United Way of Central Georgia funds the following Agencies & programs:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Maree T. Chandler
Nakeena Swinson, Human Resource Mgr.
abilitiesdiscoveredinc@gmail.com
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
211 Corder Rd.
Warner Robins, GA 31088
abilitiesdiscoveredinc@gmail.com
PHONE/FAX
478-923-7727
478-923-6766 fax
What we fund: ADI Patient Care Associate Program
Description: An agency that assists in the employment, education, training and support of individuals experiencing physical and/or developmental disabilities and the families of these individuals. Services include job placement, coaching, transportation, family counseling, personal support, financial, social and functional life skills training, and public education. Provides physical care for quadriplegics and people with traumatic brain injuries.
Service Area: Most middle Georgia counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Holly Winner
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
6080 Lakeside Commons Dr, Suite B
Macon, GA 31210
www.redcross.org/local/georgia/about-us/locations/central-midwest-georg…
PHONE/FAX
478-743-8671
478-743-7530 fax
What we fund: Disaster Services
Services to the Armed Forces
Description: A humanitarian organization providing assistance to help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
Service Area: Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Haralson, Heard, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Meriwether, Monroe, Putnam, Spaulding, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, & Wilkinson counties.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Betsy Fitzgerald, CEO
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
2720 Riverside Dr., STE 123
Macon, GA 31204
PHONE/FAX
478-745-3984
478-755-1055 fax
What we fund: School and Community Based Mentoring
Description: A youth organization that provides mentoring to children from single parent families. This agency serves youth with adult mentors from within its service area.
Service Area: Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington, & Wilkinson counties
Laurens & Greene counties – not covered by UWCG
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Pamela Peek
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P. O. Box 701 (31059-0701)
1211 West Charlton
Milledgeville, GA 31061
www.milledgevillebgca.weebly.com
PHONE/FAX
478-452-2315
478-452-6796 fax
What we fund: After school/ summer program
Description: A youth development organization dedicated to promoting health, social, educational, vocational and character development of youth ages 6 to 16.
Service Area: Baldwin, Jones, Putnam, & Wilkinson counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phillip Bryant
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
277 MLK Jr. Blvd., STE 202
Macon, GA 31201
PHONE/FAX
478-743-4153 x223
478-741-3825 fax
What we fund: After school/ Summer program
Description: An affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, a national organization recognized as the leader in youth development services. Clubs give youth a healthy and positive place to go after school and in the summer. Programs are offered in five core areas: 1) character & leadership development, 2) education & career development, 3) health & life skills, 4) the arts and 5) sports, fitness & recreation. Our Core Beliefs as a national organization are that a club provides: 1) a safe place to learn and grow, 2) on-going relationships with caring, adult professionals, 3) life-enhancing programs and character development experiences, and 4) hope and opportunity. B&GCCG’s mission is to inspire and enable our youth to become responsible citizens who will continue generations of preparing youth.
Service Area: Bibb & Houston counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Robin Crosby
Steven DeGeorge, Program Dir.
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
2193-B Vineville Ave.
Macon, GA 31204
PHONE/FAX
(478)742-7794
What we fund: After-school and summer program
Description: Campus Clubs is a Christ-centered ministry committed to educating children of poverty, teaching Biblical values, and developing life skills. Their mission is to minister to at-risk students and their families by providing students a safe place for academic assistance through remediation, recreation and spiritual growth. After school each day, students are given a snack, assistance with homework, given remedial work, taught life skills and have various activities they can engage in: bike shop, chapel, reading practice technology, visual arts, Girl Scouts, basketball, etc. Over 200 students are enrolled in their program, and there is a growing waiting list. Campus Clubs also offers a six-week academic camp each summer.
