HUMAN RESOURCES
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Arkansas Department of Health Baxter County Health Unit and Environmental Health Services Baxter County Health Unit: Works to protect, improve and promote the health 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 swimming pools, along with environmental protection such as septic systems, per- colation tests, permits for construction, water supplies, public water testing of wells, quarantine of food at times of disaster, rabies control and animal bites, West Nile virus protection and bioter- rorism preparedness. 425-2545
Arkansas Department of Human Services 425-6011 Children’s services: Investi- gates child abuse and ne- glect, provides protective services for children, foster care and adoption services for children. Economic Ser- vices: Transitional employ- ment assistance, supple- mental nutrition assistance program, Medicaid, individ- ual and family grant program, and nursing home care. Adult and family services: Adult abuse and neglect, ElderChoices, developmental disabilities services and youth services. Arkansas Work Force Centers 425-2386
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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: 425-2494 Baxter County Adult Education Center 508-6304 Offers general education development, adult basic education, English-as-a- second 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 Historical
and Genealogical Society 425-2551
Email: bcheritagecen-
ter@gmail.com Website: baxtercountyhisto-
ry.org
Society was formed to help preserve and protect Baxter County history and the histo- ry of the Ozarks, and to help with genealogy research for those who have roots in the area. 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 situa- tions before engaging the court system. Juvenile Offi- cers 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 County Family Resource Center 425-3840 312 Bomber Blvd. Programs: Abuse Awareness Active Parenting Adolescent Anger Manage- ment
Anger Management for Women Nurturing Fathers Teen Substance Awareness Baxter Co. Library Foundation The Baxter County Public Library Foundation is an Ar- kansas not-for-profit corpo- ration recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible charitable foundation found-
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