HUMAN RESOURCES
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Environmental Health Ser- vices Baxter County Health Unit: Works to protect, improve and promote the heath and well-being of all Arkansans, and provides family planning, immunization, WIC, breast care and communicable dis- ease services. 425-3072 Baxter County Environmental Health Services: Consumer protection of schools, stores, food service (restaurants, etc.), motels and public swim- ming pools, along with envi- ronmental protection such as septic systems, percolation tests, permits for construc- tion, water supplies, public water testing of wells, quaran- tine of food at times of disas- ter, rabies control and animal bites, West Nile virus protec- tion and bioterrorism pre- paredness. 425-2545 Asthma Support Group 508-1569 BRMC Cafeteria Lagerborg Dining Room For those with emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, obstruc- tive pulmonary disease and other breathing problems. Arkansas Department of Human Services 425-6011 Children’s services: Investi- gates child abuse and neglect, provides protective services for children, foster care and adoption services for children. Economic Services: Transition- al employment assistance, supplemental nutrition assis- tance program, Medicaid, individual and family grant program, and nursing home care. Adult and family services: Adult abuse and neglect, ElderChoices, developmental disabilities services and youth services.
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Arkansas Work Force Centers 425-2386 Resource center to assist applicants with resume prep- aration, job search and un- employment insurance. Assisted Living Baxter Retirement Village: 424-3599 Flippo’s Care Free Living: (870) 445-5371 Elmcroft: 425-6868 Good Samaritan: 425-2492 Baxter County Adult Education Center 508-6304 Offers general education development, adult basic education, English-as-a-sec- ond language and job skills. Baxter County Cooperative Extension Service 425-2335 Educational services in agri- culture and home economics through classes, leaflets and workshops. Provides leader- ship to Extension Homemak- ers’ clubs, 4-H groups and Master Gardner program. Baxter County Health Unit
In-Home Services 424-6655 Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society 425-2551 Email: bcheritagecenter@cen-
turytel.net Website: baxtercountyhisto-
ry.org Society was formed to help preserve and protect Baxter County history and the history of the Ozarks, and to help with genealogy research for those who have roots in the area. Baxter County Archives 425-2551 Email: bcarchives@century-
tel.net Baxter County Juvenile Intake/Probation Office 425-3840 Baxter County Juvenile Ser- vices is the Juvenile Justice agency for Baxter County. This agency processes all cases involving delinquency/ criminal acts and status of- fenses/runaway, truancy, incorrigibility and behavior, and harmful-to-self situations before engaging the court
system. Juvenile Officesr establish an action plan for the court system utilizing community-based programs. The goal of juvenile justice is to keep the citizens of our community safe yet hold the juvenile accountable for their actions while engaging ser- vices to help re-adapt the youthful offender to become a productive citizen. Baxter Co. Library Founda- tion The Baxter County Public Library Foundation is an Ar- kansas not-for-profit corpora- tion recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible charitable foundation founded in 1999. The Library Founda- tion is the fundraising arm for the library, garnering support to help sustain library opera- tions and services. For more info:
baxlib.org or 580-0987. Baxter County Retired Teachers Association 481-5603 Baxter County Retired Teach- ers Association is affiliated with the Arkansas Retired Teachers Association to pro-
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