Service Area: Pleasant Hill, Macon – Partners with L.H. Williams Elementary, Vineville Academy, Miller Middle School, & Central High School
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Velicia Lowe
Ida Gary, Advocate Coordinator
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
206 Carl Vinson Parkway
Warner Robins, GA 31088
PHONE/FAX
Office: 478-542-2141 ext. 336 Fax: 478-922-4279
What we fund: new agency
Description: CASA is the only national organization of volunteer advocates who have been trained to speak as independent voices in court for children's best interests. The U.S. Department of Justice has recognized CASA as a model program and views it as a "safety net for abused and neglected children." CASA volunteers are appointed by judges to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to make sure they don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home. They stay with each case until permanency is reached. For many abused children, their CASA volunteer will be the one constant adult presence—the one adult who cares only for them. CASA volunteers have helped more than two million abused children since the first program was established in 1977.
Service Area: Houston County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Garrett L. Williams
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
4335 Confederate Way
Macon, GA 31217
PHONE/FAX
478-743-9386
1-800-272-9386
478-745-2686 fax
What we fund: Learning for Life
Scout Reach
Traditional Scouting
Description: Provides opportunities to enhance character building, citizenship training, and mental and physical fitness of youth 5 – 20 years of age through association with adults of high minded principle and character, use of the outdoors as an educational laboratory, and utilization of youth leadership. Youth Protection training and adult volunteer screening provided.
Service Area: Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington, & Wilkinson counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Janet Cavin
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P.O. Box 783
Milledgeville, GA 31059
PHONE/FAX
478-445-8729
What we fund: Site Coordinator Model- Baldwin County Schools
Description: The mission of CISMBC is to keep children in school so that they can learn, grow and prepare for college, for a career, and for life. For over 30 years, Communities In Schools has worked to ensure that every child needs and deserves these five basics: A one on one caring relationship with an adult, a safe place to learn and grow, a healthy start and a healthy future, a marketable skills to use upon graduation, and a chance to give back to peers and community.
Service Area: Baldwin County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dee Simms
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
915 Hill Park, STE 100C
Macon, GA 31201
PHONE/FAX
478-745-9292 (Crisis)
478-738-9800 (Safe House)
478-745-6820 fax
What we fund: 24-Hour Crisis Line
Counseling Program
Legal Advocacy Program
Sexual Assault Advocacy Program
Shelter
Description: This agency is a comprehensive Victim Service Center. Victim services are available 24 hours a day via a crisis hotline. The agency provides safe shelter for victims of domestic violence, crisis intervention counseling, emotional support, support groups, and legal advocacy and courtroom support for victims of rape and domestic violence. Crisis Line & Safe House provides violence prevention and awareness programs and activities to local schools and colleges as well as community organizations. The Sexual Assault Center, with locations in both Bibb and Houston counties, provides a 24-hour response team of trained staff and volunteer advocates to assist sexual assault victims who are provided with a forensic exam and advocacy on-site.
Service Area: Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, and Twiggs Counties.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sister Theresa Sullivan, DC
sr.theresa.sullivan@depaulusa.org
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
Macon, GA 31201
PHONE/FAX
478-216-9119
What we fund: new agency
Description: Our day/resource centers provide services to individuals facing the immediate crisis of homelessness. In Little Rock, Arkansas and Macon, Georgia, Depaul USA provides a welcoming place where individuals can get a hot meal, relax, wash up and do laundry, and speak with a social worker. Daybreak works on removing obstacles in a person's life by establishing a relationship with them, giving them a place to rest, offering services to feel renewed, and connecting them to other community resources in order to help them move from being homeless to a life with increased stability which is a long road, but with the help of a supportive system it can be transforming!
Service Area: Macon, Georgia
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Gigi Rolfes
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
538 Orange St.
Macon, GA 31201
www.familyadvancementministries.org
PHONE/FAX
478-746-9803 ext. 108
478-745-7165 office
478-745-0847 fax
What we fund: Casework
Direct Service
Education
Description: This agency serves families with children (0-6 years of age) who are in a financial or emotional crisis. FAM is a diocese ministry that is supported by the community, grants and local churches. Services are offered to all who may need our help. The ministry gives financial assistance (rental and utility), case management (bilingual: Spanish and English), and classes that include personal finance & budgeting, child safety and energy conservation. We provide parenting, life skills training, emotional and spiritual support, mentorship programs, and support groups. We provide car seats, cribs, baby items and clothes.
