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(119 Agencies)

1. LCC - Adult Basic Skills and Secondary Education Programs
    Adult Skills Development (ASD): Provides tutoring and instruction to assist adults in improving basic reading, math and writing skills. Preparation for the GED exam is offered. High School Completion Program: Provides opportunity to earn the adult high school diploma. General Education Development (GED): New courses offered every 6 weeks during the school year. Students age 16 and 17 need a formal release and transcript from their high schools. Handicapped Program: Provides basic skill instruction to adults with special needs. Community living skills and functional academics are provided to assist students in maximizing their efficiency in learning. Evening classes available. English as a Second Language (ESL): Provides language instruction for non-native speakers of English.

2. LCC - Adult Basic and Secondary Education Programs - Tutor Program
    Volunteers are trained and placed with students learning basic skills of reading, writing, math and English as a Second Language in LCC's ABSE classes. Tutors work with students on a one-to-one basis, in small groups or within a classroom setting. A six month committment of three hours a week is required for new volunteer tutors. Outlying tutorial services available in Springfield, Junction City, Cottage Grove, Florence, Oakridge and Veneta.

3. LCC - Business Development Center
    Provides business counseling, business training, and business information and referral for Lane County's small businesses. Business counseling is free, confidential and one-on-one. Business training is intended to help new and experienced owners acquire the management skills necessary to successfully run a business. Business information includes a well-stocked library on business topics which is open to the public.

4. LCC - Chemical Dependency Counselor Training Program
    The program offers women and men of varied cultural backgrounds and life experiences an opportunity to gain training in the chemical dependency field at an entry level. This two year program prepares students to take the State Certified Alcohol/Drug Counselor (CADC 1) examination and an opportunity for continuation to four-year colleges and universities with an associate degree. As part of the program, students participate in over 600 hours of field experience in local treatment centers, detox units, hospitals, correctional facilities, mental health agencies and outreach facilities. Forty five students are accepted into the program yearly. Ususally there is no waiting. Applications are available in January; students begin in the fall. Students in recovery are required to have 3 years continous sobriety upon entry in the fall.

5. LCC - Child Care Resource Connection
    CCRC bridges the gap between parents seeking child care and those who provide care to children. Parents are given referrals from a computer database of available child care providers. They receive consultation and materials about how to choose quality child care. CCRC also coordinates and offers child care provider training and on-going support to caregivers. A multicultural coordinator assists parents and providers of color to access our services. In addition, CCRC works with local employers to help them with the child care needs of their employees.

6. LCC - Child Development Centers
    Developmental preschool, infant, and toddler center with highly trained staff and early childhood student teachers. Provides children with opportunities to develop positive self image and intellectual, language, social and motor skills. LCC operates two centers. The staff ratio is 1 to 4 for the infant toddler center and 1 to 10 for the preschool.

7. LCC - Community Center For Family Counseling (Saturday Circus)
    Community Center For Family Counseling (Saturday Circus) is open to the public during the academic year on Saturdays (9a-noon) and on Fridays (9a-noon) for summer session, at Lane Community College Downtown Center, 1059 Willamette, Room 301. Services include parent education instruction, illustration of parenting principles and skills through family counseling sessions, and application of class content through exercises, discussion and practice. Child care is provided on a space-available, pre-registered basis only for parents who need child care for children 3-11 years old) and will attend the program consistently. Although there is no charge for the Saturday morning parent education class and child care, there is a non-refundable Children's Supply Fee ($10/ per term). Text for the class is also available in Spanish.

8. LCC - Cottage Grove Campus
    Services include approximately 100 classes, credit and non-credit, per term. There is also academic counseling and a Career Information System (CIS) which lists job occupations of interest.

9. LCC - Counseling and Advising Department
    Provides counseling and guidance services to current and prospective LCC students regarding career and life planning and academic, personal, and vocational counseling. Provides career information, assessment and testing as well as special reentry and support services for women, minorities and disabled. Note: For dislocated workers program call Patti Lake 747-4501 ext. 2848.

10. LCC - Dental Clinic
    Services offered include teeth cleaning, home care instruction, fluoride application, pit and fissure sealants, periodontal therapy, and X-rays. Patients schedule an evaluation appointment and are assigned to students by skill level and course requirements. Patients must be age 3 years and over.

11. LCC - Disability Services
    Provides services for a wide range of disabilities for students at LCC campuses. Also provides resource and referral information for community members who are disabled and/or are interested in working with the disabled. Hours are: Monday and Thursday 7:30-4:30, Tuesday and Wednesday 7:30-6:30, and Friday 7:30-noon.

