Wake County Human Services

1. Wake County Human Services Wake County Human Services is the consolidation of programs and services formerly carried out by several separate departments and offices: Social Services, Public Health, Mental Health, Job Training, Child Support, Housing, and Transportation.

2. Behavioral Health Housing Employment Consumer Public Health Social Services Child Welfare

3. Geriatric Mental Health Forensic Svcs. Adult Mental Health Behavioral Health Outpt. Substance Abuse Child Mental Health Detox School Mental Health Inpat. Substance Abuse Pharmacy

4. Support Housing Housing Affordable Housing Shelters For Homeless Comm. Development 10-year Plan

5. Employer Network Support Employment Employment JobLink Workforce Investigation Act Work for Kids Pro-Familia Work First

6. CPS Intake Assessment Foster Care Child Welfare CPS In-Home Services Therapy Foster Care Foster Care Licensing Family to Family Adoption

7. Social Services Temporary Assistance Food Assistance WIC Food Transportation Child Support Enforcement Child Care Subsidy Emergency Energy Support Adult &Disabled Medicaid Family & Children’s Medicaid • Human & Family • Development • Senior Services • Family Economic Develpm. • Family Support • Child Care Subsidy • Youth Development • Adult Guardianship • Adult Protect Servs. • Ready to Learn • Parent Education Success

8. Public Health Health Access Women’s Clinic Prenatal Clinic Nutrition Lab Pharmacy Dental Clinic Communicable Disease Clinic SDT/HIV Clinic Child Health Clinics • Community Health • Outreach • Health Promotion • CSC • Maternal Health Outreach • Prenatal Substance abuse • School Nurses • WIC Nutrition • Migrant Health • Communicable Disease tracking • HIV/AIDS outreach • Dental Health outreach • Disaster Prepared

9. Human Services Central Raleigh Campus Swinburne Social Services Child Welfare Employment Temporary Assistance Sunnybrook Public Health Mental Health Social Services Falstaff Mental Health (LME) WCHS Locations & Services

10. WCHS Locations & Services • Some services are available in Spanish for those Latinos who are LEP (Low English Proficiency). Some Latinos speak English well enough to benefit from services provided in English. Except for Federal mandated programs which are restricted by income to permanent legal residents and US citizens and require a social security number, services are available to any one. • WCHS have bilingual Spanish staff and Interpreters. • Some progress have been made in the last 5 years, and there is a long way to go, yet , to have WCHS at full capacity for bilingual staff.

11. Regional Centers Southern Regional Center At Judd Parkway, Fuquay-Varina, NC Public Health, Mental Health, Child Welfare, Social Services, Employment. Eastern Regional Center at Dogwood Dr. Zebulon, NC Public Health, Mental Health, Child Welfare, Social Services, Employment. Northern Regional Center At Holding Ave. Wake Forest, NC Public Health, Mental Health, Child Welfare, Social Services, Employment. WCHS Locations & Services

12. Large Specialized Centers Community Services Center LME at Whitaker Mill Rd, Raleigh Chapanoke Child Care Subsidy at Chapanoke Rd, Raleigh South Wilmington Homeless Shelter, Employment, Services At Wilmington St. Raleigh WCHS Locations & Services

13. Small Integrated Centers Western Wake II At Cornerstone Dr, Cary Child Welfare, Family Development, Social Services. WCHS Locations & Services

14. Small Specialized Centers Cornerstone at Snow Ave, Raleigh Homeless Services, Mental Health, Employment Working For Kids & Pro Familia at Kidd Rd. Raleigh Employment Wake House at Raleigh Emergency Child Protection Under One Roof at Sunnybrook Rd, Raleigh AIDS Case Management. Western Wake I at High House Rd, Cary Adult Mental Health. WCHS Locations & Services

15. Small Specialized Centers A.A. Thompson Center at Hargett St, Raleigh Adult Mental Health, Social Services & Veteran’s Services Crosby Garfield Center at Lenoir St. Raleigh Family Development Parkview at Raleigh LME quality management Addiction Treatment Center at Falstaff Rd, Raleigh Mental Health WCHS Locations & Services

16. Small Specialized Centers (Partners) Agricultural Services at Carya Dr. Raleigh Environmental Services Youth Development 4-H program (NC State University Cooperative Extension) EFNEP (Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) at Sunnybrook Rd, Raleigh (NC State University Cooperative Extension) They educate parents about cooking healthfully, eating/preparing healthful dinners /snacks WCHS Locations & Services

17. Faith Community. Strengthening the Black Family Program. NC State University Cooperative Extension. ALPES (Alianza Latina Pro-Educación en Salud) WCHS Partnerships

18. ALPES • ALPES (Alianza Latina Pro-Educacion en Salud) is an alliance made up of many Latino community leaders and WCHS employees who share an interest in promoting and improving the health and quality of life of Latinos in Wake County. ALPES has been meeting every 2nd Monday of the month for nearly 10 years and played a significant role in bringing the gang problem to the county's purview. ALPES has served to educate the Latino community on a variety of issues including, HIV/AIDS, DWI, legal and health issues surrounding prostitution, and pertinent information for new immigrants to name a few. The membership of ALPES is composed of faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, academic institutions, hospitals, health organizations, local government entities, and community representatives (individuals interested in developing the ALPES goals and mission).

19. ALPES’ goals • To improve the health status and quality of life of Latinos in Wake County • To provide effective cultural and linguistic technical assistance, capacity building, advice, and support to community representatives and agencies • To promote networking opportunities among community partners, nonprofit organizations, and agencies for sharing information, resources, and potential funding opportunities • To provide advice for the development of community-based goals that can be used throughout Wake County to address health and quality-of-life disparities among the Latino community • To provide a forum for the development of lay-community leaders, through active participation in ALPES meetings and initiatives

20. ALPES • ALPES meets every 2nd Monday of the month at 10 Sunnybrook Rd. Raleigh, NC 3rd floor Room 344. For more information you can contact: Petra Hager, President of ALPES Petra.hager@co.wake.nc.us (919) 600-9520 Carla Piedrahita, Secretary of ALPES Carla.Piedrahita@co.wake.nc.us(919) 250-3891

21. Thank you / Gracias Wake County Human Services Petra Hager, BS www.wakegov.com (919) 212-7000