Provides local information related to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Offers a wide assortment of brochures, literature, newsletters and other related diabetes materials. Answers questions regarding type I diabetes. Offers one-day seminars to equip diabetics and their families with tools and resources to manage this disease.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.

Offers presentations about cancer-related topics by professionals. Topics include side effects and coping, nutrition, finances, energy healing, and more.

Provide emotional and practical support for those dealing with opioid addiction. Services include referral to treatment to clinicians providing medicine based assistance (MAT) along with psychological treatment geared to opioid use disorder. Maintenance support such as transportation to treatment, opportunities for deaf to deaf support. facilitate services through OOD to provide employment, education for the deaf community to help them recognize the dangers of opioids and seek assistance.

Provides a comprehensive diabetes education program that includes group and one-on-one teaching of all phases of diabetes management, including the physiology of diabetes, insulin instruction, meal-planning, hypoglycemia management, and blood glucose monitoring. Also provides periodic community education about the disease.

Provides a free synthetic wig for women with cancer related hair loss.

Provides a program for youth who are physically or mentally challenged that enables them to participate in baseball by partnering with non-challenged assistants of similar ages.

Provides a group to assist those with a diagnosis of diabetes in dealing with the condition.

Offers Levels I-IV foster care for children removed from their homes. Some of the children have experienced multi disruptions and previous placements and usually have been diagnosed with some level of emotional disturbance. Foster parents help prepare children in their care for reunification with their families, for adoption, or for independent living (for older teens).

Maintains an online database of clinical trials now accepting participants. Also provides recently released results from cancer clinical trials.

Creates a supportive environment for individuals suffering from all forms of dementia. A Wander Guard system is in place providing a secure atmosphere. Residents are respected, understood and have an opportunity for fun, freedom and friendship in Helen Purcell’s Memory Care Community. Helen Purcell’s entire team is especially trained to provide all residents with compassionate care in a dignified and comfortable, safe and secure, home-like environment. A carefully designed Life Center with unique life skills stations enables residents to reminisce and enjoy things from their past. The Life Center has been designed for residents to help relieve boredom and create feelings of success. Residents can perform tasks and play games from their past. Helen Purcell has an entire team dedicated to enriching the lives of our residents. The team provides structured, yet flexible programs for the memory impaired resident, such as discussion groups, music therapy, recreation, pet therapy and more.

- Screens for a wide variety of services and programs available to seniors and / or adults with disabilities. - Collects client information and then determines what programs they are eligible for. - Will help fill out paperwork for programs and services such as HEAP, Medicaid, and various types of insurance. - Assistance with unemployment forms is restricted to advising clients on the types of documents they need to complete the forms required by Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Provide prescribing and monitoring of psychotropic medications by a Physician Assistant under the supervision of a Physician.

Hispanic Health program designed to help the Hispanic community have access to medical care, social services and health education. Provide blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure screenings. Health Liaison serves as the link between the Hispanic community and health services. Assistance given to clients in Spanish with appointments and interpretations. The Promotora (community health liaison) teaches basic health education topics in Spanish.

Provides temporary and permanent placards that enable drivers who qualify to park in designated parking slots. Also issues motor vehicle license plates with disabilities insignia.

Offers medical, dental and vision services for low-income residents in Columbus. Also provides short-term behavioral healthcare with counseling, group counseling and case management. Recovery supportive services available for those with substance use and addiction issues. Also assists with Medicaid enrollment. Provides HIV/STI testing and other prevention services, including PrEP. Provides HIV care and case management and linkage to care.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training, training supplies and books, financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed to work), occupational supplies, placement, small business development, and follow-up on the job. Also helps disabled students who are transitioning from school to work or college after high school. Some of the above services are provided by other agencies through a referral process.

Provides health care to people at risk for HIV, free confidential HIV testing with results in 20 minutes, and health care and case management for those living with HIV/AIDS.

Provides a variety of structured, supervised overnight summer camping programs that feature recreational and educational activities such as swimming, boating, horseback riding, arts and crafts, natural science, and wilderness survival.

Provides information about cystic fibrosis and makes referrals to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-accredited medical centers that provide screening and treatment of cystic fibrosis.

Contracts with an outside agency to offer a care facility which provides intensive medical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to meet the specialized health needs of individuals with Developmental Disabilities. The facility consists of two housing units that accommodate around 13 individuals.

Support groups for people living with HIV, transgender and gender-expansive folks, people seeking substance use support, LGBTQ+ survivors of violence, and more. Find a complete list at equitashealth.com/starthealing.

Provides year round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of sports to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Provides a free, eight-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to better understand themselves and their recovery. Taught by trained leaders with lived experience, this program includes activities, discussions and informative videos.