12. LCC - Dislocated Worker Program
    Provides job training for new careers through Training and Development Department. Service includes vocational counseling training, job search workshop (which includes interviewing skills), resume preparation, labor market information, and some assistance with the clothing or tools necessary to start a job. Call 726-2223 for application. Eligibility done through Southern Willamette Private Industry Council.

13. LCC - English as a Second Language
    Provides classes to develop basic speaking, listening, reading and writing skills for persons whose native language is not English. Survival English is emphasized, but advanced courses to prepare students for further education are also offered. Call for registration information.

14. LCC - Florence Campus
    Educational services including credit/noncredit classes, workshops, Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) business counseling, seminars, teleconferences, etc. Programs include: Adult Basic Education, Florence Business Assistance Center, Cooperative Work Experience, Academic Counseling, Dislocated Worker Program, Project Literacy United States (PLUS), career-oriented health services occupational programs and elderhostel and senior programs serving the over 60 population of Central Coast communities.

15. LCC - Job Placement Office
    Provides a free employment service for students, former students, LCC graduates and community people. Employers are local and nationwide businesses seeking part-time and full-time employees. Career information is available at the Career Information Center.

16. LCC - Office of Financial Aid
    Provides general information on financial aid and assists students in obtaining and correctly completing the necessary financial aid forms. Applications are accepted at any time but should be submitted as soon after January 1 as possible for the next academic year. Some funds are limited and are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Processing time is one to four months. Outreach services are provided at area high schools and at Cottage Grove and Florence centers on request.

17. LCC - Training and Development
    Job search and limited training through the Dislocated Worker program, Emerald Job Center and satellite job programs.

18. LCC - Transitions to Success Program
    Transitions to Success is designed for the specific needs and issues of single parents and displaced homemakers. The program is comprised of: a six-credit class (focusing on life transitions, career and life planning, decision making, personal growth, etc.), weekly support groups, a resource group, plus the option of taking an effective learning class and a math class (specifically designed for re-entry women). Funds are available to assist with childcare (for children under kindergarten age), mileage, bus passes, fees and supplies. We offer both day and evening classes.

19. LCC - Veterans' Office
    Educational benefits for veterans and service persons are paid for attendence at LCC under Chapters 30, 31,32, 35, and 106. Determination of eligibility is made by the VA. They may be reached toll-free at 800-827-1000.

20. LCC - Women's Program
    Provides services to students and others in transition for whom returning to school might be a viable option. The Women's Center is part of the Women's Program at LCC and it also provides support, encouragement and information on community resources for women.

21. La Leche League of Eugene/Springfield
    La Leche League is an international, volunteer organization. It provides breast-feeding information and support through a telephone helpline, monthly meetings, and a variety of written material, video tapes and books for sale or on loan. Membership is available for $30 a year, which includes a subscription to 'New Beginnings.' Please call the support line (744-6055) for a local leader's phone number to obtain more information.

22. Lakeside Clinic (The)
    Treatment of chronic and sudden illness, health care screening, immunizations, minor surgical procedures, allergy injections, lab tests, diagnostic X-rays, prescriptions, home visits, minor emergency care, referral service to appropriate agencies. Serves Dexter, Fall Creek, Goshen, Jasper, Lowell, Pleasant Hill, Trent, Unity and Westfir.

23. Lane (County) Alcohol, Drug and Offender Program
    Services include: (1) drug treatment program, outpatient methadone treatment for opiate addicted individuals, 682-4464; (2) referrals from the courts for DUII evaluation, referral and monitoring; occupational drivers license program, 682-4463; (3) mental health assessment, referral and treatment for court or probation/parole clients; alcohol and drug assessment, and referral to treatment, 682-4463; (4) sex offender treatment for court or probation/parole referred offenders, 682-2338.

24. Lane (County) Animal Regulation Authority
    Provides animal control services throughout Eugene and the unincorporated areas of Lane County. Services include: dog licenses, ID tags, animal adoptions, sheltering services for stray animals, cruelty investigations, and animal-bite investigations. Also provides educational materials and various public informational presentations. Care of injured domestic animals.

25. Lane (County) Assessment and Taxation
    Primary responsibility is the accurate valuation of property and collection of property taxes for local taxing districts within Lane County. Special programs include senior citizens' property tax deferral and veterans' exemption. Contact the Assessor's office for applications and for eligibility information as well as applicable deadlines. Hours are: Monday-Friday 9-1 counter; Monday-Friday 9-1 phones. Payment counter hours: Monday through Friday 9-4.

