Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Community Action Agency:
Is a locally operated, private non-profit corporation designed to develop, administer and carry out programs that have a direct impact on the causes and instances of poverty. Programs/services provided by CAA include: Homemaker Aide, Michigan Tax Credit Assistance, Outreach, Keweenaw Handicraft Shop, Summer Youth Recreation, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Information and Referral, Transportation, Weatherization, Food Bank, Michigan Emergency Pharmaceutical Program For Seniors, Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program, Gifts for the Elderly, Books, Bookmobile, Surplus Food Commodities, Food Pantry, Senior Center Organizer, Card Laminating, and Adult Job Referral, Respite Care, Personal Care, Chore Service, Roof Repair/Replacement, and Furnace Repair/Replacement.

Bay Cliff Health Camp:
Is a residential summer therapy center serving children between the ages of 3 and 17. The camp, which has a capacity for 180 children, has one seven-week therapy session. The following services are provided: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, music therapy, instructional classes for the hearing impaired and for the visually impaired, recreation, swimming, nature, arts and crafts, dental and medical services. U.P. families are only charged a registration fee, however, contributions are accepted. Serving all counties of the Upper Peninsula. Summer address: Big Bay, Michigan 49808. Phone: 345-9314. Winter address: 310 W. Washington Street, Suite 300, Marquette, MI 49855. Phone: 228-5770. E-mail: baycliffhc@aol.com

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Western Upper Peninsula:
A program of the Good Will Farm Association, Inc., is a non-profit youth mentoring organization dedicated to providing one-to-one friendship, guidance, and opportunities to children and youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters believes in building the strengths of children and youth and helping them grow into confident, competent, and caring individuals. The local agency offers three core programs:

TRADITIONAL PROGRAM: Adult Mentors from throughout the community are matched to a child and spend one-to-one, quality time with that child on a consistent basis engaging in safe, fun activities of their choice, developing a friendship with the child.

HIGH FIVE MENTORING: A school-based program that matches high school mentors to elementary school students referred to the program by their teachers. The one-to-one matches meet once a week during a class period for the length of the school year. Academics serve as a vehicle to developing a consistent relationship based on friendship.

TEAM MENTORING: Big Brothers Big Sisters partners with youth-serving organizations and other groups to deliver site-based mentoring programs throughout our communities. BBBS looks to these groups to provide volunteer mentors, youth in need of mentoring and/or a facility to house the mentoring sessions. Each group determines the specific guidelines of its contribution to the program. The program provides a supervised, creative and safe environment for children and volunteers to meet and establish an ongoing relationship.

Child and Family Services of the U.P. Inc.:
Is a private, non-profit organization with its main Upper Peninsula office located in Marquette. The Houghton office provides services to Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw, Ontonagon, Iron and Gogebic counties. Sliding scale fees, no one refused on basis of ability to pay. Services include individual and family counseling, foster care, adoption, Project S.O.D.A. (a youth diversion project for 10-17 year olds, involved in truancy, runaway, incorrigible behavior and other "status" offenses), Families First, and the SHYP (Supportive Housing Youth Program), an 18-month supportive housing program for youth between 16 and 20, who are homeless, living in unstable conditions, and/or otherwise need assistance in becoming independent. Cedar Bluff Professional Building, 706 Sharon Avenue, Suite 2, Houghton. Phone: 482-4488; Fax: 482-4401
E-mail: houghtonshyp@uplink.com
Web: cfsup.org

Children’s Intensive Services:
Copper Country Mental Health provides services and support for families of mentally ill children (up to age 17) who require a greater level of service intensity than can be provided through their Outpatient Department or School Social Work Program. For more information contact Copper Country Mental Health at 482-9404.

