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(50 Agencies)

1. CASA of Lane County
    CASA provides special advocates for children of abuse and/or neglect who are involved with the courts. Special advocates are volunteers who have gone through the screening process and completed the training.

2. CDC National Aids Hotline
    Provides 24 hour information and referral about HIV/AIDS. Refers people to local resources. Information is available in English and Spanish. Educational services also provided. Free written information is available. Days and hours: 7 days, 24 hours (English); 7 days, 8-2 (Spanish); M-F 10a-10p (TYY). 1-800-243-7889 for TTY.

3. Camp Fire Boys and Girls
    Children and teens meet in their neighborhoods to participate in FUN, on-going, co-educational, age specific, small group activities that increase their self-esteem which in turn enhances their development into responsible individuals. Partnering with adults, youth learns life skills while developing values and decision making skills.

4. Campbell Senior Community Center
    Provides classes, trips, groups, special events, social services and activities for the older community. Outreach services, blood pressure screenings and volunteer opportunities are always available. For details see newsletter, available free at the center or mailed by subscription.

5. Candlelighters of Eugene
    A support group for parents, friends, and families of children who have or have had cancer. Also, a library and information on other services available.

6. Casey Eye Institute
    Offers evaluation of functional vision and recommendations and training in low vision techniques and devices such as magnifiers, glasses, monoculars and closed circuit televisions. Aim is to increase independence in reading, writing, coping skillsand adaptation to work and school. Staff includes licensed optometrists and a licensed clinical social worker. A support group is offered. An ophtholmology facility is available for consultation if indicated, with billing arranged separately.

7. Catholic Community Services - Eugene Community Service Center
    No-interest loans to ADC recipients; bus tokens for medical needs and work search. Also, advocacy, information and referral, access to free telephones, clothing assistance to locate housing and employment, and energy assistance (LIEAP, Energy Share).

8. Catholic Community Services - Food Box Distribution
    Each eligible person or family can receive 1 box each month, each box containing adequate nutrition for 9 meals.

9. Catholic Community Services - Housing Scholarship Program
    The Housing Scholarship Program gives low-income people the opportunity to earn a monthly rent subsidy by attending self-development programs (educational, vocational and rehabilitative). Scholarship recipients earn $5 toward a rent subsidy for each hour of attendance. Attendance is tracked. The rent subsidy check is written directly to the property owner. Via the HSP, low-income people can build employment skills, stabilize their housing, and raise their standard of living.

10. Catholic Community Services - Mutual Home
    A residential program for families in outpatient substance abuse treatment programs. Residents must be involved in Services to Children and Families programs.

11. Catholic Community Services - Supported Living Services
    Comprehensive case management provided to families and individuals who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless, with the objective of stabilizing their living conditions and laying the foundation for self-sufficiency.

12. Catholic Community Services - Young Father's Program
    Provides case management, weekly support and education group on fathering, occasional large group activities with fathers and families, education. Helps people meet basic needs. As mentors are available, offers a mentor-father relationship.

13. Catholic Community Services - Young Parents Program
    Provides outreach, intensive case management, crisis intervention, parenting education, counseling, information, resource linkage and referral to pregnant and parenting teens. Staff and volunteers provide services in the hospital after delivery, at home, school sites and by phone. Young Parents Program welcomes whole family participation. Service to all rural areas except Creswell/Cottage Grove area and Florence. The Young Fathers Program provides direct services to teen and young fathers in groups by older male mentors.

14. Center for Community Counseling
    The Center provides individual and some couples counseling for low income adults in Lane County. Clients are screened on the phone and an intake evaluation is scheduled if the client meets our guidelines. Anger management classes for parents and nurturing parent classes provided four times a year.

15. Center for Family Development
    Mental health treatment for children and adults. Treatment modalities include individual, family and group therapy. Psychological evaluations are also offered. Specialization includes child abuse, sexual behavior problems, depression, anxiety, delinquent behavior and ADHD. Adult groups include: Panic/Anxiety Disorders and depression. Chemical dependence treatment for people for adults and adolescents. Childcare available for groups. Most insurance accepted. Sliding scale treatment for people without insurance that start at $5.

16. Center for Family Therapy (The)
    Counseling for couples, families and individuals. Closing time varies, evening appointments are available.