26. Lane (County) Branch Public Health Offices
    Branch Offices: COTTAGE GROVE: 942-5555. Open Monday and Tuesday, 510 Whiteaker, Cottage Grove 97424. FLORENCE: Contact Nan McCreesh, 997-8217 or toll-free, 682-4358. Open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, 980 Quince, Florence 97439. OAKRIDGE: Contact Carolyn Farrier, 782-4218 or toll-free 687-4400. Open Wednesday only for health services, Willamette Activity Center, P.O. Box 425, 47674 School Street, Oakridge 97463.

27. Lane (County) Child Advocacy Center
    The Child Advocacy Center provides a warm environment where children can be interviewed in matters concerning child abuse. The Center will ensure the child's well being as first priority, enable effective investigations, and coordinate the child's legal and treatment needs through community resources.

28. Lane (County) Community Corrections - Adult Parole and Probation
    Provide services and supervision to people on parole and probation.

29. Lane (County) Department of Youth Services
    Provides juvenile court services, detention, supervision for youth on probation, public information and grants to agencies providing youth services. After hours, call 682-4761.

30. Lane (County) Developmental Disabilities Services
    Provides a system of specialized training, care and support services to children and adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. Provides case management for eligible individuals and families including: needs assessment, service procurement, follow-along, monitoring and protective services. The program is the point of entry and exit to all Developmental Disabilities funded adult services, including: family support, residential training and care, specialized adult foster homes, outreach, transportation, work activity centers, supported employment and institutional diversion.

31. Lane (County) Elections/Voter Registration
    Provides voter registration and absentee ballots. Conducts elections.

32. Lane (County) Environmental Health
    Provides food handler tests; restaurant, pool/spa, tourist/traveler licensing and inspections; Food Handler testing (Food Handler manuals/tests available in Spanish, Cambodian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Laotion).

33. Lane (County) Family Mediation Program
    The family mediation program offers mediation to help parents reach agreement about custody, visitation, and other plans for their children. To participate, parents must be divorcing or have a current legal action involving custody and/or visitation. The mediator will not make decisions or testify in court. Discussions during mediation are completely private and confidential. The program is administered by Lane County.

34. Lane (County) Mental Health - Adult Outpatient Services
    Provides 1) crisis intervention, screening, and assessment: on-call to Sacred Heart General Hospital Emergency Room 24 hours; 2) crisis stabilization and treatment; 3) medication management during treatment; 4) involuntary commitment investigation and court commitment hearings; 5) long term case management services; and 6) physician consultation.

35. Lane (County) Mental Health - Adult Program
    Provides assessment, medication management, case management, brief therapy, residential referrals and discharge planning from psychiatric hospitals, as well as education and trouble-shooting for families of chronically mentally ill. Program serves as a gate keeper to a wide range of social, residential and employment services for the chronically mentally ill. Provides abuse investigation and protective services for adults enrolled in any program which is licensed or certified by or contracts with the State Mental Health and Developmental Disability Services Division.

36. Lane (County) Mental Health - Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Service
    This service provides consultation, psychiatric evaluation, treatment and referral for Oregon Health Plan (OHP) members. Additionally, short-term crisis services (evaluation and brief treatment) are available to youth at risk of hospitalization or out-of-home placement because of severe mental, emotional or behavioral disturbance.

37. Lane (County) Mental Health - Enhanced Care Facility
    Provides secure (locked) residential treatment and rehabilitation services including assessment, individual and group psychotherapy, skill training, consultation with family and friends, medication management, money management, meals, laundry and housecleaning. Double and single rooms. Must be referred through Oregon State Hospital Outreach Team.

38. Lane (County) Prenatal Services
    The central number to call for Lane County prenatal information and accessing prenatal care. Gives help with obtaining the Oregon Health Plan and does screening for Peace Health Midwifery Obstetrical services. Gives free prenatal vitamins and can help arrange for scholarship for childbirth classes. Information and referral for other needs as approprate.

39. Lane (County) Public Health Services - Cottage Grove
    Provides a number of public health services including a family planning clinic, pregnancy testing, an immunization clinic, prenatal information and referral for lower income women, a High-Risk Maternal Child Health program, and communicable disease investigations.

40. Lane (County) Public Health Services - Eugene
    Provides limited nursing care in the area of maternal and child health. Primary contact for access to prenatal services , 682-4031. Clinical services for childhood immunizations and limited adult immunizations. Provides clinical services in the area of family planning, 682-4361, and sexually-transmitted diseases (682-4041). Education, info and referral are provided. Provides reportable communicable disease surveillance and investigation. Confidential HIV testing and counseling is available. Provides TB case management/medications. Tobacco prevention education and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenig program also available.

41. Lane (County) Public Health Services - Florence
    Provides nursing care in the area of maternal and child health, clinical services for family planning, HIV and pregnancy testing and counseling, immunization, communicable disease investigations and information and referrals. Food handler cards issued. Closed third Wednesday morning of the month. Also offers WIC Program, a nutrition education and supplemental food program for eligible women, infants and children.

