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| Advocacy | If you feel you are not getting the help you need from local service agencies, our agency advocate can advise you of your rights and assist you in obtaining services. Advocacy is also provided by staff at our two neighborhood service centers in Walton and Delhi. | ||
| Big Buddy | Provides one on one role models and group activities for children ages 5-14. The program stresses cooperative learning and recreation and offers positive social and educational experiences for participants. | ||
| Car Seat Loaner Project (DORITE) | Lends car seats to low income families and provides training on the use and importance of car restraints for all passengers. Located at the WIC office, 146 Main Street, Delhi, (607) 746-3935. | ||
| Clothing Distribution | Free and inexpensive used clothing and household items are available at our neighborhood service centers. All donations are greatly appreciated. Clothing can be dropped off at the Delhi or Walton neighborhood service centers. | ||
| Community Food and Nutrition | Our Nutrition Advocate helps people apply for Food Stamps and WIC through application assistance, transportation, and advocacy. The program promotes participation in and expansion of school breakfast and lunch programs and summer food service programs in Delaware County. | ||
| Counseling | If you need help with budgeting, problem solving, employment strategies, educational opportunities, or other areas, personnel at our main office in Delhi or our neighborhood service centers in Delhi and Walton are available to assist you. | ||
| Day Care Development and Assistance | Offers a full range of child care resource and referral services including the recruitment, training, and evaluation of family day care providers and assistance to parents in locating child care. Assistance is also available to help subsidize the cost of child care for eligible families. | ||
| Emergency Food Bank Network | Provides a supply of food to anyone who is temporarily without food or money. The food banks are supported by contributions from individuals and community organizations as well as the NYS Department of Health. | ||
| Even Start | Promotes family literacy and child development through weekly home visits and bi-weekly parent/child group activities. | ||
| Family Development | Intensive case management and home visiting to assist all family members establish goals, build on strengths, and realize growth and an improved living situation. | ||
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management money is used to assist families with utility or housing emergencies by payment of one month's rent or back utility bill. Assistance is available only after all other sources of help have been exhausted. | ||
| Head Start | Offers a pre-school opportunity for three and four year olds from low income families and for children with special needs. Comprehensive services are provided to both children and families. | ||
| Home Energy Assistance (HEAP) | Provides heat related utility and/or fuel assistance for low-income families and for children with special needs. Comprehensive services are provided to both children and families. | ||
| Homeless and Homeless Prevention Program | Assists those individuals and families who have no permanent place to live. We provide help in looking for housing, transportation and advocacy with service providers. Case management and home visitor services are available to families at risk of becoming homeless. | ||
| Housing Program | Provides rental assistance payments for low to moderate income residents. Financial counseling and information is available to low income people wishing to purchase a home. We also provide technical assistance to municipalities seeking Community Development Block Grant funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to upgrade existing housing and are currently administering grants in Andes, Harpersfield, Kortright, and on a county-wide basis. Counseling is available to help people find and retain housing in Delaware County. Partial loans are available to home buyers at reduced interest. The Delaware Opportunities Housing Office is located at 91 Townsend Street, Walton, (607) 865-6424. | ||
| Parent Aide | Home visitors provide parent education and support to strengthen families and improve parent/child interaction. | ||
| Referrals | If you need help and don't know where to go, contact our main office or the neighborhood service center nearest you. | ||
| Resource Mobilization | Develops new programs to serve Delaware County residents. | ||
| Respite Care | Recruits and trains individuals to care for handicapped children and adults to provide families with respite from the constant care of handicapped dependents. Assists families with handicapped dependents in obtaining respite care and financial assistance. | ||
| Safe Against Violence | Offers comprehensive crisis intervention services of domestic violence, rape and other crimes involving personal injury or loss. Services include safe, anonymous shelter for domestic violence victims and their families, short term crisis and supportive counseling and a 24 hours crisis hotline. Crime victims are assisted in filing claims for compensation. Educational programs aimed at preventing sexual assault and domestic violence are available for schools, communit7 groups and human service and health care providers. Collect calls are accepted at (607) 746-6278. | ||
| Senior Meals | Provides a hot, nutritious noontime meal to senior citizens in eight sites in Delaware County. Home delivered meals are available to seniors unable to get to the meal sites. We also provide transportation to the meal sites, shopping assistance, information and referral services, and recreational activities. | ||
| TASA | Offers case management services including one one one support to pregnant, parenting, or at risk teens. Teens receive counseling mentoring, and education designed to promote self sufficiency. | ||
| Transportation | We provide transportation to individuals on Medicaid for health related appointments and to senior citizens for medical appointments. In addition, transportation is provided to developmentally disabled adults to a daily activity program in Corbett. Limited transportation is available for low income people without vehicles, to apply for services, secure, secure employment or in emergency situations. | ||
| Weatherization | Helps low income and elderly residents of Delaware County to weatherize their homes to save energy. The help includes insulating, weather-stripping, sealing leaks and preventing drafts, caulking, replacing broken glass and puttying windows. Furnaces and boilers are tested and examined and can be cleaned and tuned, even repaired or replaced as necessary. | ||
| Women, Infants and Children (WIC) | WIC is the supplemental food and nutrition program for pregnant, postpartum and breast feeding women, infants and children under 5 years of age. Eligibility is based on nutritional risk due to medical reasons or poor or inadequate diet and low-income. The program provides vouchers to purchase milk or infant formula, cereal, juice, eggs, cheese, dried beans, peas, or peanut butter. The Delaware Opportunities WIC office is located at 146 Main Street, Delhi (607) 746-3935. | ||
| Work Experience/Job Placement | Operates crews of public assistance recipients working on community service projects assists public assistance clients in obtaining relevant work experience and finding employment. | ||
