Helping people find help.

A program of the United Way offered by Olmsted Center for Sight

MISSION:To assist individuals who are blind or visually impaired to achieve their highest levels of independence.

Olmsted Center for Sight:Olmsted Center for Sight:EDUCATIONEarly Education Program (EEP)

Center-based Community-based

Statler Career Center (Licensed Private Career School) Hospitality Contact Center

EMPLOYMENT Hospitality Contact Center & 2-1-1WNY Switchboards Manufacturing OCS Agency

FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE Low Vision Assessment Rehab Services

Orientation & Mobility Rehabilitation teaching Independent Living Skills Social Work Assistive Devices & Technology

HOUSING (6) 24-unit housing facilities

Low income Disability

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Do you wish you could write a prescription to address your

patients social determinants of health?

• 4 out of 5 physicians surveyed (85%) say unmet social needs are directly leading to worse health for all Americans.

• 4 in 5 physicians surveyed (85%) say patients’ social needs are as important to address as their medical conditions. This is especially true for physicians (over 9 in 10, or 95%) serving patients in low-income*, urban communities.

• 3 in 4 physicians surveyed (76%) wish the health care system would cover the costs associated with connecting patients to services that meet their social needs if a physician deems it important for their overall health.

• Only 1 in 5 of physicians surveyed (20%) feel confident or very confident in their ability to address their patients’ unmet social needs.

Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Help is available!Over 80% of Western New Yorkers (including health care providers) are not aware of the health and human

services available for free or reduced cost.

We are the source for locatingfree and low-cost services available to Western New Yorkers

What is 2-1-1? 2-1-1 provides one point of access to

the community’s full range of social, health and government services.

2-1-1 is personal and confidential.

2-1-1 covers all of New York State and 93% of the US.

2-1-1 is easy to remember.

2-1-1WNY www.211wny.org Health & Human Service Information & Referral service covering seven counties of

WNY (Allegany County is served by 2-1-1 Finger Lakes)

Trained and AIRS* certified Information and Referral Specialists

Comprehensive up to date Health and Human Service database and client searchable website 4,500 agencies, 9,000 programs

Trained in Disaster Call Center Operations

Nationally recognized, easy to remember 3 digit number

24 hours x 365 days per year

*AIRS - Alliance for Information and Referrals Specialists

What should I do if I get behind on my rentbehind on my rent?

Where can my grandsonget help with schoolhelp with school?

If I can’t afford can’t afford a lawyer,where can I get legal advice?

Does anyone offer help infilling out Medicaid formsMedicaid forms?

What if my daughter can’t pay can’t pay her medical bills?

Is there someone out therewho can help me find a jobme find a job?

Where can I find help fora mentally ill relativementally ill relative?

Do I qualify for disaster assistancedisaster assistance?

Whom should I call if I wantto do volunteer workdo volunteer work?

I am looking for free baby baby furniturefurniture and clothingclothing.

I have no electricity, is there an area area shelter shelter accepting families?

I have no electricity, is there an area area shelter shelter accepting families?

I am out of heart medicationheart medication, can someone help?

I am out of heart medicationheart medication, can someone help?

My mother’s snowed in and has no no foodfood…

My mother’s snowed in and has no no foodfood…

There is an electrical wireelectrical wire on my driveway…

There is an electrical wireelectrical wire on my driveway…

I am a surgeon and need 4x4 4x4 transportation transportation to the Emergency Room

I am a surgeon and need 4x4 4x4 transportation transportation to the Emergency Room

Is there a safe evacuation evacuation route route from my neighborhood?

Is there a safe evacuation evacuation route route from my neighborhood?

Do I need a hepatitis hepatitis

shotshot?

Burning building? Call 911! Burning question? Call 211!

Connect to Services in the Community

2-1-1WNY provides comprehensive information & referral•Over 4500 agencies, providing more than 9000 services•Updated annually

Specialized & Seasonal Information & Referral•Help Me Grow – connecting families to developmental services•Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby – for pregnant women & new moms•DD Info Link – services for people with developmental disabilities•WNY New Start – services for people returning home from jail•VITA Collaborative – free tax prep for households < $50,000•Family Planning Collaborative - family planning & sex ed •WNY Holiday Partnership – help for the holidays

www.DDInfoLink.org

Specialized database of services especially for people with developmental disabilities, their families, and service providers

Searchable website covering 8 counties in WNY

Helpline assists those without access to a computer

Empowers people to direct their own services

www.WNYBabies.org

Pregnancy & Early Parenting Resource Directory

•Comprehensive directory of services in Erie County for pregnant women & new moms (and dads)

•Call 2-1-1 to find services, anytime, night or day

Our Information Specialists help callers

get in touch with and take advantage of the services they require.

Help they may not even realize existed.

Contact us anytimeCall us by dialing:

2-1-17 x 24 x 365

Or visit our website

www.211wny.org