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Helping Students Solve Problems:
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Legal
Aid- Georgia - Georgia's website guide to
free legal information and legal services. Categories include:
disability, civil rights, criminal law, family law and domestic violence,
immigration, housing, health, personal and property injury and taxes.
Resources are provided in many languages.
Georgia Legal Services
Program, Inc. (GLSP): The mission of the Georgia Legal Services
Program is to provide access to justice and opportunities out of poverty
for Georgians with low-incomes. GLSP's priority areas are Family/Domestic
Violence, Housing, Public Benefits, Consumer, Healthcare, Education and
Employment. They provide the following services: Advice and counsel for
civil cases, Brief service, Representation in administrative hearings and
court, Other legal assistance, Educational programs, Referrals to private
attorneys and to other services. Special Projects include: Statewide
Domestic Violence Project, Landlord/Tenant Housing Helpline, Migrant
Seasonal Farm Workers Project, Elder Legal Assistance and Elder Abuse
Prevention Projects, Homeless Legal Assistance Project, Legal Assistance
for Persons with HIV/AIDS, Long-term Care Ombudsman Projects.
Food Stamp Program: The Food Stamp Program serves as the
first line of defense against hunger. It enables low-income families to
buy nutritious food with Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. Food
stamp recipients spend their benefits to buy eligible food in authorized
retail food stores.The Program is the cornerstone of the Federal food
assistance programs, and provides crucial support to needy households and
to those making the transition from welfare to work. To find your local
food stamp office, call 1-800-869-1150 (outside metro Atlanta) or
404-657-9358 (inside Metro Atlanta area).
Food Banks in Georgia:
This pdf document provides locations, phone numbers and links to all the
food banks in Georgia. These programs offer a variety of services such as
supplemental groceries for seniors, kids café program and soup kitchens.
Medicare and Medicaid: This provides links to enroll, plan choices,
prescription drug plans, nursing homes in your area and numerous other
resources.
PeachCare for Kids: In 1997, Congress created Title XXI of the
Social Security Act to provide health care for the growing number of
uninsured children in the United States. This legislation provided states
with the opportunity to create programs to increase access to affordable
health insurance. In Georgia, this program is PeachCare for Kids.
PeachCare for Kids began covering children in 1999, providing
comprehensive health care to children through the age of 18 who do not
qualify for Medicaid and live in households with incomes at or below 235%
of the federal poverty level. This means a family of three can earn over
$39,000 a year and a family of four can earn $47,000 a year.
The
National Domestic Violence Hotline : 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224: The
National Domestic Violence Hotline answers more than 16,000 calls per
month from victims, survivors, friends and family members, law enforcement
personnel, domestic violence advocates and the general public. Hotline
advocates provide support and assistance to anyone involved in a domestic
violence situation, including those in same-sex relationships, male
survivors, those with disabilities and immigrant victims of domestic
violence. All calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline are
confidential.
Rental Help Georgia: Provides
information about subsidized housing, section 8 housing and links to
housing counseling and local housing assistance. Also provides links for
assistance with utility bills.
Victims Rights: Strength
in Unity: This link provides 1-800 numbers to connect your
students to information and referrals about victim's rights, services and
criminal & juvenile justice resources. (This is a pdf document. If
you don't have adobe, you can download it by
clicking here.) Impact the health and well-being of
individuals with low-literacy skills, their families, and their
communities.
Virginia Adult
Education Health Literacy Toolkit This Toolkit is a resource to
help adult education instructors and administrators better understand the
problem of health literacy as it affects their learners. It is designed to
support creative approaches to help learners increase health literacy as
they engage in sound, productive adult literacy instruction. Information
and resources are provided to educate the educator about health care in
the United States and cultural issues relating to health, and to simplify
creation of health lessons and curricula for teachers and programs.
Health Communication Activities: This web site is
provided by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This site offers tools for
improving health literacy, reports and research and links to government
resources.
Health and Literacy Discussion List: This discussion
list is sponsored by NIFL.
Health Literacy: Research and Practice: This links you
to wikipedia's Literacy Tent. This entry provides stories from learners
and patients, discussions, research, resources and announcements of
upcoming events.
Evidence Report:
Literacy and Health Outcome: This links you to a summary
of a Literacy and Health Outcome Report prepared for the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) by the RTI International-University
of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center.
Health
Resources and Services Administration: Health Literacy Page This page
is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service.