42. Lane (County) Public Health Services - Oakridge
    Provides Health Division services: general immunizations, family planning, communicable disease investigations, maternal and child health services, mental health counseling, information and referral and food handler cards. WIC clinic 3rd Fridays of each month.

43. Lane (County) Sheriff's Office - Adult Corrections Division
    Mental health services and transitional assistance for persons incarcerated in the Lane County Jail. Evaluation, referral as well as in-house intervention for mentally and emotionally disturbed, suicidal, alcohol and drug addicted, and other persons requesting services while incarcerated. Services only available to persons incarcerated in the Lane County Jail or in one of the alternative custody programs managed by the sheriff's office.

44. Lane (County) Victim Services Program
    Provides assistance, criminal justice education, guidance and support to both crime victims and witnesses. It is not necessary for a suspect to be arrested or to have prosecution pending to contact the program. Services include: crisis intervention, securing emergency assistance, case status notification, property return, community resource and referral counseling, and court accompaniment. The program also assists crime victims with application for crime victim's compensation benefits. Supplies ongoing case management and crisis intervention for victims experiencing domestic violence and persons petitioning for family abuse prevention act restraining orders.

45. Lane (County) Vital Statistics
    Certified copies of Lane County deaths (up to 6 months after death) and births (from present back to 1961) are available for $15 for 1st and $12 for each additional copy. For records of deaths occuring more than 6 months ago, or for records of births occuring prior to 1961, contact Vital Statistics in Portland. Assistance given for those events that occur in Lane County or the State of Oregon.

46. Lane (County) Waste Management
    Operates one landfill and 16 transfer stations for refuse disposal, and recycling facilities. Fees vary based on the quantity of material being disposed of and whether the load is covered and secured. Does not provide refuse collection services. Look for waste haulers in the yellow pages under 'Garbage' and 'Rubbish Collection'.

47. Lane (County) Youth Services - Managing Life with Teens
    A series of classes for parents of 'acting out' adolescents. All parents of any age group are encouraged to attend. Offered 2 times a year, 8-10 classes per series. Classes are held in the evenings. The classes expose parents to methods of improving their relationships with their children by practicing communication skills, learning how to decrease power struggles, learning anger management skills, listening and problem solving skills and how to build mutual respect within the family unit.

48. Lane Community College
    Lane Community College offers number of literacy-related programs. See individual listings under: Adult Basic and Secondary Education, Adult High School Completion Program, Dance Program, Disabilities Services, English as a Second Language Program,GED Program, Guided Learning Options, Study Skills Department, Tutor Program. Services are available at several locations in Eugene and Springfield, as well as in Cottage Grove, Florence, Junction City, Oakridge, and Veneta.

49. Lane County Adult Foster Providers' Association
    Adult foster program for providers in Lane County. Offers referral assistance to members and various programs to assist providers and residents.

50. Lane County Breast and Cervical Cancer Partnership (BCCP)
    Free Women's Annual exams, which include a pap test and clinical breast exam, are provided for women 40 and older, and are usually scheduled with their regular healthcare providers. Free mammograms are provided for eligible women of any age. To be eligible, women must be uninsured or under-insured and meet income guidelines.

51. Lane County Dental Society
    Provides dental information and referral. Makes referrals to dentists who are members of the American Dental Association and who abide by ADA's ethics and standards.

52. Lane County Extension Service
    Educational materials and informal classes in agriculture, gardening, home economics, energy and forestry. 4-H program for youths, grades 4-12. Master gardeners and food preservers available to help folks with questions on either subject. Nutrition education for limited income families available in home or with groups in Eugene/Springfield, Florence and Cottage Grove areas.

53. Lane County Extension Service - 4-H Youth Development Program
    The purpose of the program is to teach youth (grades 4-12) knowledge and life skills in the areas of family living, leadership development, plant, animal, natural sciences and citizenship. Adult volunteers do most of the teaching. Appointments are not necessary but are helpful.

54. Lane County Extension Service - Family Community Leadership
    Oregon State University, Lane County Extension Service's Master Volunteer program for Family Community Leadership (FCL) features a team of skilled and motivated volunteers who provide facilitation, training, and workshops on leadership development, group dynamics, volunteer management skills, effective communications, community involvement, and personal growth.

55. Lane County Extension Service - Food and Nutrition Program
    Free, voluntary program teaches limited-income homemakers with young children basic nutrition, food preparation, food safety and food shopping skills. Lessons are taught to individuals using hands-on cooking experiences, printed material and a variety of visual aids. The weekly, one hour sessions are also presented to small groups of homemakers in the home or at a central meeting site. Participants receive a certificate at completion.