Our Hispanic program offers a GED program, and an education program that includes; ESL, job training, energy conservation, CPR, and job skills/ searches.
Service Area: Middle Georgia area, including: Bibb Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Peach, & Twiggs counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Patty Gibbs
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
277 MLK Jr. Blvd., STE 203
Macon, GA 31201
PHONE/FAX
478-745-2811
478-745-0881 fax
What we fund: Individual Therapy
Couple and Family Therapy
Therapeutic Workshops and Seminars
Description: An outpatient therapy and family therapeutic education center that focuses on strengthening and preserving relationships utilizing the resources of each person. Hourly sessions of individual and family therapy assist people in making life changes and consequently improving their quality of life. Counseling services are offered on a sliding fee scale or at no charge to victims of crime, residents of Macon’s Public Housing, Section 8 and Hope VI programs and parents who have filed an unruly charge on their children in Bibb County Juvenile Court.
Service Area: Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Dooly, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs, & Wilkinson counties.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Debbie Smith
Sue Else (912-236-1571)
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
6869 Columbus Rd.
Lizella, GA 31052
PHONE/FAX
478-216-6355
What we fund: Girl Scout Leadership Experience Program
Girl Scout Outreach/ Direct Delivery Program
Description: This agency provides an informal educational program to girls 5-17 that helps them develop values, relate to others, contribute to the community, and develop a positive self-image. Girls learn to relate to others through organized and supervised meetings, campouts, and activities. They work together in groups, develop leadership skills and learn about health, nutrition, life skills, personal safety, etc. This agency serves approximately 6,000 girls throughout central Georgia and works with 1,600 adult volunteers.
Service Area: Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Dooly, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Taylor, Telfair, Twiggs, Washington, & Wilkinson counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dawn Rozar, Interim Executive Director
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
103 Westridge Dr.
Warner Robins, GA 31088
PHONE/FAX
478-953-5161
478-953-5232 fax
What we fund: Charity Care Program
Description: Provides medically directed, nurse-coordinated and volunteer supported, holistic care to terminally ill patients and their families within the last six months of life. The program enables and supports patients and families to experience death with dignity in their own residence by providing comfort-oriented care that neither hastens death nor prolongs life and helps families experience caring support. Heart of Georgia Hospice also provides a General Inpatient Unit located in the Perry Hospital, offering 24/7 nursing services for patients who are experiencing a crisis in their illness and need focused management of their symptoms, end-of-life care, and respite care when families and/or caregivers need additional support. Patients who are experiencing a crisis in their illness come for management of their symptoms and support of their families.
Service Area: a 45-mile radius from Warner Robins, GA: includes Dooly, Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Macon, Bibb, Twiggs, Taylor, Crawford, & Bleckley counties
D.B.A. Happy Hour Service Center
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Maxwell Stan Blaxton
Letitia Peebles, Asst. Dir. of Administrations
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
202 N. Davis Dr.
Warner Robins, GA 31093
PHONE/FAX
478-929-6600
478-328-7001 fax
What we fund: Day Services- Facility Based Program
Description: Services for developmentally disabled adults include work skills training, job opportunities, customized employment in the community, group homes, semi-independent living apartments, and personal supports.
Service Area: Bibb, Houston, & Peach counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kenny Weaver
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
PO Box 118 (31099)
511 Russell Pkwy.
Warner Robins, GA 31088
PHONE/FAX
478-328-6070
478-329-9636 fax
What we fund: Home delivered meals
Description: Houston County Council on Aging feeds seniors and disabled people who are in need and have difficulty feeding themselves for a variety of reasons. We follow the criteria of funding sources such as the Division of Aging Services and Community Development Block Grant when feeding their respective clients. We also serve clients based on need as determined by the Meals on Wheels client assessor through a home visit and consultation with the agency director; and there is also a private pay option. We suggest that all interested individuals contact our office directly, so we can help you determine your eligibility. We deliver meals 5 days a week with a friendly visit, which promotes wellbeing. Meals on Wheels keeps people living independently.
