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Airway Heights
Community Center
244-4845 
13120 W. 13th Ave
Monday - Friday 9 a.m - 5 p.m. Free. Services include:
YWCA ECEAP preschool, food bank, senior lunch, AA Meetings, youth recreational programs, Boy Scouts, cooking class, WIC, tax aid, Summer nutrition program,(free breakfast and lunch for 18 and under) GED Classes, Department of Corrections (DOC) Wood Program, and Spokane Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP) heat and housing assistance.
   
American Indian
Community Center

535-0886  
905 E. 3rd Ave

Monday - Friday 9 a.m - 5 p.m. Free. Services include:
Provides GED, re-entry to high school classes, food bank for those in zip code 99202 and American Indians with tribal identification, ECEAP Preschool site, senior nutrition program, employment and training program (W.I.A.) Indian Child Welfare, protective payee program, family services, and parenting classes.
   
East Central Community Center 625-6699  
500 S. Stone

Monday - Friday 8 a.m - 5 p.m. Fees vary. Provides a coordinated approach to needed neighborhood based support services and outreach; Acts as an advocate for issues affecting the neighborhood as well as assisting in developing strategies and resources to address emerging community needs and concerns. Houses the following programs and services:
gymnasium, conference rooms, senior center, publishes a monthly newsletter, Before and After School program, DD Programs, Children's Home Society, YES Program, and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, Neighborhood Resource Officer, Primary Medical Clinif, WIC, SNAP, and Computer Center.

   
Health Improvement Partnership
(HIP)
444-3088
Paulson Building, 421 W. Riverside, Suite 353
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Free. An effort to facilitate and enhance community well being in the Spokane regional community through creative collaboration and resource development. Current emphasis on health care access, disability awareness, child care, gun violence, second-hand smoke, and youth issues.Join us in imagining "what if". Use us to strengthen your work. Travel with us from possibilities to new realities. Work with us for the good of the whole community.
   
Martin Luther King Center 455-8722 
845 S. Sherman
Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fees vary. Provides comprehensive social services for all ages including preschool (ECEAP) with wraparound child care, before/after school program for K-6 grade (FAME), teen prevention program for ages 11-15 (youth 2000), Summer Youth Academy for ages preschool though 6th grade, Summer Teen leadership program, Girl Scouts, protective payee, supercised visits, basic needs assistance, school supplies, family crisis intervention, cultural education, various parent workshops and community activity events. ECEAP is free, and child care fees vary with specific programs.
   
Medical Lake Community Outreach 299-3819 
211 N Lefevre, Medical Lake
Tuesday and Friday, 9:00 a.m. - Noon. Provides assistance and telephone referral services staffed by volunteers. Offers the following direct assistance; Emergency rent or utility help, snow and leaf removal for elderly and handicapped, delivery of firewood to low income families, and transportation to medical appointments. This service is provided by a coalition of Medical Lake Churches : St. John Lutheran, Assembly of God, St. Anne Catholic, Medical Lake Community Churches and other organizations, including Combined Fund Drive, Friends for Children,, and other donations.
   
Northeast Community Center 487-1603  
4001 N. Cook, Spokane

Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fees vary. Brings together 5the combined resources, expertise and experience of 12 different public and private non-profit agency programs needed within the community. Programs include:
Head Start/CAPE, Northeast Child Development Center, SNAP, WIC, CHAS, Dental Services, CHAS Medical Clinic, Support for Parents Overcoming Challenges (SPOC), Children's HOme Society, Northeast Youth Center, Hillyard Senior Center and Northeast Pantry. Provides a collaborative envoirnment for the delivery of services and functions as an advoceate for the residents of Logan, Bemiss, Hilyard, and Nevada-Lidgerwood and Chief Gary neighborhoods. Supports neighborthood groups and organizations efforts to empower neighbors to become directly involved in quality-of-life improvement efforts. Neighborhood newspaper "The Advocate" is published monthly. Information Dynamics:- Creating a community information system (including a web site) that will effectively assimilate and disseminate information for norhteast residents, imporve lines of communication and promote acess to available resources. The Computer Access Center, available for public use, provides resume development and access to the Employment Security Job Line, a free e-mail address, and access to the world wide web.

   
Peaceful Valley
Community Center
624-8634  (mreilly@peacefulvalley.org)
214 N. Cedar
Monday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday, 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Free. Provides after school an dSaturday recreation programs for children 6 - 18 years. Hosts three Narcotics Anonymous groups. Offers free bread and clothes at specific times, social services, and free laundry for Peaceful Valley, Brown's edition, Latah, Cannon and downtown neighborhood residents only. Sponsors city-wide recreational programs.
   
Rural Resources Community Action 684-8421 
956 Main Street, Colville

Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Free. Provides services to individuals and families throughout Stevens, Pend Oreille and Ferry Counties. Offers comptehensive programs including nine Head Start Centers. Other services include:
Emergency shelter, transitional housing, low income housing, commodity distribution, assistance with food stamp application, VISTA, employment and training, energy assistance, housing preservation, legal aid, adult literacy, senior services, transportation, and weatherization. Employment and training related activities cover five additional counties; Adams, WHitman, Asotin, Columbia and Garfield. Family Support Center provides prevention and crisis intervention services for cictims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. Kids First Children's Advocacy Center program is for children who are victims of sexual abuse. The Family Support Center and Kids First 24 Hour Crisis Line is 684-6139, and is provided to victims in Stevens County.

   
Salvation Army
Community Center
325.6810 
222 E. Indiana
Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fees vary. Provides an indoor heated swimming pool (handicapped accessible), swimming lessons and aqua aerobics. Also has an indoor gymnasium, (providing basketball, volleyball, floor hockey, and general recreation). Offers meeting and seminar rooms, game room and youth athletic leagues. The Salvation Army is a Christian organization offering worship opportunities. Services are provided to all eligible clients regardless of beliefs.
   
United Way's Volunteer Center 624-2279
YMCA Building, 507 N. Howard
Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Free. Central clearinghouse linking volunteers with agencies according to skill or interest. A direct service of Uniteed Way dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of the volunteer sector in Spokane County. Sponsors the Volunteer of the Year, Days of Caring and Family Day of Caring. Housed within the center is the Spokane Youth Volunteers, providing opportucities for teens 11 - 18 years old. New online database of volunteer opportunities called Volunteer Solutions through the United Way Website.
   
Spokane Valley Community Center 927-1153 
10814 E. Broadway
   
West Central Community Center 326-9540 
1603 N. Belt
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - Noon & 1:00 p.m. - 5 p.m. Fees vary. A multi-faceted social serfvice agency including programs for DSevelopmentally Disabled Adults, Deaconess Women's Clinic, Supplemental Nutrition for infants and mothers (WIC), Head Start site, recreation for all ages, low cost computer lab, education, special and seasonal programs. For Senior Services, call the Sinto Senior Center at 327-2861 or the Corbin Senior Activity Center at 327-1584
   
West Hills Neighborhood Council 838-0060 
3109 W. Trinity Place
Free. The council takes action on neighborhood issues. Neighborhood Councils are a chartered part of the City government and cannot be voted away by the city council.The council does not issue taxes, but has the power to do anything else that citizens consider issues. Council officials are elected annuall at the April meeting. Meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at COPS Southwest, 1608 W 6th, Room # 7