56. Lane County Extension Service - Food and Nutrition Program - Youth Portion
    The purpose of the program is to teach children basic nutrition and some food preparation skills as well as food safety. The target audience is children grades K-12 from families living on limited incomes. The program includes in-school nutrition education, after-school activity groups led by volunteers, and a summer program with nutrition-related activities in parks, community schools and Latch Key sites.

57. Lane County Housing Authority - Public Housing
    A Federal program that assists low income families in obtaining one of the Housing Authority's (HASCA) 708 owned and managed, federally subsidized rental units. Families pay no more than 30% of their household income on rent. A family member must complete a housing application and be placed on a waiting list in the order of date of application; no emergency provisions exist. When a family's name comes to the top of the waiting list, they have an intake appointment, a reference check and a criminal history check. If references and background check are okay, they are maybe offered the next size-appropriate rental unit; these consist of apartments, duplexes, or houses. Public housing applications can be picked up at 177 Day Island Road., Eugene, or 300 West Fairview, Springfield. Applications questions, 682-3757.

58. Lane County Housing Authority - Section Eight Housing Program
    A federal assistance program to assist families with their rental housing payment. A family member must complete a housing application and be placed on a waiting list. When the eligible family comes to the top of the waiting list, the family income and assets are verified and they are considered eligible. They then locate a unit and a willing owner and enter into a lease agreement; the owner contracts with HACSA. HACSA pays the owner a portion of the family's rent based on the family's income. New families are taken into the program as vacancies occur. Single persons must be 62 or over or disabled to qualify.

59. Lane County Housing Authority - Weatherization Program
    This program provides free weatherization services to income-eligible home-owners and renters in Lane County. Seniors and persons with disabilities are targeted as first priority. Job costs are paid by funding from federal grants and participating utilities. Weatherization measures designed to reduce energy consumption may include ceiling, floor, wall and HVAC duct insulation; storm or replacement windows; weather-stripping, caulking, and minor related repairs. Energy audits and inspections are done by agency staff. Installation is completed by licensed and bonded private contractors.

60. Lane County Law and Advocacy Center
    Provides free legal assistance to low-income Lane County residents with civil (noncriminal) matters. Service prioritized by need and emergencies. Cases also referred to private attorneys on reduced fee basis. Outlying services in Cottage Grove (942-2176); Florence (800-422-5247 for appointment); Oakridge (782-4216). Provides outreach at El Centro Latino Americano by appointment (687-2666). Intake Monday through Friday 1-3, Tuesday 6-8p (by appointment.).

61. Lane County Law and Advocacy Center - Bill Payer Program
    Volunteers become representative payees or provide informal bill paying services for those elderly people who may be unable to handle this task on their own. The object of the program is to help elderly remain in the community with help as needed, thus delaying institutional placement as long as possible. Senior Law Service is the sponsoring agency. Services also provided in Lane County areas outside Eugene/Springfield if volunteers are available. Volunteer opportunities available - please call.

62. Lane County Law and Advocacy Center - Senior Law Service
    Legal services for senior citizens. Senior Law Service is a program of Lane County Law and Advocacy Center service in cooperation with volunteer attorneys. Services are provided by volunteer and staff resources, depending upon the type of help needed. Services include individual consultations and representation, and group lectures and discussions on areas of particular interest to the elderly. Outlying services in Cottage Grove the first Friday of the month (call 942-8751 for appointments). Volunteer attorney available at Kaufman Center (342-1881) and Willamalane senior adult activity center (726-4361) 9-12 Saturdays. Call for an appointment. Questions: call 485-1017, ext. 131. Volunteer opportunities available; please call.

63. Lane County Legal Aid, Inc.
    Services are accessed via referral from the Advocacy Center. Attorneys and paralegals assist with domestic relations problems including restraining and stalking orders, consumer and financial issues, landlord-tenant problems and miscelaneous cases.

64. Lane County Optometric Society
    The Lane County Optometric Society provides public information concerning eye care; referral to optometrists in person's local area; answers to questions about optometric services and vision problems; and action on complaints against society members. Can make referrals to specific eye care specialists for particular problems. State office: Oregon Optometric Association, 17898 SW McEwan Road , Portland, OR 97224.

65. Lane County Ostomy Association
    Educational supportive environment for patients and their families. Newsletter and journal available.

66. Lane County Psychiatric Hospital
    A licensed, full-service psychiatric hospital designed for treating patients in acute psychiatric crisis. May be admitted on a voluntary or involuntary basis for 7-9 days. Operated under contract to Sacred Heart Medical Center.

