| ADVOCACY NETWORK
FOR CHILDREN |
531 Hampshire
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: (217) 223-2272
Fax: (217) 223-6791
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Web: www.advonet.org
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The Advocacy Network for Children is a
combination of the organizations of CASA (Court Appointed
SPecial Advocates) and the Children's Advocacy Center. This
agency aides in the protection of abused and neglected children,
and offers court assistance to children and their families.
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BIG
BROTHERS BIG SISTERS of ADAMS COUNTY |
105 North 12th Street, Suite
23
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 223-5452
Fax: (217)223-5438
Hours: Monday thru Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Web: http://www.bbbswci.org
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This program operates under
the premise of one adult helping one child along with group
activities for all participants. Children ages six to sixteen
are referred by parents, social agencies, schools, probation
officers, and concerned friends. Most come from single
parent homes. Volunteers come from all walks of life and
are 18 years of age and older. |
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BOYS
SCOUTS OF AMERICA: MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COUNCIL |
2336 Oak Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 224-0204
Fax: (217) 224-6029
Toll Free: (800) 364-4799
Hours: Monday thru Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(Summer: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Friday - 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
(Summer: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Web: http://www.mississippivalleybsa.org/
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The Boy Scouts of America
is an organization for boys from first grade through senior
year in high school. Explorer Scouts are for both boys
and girls from ninth grade through the age of twenty one.
Each summer, the Mississippi Valley Council sponsors two
camps for the scouts at Saukenauk Scout Reservation and
Camp Eastman in Nauvoo. |
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CATHOLIC
YOUTH ORGANIZATION |
700 Broadway
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 222-1932
Hours: Monday thru Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (School year)
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Summer)
Web: http://www.cyoquincy.com
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This organization provides athletic
activities for parochial school children from 5th thru
8th grade in Adams County. |
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CHADDOCK |
205 South 24th Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 222-0034
Fax: (217) 222-3865
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Web: http://www.chaddock.org
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This facility provides services to children
and their families in the fields of health, welfare and
education. Through residential services, Chaddock provides
a total living-learning environment for severely troubled
boys and girls. |
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CHILD AND
FAMILY CONNECTION |
WCU Building, Suite 615
501 Maine Street
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: (217) 222-9592
Fax: (217) 222-9593
Toll Free: (888) 222-9592
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
E-mail: aclic@adams.net
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The Adams/Pike Local Interagency Council
is a community based group. The Early Intervention Service
Program helps families care for children with special needs
or disabilities. It links families with important and essential
medical, social and financial resources. |
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EARLY CHILDHOOD & FAMILY
CENTER |
Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten Classes
1416 Maine Street
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: (217) 223-3242
Fax: (217) 221-3476
Hours: Monday thru Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
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A federally funded educational program
for poverty level families. Pre-Kindergarten is a state
funded educational program for families with at risk factors. |
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EDUCATIONAL
TALENT SEARCH |
1301 South 48th Street
Quincy, Illinois 62305
Phone: (217) 641-4381
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(Summer: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
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Educational Talent Search is an academic
outreach program sponsored by John Wood Community College,
designed to help and encourage individuals to complete
their high school education and to pursue further education
or training. |
Eligibility requirements have been set
by the U.S. Department of Education. Services are provided
at no charge thru the Federal TRIO Program. |
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FAMILY
EDUCATION/ INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM |
Early Childhood & Family
Center
401 South 8th Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 228-7129
Fax: (217) 221-3476
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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This is a home/school partnership program
of the Quincy Public Schools, designed to help participants
develop confidence through effective parenting skills.
