Perry County Community Resource Guide

Dial 911 for an emergency

Crisis Hotline

(Allwell Behavioral Health)

Crisis Text Line

Connect by text to a Crisis Counselor

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Pathways of Central Ohio

Online directory of community resources

Relink.org

Online directory of community resources with a focus on Addiction, Behavioral Health, Human Trafficking supportive services, Re-entry, and Basic Needs

United Way of Muskingum, Perry, and Morgan Counties

211 – Available 24/7 - Call to be connected with appropriate community resources

Adult Protective Services

Perry County Job and Family Services

Adult Protective Services investigates reports of suspected abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults (60+)

National Child Abuse Hotline

National Domestic Violence Hotline

National Sexual Abuse Assault Hotline / RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network)

Ohio Domestic Violence Network

Ohio Sexual Violence Helpline

Perry County Children Services Board (PCCSB)

Child Protective Services investigates reports of suspected abuse and neglect of children

Perry County Sheriff’s Office

In an Emergency, Dial 911

Family Health Services of East Central Ohio

Victim advocacy and health clinic that provides STD/HIV testing, gynecological services, pregnancy testing and contraceptives (ages 13 and up). Check website for times for Zanesville walk-in STD clinic.

Safe at Home - Program participants are assigned a substitute address designated by the Secretary of State’s Office to serve as their address by shielding their personal information from public record (service for victims of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, rape, or sexual battery).

Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program (SAOP)

Rape Crisis Center and 24-hour crisis hotline for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Shelter - Eve Shelter - Marietta

Provides emergency housing transitional housing and counseling to anyone who is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault

Shelter - The Lighthouse

Provides emergency, 30-day stay for victims of domestic violence

Shelter - Transitions - Zanesville

Provides emergency housing, transitional housing, and counseling to anyone who is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault

County Agencies

Ohio Benefits

Helpful website to manage or apply for Medicaid (healthcare), childcare, food, and cash benefits

Ohio Department of Aging

Offers resources for older Ohioans, caregivers, and professional in the aging network

Buckeye Hills Regional Council

Ohio’s Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) respond to the needs of older adults as advocates, planners and funders. AAAs provide education, information and referral services to help older adults with home and community-based long-term care.

OhioKAN - Ohio Kinship and Adoption Navigator

Free statewide service for both formal and informal kinship and adoptive families. Navigators explore areas of need with families and provide tailored resources to meet each identified need.

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD)

State agency that empowers Ohioans with disabilities through employment, disability determinations, and independence:

• Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation - BVR
• Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired - BSVI
• Division of Disability Determination - DDD (determines medical eligibility through Social Security benefits)
• Division of Employer and Innovation Services - EIS (responsible for establishing and maintaining partnerships with employers)

Perry County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Provides comprehensive services for individuals with developmental disabilities, including early childhood and adult programs and services.

Early Intervention -statewide system that provides coordinated services to parents of infants and toddlers with disabilities or developmental delays in Ohio

Perry County Family and Children First Council

Assist families of children 0-21 years of age who have multiple system needs by providing Service Coordination or Wraparound Services.

Perry County Children Services Board (PCCSB)

Investigates reports of abuse and neglect; Case Management; Foster Care / Adoption / Kinship

Perry County Health Department

Immunizations, Programs to help with the cost of mammograms, Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone), Health education programs, Help to quit smoking, Birth/Death certificates, Car seat program

Perry County Job and Family Services - Public Assistance:

Children and Families – variety of programs including food and cash assistance, Medicaid assistance, Pregnancy Related Services, Subsidized childcare, Transportation to medical appointments through Medicaid.

Seniors and Disabled – variety of programs including food assistance, Medicaid assistance, Waiver/Nursing Home, Adult Protective Services (investigates reports of suspected abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults, 60+), Transportation to medical appointments through Medicaid.

Jobs and Training - Supportive services and programs intended to help with job placement and retention (Ohio Means Jobs)

Child Support (Child Support Enforcement Agency) - Establishes and enforces child support orders and medical orders; works to establish paternity

Perry County – Municipal Police Departments In an Emergency, Dial 911

Perry County Sheriff’s Office

In an Emergency, Dial 911

Perry County Senior Center

Lunch offered Monday through Friday; Activities

Perry County Veterans Service Commission

Provides transportation to VA medical appointments, emergency financial assistance, and assistance with processing VA claims and benefits.

Veterans Service, cont.

Perry County Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education, nutritious foods, formula, and support to women, infants, and children up to age 5

Social Security Administration

Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Licking & Perry Counties

Mentoring Program

Forever Dads

Programming to encourage, educate, and equip men to develop positive relationships with their children, family, and community.