67. Lane Education Service District
    Provides support services to the 16 Lane County school districts. Services include direct instruction to moderately and severly disabled students, to seriously emotionally disturbed students, and to detained youth at Skipworth Juvenile Detention Facility. Also provided is psychological testing of students; assistance in curriculum and staff development; assistance with speech, language and hearing disorders; vocational education; and help with attendance and truancy problems. A computerized data storage and reporting system is available, as well as a 20,000 item film and video library. LESD also provides registration for homeschooling and a regional program for autistic children.

68. Lane Memorial Blood Bank
    Provides blood and blood products from volunteer donors in Lane County. With physician presciption accepts autologous donations of blood for patients own use.

69. Lane Pregnancy Support Center
    Provides support to pregnant women in Lane County. Free pregnancy test, counseling and emotional support throughout pregnancy. Prenatal classes. Computer moms' classes. Also, referrals for prenatal care, education, free maternity clothes, baby clothes and some baby furniture.

70. Lane Pregnancy Support Center - Care Net Moms
    Free weekly afternoon classes: support for expecting moms, how to care for newborns, parent interaction, nutritional education, coping skills for moms. Classes offered four times a year.

71. Lane Pregnancy Support Center - Junction City
    Provides free pregnancy test as well as free maternity and baby clothes.

72. Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority
    Protects, and where necessary with jurisdiction, improves air quality in Lane County to insure against negative impact on public health. Call 726-1930 for after hour complaints.

73. Lane Regional Program For The Visually Impaired
    The Lane Regional Program for the Visually Impaired is a program for the education of visually impaired students. Students must live in Lane County. Child should be diagnosed as (1) partially sighted - having a visual loss between 20/70 and 20/200 in the better eye, after correction; (2) legally blind - having a visual loss of 20/200 or greater in the better eye, after correction; or (3) visual field restricted to 20 degrees or less in the better eye.

74. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Administrative Office
    Provides a variety of low-income temporary/residential housing options. Brethren Housing...726-8125; Family Shelter House...689-7156; Hawthorn Program...343-4070; Heeran Center...465-3323; Royal Avenue Shelter...461-2845;Shelter Care Plus Program...302-9195; Uhlhorn Apartments...345-4244; Shankle Safe Haven...741-7726. See following entries for specific programs.

75. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Brethren Housing
    Provides housing for the following populations: (1) short term emergency housing for families with children who are homeless; (2) transitional housing for persons with disabilities referred by LCMH or VA; (3) low cost rentals for single adults or couples. Also provides food, clothing and support services including counseling, advocacy, job search, housing search, respite child care and support groups. Assists with problem solving and goal setting for residents. Must have a referral to obtain services. No fees for families.

76. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Family Shelter House
    Provides emergency shelter and advocacy to homeless families.

77. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Hawthorn Program
    Provides advocacy, support, case management, crisis counseling, therapeutic group and semi-independent living skills training for low income, chronically mentally ill adults in a 35 unit apartment complex. Services offered 24 hours.

78. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Heeran Center (The)
    Intensive residential treatment program for people with chronic mental illness.

79. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Royal Avenue Shelter
    Royal Avenue Shelter provides emergency shelter and treatment for single adults who are suffering from an emotional or mental crisis. Services include intervention and counseling. Advocacy with other community agencies, medication monitoring, mail and telephone, laundry facilities, meals, assistance with housing or job search, clothes closet, group meetings and limited transportation services.

80. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Shankle Safe Haven
    Safe Haven serves individuals with severe and persistent mental ilness who have been unsuccessful in traditional treatment or rehabilitation programs. Operating 24 hours a day, we provide services to increase community tenure, avoid hospitalization and increase the quality of life for those we serve. Participants have the right to refuse medication(s) and treatment services without jepordy of losing status. Referral for this program are made through Michael Boggs at Lane County Mental Health (682-4085).

81. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Shared Housing Program
    Deferred cost crisis transitional housing, three months in duration - not extendable, for severe and persistent mental illness.

82. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Shelter Plus Care Program
    This program is designed to provide stable housing to 32 severe and persistent mentally ill adults by providing case management, monitoring of medication compliance, adult daily living skills, assistance with health matters, advocacy with other community services, supportive problem solving, limited transportation services. Ongoing weekly group instruction on medication management, recreation needs, symptom management, etc.

83. Lane ShelterCare, Inc. - Uhlhorn Program
    Provides housing for head-injured adults. Residents learn living skills needed to re-enter the community on their own.

84. Lane Transit District
    Provides public transportation. Offers a reduced fare program for the disabled and seniors. Customer service center provides information on routes, schedules and sale of passes and tokens. Hours of operation: M-F 5a-12a, Sa 7a-12a, Su 8a-9p

85. Lane Transit District - LTD Rideshare
    A referral service for people interested in getting together to carpool from and to all parts of the Willamette Valley. Discount parking in downtown Eugene provided for those who carpool.

