Community Service
Attendant Care Registry – Free service matching disabled adults and children with personal-care providers; sponsored by Coalition of Responsible Disabled; 326-6355.
Change Point! program – Ideal for women who are separated, divorced, or widowed, have a disability, or who have been incarcerated; provides free training in computers, resume preparation, job interviewing, communication skills, and conflict resolution techniques; sponsored by the Washington State Displaced Homemaker Program; contact Denise McKinnon at 279-6065.
Citizenship Course – Offered by Community Colleges of Spokane, Mondays or Tuesdays, 5-9 p.m., Adult Education Center, 2310 N. Monroe St., Room 117; 533-4600.
Easter Seal Society of Washington – Offers free computer loan program for individuals with disabilities; 326-8292.
Employment, Education and Training – For Spokane County residents who have been laid off from work or have low income; provided through Career Path Services; 326-7520.
Employment and Training – For low-income youth, 16-21 years old, in Spokane County; contact Educational Service District 101 at 456-7660.
Free Career Counseling and Job Search Assistance – For low-income residents of Spokane County; Career Path Services; 326-7520.
Free Counseling for Unplanned Pregnancies – With open adoption services, sponsored by Spokane Consultants in Family Living, 1623 W. Gardner Ave.; 328-6274.
Free Confidential Counseling for Unplanned Pregnancies – Through New Hope Child and Family Agency, at Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook Ave.; 327-7554.
Free GED Preparation and Testing – For low-income dropout youth age 17-21 in Spokane County; call Career Path Services, 326-7520.
GED Preparation – Ages 19 and up at many sites in Spokane; call the Community Colleges Institute for Extended Learning Adult Basic Education, 533-4600.
Help with GED and Job Placement – Available for those between the ages of 16-21; call Educational Service District 101 at 456-7660.
Miryam’s House of Transition – For women moving through life crisis; 747-9153 or 325-1632.
Money Management – Sponsored by Consumer Credit Counseling Service, second Tuesday of each month, 6:30-9 p.m., Teamsters Building basement, 1912 N. Division St.; call 327-3777 to register.