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Provides a collection of non-traditional library items, including:

• Games and toys
• Crafting items
• Technology items
• Home improvement tools
• Kitchenware
• Outdoor items
• Health and wellness items
• Activity passes

Visit https://wcpl.info/content/library-things-0 for current list of items. Library staff cannot give instructions on use of an item. See user manuals.

Provides after-school behavioral health programming for children with mental health challenges. Offers structured therapeutic activities and support designed to improve behavior, emotional regulation, and social skills. Services help children strengthen functioning in school, home, and community settings.

Career Exploration Specialized program to assist clients in identifying vocational assets, aptitudes, interests, and potential barriers to employment. This program may include testing, community based assessments, labor market information, and occupational information. COMMUNITY BASED ASSESSMENT : Provides clients an opportunity to sample a particular job of interest. Evaluations assess the client’s capabilities, if the goal is realistic, and whether training should continue in the chosen career path. This allows clients to experience several job sites, each lasting only a few days. JOB COACHING: One-on-one assistance for clients involved in training programs who may need intensive training and/or require a specialized training approach. Coaching can assist in learning job duties, quantity/quality of work standards, work place communication, interpersonal skills, and appropriate work behaviors. JOB SEEKING SKILLS TRAINING (JSST): Designed to assist an individual in successfully identifying and responding to potential job opportunities. The service addresses locating job opportunities, interviewing skills, and developing a job application/resume/cover letter. Learn how to follow up with employers, address potential barriers, and manage online profiles. JOB DEVELOPMENT : Assists clients in learning the skills necessary to access employment opportunities and obtain employment. This includes instruction and assistance in resume development, job applications, proper work attitude, grooming/hygiene, interpersonal skills, and interviewing skills. JOB RETENTION: Working with clients and employers to problem solve and remove any barriers to job retention. Involves follow-up phone calls and/or visits to the job site as determined by the referring counselor, Career Services Specialist, and/or the client. Specialists work closely with the client, employer, and co-workers to support the client in removing barriers to job retention. Personal Adjustment Teaches behavior skills, interpersonal skills, life management skills, and career skills. Includes training in customer service, building successful relationships, self-confidence, family dynamics, transportation issues, housing, productivity, and emphasizes gaining a sense of control over the client’s environment. Each area has its own curriculum and workbook. OCCUPATIONAL SKILL TRAINING: Specialized curriculums for job specific training to employer specifications; including safety practices, workplace literacy, and numeric skills specific to the occupation. SUPPORTIVE CAREER SERVICES: Services may include such tasks as: assisting the consumer purchasing appropriate work clothing, purchasing gas cards and/or transportation vouchers, and assisting consumer access to other community resources. TRAVEL TRAINING: Utilized to teach individuals how to travel independently on public transportation. Instruction will include: learning how to schedule transportation requests with transportation providers, reading bus schedules, purchasing tokens/bus passes, training on the public transportation rules, demonstrating how to ride public transportation and contingency planning in the event of an emergency or unexpected issue such as missing a bus, getting off at the wrong stop, etc. WORK ADJUSTMENT : Specialized training in obtaining work behaviors necessary to gain and maintain employment in the community. Program includes proper work habits, social skills, quantity/quality of work, hygiene, acceptance of supervision, and safety awareness.

Teaches skills that enable parents to deal constructively and consistently with a broad spectrum of child rearing problems... provides opportunities for parents and children to learn and practice methods for dealing with one another that reinforce positive behaviors and communication and decreases negative behaviors while supporting the development of a relationship that is built on fairness, mutual caring and respect.

Provides services to particpants in Job Development, Job Retention, Career Exploration, Community Based Assessments, Job Coaching if necessary and support before/after the job.

Offers high school students opportunities to develop leadership skills in the schools and in the community and to attend a Summer Institute. Students focus on substance abuse prevention activities.

Provides walk-in treatment services for minor conditions including, but not limited to:

• Cold, cough, and flu symptoms, viral infections.
• Conjunctivitis (pink eye).
• Diarrhea.
• Earache.
• Hradache.
• Insect bites and stings - including tick bites.
• Minor aches and pains (without serious injury).
• Minor burns.
• Minor injuries such as sprains, strains, minor joint pain.
• Nausea, vomiting.
• STD infections.
• Sinus infection.
• Skin injuries not requiring stiches.
• Skin rashes such as poison ivy, ringworm, shingles, scabies, impetigo.
• Sore throat.
• Urinary tract infections.

The Advocates for Families CASA Program is seeking caring adults to volunteer in Knox County. Volunteer duties include making contact with the child once a month; full case investigation reviewing all relevant documents; meet with anyone who has information regarding the child, including but not limited to case workers teachers, medical professionals; maintain written documentation: maintain complete confidentiality; attend all court hearings and meetings; complete annual continued education hours as required by Ohio Supreme Court Rule 48 guidelines. NOTE: CASA supervisor walks alongside each volunteer throughout the life of each case.

Accepts building donations in which they sell for lower cost to consumers. Also has the Home Sweet Habitat Boutique with low cost clothing. Furniture is sometimes available as well.

Provides referrals to adoption agencies and other service providers.

Provides primary medical services and physical examinations to homeless veterans. Team consists of a Physician, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, and Medical Social Worker.

Provides Treatment Foster Care to youth who have been removed from homes for reasons stemming from trauma and abuse. Trains, supports, and supervises foster parents to provide treatment options. Also offers respite care participating families.

Provides consumer assistance for military personnel and their families.

Provides general library services without charge to residents of Lorain and surrounding communities including a variety of books, audiobooks, magazines, movies (DVDs and Blu-Rays), and digital media. Offers wi-fi internet access to the public.

Refers to Early Head Start programs.

Administrative offices for Allwell Behavioral Health Services, formerly known as Six County or Thompkins Treatment.

Offers a program that seeks to improve access to treatment and support services for youth and young adults with a serious emotional disturbance or serious mental illness. Youth are paired with a navigator who can determine what services they need and where they still need help transitioning from youth to adult systems to avoid a gap in services. Program is an outreach initiative of the Ohio Health Transitions Project.

Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will extend hours at select community centers during extreme cold. Watch the department's website and social media channels for updates. Information is also shared with the local news media.

Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will extend hours at select community centers during extreme cold. Watch the department's website and social media channels for updates. Information is also shared with the local news media.

Provides family practice medical care, women's health care, pediatrics, beavioral health/counseling, dietetics and nutrition and chronic care management.

The county agency that is responsible for enforcing all laws and regulations, preventing crime, investigating criminal activity, apprehending, arresting and detaining suspects, preventing and suppressing delinquency and engaging in other activities that protect lives and property and preserve peace in the community.

Provides a site for the disposal of outdated and unwanted medications including vitamins, pills, and pet medications through a medication drop box.

Offers the following birth control methods: Birth control patch (Ortho Evra); Birth control pill; Birth control shot; Birth control vaginal ring (NuvaRing); Cervical cap (FemCap); Diaphragm; Condom; Emergency contraception (morning after pill); IUD (Mirena); IUD (ParaGard); spermicide. If required, you may have to schedule a Pap test or a breast exam before getting a hormonal birth control method. In order to obtain an IUD, we may first require an exam and a Pap test. Offers online birth control refill services for patients with a current prescription at our health center.