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ARCPC helps working parents and guardians with childcare costs at participating area centers and family childcare homes through sliding fee scholarships. ARCPC also provides a resource room, lending library, free workshops and a parent support group. ARCPC serves income eligible, working parents in Athol and Royalston with children from age two years and nine months to five years old.
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Athol Head Start (MOC) Head Start is a preschool program administrated by Montachusett Opportunity Council Child Care and Head Start Services. Head Start programs strive to foster self esteem and social competence in preschool children and to support and encourage the parents’ role as their child’s primary caregivers.
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Athol Public Library Library services include:
For more information about any of the above or other activities at the Athol Public Library, visit the website.
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Child Care Outlook, a program of Community Action, is the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency serving Hampshire, Franklin Counties and the North Quabbin Area.
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Capacity building for Schools,
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Educational Opportunity Center At Mount Wachussett Community College 444 Green Street, Gardner, MA 01440 Tel: (978) 630-9568 Fax: (978) 534-6533 Contact: Valerie Charlonne Website: http://edc.mwcc.edu
If you are 19 years or older
you can access services for career counseling, education planning, college
admissions assistance and financial aid counseling. We have access to
information about trainings and schools in the region, the state and across
the country. Many adults qualify for grant money for school and we can
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Greenfield Community College 1 College Drive, Greenfield, MA, 01301 Tel: (413) 775-1426 Fax: (413) 775-1424 Contact: Regina Curtis Email: curtisr@gcc.mass.edu Website: www.gcc.mass.edu Greenfield Community College provides low cost, high quality open admission community college that is working to transform our region into a knowledge based economy and is preparing our students to live and work in the emerging global society. |
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HOPE for Women House of Peace & Education, Inc. 20 Barthel Avenue, Gardner, MA 01440 Tel: (978) 630-4752 Fax: (978) 630-4752 Email: hope@hopegardner.org Website: www.hopegardner.org
HOPE for Women is a flexible program
of education and support for income-eligible women. This is an individually
tailored program of computer education, job-skills training and personal
support for women who wish to learn new skills in order to enter the
workforce, to get better jobs, or to improve the quality of life for
themselves and their families. |
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Institute For Non Profit Development (Mount Wachusett Community College) 110 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA 01453 Tel: (978) 840-3221 Ext. 198 Contact: Jennifer Wiley-Cordone Email: inpd@mwcc.mass.edu Website: HTTP://inpd.mwcc.edu The Institute for Non-Profit Development (INPD) at Mount Wachusett Community College supports not-for-profit organizations in North Central Massachusetts to strengthen their capacity to fulfill their missions and impact their community. Services include:
The Online Resource Center allows you to:
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 Literacy Volunteers of Orange/Athol 584 Main Street, Athol, MA 01331 (Athol Town Hall-Lower level) (978) 249-5381 Contact: Barbara Jaillet Email: lvoa@trysb.net Website: www.geocities.com/lvorangeathol/ Literacy Volunteers serves the entire North Quabbin region and can help with:
If you are interested in becoming a student call and set up a time to do an orientation with staff and choose your goals (learning or improving any of the list above). You will be matched with a tutor who has a similar schedule and interests. LVOA services are free, private, confidential and one to one tutoring. |
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MOC Childcare & Head Start Services (Montachusett Opportunity Council) 133 Prichard Street (P.O. Box 986),Fitchburg, MA 01420 Tel: (978) 343-0185 Fax: (978) 343-7360 Contact: Deb Hubbard Website: www.mocinc.org The Purpose of the program is to prepare children and families for appropriate growth, development and school readiness through the provision of comprehensive family centered services. These services can take the form of center based Head Start and Pre School Programs, as well as Family Child Care Homes and School Age Programs. MOC Childcare and Head Start Services serves the towns of Athol, Clinton, Gardner, Fitchburg Leominster & Winchendon. |
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North Quabbin Adult Education
Center Offers Adult Basic Education and GED preparation classes for the North Quabbin region. |
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North Orange Head Start Orange Head Start is a Head Start program administrated by the Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) in Greenfield. |
