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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://evpl.org/community/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Research Blog : social services</title><link>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/social+services/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: social services</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)</generator><item><title>United Way offers valuable information</title><link>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/07/31/united-way-offers-valuable-information.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1716</guid><dc:creator>googler@evpl</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1716</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/07/31/united-way-offers-valuable-information.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unitedwayswi.org/publications.php?page=annual_report"&gt;&lt;img width="182" src="http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq316/evplreference/unitedway.jpg" alt="united way" height="236" style="float:left;margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The&amp;nbsp;United Way of Southwestern Indiana maintains a very valuable &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.unitedwayswi.org/prog_default.asp"&gt;Community Resource Guide&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; on their website. This guide lists services and programs offered by hundreds of nonprofit agencies around southwestern Indiana, from&amp;nbsp;tutoring (for both adults and students) to child care provider training to support groups -- the list is extensive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just chose your category, and then look through the descriptions of the agencies, programs, and services that are listed. The listings tell you what&amp;nbsp;each program&amp;nbsp;offers, and who&amp;#39;s eligible. Complete contact information is given.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The United Way also maintains the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.unitedwayswi.org/programs_services.php?page=call_center"&gt;2-1-1 Call Center&lt;/a&gt;, an information and referral service. Simply dial 2-1-1 if you need help in finding social services of any kind.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You might also be interested in their &lt;a href="http://www.unitedwayswi.org/programs_services.php?page=dayofcaring"&gt;Day of Caring&lt;/a&gt;, coming up in September. This is a community-wide event in which United Way connects businesses and volunteers with nonprofit agencies in need of help.&lt;/p&gt;
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