86. Lane Tutoring Service, Inc.
    Offers non-prescriptive one-on-one tutoring by or egon certified teachers to meet specific individual needs. Provides students with the necessary academic competence and motivational skills to meet success. The program is open to ages kindergarten through adult and covers all academic subject areas.

87. Lane Workplace Partnership
    Provides employment and training- related services for economically disadvantaged adults and youth, including dislocated workers, welfare recipients, senior workers, veterans and corrections clients.Services include long and short-term occupational training, basic skills training, job search skills, and a job placement service.

88. LaneCare Membership Services
    LaneCare manages mental health services under the Oregon Health Plan. Individuals in Lane County with OHP will be assigned to LaneCare for mental health services, and can call membership services to identify the 15 services providers. LaneCare Administration: 1907 Garden Ave, Eugene, OR 97403; phone: 682-7576, fax: 682-7598.

89. Language Skills Therapy
    Language Skills Therapy is a 30-year old testing and or ton - Gillingham tutoring service for students with specific language disability (dyslexia and related disorders).

90. Laurel Hill Center - Harmony House
    Provides a rehabilitation service for adults with psychiatric disabilities who want to increase their success and satisfaction in social environments (making friends, being active in the community). Offers a welcoming, respectful environment for daily structure and support.

91. Laurel Hill Center - Independent Living Program
    Staff helps persons with chronic psychiatric disabilities choose, get, and keep apartments in the community. Emphasis on skill development, symptom management, and developing independence. Training takes place in the client's home or in the community (e.g. at the grocery store, on the bus). Rental subsidy or 24 hour supervision is not available. Persons must have OHP or LaneCare mental health benefits.

92. Laurel Hill Center - SWEEP
    1) Daily structure and support in a vocational setting for mentally ill adults; 2) Evaluation, Work Adjustment Training and job developmentfor disabled adults sponsored by Vocational Rehabilitation. Clients work on a part-time schedule and receive a stipend based on their productivity in janitorial, electronics or optical work areas.

93. Leaburg Community Library
    Provides a large print collection, adult low reading skills materials, magazines, and a public meeting room. The staff is all volunteers and all the books are donated.

94. Learning Network (The)
    A networking and resource support membership cooperative for home schooling families.

95. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance
    LGBTA is a resource to the lesbian and gay community as well as an educational tool for the heterosexual population. LGBA provides referrals about local gay supportive professionals, a small lending library and a safe place to converse and relax with other people. LGBTA also sponsors events and a Pride Week once a year. Other groups include: Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual Youth group; drop in group for gay, bisexual men; drop in group for lesbian, bisexual women; bisexual men's and women's group; weekly coffee social hour. Call for times. Non-students are welcome. Family Ties is a program that gives U of O students who are questioning their sexuality a chance to connect with non-judgemental members who have already been through the coming out process.

96. Library Reproduction Service
    Offers large print reproductions of any and all reading materials, made to or der on demand in extra large type with library quality cloth bindings. A listing of literacy, ABE, GED, and Adult Education titles is available on request.Publishes a line of large print children's' literature and unabridged classics.

97. Lifetime Eye Care
    Provides comprehensive vision and eye health examination, as well as diagnosis and treatment, including learning-related functional vision problems (such as focusing, two-eyed coordination, eye movements,visual tracking and visual perceptual/visual information processing, form perception, visual memory, visual-auditory-motor integration).

98. Lighthouse Prison Ministries
    Provides Christian counseling, inmate visiting trnsportation, programs and activities designed to minister to the spiritual and practical needs of prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families.

99. Lions Clubs International - State of Oregon
    Visual and hearing examinations; glasses or hearing aids may be paid for by the Lions Club if application is approved by their screening committee. Referrals from a community health nurse or social worker are desired.

100. Literacy Council of Eugene - Springfield
    This all-volunteer program provides one-to-one tutoring for adults needing help with basic reading, writing, math, and English as a Second Language. Recruits and trains volunteers in partnership with First Christian Church, Lane Community College,Laubach Literacy Action, and or egon Literacy, Inc. Materials are available to participants for check-out or purchase. Provides a site for tutoring sessions and meetings. Placement testing is available.

101. Literacy Council of Eugene/Springfield
    Provides volunteer tutors for one-to-one tutoring of adults who need help with basic skills (reading, writing, math, spelling) or with learning to speak English. Volunteers have been trained. Outlying areas included in service area. Evaluation included in services offered. Home-bound and physically disabled may arrange services by phone. There is a waiting list.

