Social and Community Services Agencies

Community Education (Kentucky Department of Education)

• Community Education Classes (free and fee based)
• Provide volunteer training/criminal record check for schools
• Service Learning Projects (K-12)
• Resource Directory
• Reading Tutor Training (and other literacy initiatives)
• Business School Partnerships (Reality Store, Service Learning Initiatives, etc)

Adult Education (Council for Post Secondary Education)

• GED classes
• Basic Skill Instruction
• Family Literacy (includes Parenting)
• ES (English as Second Language)
• Employment Testing (KMSS, KPA, KEC, TABE, typing etc)
• Computer Classes
• College information center (Financial Aid, ACT, Compass information etc.)

Migrant Education (Kentucky Department of Education)

• Services to children 3-21 years old, moving with parents across school district lines within the last 6 months seeking temporary or seasonal agricultural employment.

One Stop Northern Kentucky (NKADD)

Contact: Rick Lockhart

Phone Number: 859-654-3325  ext. 2607

• Unemployment registration (first visit)
• Resume assistance
• Job Application assistance
• Ob Readiness Workshops
• Job Referrals

Contact:  Laura Heuser

Phone Number: 859-781-351

• Free referrals to home-based child care providers, child care centers, preschool programs and before/after school care options in your area of choice
• Information on child care options, regulations and choosing quality child care

• Free referrals of your service to parents seeking child care
• Expanded professional development opportunities for center and family child care professionals. 4C NKY offers a variety of classes including the Commonwealth Child Care Credential/CDA session and on-site classes at your location.
• Access to medical, dental, disability, and liability insurance for qualified child care providers
• Support and guidance in improving the quality of care for young children.  Health and safety issues, curriculum, room arrangement, accreditation and business issues are just a few of what 4C can assist you with.
• 4C offers a resource lending library with materials to assist with program management and planning.

• Local Rape Crisis Center
• Spouse Abuse Center
• 24-hour Crisis Line
• Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Counseling
• 2 Shelters
• Serving Women, Men and Children
• Court Support (civil or criminal)
• Medical Advocacy for survivors of Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse
• Group Services
• Public Education and Volunteer programs
• Serve 13 Counties – in NKY ADD and Buffalo Trace ADD

• Before and After School Child Care
• Basic Needs – NKOA
• Family Lit Nights
• Christmas and Thanksgiving Assistance
• Lice Medication and Education
• Home Visits – Health Attendance, Lice
• SA Kettle
• Back to School Festivals
• Community Wide Baby Shower
• Friday School
• School-Based Counseling Services
• Abstinence Program
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters – School Based Mentoring
• Life Skills
• Divorce/Separation/Grief/Bullying
• TEG/TAP
• SA Camp

• Thrift Store
• Emergency Food Pantry
• FEMA Fund

• Food Pantry
• Community Funds – Utility Assistance/Other Needs
• Persona Care Items – Detergent and Cleaning Supplies
• Advocate for Impoverished
• Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) – Homeless Shelter for Families

• Daily Activities – Nutrition and Recreation
• Daily Meals
• Meals on Wheels
• Transportation To and From Doctors in Pendleton County – Will also transport other for small fee if not busy
• Holiday Parties

CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER

Northern Kentucky Children's Advocacy Center of the St. Luke Hospitals

Contact - Vickie Henderson

Email- Vickie.Henderson@healthall.com

Phone Number - (859) 261-3441

NKCAC provides support and services to victims of child  abuse and
their non-offending family members or caregivers in a child-friendly
environment that ensures a child*s safety, health and well-being.
  
   * Child-friendly Environment
        NKCAC provides a comfortable child-friendly setting that is
        both physically and psychologically safe of the child                      
                        
   * Forensic Interviews
         Forensic Interviews are conducted at the center by a trained
         forensic interviewer, employed by NKCAC. The interviewers  
         is special trained to talk and interact with children while assessing their
         developmental level and gatherings legally sound facts regarding the   
         abuse allegations.  
   
   * Mental Health Services
         Professional counseling may be necessary to the child's
         recovery. NKCAC may refer you child to a mental
         health therapist at the earliest opportunity to further the healing process.
  
   * Specialized Child Abuse Medical Examinations
         NKCAC specially trained physicians provide comprehensive
         medical examinations on site to ensure a child is healthy and without
         injury.  Specialized medical equipment provides physicians with the
         ability to evaluate the child's body in a non-invasive manner and collect
         and document evidence of abuse whenever necessary.
  
   * Advocacy
         NKCAC Family Advocates provide support, information,
         education, crisis counseling and assistance with     
         completing Crime Victim Compensation applications.
  
   * Multidisciplinary Team Investigation
         NKCAC assist the multidisciplinary team of: law enforcement,
         child protection, prosecution, mental health, medical and victim
         advocates in working together and making team decisions, about the   
         investigation, treatment, management and prosecution of child
         abuse cases.
  
   * Public and Professional Education
         NKCAC is dedicated to providing support and training to meet
         the needs of staff, professionals and the
         general public on topics related to child abuse.

