Agencies at The Sanctuary
The following agencies provide services to
residents in Eastern Knox County. Agencies administer
their individual services. Sanctuary Community Action
provides each agency with access to the facility--The Sanctuary
Service Center, 304 Market St, Danville. For more information or to
inquire about your agency providing services, please contact The
Sanctuary at 740-599-7224.
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Knox County Health Department
- 2 days per month (740)
392-2200
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Women Infant and Children (WIC)
Provides
nutrition education and grocery assistance for families
with children under age 5, expectant mothers and/or
nursing mothers. Proper nutrition is vital for
development prior to birth, during the nursing period as
well as infants and small children. There is a liberal
income requirement.
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Immunization clinic
All children
need to receive the necessary immunizations prior to
attending Head Start, Day Care programs and kindergarten as well as the necessary booster
immunizations. Appointments are requested. Please call
740-599-7224 to schedule. There is no fee for immunizations
but if possible, families are encouraged, but is not
required, to contribute $10 per visit to Knox County
Health Dept.
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Adult Basic
Literacy Education--Monday and Tuesday evenings, 6pm
to 8pm.
Free classes enabling adults who do not have a high school
diploma obtain their GED/high school equivalent diploma. For
more information or to register, contact Knox County Career
Center Adult Education at 393-2933 EXT 1118 or Sanctuary
Service Center at 740-599-7224. Classes are
held during the school year. Please note: you must be 19
years of age and not enrolled in high school.
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Family
Medical Clinic at Sanctuary Community Action Service Center---Sanctuary
Community Action, 304 Market St, Danville, has partnered
with Dr. Elder’s American Health Network's office to provide
medical services to residents in Eastern Knox County. –1st
and 3rd Wednesdays 9am to 3pm and 2nd
and 4th Wednesday mornings from 9am to 12 noon.
Deb Samples, nurse practitioner, is staffing the office.
Appointments are encouraged by calling Dr. Elder’s
office—740-694-1261. However, Walk-ins welcome. Medical
services are available for infants, children, teens, adults
and senior citizens. Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid as
well as self pay accepted. Sanctuary Service center is
handicap accessible – no steps. Parking is available
directly in front of the new facility.
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Knox County Veterans Service Office providing
outreach services the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 10am to
2pm. A light lunch is available. All veterans
and widows of veterans are encouraged to stop in and inquire
about services available to them under the veterans
programs.
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Family Life Counseling Services---Sanctuary
Community Action is pleased to announce Family Life
Counseling & Psychiatric Services will be serving the
community of Eastern Knox County at the Service Center
beginning May 1, 2015. Family Life Counseling & Psychiatric
Services was founded in Mansfield, Ohio in 1999 by Dr. Steve
Burggraf. This agency is a non-profit mental health and
substance abuse counseling agency, and has served the
Richland County area, with an emphasis on in-home counseling
services primarily to at-risk youth. This emphasis has
continued up to the present and has expanded to treating all
ages from children to the elderly, with the addition of many
other services to meet identified needs in the community.
Family Life is looking to regionalize its services to
surrounding communities such as Knox County, bringing its
expertise and resources in order to provide a helping hand
to its citizens. It is Family Life’s hope and goal to
provide services for unmet or under-served needs within your
community. They provide services for children, adolescents,
adults and senior citizens. They accept Medicaid, Medicare,
PASSPORT, insurance, private pay and sliding fee. For more
information or to schedule for the Danville office, please
call 1-419-774-9969.
Sanctuary
Community Action coordinated programs
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Lifeline
Screening--annual screening for blockages contributing
to stroke, heart attack and aneurysms. Also check for
osteoporosis. There is a nominal fee. For more
information and date of screening, please call The Sanctuary
at 740-599-7224.
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Women's Health
Clinics - Routine Pap and Clinical Breast Exams and
Mammograms
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Pap and Clinical
Breast Exams in cooperation with KnoHoCo Ashland Women's
Health Services. A nominal fee is charged to cover lab
costs for Pap. KnoHoCo accepts medical card (not medicare or
insurance)
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Mobile Mammogram
unit from Boardman Ohio--The MammoVan. The mobile unit
accepts insurance, medicare, medicaid and self pay.
Region 5 Breast
and Cervical Cancer Project is available to provide
financial assistance for women with no insurance.
Sanctuary Community Action has been awarded a grant from
United Way of Knox County to assist those not eligible under
Region 5 if financial assistance is needed. These
clinics are open to all women in Knox County. For more
information on dates and to schedule, please contact The
Sanctuary at 740-599-7224.
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Services for
Senior Citizens:
Please contact
Sanctuary Service Center office at 740-599-7224 for
information on these 3 programs. These programs are funded
through the county-wide senior services levy.
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