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SOCIAL
SERVICES Hilltown CDC seeks
to support the highest possible
quality of life for the most vulnerable residents of our Hilltown
community. We
work to bring social services to the Hilltowns through organizing, advocacy,
resource development and direct program administration. During the most
recent year Hilltown CDC delivered
7,930 hours of in-home caregiving services, primarily chore and
transportation
assistance, to over 100 eligible low-income Hilltown elders through the
Hilltown Elder Network (HEN) Program,
at
no cost to the participants. An
additional 554 hours of supervision by town coordinators was provided,
creating
an aggregate 8,484 hours of elder services delivered by HEN to elders.
This
year HEN caregiving staff provided 13,400 miles of transportation to
elders for
medical and other necessary purposes.
Contact The Health
Outreach Program for Elders (HOPE) HOPE is
administered by Hilltown Health Centers,
and provides over
1,000 hours of
specialized in-home nursing care and podiatric services, to nearly 250
homebound elders throughout the Hilltowns at no cost to the patients. Call Mary Kane at (413) 238-5511
ext. 131 or go to www.hchcweb.org/hope.htm for more
information. The Hilltown Food
Pantry serves eligible residents
of the northern Hampshire County Hilltowns by
providing monthly distributions of supplemental
foods. During
the past year, 465 emergency food distributions were made to 264
eligible
individuals via 2,157 visits. A total of 57,047 pounds of
foods (nearly 29
tons) were distributed during the course of the year. The
Hilltown Food
Pantry is administered by the Northampton Survival Center at
the Town Hall
in Goshen. Call (413) 586-6564 or (413) 268-7578 for
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