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Parent-Child Development Center Head Start A program of Community Action!  393 Main Street Greenfield, MA 01301 (413)475-1400 Enrollment Office or (413)774-2318 Main Number Fax: (413)773-3834 Email: vluther@communityaction.us Website: www.communityaction.us
The Parent-Child Development Center offers
comprehensive Head Start, Early Head Start and childcare services to
children birth up to Kindergarten through a menu of options including:
center-based classrooms and home visiting, and in licensed and monitored
Family Child Care homes throughout Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Some
services are offered year round, others are school-year. Head Start and
Early Head Start services are free to eligible families. State sliding
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Quabbin Parent Child Home Visiting Program (a program of MOC Childcare & Head Start) P.O. Box 815, Barre, MA 01005 Tel: (978) 355-0266 Fax: (978) 355-6600 Contact: Cindy Rimbach or Elizabeth O'Connor Email: qcpc1@verizon.net Early literacy program for children & parents ages 16 months - 4 years. Modeling of appropriate parenting techniques, enriching & support their early literacy experiences. |
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REACH Early Intervention Adult Education Center 34 N. Main Street, Orange, MA 01364 Tel: (978) 544-5412 Contact: Sylvia Wetherby The REACH program provides services for children 0-3 in the North Quabbin area, who have or are at risk for developmental problems. Services include:
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Seeds of Solidarity Education Center Seeds of Solidarity brings to life the connection between environmental and social justice issues through research, demonstration, and hands-on education. Our work is a response to the inequitable distribution of resources and ecological destruction that plague communities locally and globally. We partner with the schools to promote wellness through school gardens and greenhouses. Seeds of Solidarity Education Center provides educational programs that promote regional food and energy self-reliance. We try to contribute to the vitality of the area through our SOL (Seeds of Leadership) Garden program for area teenagers, and through the annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival. |
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UMass Commonwealth Medicine Office of Community Programs 333 South Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 Tel: (508) 856-3255 Fax: (508) 856-4850 Email: OCP@umassmed.edu Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/ocp/index.aspx The Office of Community Programs (OCP) works to improve health care for Massachusetts' most vulnerable citizens, such as those covered only by MassHealth and those without health insurance. OCP builds bridges between the community, commonwealth medicine and UMass - bringing the results of health care policy, research and educational innovation to the community. OCP leverages its academic and community ties to develop, implement and manage a range of complex health projects involving multiple constituents.
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Valuing Our Children (VOC) VOC is a Massachusetts Family Center offering support and education to families in the North Quabbin region. Programs include:
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Y-Kids Depot is an EEC (Early Education and Care)
licensed child care facility providing a safe & fun environment for children
entering grades K-6th. Open year round, with the exception of nine holidays
and one week at the end of August when the Y is closed. The Y.M.C.A. Nursery
School is open to children age 2.9-5 years old. A half-day program offering
enriched educational experiences.
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North Quabbin Area Schools
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Thomas Darcy Information and Service Coordinator for Athol Schools (978) 249-2415 |
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Tully Lake Program 129 Allen Street, Athol, MA 01331 Tel: (978) 248-9562 |
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The Village School The Common, P.O. Box 122, Royalston, MA 01331 Tel: (978) 249-3505 Contact: Rise Richardson Email: Rise@villageschool.to Website: www.villageschool.to
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Village School is an independent elementary school serving preschool –
Kindergarten – the 6th grade. Place-based, project-based, hands
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Marhar serves the towns of Orange, New Salem, Petersham and Wendell. There are approximately 750 students that make up the middle school (grades 7 & 8) and high school (grades 9 - 12).
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Orange Elementary Schools
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The Petersham Center School family is
committed to providing an environment in which the needs of all the children
are met, enabling them to develop to their fullest potential. We stress a
curriculum enriched with opportunities to develop academic, social and
physical skills; taking into consideration the individual differences and
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