102. Literacy Line
    State-wide toll-free hotline that provides referrals for people needing basic skills, GED preparation, English as a Second Language instruction and for volunteers who want to help people learn.

103. Looking Glass - (Administrative Offices) Youth and Family Services, Inc.
    Looking Glass Youth and Family Services, Inc. operates ten programs that offer comprehensive services to children, youth and their families. See the following entries for specific program information.

104. Looking Glass - Adolescent Recovery Program
    Outpatient drug and alcohol services for youth 11-18. Free initial assessment and free family information meetings. Early intervention to intensive outpatient group, family and individual counseling.

105. Looking Glass - Counseling Program - Eugene
    Counseling for individuals, families, and groups. Play therapy, home-based and school-based services. Treatment for adolescent sex offenders. Offices in Springfield, Cottage Grove, Florence, and Junction City.

106. Looking Glass - Counseling Program - Springfield
    Outpatient mental health counseling for youth ages 2-21. Services include individual and family counseling, parent support and education, play therapy and consultation and coordination with schools and other professionals.

107. Looking Glass - Evaluation and Treatment Center
    Offers a staff-secure 24-hour residential program for severely mentally ill youth who are an immediate risk to themselves or others and cannot be maintained in the community. Youth are provided environmental stability where they can be thoroughly assessed. Youth are served for up to 90 days with an average of 60 days. Services are designed to stabilize at-risk behaviors and focus on assessing the long term treatment needs for the youth. Services include: mental health assessments, individual and family therapy, group therapy, therapeutic recreation, social skills training, on-site education assessment and instruction.

108. Looking Glass - Intensive Day Treatment Program
    Mental health treatment and educational services for adolescents, 11-18.

109. Looking Glass - Job Center
    Community based employment and training program for out-of-school youth. Provides a comprehensive approach to education, personal development, practical application of basic skills through work experience and assistance with job placement. Alternative education services for high school dropouts. Specialized services to pregnant and parenting teens.

110. Looking Glass - New Roads
    Assists Lane County homeless youth, ages 16-21, develop a transitional living plan so they may move toward living independently. Case management services provide life skills training in: housing search and rental, job/education options, interpersonal skills, budget/finance, mental and physical health awareness. Also street outreach services and New Roads School (see below).

111. Looking Glass - New Roads School
    Looking Glass' New Roads School is a collaborative effort between the agency, Eugene 4J School District, and the local business community. the school provides an alternative education program to meet individual student needs. Our goals are to prepare youth for transition to another educational setting or on to employment opportunities, and to provide students with resources and skills to reconnect them to the community.

112. Looking Glass - Pathways
    Residential drug and alcohol treatment for male juvenile offenders. Program school and family counseling also provided.

113. Looking Glass - Station #7 - Serving Runaway and Homeless Youth
    Available 24 hours a day by telephone to respond to the emergency needs of youth and families. Station 7 is made up of two types of programs: crisis intervention services and residential care. Services provided by the Crisis program include immediate crisis intervention and counseling, youth and family assessments, and referral assistance. The Residential program offers short-term overnight residency, group counseling, and individual case management. Runaways, homeless youth and families with youth in crisis use the shelter for a temporary time out while a long-term plan is developed.

114. Looking Glass - Stepping Stone Program
    Residential treatment for young men placed by the Juvenile Courts. Referrals only from Juvenile Department counselors or Oregon Youth Authority caseworkers for state placements.

115. Looking Glass - Summer Youth Employment Program
    Summer youth employment program. Offers summer school and paid work experience.

116. Lorane Unicorn Program, Inc.
    Animal facilitated therapy for children under stress, physically able and physically challenged, as well as traditional therapy. Individuals, families, groups. Group for sexually abused children ages 2-early teens.

117. Love Project
    Provides food boxes for people in need in the Veneta area.

118. Low Income Energy Assistance Program
    Provides financial assistance to low-income persons for utility bills. The program is seasonal and winter services are available as early as funding allows. Elderly and handicapped are target groups. Monies are dispersed on a first-come, first-served basis. Handicapped clients can be assisted with completing their applications at home. Services available in Oakridge, Cottage Grove and Florence, Eugene and Springfield. To apply contact Catholic Community Services in Eugene, 345-6204; Springfield Community Center, 747-8349; Siuslaw Area Women's Center in Florence, 997-2816; Community Sharing in Cottage Grove, 942-6492; or the Willamette Valley Activity Center in Oakridge, 782-3787. Call 682-FUEL for recorded information in English and Spanish with start up dates and eligibility information.

119. Lupus Information and Referral
    Frances is a representative of the American Lupus Association. People can contact her by phone or mail for information.

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