The mission of the Northern Kentucky Children's Advocacy Center is to
provide a child-friendly environment for the prevention, evaluation and
treatment of child abuse.

• Students in Pendleton County who are behind in school can recover credits to bring them to grade level and graduate on time. Increase graduation rate. Priority to Seniors, then underclassmen, followed by 5^th year seniors.

• Immunizations
• Physicals
• Vision and Hearing Screenings
• Scolio Screenings
• Health Education
• Dental Education
• Puberty Education
• Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco Education
• Teen Pregnancy

• STD Training
• Cooper/Clayton Smoking Cessation

• Child Safety Seats
• Cancer Coalition
• Safety Education – Agricultural, Industrial, and Recreational
• Nutritionist
• Physical Activity Programs (Body Recall – Senior Citizens)
• Take 10 (Exercise K-5)
• Family Planning
• Diseases of Affluence – Heart Disease
• HANDS Program
• Home Health Program

• Pharmacy – For individuals without insurance
• Commodities and Supplemental Senior Package
• Weatherization Services
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
• Child Care Subsidy
• Donated Food – Emergency
• Emergency Funds – Utilities and Food
• Homeless Case Management
• Energy Conservation and Financial Budgeting Classes
• Clothing Pantry
• FEMA – Pendleton County Center Funds – Bluegrass United Way and Salvation Army
• Appropriate Needs Assessments
• Referral Agency
• LINK (Literacy in Northern Kentucky)

• Outpatient therapy: individual, couple, family, and group
  • Therapists include psychologists and social workers trained in individual, children and family counseling. Help is available with communications, parenting issues, problem behaviors, response to trauma, and more. Clinicians help to identify problems and workable solutions.
• Case Management
  • Case Management assists individuals in accessing needed services in the community. A case manager evaluates the client’s needs, and then helps develop a specific treatment plan. Guided by their needs and goals, the case manager links the individual with services in the community, and then monitors the quality of those services.
• Medication therapy and assessment
  • A staff psychiatrist or Advanced Registered Nurse Practioner (ARNP) assesses medication therapy needs and/or adjustments.
• Assessment Services
  • A staff of highly trained professionals provide thorough personality, intelligence, educational, court and parenting evaluations.
• Employment Rehabilitation Program
  • Provides personalized training in work readiness, good work habits, positive attitude, flexibility and problem solving skills, conflict resolution, as well as on the job assistance, ongoing monitoring and support services.
• Therapeutic Rehabilitation Program

• Therapeutic Rehabilitation is a goal-oriented program for individuals with serious, long-term mental illnesses. It emphasizes skill building within a supportive environment. Objectives for clients in the program include: learning and maintaining activities of daily living; improving communication, expressive and social skills; developing skills needed to use community resources and support services; gaining understanding of mental illness and how to live satisfying lives within illness limitations; learning decision-making skills to enhance quality of life; increasing sense of identity and self-esteem and preparing for employment by improving job readiness skills.

• Program to Assist with Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
  • A point of entry program for homeless individuals with mental illness. Services include: homeless outreach, assessment, medication, case management, psychotherapy, referral for housing application and supported employment services and limited wrap-around funds to help with payment for medications.
• Elderly Outreach
  • Provides in-home assessment, medication review and supportive counseling to persons 60 and over living primarily in Boone, Kenton or Campbell Counties, with new or existing mental health concerns or illnesses.
• Rental Assistance Program
  • Provides assistance with rent to those who meet income eligibility. It is not necessary to receive NorthKey services to apply. Anyone with pending legal charges or currently registers sex offenders are not eligible. Specific qualifiers may apply. All participants must agree to in-home visits.
• Crisis Stabilization Services
  • The program provides quick access to a therapist or case manager to any adult resident in NorthKey’s eight county area experiencing a crisis situation that is overwhelming his or her usual coping ability. Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Children’s Intensive Services
  • Inpatient treatment for children preschool to 17 years old offering: individual and family therapy; psychiatric/psychological assessments and treatment; art and activity therapy; year-round accredited school program aftercare coordination; partial hospitalization program; behavior management; group therapy; specialized treatment and pediatric medical care.
• Children’s Crisis Stabilization Program
  • Short-term intensive therapy as a way of preventing needless hospitalizations. The program includes a mobile crisis unit, which will meet a child and his or her caregiver at a safe location in any of NorthKey’s eight county service areas within three to 24 hours of the initial call. The crisis clinician conducts an assessment to determine the needs of the child.