Service Area: Houston County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Pat Butler
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
125 Russell Pkwy.
Warner Robins, GA 31088
PHONE/FAX
478-923-9730
478-923-5515 fax
What we fund: Medical Services
Description: HCVMC provides free primary medical care to Houston County residents who are employed, have no medical insurance, fall between the ages of 18-64 and earn less than 200% of poverty level. Management of chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, COPD and depression are a major focus of care. Patients are assisted with acquiring prescription medications. One clinic night each month is dedicated to gynecological services. Diagnostic services such as x-rays, labs, MRI, CT and ultrasound are provided through partnership with Houston Healthcare Complex.
Service Area: Houston County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Nancy White
nwhite@maconvolunteerclinic.org
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
376 Rogers Ave.
Macon, GA 31204
PHONE/FAX
478-755-1110
478-742-9645 fax
What we fund: Medical, Dental, and Ophthalmology Services
Description: Macon Volunteer Clinic is a primary healthcare facility that uses the resources of active and retired volunteer physicians, nurses and other medical personnel to provide free healthcare to working uninsured residents of Bibb County. Services include but are not limited to laboratory analysis, non-narcotic prescription medication, x-rays, eye exams, cancer screenings and dental care. Dental patients must meet the eligibility requirements of the clinic and see an MD prior to their dental appointments.
Service Area: Bibb County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Patti Tolbert
106 Shortcut Rd. NE
Milledgeville, GA 31061
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P. O. Box 1425
Milledgeville, GA 31059-1425
PHONE/FAX
478-457-6068
478-457-5559 (Patti)
What we fund: Home delivered meals
Description: Provides hot, nutritious, dietary correct meals five days per week for those in need along with daily well-being check and a friendly visit. Volunteers deliver meals to persons of any age who are physically or mentally unable to prepare meals for themselves. The services help aging and disabled adults remain independent and avoid institutionalization.
Service Area: Baldwin County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Javonna Latimore
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P. O. Box 6333 (31208)
1212 Gray Hwy.
Macon, GA 31211
PHONE/FAX
478-745-9140
478-745-5968 fax
What we fund: Home delivered meals
Description: Provides Meals on Wheels services to homebound elderly citizens. Volunteers and staff deliver hot nutritious meals to homebound elderly, spending a few minutes providing friendship. This service helps our clients live independently for as long as possible.
Service Area: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, & Monroe counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Erwin Clowers
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
3805 Napier Ave
Macon, Ga. 31204
PHONE/FAX
478-718-8316
What we fund: new agency
Description: Mission: To enhance the lives of young men by increasing their academic performance, emotional development and self-esteem through a supportive environment wherein mentorship is utilized to expose these young men to what is possible in their lives.
Service Area: Bibb County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Kathy McCollum
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P.O. Box 5024
4490 Ocmulgee East Blvd.
Macon, GA 31217
PHONE/FAX
478-742-3958
478-742-8735 fax
What we fund: Food Distribution
Description: Solicits, transports, sorts, stores, and distributes millions of pounds of food every year to the needy, hungry, and homeless in middle Georgia through 300+ participating 501(c)(3) charitable, nonprofit agencies and schools in 24 counties of middle Georgia.
Service Area: Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Twiggs, Washington, & Wilkinson counties. MGCFB also serves other counties outside of central Georgia.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Cindy Hill
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
6261 Peake Rd.
Macon, GA 31210
www.navicenthealth.org
www.pinepointehospice.org
PHONE/FAX
478-633-5660
478-781-3348 fax
What we fund: new agency
Description: Providing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual support to terminally ill community members. Hospice care is given primariliy in the person’s home. Furnished with nurse coordinated care, medical social work, chaplian services, nurses aides, equipment, supplies, medications for symptom management, volunteer support and on call staff—the terminally ill are able to spend time in the comfort of their own home environment as opposed to a sterile hospital setting. 13 months of bereavement support is given to families following the death of their loved-one, which includes monthly support groups, bereavement literature, children’s grief support—Spinoza Bears. Bereavement support is open and available to anyone in the central Georgia community.
