP
FINANCIAL
COUNSELING
Consumer
Credit Counseling
FOOD
Rome Action Ministries (Groceries)
Floyd County Baptist Association
Tallatoona CAP
Salvation
Army
HOUSING/LOW
INCOME
Ashland Park Apartments
Ashton Ridge
Callier Forest Apartments
Cave Spring Housing Authority
Georgia Housing & Finance
Greystone Apartments
Heatherwood Apartments
Meadowlane Apartments
Rome Housing Authority
LEGAL
INFORMATION/ CONSULTATION
Georgia Legal Services Program
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
MEDICAL
CLINICS
Health Department
Free Clinic of Rome
Highland Rivers
MENTAL
HEALTH
Region 1 Office
Crisis Line, evenings and weekends:
NWGA Regional Hospital
Windwood
PREGNANCY
Powerline Project
Pregnancy Center
RAPE
OR SEXUAL ASSAULT
Rape Crisis Line (24/7)
Sexual Assault Center
SENIOR
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
Area Agency on Aging
Mercy Senior Care
Senior Citizen Nutrition Center
Senior Adult Recreation Center
Alzheimers Association
SHELTER/TEMPORARY
LODGING
Action Ministries
United Methodist Children’s Home
Salvation Army
Hospitality House
William Davies Shelters: (Women)
(Men)
SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Local Office
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE COUNSELING AND REFERRAL
Chemical Health Associates
Counseling Associates of
Rome
Georgia Helpline
Highland Rivers
SUBSTANCE
ABUSE DETOXIFICATION
Substance Abuse & Victim
Assistance
New Beginnings Treatment Ctr.
Windwood
Residential Treatment Unit
Highland Rivers
Women’s Outreach
TRANSPORTATION
Medicaid Transport
Rome Transit Department
Tallatoona
VOLUNTEER
through local organizations
Hands on Rome
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295-6917
295-6702
1-800-551-2728
290-9098
295-6550
1-800-244-5373
235-5437
291-5264
291-4745
290-9223
232-1917
291-8660
291-8132
235-9121
314-0008
233-0023
295-6051
404-875-0201
291-8496
295-6400
295-6500
291-0556
291-4745
295-3911
290-9223
295-7124
1-800-251-2227
291-7731
291-0904
295-7124
291-4745
232-0346
802-0017
291-2936
777-3375
877-846-1943
232-5798
235-2881
235-3355
291-0780
1-800-822-5391
404-523-5398
295-6123
295-6166
233-9023
802-5606
1-800-493-1932
295-6011
509-3500
1-800-822-2539
235-6833
802-0580
292-9024
802-5506
291-8496
291-0760
234-0383
1-800-227-2345
770-387-1454
295-3911
291-4745
235-4673
290-1562
232-9990
1-800-772-1213
291-5660
236-9079
291-9522
1-800-338-6745
233-9023
1-800 338-6745
233-9603
802-2870
770-749-2360
233-9023
291-7201
1-800-807-5030
236-4523
295-7124
766-0633
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