• Partial Hospitalization Program
  • Short-term, intensive therapy, day program for children and adolescents 4-17 as a step down from inpatient care of as a preventive step to reduce or eliminate the

• Individual and family outpatient therapy
  • Outpatient counseling and therapy services for individual and family treatment. Clinicians work with children and their families to identify problems and work on solutions as separate individuals and a family unit. Help is available for communication, parenting issues, problem behaviors, responses to trauma and more.
• Medication assessment
  • Outpatient psychiatric services are available for both diagnosis and medication management.
• Early Childhood Mental Health Program
  • Run by an early childhood mental health specialist, this program provides mental health assessment and therapeutic services to children age birth to 5 and their families; and mental health consultation to early childhood programs, such as daycares.
• IMPACT Program
  • Intensive case management for children with severe emotional disorders. The child must be under 18 and have a diagnosed psychiatric disorder. Clients can also have an accompanying diagnosis of chemical dependency, mental retardation or organic brain disorder, but the primary diagnosis must be psychiatric.
• Parent Child Interaction Therapy
  • A 14 session, play-based parent training program that teaches specific behavior management techniques when caring for children ages 2 to 12 with the following behavior problems: refuse/defy adult requests; lose temper easily; annoy others on purpose; steal things; destroy things; start fights/hurt others; have difficulty staying seated, playing quietly or taking turns.
• Kentuckians Encouraging Youth to Succeed Program (KEYS)
  • Identifies and treats children with mental health, substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, and their families, using a multi-agency, community system partnership approach, while promoting prevention and awareness.
• School-based Services
  • Provides counseling to children in school settings. Teachers or parents refer students whose behaviors or emotional difficulties impede academic success or disrupt the classroom. Participating school have a dedicated, licensed mental health professional that is part of a collaborative teacher, counselor and parent team.
• Function Family Therapy (FFT)
  • Provides FFT to adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system, and their families. Helps families to identify issues and gives them the tools needed to resolve them. FFT consists of eight to twelve sessions with a licensed FFT therapist.

• Individual and Family Therapy
  • Provides screening, information, referral and outpatient treatment services for all types of substance abuse.
• Psychiatric Services and Medication Management
  • If substance abuse and mental health issues are co-occurring, it is possible that effective treatment will involve the use of psychiatric medication. Psychiatric evaluations are available to determine if medication therapy is appropriate.
• Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
  • An intensive program for adolescents with serious alcohol or drug problems. A one year, Alcoholics Anonymous-based program with a success rate about the national average. Components of the program include: pre-treatment

• Women’s Intensive Outpatient Program
  • This program addresses the specific needs of women in recovery from substance abuse. Key components of the program include: education, recreation, anger management, group and individual therapy and aftercare.
• Children’s Education and Support Group
  • For children 6 to 12 years old who have a parent, guardian or significant adult in their life recovering from substance abuse. Information is specifically geared to children so they can understand the disease, how it has affected their life and how they can recover along with the recovering adult.
• Adult Education and Support Group
  • For anyone 12 years and older who has a family member, friend or significant person in their life recovering from substance abuse.
• Regional Prevention Center
  • Offers a variety of services to the community to prevent substance abuse in children and adults. Services include:
    • Zero tolerance programs for DUI offenders
    • A resource and video library
    • Education on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
    • Trainings for schools, universities and the workplace on the effects of negative substance abuse decisions
    • Outreach to alcohol vendors and restaurants
    • Organized youth advocacy

• Staffed Residence
  • Trained staff provide care to individuals with disabilities in residences owned and operated by NorthKey, located throughout the eight county region.
• Adult Foster Care Homes
  • Residents of the community invite a person with a disability to live in their homes as part of their family. The person with the disability usually requires some level of care. Adult foster care providers are paid by the state.
• Scheduled Respite Care
  • Paraprofessionals provide care to an individual with a disability so primary caregivers can have a short break.
• Support Coordination
  • Support coordinators work with individuals, their families and/or guardians to help write and carry out a Support Plan for the individual. (Otherwise known as case management.)
• Counseling and Therapy
  • Individual, family and/or group counseling are available. The approach is tailored to the individual needs of the client or family.

• Supports For Community Living
  • A Medicaid waiver program where individuals selected from a statewide waiting list are provided with the needed support services to live as independently as possible in the community of their choice.
• Vocational Training, Production and Social Skills Programs and Supported Employment
  • Community Habilitation Programs provide individuals with disabilities production work experience that can lead to job placement in the community. NorthKey maintains several workshops and two greenhouses, and contracts with companies and organizations in the community to provide this training. Along with the training, participants also build social skills as they interact with fellow participants and staff.

• First Steps
  • An early intervention program for children from birth to three years old, First Steps provides services to infants and toddlers who are at high risk for future developmental delays. An example of high risk is Down Syndrome.
• IMPACT Plus
  • Therapeutic services provided to preschool and school age children who are Medicaid eligible and have a developmental disability that co-exists with a sever mental illness.

• Extension Homemakers
• Cancer Support System (Wigs, Chemo Caps – Available at the Extension Office)
• Health Education (Diabetes, Heart, Physical Activity)
• Farm Safety
• Farmer’s Market
• Human Development & Family Relations
• Leadership Development
• Clothing & Textiles
• Home base and Micro-Business
• Food & Nutrition
• Family Resource Management Housing & the Environment
• 4-H/Youth Development
• Agriculture

• Reports of suspected Child abuse or Neglect
• Reports of suspected elderly abuse or domestic violence
• Ongoing case management to families in need
• Liaison with the Pendleton County Family Court for Status Offenders as well as court ordered home evaluations for Guardianship Cases
• Preventative Assistance

• KTAP
• KCHIP
• Adult Medical
• Food Stamp Assistance
• Kinship Care

• Transportation
• Housing