17. Central Lincoln People's Utility District - SOS Program
    Provides financial help with utility bills for people in the Central Lincoln People's Utility District service area. The Florence office provides electricity from the Sea Lion Caves south on Highway 101 to Lake Takhenitch, and east on Highway 126 to the tunnel, and east on Highway 36 to the east edge of Swisshome. The help program is administered by Siuslaw Area Women's Center (997-2816).

18. Centro Latino Americano
    Offer English as a Second Language classes.

19. Centro LatinoAmericano (El)
    Assistance to families with children 0-6 years: crisis intervention, child health, parenting education, codependency and spouse-abuse issues, women's support group, respite child care. Young Latino homeless prevention and employment program. Employment services: employer-employee matching, resume and job skill instruction. Case management, substance abuse counseling (both group and individual), DUII classes Saturday 10-noon. Homeless shelter for men: 23-beds for Latinos and veterans. Information and referral, translation and interpretation, English and Spanish classes. Medical program with bi-cultural, bi-lingual nurse practioner. All services delivered by bilingual, bicultural caseworkers and counselors.

20. Centro Mejorando La Vida (El)
    Offers Spanish interpretation and advocacy for Hispanic population, advocacy in accessing social services.

21. Child Care, Inc. - Sandwich and Savey Parent Education Program
    A unique parent education program established in 1990. A resource person from the community comes to Child Care, Inc. to discuss issues and concerns that parents have regarding their children and families. These workshops are offered during the dinner hour. A light meal and child care are provided, at no cost to the parents, as part of the program. Registration for child care is required. Space is limited. Call for meeting dates.

22. Child Center (The) - Community Outpatient Program
    Outpatient counseling for children, adloescents and adults. Year-round program. Services provided at offices; schools and client houses. Behavioral Support for children and adolescents in home, school and community. Wraparound Services for children and families. Services in Eugene, Springfield, Junction City, Bethel, Creswell, Cottage Grove, Veneta and Fernridge.

23. Child Center (The) - Day Treatment Program
    Provides psychiatric day treatment and special education services to children between the ages of 3 and 12, who are identified as being severely emotionally disturbed. Year-round program meets 5 days a week at Marcola Road campus. Children are bussed by school districts in Eugene-Springfield-Bethel area and greater Lane County as well.

24. Child Find of America, Inc. - Child Find Location
    The Child Find Location program helps find missing children. This is accomplished through the use of: 1) professional in-house missing children location staff; 2) a pre-registration program that deals with missing children and offers concrete suggestions for situations; 3) the national dissemination of photos of missing children to companies and corporations; 4) the 1-800-I-AM-LOST toll-free telephone number; 5) step-by-step counseling for searching parents.

25. Child Find of America, Inc. - Child Find Mediation
    The mediation program helps to resolve parental abduction disputes through the use of: 1) professional family mediators who are experienced in dealing with family and custodial situations; 2) the 1-800-A-WAY-OUT toll-free number for in-flight and contemplating parents; 3) preventative counseling for parents who are contemplating abducting their children; 4) referrals to additional agencies and services.

26. Children's Dental Clinic
    Provides dental care to children of low-income families who are attending school. Referrals are made through the school nurse. There is no cost to the families. Welfare clients are not eligible.

27. Christian Deaf Center
    All services are signed for people who are deaf. Christian Deaf Center offers Sunday school classes and counseling for people who have hearing impairments. We are forming a chapter for hearing children who have parents that are deaf and for hearing parents who have children that are deaf. If you don't have access to TDD, please call Oregon Relay at l-800-735-2900 and give them the above TDD number.

28. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group
    Provides information, referrals, empathy and understanding. Building a library of reference materials, books, articles, etc. Phone list available for those who need contact more than once a month.

29. Coalition in Oregon for Parent Education, Inc. (COPE)
    COPE is a parent-to-parent statewide education program to help parents better understand their role in planning and guiding the educational programming of their children with disabilities. The major focus of COPE's activities is to provide regional workshops for parents. Secondary goals and services include interagency collaboration; linking parents in local communities for mutual support, information and referral; public awareness/media; a bi-monthly newsletter, 'The COPE Communicator'; and 'The Annual Wagon Wheel Conference.'

30. Committed Partners for Youth
    We provide mentors for "at-risk" youths, working in conjunction with designated schools. We run a 7 month program to provide ongoing training for mentors, interactive learning and skill building interactions between youth and mentors. We work to help vulnerable youth develop self esteem and hope for their future.

31. Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC)
    CALC's mission is to advance the vision of a democratic society free of bigotry. CALC seeks to educate and mobilize against groups, movements, and government practices that promote hatred or bigotry. CALC is committed to promoting public policies based on social and economic justice.

