2-1-1 is the phone number for free
access to health and human services information and referral
throughout Summit County, Northeast Ohio and twenty-five percent
of the nation. Calls are
handled through Info Line, a community-based not-for-profit organization serving
residents throughout Northeast Ohio since 1975. Info Line is an
affiliate agency of the United Way of Summit County, and is
supported in part through your United Way donations. All calls are
confidential.
Information
provided through 2-1-1 includes such services as:
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Basic
human needs resources (food banks, clothing, shelters, rent
assistance, utility assistance);
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Physical
and mental health resources
(health insurance programs, Medicaid, Medicare, maternal health,
children’s health insurance programs, medical information
lines, crisis intervention, support groups, counseling, drug and
alcohol intervention and rehabilitation);
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Work
support (financial
assistance, job training, transportation assistance, education
programs);
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Supports
for older Americans and persons with disabilities
(adult day care, congregate meals, Meals on Wheels, respite
care, home health care, transportation, homemaker services);
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Children,
youth and family supports
(childcare, after school programs, Head Start, family resource
centers, summer camps and recreation programs, mentoring,
tutoring, protective services).
For
Police, Fire or Medical Emergencies continue to call 9-1-1.
Info
Line’s current toll-free numbers (330) 376-6660 and (330)
650-2603 (Northern Summit County only) also will service calls from cell phones as well as from
phones in companies and institutions that have programmed their
phone systems to block “N-1-1’ three-digit dialing, other
than 9-1-1.
In addition to health and human services information and
referral, Info Line also offers:
Child Care Resource and Referral – to help families
locate affordable child care services; Life Line – a 24-hour
home emergency response monitoring service for frail elderly and
those individuals with disabilities living alone; and MedAssist
– a program to help qualified low-income individuals secure
free or low-cost medications.
For
further information on available services in Summit County,
visit Info Line’s website at www.infolineinc.org
or www.211Summit.org. |