Copper Country Mental Health:
Copper Country Mental Health Services provides behavioral health services to the residents of Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties who are severely mentally ill, seriously emotionally disturbed, or developmentally disabled. Services/supports are intended to increase independence, improve quality of life and support community integration and inclusion of the persons served. Using a Person-Centered approach, individuals are encouraged to take an active role in designing their individual treatment plan and supports. CCMHS is committed to providing quality behavioral health services that are accessible and affordable. Medicaid, Medicare, and most private insurances are accepted. If you do not have insurance, or your insurance does not cover the full cost of services, you will be charged using a sliding scale based on your ability to pay. No one is denied services due to their inability to pay. CCMHS offers an array of services/supports including: Emergency services, Outpatient therapy, Residential services, Assertive Community Treatment, Home-based services, Clubhouse, Supported employment, Respite services to families with children with developmental disabilities, Case management, Community Support Services, Prevention services, Jail diversion and Juvenile diversion.

• After hours crisis line: 482-4357 or 1-800-562-7622

• Accessing services: 482-9404 or 1-800-526-5059

• Rice Memorial Center: 901 W. Memorial Dr, Houghton. 482-9400

• Rice Memorial Center-CLK Branch: 1125 Calumet Ave, Calumet. 337-5810

• Baraga County Center: HC 02, P.O. Box 957, Skanee Road,L’Anse. 524-5885

• Ontonagon County Center: 515 Quartz St, Ontonagon. 884-4804

Domestic Abuse Intervention Project Group:
Is an intervention group for batterers based on the Duluth Model. For information, contact the Phoenix House at 337-0763.

• Western U.P. District Health Department: 540 Depot Street, Hancock, 482-7382

• Baraga/L’Anse Health Department: 303 Baraga Ave, L’Anse, 524-6142

Keweenaw Family Resource Center:
Is a local, non-profit organization. Services include a hospital visitor program for mothers with newborns, a home visitor program for families with children from birth to 3 years, "Mommy, Daddy and Me" playgroups and parenting education opportunities. Playgroups meet weekly at Trinity Episcopal Church and Portage Lake United Church in Houghton, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock, Trinity Lutheran Church in South Range, Lake Linden High School in Lake Linden, and Keweenaw Kids in Laurium. For more information call 482-9363.

Keweenaw Home Nursing and Hospice:
A CHAP accredited, Medicare and Medicaid certified, skilled home care and hospice agency. This agency works with all physicians in the area and has a staff which includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, social worker, home care aides, and volunteers. Support groups are available for grief and bereavement, Parkinsons, and cancer. Speakers from Keweenaw Home Nursing and Hospice are available to the public for a variety of health related topics. Located at 311 Sixth Street in Calumet. Phone: 337-5700.

Michigan Commission for the Blind:
Provides a variety of services to persons who are blind or visually impaired. These services cover a wide variety of programs covering the entire age range from students as early as Kindergarten, all the way to older adults in their senior years. All services are provided at no cost to the consumer once eligibility criteria are met. Our Youth Low Vision Program is designed to obtain state certified low vision exams for students from Kindergarten through high school graduation. In addition to providing funding for this exam, headborne low vision aids are also provided to the students as needed. Our Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Program provides transition services to students beginning at age 14 and is geared toward preparing the student for life after high school. Our VR program also provides employment exploration and training for anyone age 14 and up through adulthood. Our Independent Living (IL) Program is designed to provide training to older adults who do not wish to become employed, but still desire to remain as independent as possible. All of our programs focus on adaptive teaching and training utilizing a variety of adaptive techniques and technologies. The contact person for Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties is: Michael Welch at 1-800-323-2535.

Sexual Assault Support Group:
Provides members opportunity to share experiences, examine short and long term effects of assault and discuss various coping strategies and solutions to problems. Dial HELP Phone: 482-4357.

• Assessments (both mental health and substance abuse)

• Individual/group therapy, both mental health and substance abuse

• Psychiatric evaluation and medication management

• Psychological testing and evaluation

Located at 920 Water Street, Hancock. For an appointment call: (906) 487-9377; Hours M-F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.