32. Community Family Soup Kitchen - Patterson School
    Provides a hot, nutritious meal to families and couples in need.

33. Community Family Soup Kitchen - Springfield Church of Christ
    Provides a hot, nutritious meal to families and couples in need.

34. Community Family Soup Kitchen - Trinity United Methodist Church
    Provides a hot nutritious meal to families and couples in need.

35. Community Mediation Services, Inc.
    An Oregon non-profit corporation that empowers people to resolve disputes effectively. Services include providing appropriate dispute resolution for neighborhood issues as noise, landscaping and pet problems, mobile home and manufactured dwelling park issues, landowner/tenant disputes, youth conflict, parent/adolescent mediation, large and small group conferences, and juvenile victim/offender mediation. Group conflict resolution workshops for the public and training program for volunteer mediators.

36. Community Midwifery Services
    Case management support services for low-income pregnant women. Comprehensive assessment of needs, coordination with other services and providers, and referrals to other services.

37. Community Rehabilitation Services of Oregon - Community Rehab
    Community Rehabilitation Services of Oregon provides home and community based rehabilitation and employment services for persons with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders and other disabilities. Services include: case management; assessment and therapy in the areas of speech pathology, physical therepy, occupational therapy and psychotherapy; neurological evaluations; employment services; and Americans with Disabilities Act Consultation. Home Care program provides post acute care for children and adults. Biofeedback training is also available. Monthly Brain Injury Support Group (call to be put on mailing list).

38. Community Sharing
    Provides basic need emergency assistance to low-income residents of south Lane County. Provides food boxes, rental assistance, emergency shelter, utility assistance, limited medical, dental and prescription assistance. Provides information and referral services for local resources.

39. Community Sharing Helpline
    Provides 24 hour confidential crisis hotline, information and referral services to individuals and families in South Lane County.

40. Community Television
    Provides access for public groups or individuals in Lane County to make television productions and cablecast programming on Cable 11. Offers training and certification on television cameras and equipment. Acts as a community resource for local groups and non-profit agencies who wish to communicate their message to the Eugene/Lane County area. An orientation to CTV services is the first step to getting involved. Orientation sessions offered monthly; call to register Wednesday 4-10.

41. Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians
    Provides social services, information, advocacy, parent training, adult basic education, counseling, health care, and case management for several federally funded programs for Native Americans.

42. Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Lane County, Inc.
    Confidential consultations with certified counselors offered at no charge, credit reports reviewed by skilled professional, guidelines on correcting errors and establishing credit provided, debt reduction plans administered, sliding scale fees. Income remains in client's control with monthly deposit to CCCS. Education presentations on money topics available for schools, organizations and businesses. Workshops held for clients and community. Library dealing with finances and self-improvement open to public at no charge. Housing counseling ranging from first-time buyer to mortgage delinquency at no charge.

43. Convention and Visitors Association of Lane County, Oregon
    Information service for tourists, convention delegates and locals with visitors.

44. Cottage Grove Counseling Clinic
    Working with adults, families, children, couples. Specialties include: substance abuse, school and work problems, psychosomatic issues, eating disorders, family therapy, working with grief, death and dying, domestic violence, sex abuse, anxiety and depression.

45. Cottage Grove Diabetes Support Group
    Provides education and support to diabetics, their families and the public at large. Meets at Community Health and Education Center, Birch and 'M' Street, Cottage Grove.

46. Cottage Grove Recreation Association
    Sports activities for youth include: baseball, T-ball and pee wee for K-8; boy's basketball; girl's basketball; volleyball; flag football and soccer; swimming, all ages; men's softball and men's basketball; girls softball 4th-8th grade.

47. Cottage Grove Senior Center
    Offers a range of recreational, social, and educational activities to seniors. Activities change monthly. A calendar of events is available. Ongoing programs include: cards and cribbage; exercise Tuesdays and Thursdays; and craft workshops. Legal Aid provides a monthly senior legal clinic. Call for an appointment.

48. Creswell Food Bank
    Provides food boxes for residents of the Creswell area.

49. Custody Referee
    Pretrial determination for release. Determines eligibility and appoints attorneys for indigent defense. There are no bail bondsmen in Oregon; service is provided by the referees. Supervise persons released pending disposition of their case.

50. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Volunteer support group and fund raising. Provides information and education regarding Cystic Fibrosis.

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