ADAMS
COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR HOME AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION |
330 South 36th Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 223-8380
Fax: (217) 223-9368
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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A partnership of county,
state and federal government that provides informal education
to individuals through workshops, seminars, mass media, demonstrations,
telephone consultations, individual and group meetings, and
educational bulletins. |
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ADAMS COUNTY
FARM BUREAU |
330 South 36th Street
P.O. Box 3037
Quincy, Illinois 62305-3037
Phone: (217) 222-7305
Fax: (217) 222-7984
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Farm Bureau provides a variety of member-based agricultural
related services. They offer numerous benefits to members such
as education on marketing and support and technical services
to anyone needing agricultural assistance. They also serve
as the public relations and legislative mouthpiece for agricultural
workers. |
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LITERACY SERVICES |
John Wood Community College
150 South 48th Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 224-6500 x4941
Fax: (217) 228-9483
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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This program matches and trains tutors
to assist adults who have less than a sixth grade reading
level. |
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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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QUINCY UNIVERSITY READING
CENTER |
1800 College Avenue
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 228-5430
Fax: (217) 228-5418
Hours: Monday thru Thursday
3:30 p.m. thru 5:00 p.m.
E-mail: simpsonj@quincy.edu
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The Reading Center, a community outreach
program of Quincy University and the division of Education,
offers remedial and corrective instruction for area children,
kindergarten through ninth grade, needing help in reading,
the language arts, and study skills. A three week summer
enrichment program is available in July. A child may be referred
by any adult at any time of the year. Fall, spring and summer
sessions are offered. Fees are negotiable and a child is
never refused enrollment for financial reasons. |
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION |
Adams County Office
330 South 36th Street
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Phone: (217) 223-8380
Fax: (217) 223-9368
Hours: Monday thru Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
E-mail: adams_co@mail.aces.uiuc.edu
Web: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/adamsbrown/
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This agency provides agricultural, community,
economic and natural resource information, serving the family
for better communities. |