Service Area: This agency serves patients throughout central Georgia: Bibb & surrounding counties.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tanya Zellner
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P.O. Box 1239 (31099)
108 Elmwood St.
Warner Robins, GA 31093
PHONE/FAX
478-923-5923
478-328-0176 fax
What we fund: Child Advocacy Center
First Steps-FERST Books
Prevention through parent support
Description: Rainbow House provides direct services to victims of child abuse and neglect through the Child Advocacy Center program, which includes advocacy and support services. Prevention programs are also offered which include parenting support classes, mandated reporter training, First Steps, Ferst Books, and Healthy Families Houston County.
Service Area: Houston County
Outreach may include Peach County if requested; courtesy interviews for other counties are offered as needed.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JoAnn Robinette
jalford-robinette@rebuildingtogetherwr.org
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
110 Oak Grove Rd
Warner Robins, GA 31088
PHONE/FAX
478-922-0228
478-329-9347 Fax
What we fund: new agency
Description: Rebuilding Together Warner Robins (RTWR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the lives of vulnerable communities by providing low-income homeowners with critical home repairs (e.g. electric, plumbing, roofing, heating.), accessibility modifications, energy-efficient upgrades as well as painting and landscaping services.
Rebuilding Together Warner Robins is an affiliate of Rebuilding Together, Inc., the largest non-profit, volunteer home rehabilitation organization in America.
Service Area: Houston County
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Cynthia Edwards
Cynthia.Edwards@uss.salvationarmy.org
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P.O. Box 1822 (31059)
461 E. Hancock St.
Milledgeville, GA 31061
PHONE/FAX
478-452-6940
478-453-8421 fax
What we fund: Emergency Assistance
Social Services
Description: Provides one-time emergency financial assistance for food, clothing, utilities, shelter and rent. People from the following counties receive social services: Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Washington, & Wilkinson.
Service Area: Baldwin, Hancock, Putnam, Washington, & Wilkinson counties
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Major Johnny Poole
Johnny.Poole@uss.salvationarmy.org
Major Rebekah Poole
Rebekah.Poole@uss.salvationarmy.org
Naomi Ladson, Asst. Director
Naomi.Ladson@uss.salvationarmy.org
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
P.O. Box 13386 (31208)
1955 Broadway
Macon, GA 31206
www.salvationarmycentralgeorgia.org
PHONE/FAX
478-746-8572
478-741-3865 fax
What we fund: Emergency Shelter
Safe House, Domestic Violence Shelter
Social Services
Description: Diversified programs of rehabilitation, social welfare, and guidance towards self-sufficiency. Aids with food, shelter, clothing, substance abuse recovery, youth development, veteran’s assistance, and disaster relief on a 24-hour basis. People seeking help from The Salvation Army are most often temporarily homeless.
Service Area: Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, & Twiggs counties
COMMANDING OFFICERS
Sergeant Bruce Williams
Bruce.Williams@uss.salvationarmy.org
Sergeant Tavia Williams
Tavia.Williams@uss.salvationarmy.org
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
PO Box 2408 (31099)
96 Thomas Blvd
Warner Robins, GA 31093
www.salvationarmygeorgia.org/warner-robins
PHONE/FAX
478-922-7585
Provides bible studies, youth programs, disaster services, Pathway of Hope, domestic violence support services, and pastoral care.
Service Area: Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski & Wilkinson counties.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LaTonya Blasingame
cherishedchildrentoo@gmail.com
ADDRESS/WEBSITE
511 Myrtle St.
Warner Robins, GA 31093
https://cherishedchildrendaycare.com/
PHONE/FAX
478-923-1339
478-396-0019
478-923-3135 fax
What we fund: Cherished Children Education Centers
Description: Cherished Children is nationally accredited child development program for parents that are working or attending school. Parents pay fees based on total family income. Free Georgia Pre-K parenting classes and family support/parent programs.
Service Area: Houston County