Heartbeats - Family Center

Free pregnancy tests, nurse consultation, free first trimester ultrasound, parenting support, clothing

Hocking, Athens, Perry Community Action - (HAPCAP) - Perry County

Eligibility-based programs to assist with housing, transportation, food and nutrition, utilities, employment; Early Head Start, Head Start; Southeast Ohio Foodbank; Community Resource navigator can help guide towards the right program within HAPCAP

Mid-East Career and Technology Centers - Career and Academic Readiness Education (CARE) - Program provides free classes to anyone who would like to earn their high school equivalency diploma such as the GED or HiSET diploma or refresh academic skills. Classes are available face-to-face or through distance education. A variety of class times and locations are available in a six county area served by Mid-East Career and Technology Centers.

Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center (MVESC)

Parent mentoring, Preschool, and Special Education services; https://ParentGuidance.org (opens in a new window on an external site) – access to on-demand virtual courses, professional support, and a safe community for parents to learn how to support their children and get answers to mental health questions.

Perry County District Library

Project Ready – Office of Reentry for Muskingum, Perry, and Morgan Counties

Assist incarcerated and formerly incarcerated clients from our local jails and Ohio prisons by coordinating services to help with their successful transition back to the community

Hopewell/Madison Choice Pantry

Serving Hopewell & Madison Twp

New Lexington Food Pantry (PEAP)

Serving Pike, Bearfield, Clayton & Pleasant Twp

SE Perry Food Pantry (Corning FP)

Serving Bearfield, Pleasant, Monroe, Salt Lick, Coal and Monday Creek Twp

Somerset Area Food Pantry

Serving Reading & Clayton Twp

St. Vincent de Paul, Perry County Conference

Serving Perry County

Thornville Food Pantry - ES

Serving Thorn Twp Emergency food service available outside listed hours - MUST call first!

Food Resource Search

Hocking, Athens, Perry Community Action - (HAPCAP) - Perry County

Eligibility-based programs to assist with food and nutrition; Southeast Ohio Foodbank; Community Resource navigator can help guide towards the right program within HAPCAP

Mount Perry Presbyterian Church - Clothes Closet

Perry County Job and Family Services

Eligibility based programs that assist with food (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP), cash assistance, clothing for children for school

Perry County Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education, nutritious foods, formula, and support to women, infants, and children up to age 5

Salvation Army - Zanesville Corps

Food Pantry, Soup Kitchen, and Clothing Room Assistance

Habitat for Humanity

Programs that provide new homes for families in need, critical home repairs, and microfinance program

Hocking, Athens, Perry Community Action (HAPCAP) - Perry County

Eligibility-based programs to assist with housing and utilities -the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), the Winter Crisis Program (also known as Emergency HEAP), The Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), Summer Crisis, and Water bill program

Integrated Services for Behavioral Health - Housing

Provides supportive services in finding safe and affordable housing

Perry Metropolitan Housing Authority (PMHA)

Provides housing assistance for low income residents, the elderly, and the disabled through income-based programs – Low Rent Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8)

Saint Vincent de Paul Center

Provides financial assistance with electric, gas, and water utilities

Shelter - The Foundation Shelters

Shelter - Salvation Army - Zanesville

Emergency Homeless Shelter, Rent and Utility assistance (when funds are available)

Shelter - Timothy House - Athens

Call shelter for details

Ohio Benefits

Website with information on applying for and updating unemployment insurance

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

Unemployment benefits information

Ohio Means Jobs

Website for job searching, resume help

Perry County Job and Family Services

Supportive services and programs intended to help with job placement and retention for low income youth and young adults, Subsidized child care for eligible families while in attendance at school, work, or job training

Ohio Means Jobs (OMJ) - Wide variety of services for job seekers and employers

Temporary Employment Service - Acloche

Temporary Employment Service – Action Total Staffing

Temporary Employment Service – Employees Overload

Temporary Employment Service – Kelly Services

Temporary Employment Service - Mancan

Temporary Employment Service – Surge Staffing

Family and Youth Law Center – Capital University Law School

Legal advice to those without an attorney:

• Parents receiving addiction treatment in Ohio
• Custody matters for those without legal representation and are low-income
• Ohioans aged 16-24 who were ever in foster care, or involved with Child Welfare, or Juvenile Court

Ohio Legal Help

Need legal information, forms, or a lawyer?