The goal of the program is to give parents the tools to
assist in their child's language, social, intellectual,
and physical development. This program is for expectant
parents and parents of children ages birth to twelve years
old in the Quincy School District. |
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GIRL
SCOUTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS |
P. O. Box 809
3837 Eastlake Centre Dr.
Quincy, Illinois 62305
Phone: (217) 222-1030 or
(877) 477-4757
Fax: (217) 222-8433
Hours: Monday thru Thursday
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
E-mail: gsci@girlscouts-gsci.org
Web: http://www.girlscouts-gsci.org/
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An organization founded in 1912 to help
girls develop to their fullest potential and become competent,
resourceful women. |
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ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES |
107 North 3rd Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 221-2525
Fax: (217) 221-2530
(800) 252-2873 - Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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This agency provides family counseling,
protective services, child care, adoption services to unmarried
mothers, and intercounty and interstate child care licensing
services. The Quincy field office serves Adams, Pike and
Hancock Counties. |
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P.A.C.T.
HEAD START
(PARENTS AS CHILDREN'S TEACHERS) |
P.O. Box 231
Mt. Sterling, IL 62353
Phone: (217) 773-3903
Fax: (217) 773-3906
(800) 443-PACT
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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The Head Start program is a child development
service for three and four year old children of low income
families. |
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REDMON
AND LEE COMMUNITY CENTER |
815 Elm Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 228-1106
Hours: Monday thru Friday
12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Membership is open to youths from age
7 to 19 years. There are social and educational programs,
as well as assistance with finding jobs. |
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SCHOOL
CHILDREN'S SHOE FUND |
1444 Maine Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 223-8700 ext. 229
Fax: (217) 228-7163
Hours: Monday thru Friday
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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This service provides shoes for school
children. All private and public school children in Adams
County are eligible. Applications must be approved by school
principal. |
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TOYS TO GO |
Early Childhood & Family Center
401 South 8th St. (Room 218)
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 228-7129
Fax: (217) 221-3476
Hours: Monday and Wednesdays
9:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Mondays - 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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This is a free toy lending library coordinated
by the Quincy Public Schools Family Education/ Involvement
Program offering safe play materials and toys to enhance
the child/ parent interaction. Toys are geared toward children
ages birth to twelve years. The program is open to any
family who resides in Quincy. |
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TRANSITIONS
OF WESTERN ILLINOIS |
4409 Maine Street
P. O. Box 3646
Quincy, Illinois 62305
Phone: (217) 223-0413
Fax: (217) 223-0461
Hours: Monday thru Thursday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Fridays - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
24 hour Emergency Service - (217) 222-1166
Web: http://www.twi.org
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Transitions of Western Illinois is an
outpatient community mental health center service primarily
serving Adams County. It provides counseling, care, treatment
and rehabilitation services to the chronically mentally
ill and the developmentally and physically handicapped.
Fees are negotiable. |
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W.I.C.
(WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN) |
Adams County Health Department
333 North 6th Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 222-8345
Fax: (217) 222-8478
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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W.I.C. is a program for women who are
pregnant, are breast-feeding or who have an infant or child
under five years old. It is a program for these people
with health or nutrition related risks who meet income
guidelines. It provides supplemental nutritional food to
eligible pregnant women, mothers, infants and children. |
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WEST CENTRAL CHILD CARE
CONNECTION |
WCU Building Room 610
510 Maine Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 222-2550
(800) 782-7318
Fax: (217) 222-3133
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
E-mail: ccrrinfo@wcccc.com
Web: http://www.wcccc.com
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This child care resource and referral
agency provides parents with information necessary to make
child care choices and manages the child care assistance
program for parents needing help paying for their child
care. WCCCC offers child care providers technical
assistance and training necessary to enter and stay in
profession. Support and information are offered to
employers and community groups interested in child care
issues. As a community resource, WCCCC can identify
and respond to child care needs within the Illinois counties
of: Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock,
Jersey, Pike and Schuyler. |
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YMCA |
3101 Maine Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 222-1400
Fax: (217) 222-8596
Hours: Monday thru Friday
5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturdays - 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sundays - l2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
E-mail: ymca@quincyymca.net
Web: http://www.quincyymca.net/
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Provides health and recreational
activities for children, adults and families of all ages. |
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