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S. Weir Mitchell Elementary School
56^th & Kingsessing Avenue
(Schoolyard Entrance)
Philadelphia, PA. 19143
Linda Gordon, Site Director
Phone: (215) 727-4333
Fax: (215) 727-4311
E-Mail: southwst@cbps.org

Hours:
9AM-5PM - Monday thru Saturday (July & August),
9AM-6PM - Mon. thru Wed. & Fri.,
9AM-8PM - Thurs., and 9AM -5PM Saturday (September thru June)
Also: Evening hours as scheduled for workshops, etc.
See our monthly calendar for activities!!!

Mission:
Our community-based program located at the S. Weir Mitchell Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia is designed to provide preventive services to children and their families through informational workshops, support groups and programming in response to the needs of the community.

We are here to help.

Goals:
Our goals are to help prevent:

Child Abuse
Child Neglect
Delinquency
Truancy

And to help build:

Strong Families
Strong Communities

School District Information

Preventive Health

Violence

Job Searching Sites

Internet Searching Websites

Other Social Services

Homework Help

Adult Education / Literacy / Job skills

Other Sites

Childcare Websites

Pennsylvania State Services

School District Information

Preventive Health

HealthFinder
A guide to online health information. En espanol version too. http://www.healthfinder.gov/
MEDLINEplus
Health information. A service of the National Library of Medicine. http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Violence

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
A central source of information on prevention and intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against children and teens. http://www.safeyouth.org/home.htm

Job Searching Sites

HotJobs
http://www.hotjobs.com/
Monster.com
http://www.monster.com
Idealist.org
Nonprofit and community jobs and volunteer opportunities. Also a version in español. http://www.idealist.org/
opportunityNOCs
Nonprofit job opportunities. http://www.opportunitynocs.org

Internet Searching Websites

Other Social Services

Philadelphians Concerned About Housing
Helping Homeless, Low Income, Single Parent Families Become Self-Sufficient http://www.pcah.org/
Philly Neighborhoods
Everything that has to do with Philadelphia neighborhoods. http://www.phillyneighborhoods.org/index.html
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare: Office of Social Programs Refugee Program
The primary goal of the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP) is for refugees in Pennsylvania to achieve economic self-sufficiency as soon as possible. http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/osp/osprp.asp
UCC: UPENN's United Community Clinics
A student-run interdisciplinary health clinic in the East Parkside section of West Philadelphia. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/ucclinic/
Project H.O.M.E.
Since 1989, Project H.O.M.E. (Housing, Opportunities, Medical Care, and Education) has helped more than 5,000 people break the cycle of homelessness and poverty in Philadelphia. http://www.projecthome.net/
Planned Parenthood: Southeastern PA
http://www.ppsp.org/
National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
http://www.homelessphila.org/subabuse.html
The Beehive
The Beehive is the place to go for information and resources around the things that matter in our lives: money, health, jobs, school and family. http://www.thebeehive.org/philly/

Homework Help

BigChalk
Providing teachers, students, parents, and their surrounding community with the very best applications, products, and services available. http://www.bigchalk.com/
Discovery Channel's Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/
FactMonster
Online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, world news. http://www.factmonster.com/
KidsClick
Web search for kids by librarians. http://www.kidsclick.org/
BrainMania
http://www.brainmania.com/
Lycos ZONE
For Kids. Encyclopedia, kids page, dictionary, atlas, translate it, science projects, and more http://lycoszone.lycos.com/

Adult Education / Literacy / Job skills

RebootPhilly
Reboot Philadelphia seeks to bridge the widening technology gap in under-served communities, particularly communities of color, and strives to equip women, men, and children with measurable computer mastery, empowering them to compete for employment in our computer-dependent economy. http://www.rebootphilly.org/
Free Library: Adult Education Classes
Provides facilities for several different kinds of Adult Education Classes in all areas of Philadelphia. http://www.library.phila.gov/libserv/adulted.htm
School District of Philadelphia: Family & Student Support Services
http://www.philsch.k12.pa.us/osess/frn/trans/adult_ed.html
Literacy Resources
http://www.philaliteracy.org/resources/index.html
YMCA Adult Education Department
Trains volunteers to become tutors and matches them with adult students who need help in basic reading and writing. http://www.ymcaphilly.org/adulted/
Temple University: Center for Research in Human Development and Education: Adult Education and Development Program
Offers classroom and computer-assisted multimedia instruction for adult learners in the areas of Adult Literacy, GED preparation, and Career Training. http://www.temple.edu/adulted/index.html

Other Sites

Amazon
Huge online store. http://www.amazon.com/
Meals.com
Meal planning made easy. Recipes, meal planning, etc. http://www.my-meals.com/
The Healthy Refrigerator
Nutrition that's good for your heart. http://www.healthyfridge.org/
Philly.com: Movies
Philadelphia movie information. http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/entertainment/movies/
Tickets.com
http://www.tickets.com

Childcare Websites

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
http://home.uwsepa.org/
Common Sense
Strategies for Raising Alcohol and Drug-Free Children, from the National PTA, provides drug facts, positive parenting tips and family activities. http://www.pta.org/commonsense/index.html
GrandsPlace
A resource for grandparents and special others raising children. http://www.grandsplace.com/
Parenting Resources for the 21st Century
http://www.parentingresources.ncjrs.org/
Parenting Resources
http://www.vachss.com/help_text/parenting.html
National Parent Information Network
http://npin.org/

Pennsylvania State Services

Main Listings of the State
http://www.state.pa.us/papower/taxonomy/taxonomy.asp?DLN=30391&papowerNav=|
COMPASS:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Application for Social Services allows you to sign up for social services like medicaid, food stamps and CHIP https://www.humanservices.state.pa.us/COMPASS/PGM/ASP/SC001.asp
Application forms:
For Social Services
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/oim/oimappforms.asp
DMV
Driver and Vehicle Applications and renewal forms.
http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/
Electric Choice:
Low-income utilities help.
http://www.utilitychoice.org/IndexUC.cfm?catID=li
3 Healthy Women:
service for low-income women to get breast exams, pap tests, and mammograms.
http://www.health.state.pa.us/php/HW/default.htm?papowerPNavCtr=|
Application for Unemployment
This form is used to file an Initial Application for Unemployment Compensation benefits. Instructions are included with the form.
http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=152&Q=59265&landiPNavCtr=|

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