Perry County Juvenile Court

Perry County Prosecutor

Southeastern Ohio Legal Services

Provides help with consumer issues, school problems, domestic violence situations, family law problems, health benefits issues, housing issues, public benefits issues, taxes, utility issues, employment issues, and other problems

Health Services - Family Health Services of East Central Ohio Provides a range of preventative reproductive healthcare services such as breast, cervical and testicle cancer screenings, STD/HIV testing, pregnancy testing and contraceptives (ages 13 and up). Services provided on a sliding fee scale; no one denied services for financial reasons.

Health Services - Genesis Healthcare System

Primary Care Physician with sliding fee scales

Health Services – Fairfield Healthcare Professionals Primary Care of New Lexington

Health Services - Hopewell Health

Dentistry, Primary Care, Women Infants and Children (WIC), Medicaid eligibility referral specialist, sliding fee scale

Health Services - Muskingum Valley Health Center

Adult Primary Care; Infant, Child, and Adolescent Care; Women’s Health; Dental Health; Behavioral Health; Podiatry; Patient Education; Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance, sliding fee scale

Hospital – Fairfield Medical Center

Hospital – Genesis Healthcare System

Hospital – Hocking Valley Community Hospital

Hospital – Licking Memorial Health Systems

Hospital - Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Hospital – O’Bleness Hospital

Ohio's Best Rx

Prescription drug discount card program designed to lower the cost of prescriptions for all Ohio residents. Use this web site to print a card, locate a pharmacy, and compare prescription drug prices.

Ohio Benefits

Helpful website to manage or apply for Medicaid (healthcare), childcare, food, and cash benefits

Ohio Department of Medicaid

Managed Care coverage information

Perry County Health Department

Immunizations, Programs to help with the cost of mammograms, Health education programs, Help to quit smoking, Birth/Death certificates, Car seat program

Perry County Job and Family Services

Medicaid eligibility referral specialist; Pregnancy related services; Transportation to and from medical appointments for Medicaid eligible individuals

SingleCare

Prescription drug discount program, free of charge.

Crisis Hotline

Crisis Text Line

Connect by text to a Crisis Counselor

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Addicted.org

Drug and alcohol addiction rehab services search assistance

Allwell Behavioral Health Services

Counseling and therapy, psychiatric services, crisis intervention, prevention, and wellness, and more; Telehealth services

BrightView

Same-day treatment (walk-ins until 3PM Mon-Fri) All medications including Methadone and Suboxone; Dual-Diagnosis; Case Management We accept all insurances and non-insured

Genesis Behavioral Health

Inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care for adults, adolescents, and children; Intensive outpatient group therapy program for adults; and Substance abuse support and recovery programs

Integrated Services for Behavioral Health

Clinical counseling available for mental health and/or substance abuse; Community Behavioral Health Workers provide supports for behavioral health and general well-being; coordinated services with primary care physician, child welfare and other cross-system partners

Mental Health & Recovery Services Board (MHRS)

Provides services for mental health, alcohol and substance abuse. Referral service to providers in Coshocton, Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble & Perry Counties Call for office hours

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Information HelpLine provides information and referral services.

Perry Behavioral Health Choices

An integrated system of community-based prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services

Clearview

Offers detoxification / withdrawal management, outpatient and residential treatment

Perry County Health Department

Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone), Help to quit smoking

Perry County Suicide Prevention Coalition

The Coalition consists of community members and professionals in Perry County working toward prevention of self-injuries and deaths by suicide through education, intervention and prevention strategies.

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Information on thousands of state-licensed providers who specialize in treating substance use disorders, addiction, and mental illness

Support Group – Celebrate Recovery at Cornerstone Full Gospel

For more information, please email cr@cornerstonefullgospel.com

Bridges to Success

Voluntary program available to young adults who left foster care in Ohio at ages 18, 19 or 20 and who are in school, working, participating in an employment program, or have a medical condition that prevents them from going to school or working. The program provides guidance and support as they transition to adulthood.

Charlie Health

Virtual mental health clinic provides teens and young adults struggling with mental health and substance use disorders personalized out-patient behavioral health support.

LGBT National Help Center

Provides peer-support, community connections and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

National Runaway Safeline

National Suicide Prevention Hotline

Available 24/7 Assists in crisis, need, immediate assistance Linked with prevention and crisis resources

Trevor Project Crisis Line - LGBTQ Youth

Trained counselors are available 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk

call the TrevorLifeline 1-866-488-7386 TrevorText is a confidential and secure resource that provides live help for LGBTQ youth with a trained specialist, over text messages.

You Matter

A movement to spread the word that your problems, your worries, your fears, and above all you — unique and real you — matter. And because just about everyone — at some point — hits the wall, we are here to help.

Perry County Job and Family Services

Transportation to and from medical appointments for Medicaid eligible individuals

Perry County Transit

Safe, dependable, and courteous transportation to all of Perry County