Clifton Park and Albany NY Homes for Sale: Need help and don't know where to turn? Just dial 211

If you or someone you know needs help and you are not sure where to turn, just dial 211 or visit www.211.org

Every hour of every day, hundreds of people need essential human services - they are looking for training, employment, food pantries, help for an aging parent, addiction prevention programs for their teenage children, affordable housing options, support groups and ways of becoming part of their community. 2-1-1 allows people to give help and to get help.

What is 2-1-1?

• 2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community.


• 2-1-1 reaches approximately 234 million people (81% of the total U.S. population) in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Yet, millions of Americans still need to be connected.


• America needs 2-1-1 to be accessible nationwide. As the number of organizations providing specialized services is on the rise, people find it frustrating and confusing to access community services. 2-1-1 provides a one-stop service for vital information.


• While services that are offered through 2-1-1 vary from community to community, 2-1-1 provides callers with information about and referrals to human services for every day needs and in times of crisis. For example, 2-1-1 can offer access to the following types of services:
  
  
  • Basic Human Needs Resource: food banks, clothing, shelters, rent assistance, utility assistance.
  
  
  • Physical and Mental Health Resources: medical information lines, crisis intervention services, support groups, counseling, drug and alcohol intervention, rehabilitation, health insurance programs, Medicaid and Medicare, maternal health, children’s health insurance programs.
  
  
  • Employment Support: unemployment benefits, financial assistance, job training, transportation assistance, education programs.
  
  
  • Support for Older Americans and Persons with Disabilities: home health care, adult day care, congregate meals, Meals on Wheels, respite care, transportation, and homemaker services.
  
  
  • Support for Children, Youth and Families: Quality childcare, Success by 6, after school programs, Head Start, family resource centers, summer camps and recreation programs, mentoring, tutoring, protective services.
  
  
  • Volunteer opportunities and donations.