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Pierce County

Pierce County Senior Center

Pierce County Senior Center
Short Business Description
Activities and fellowship for seniors
Qualifications to Receive Services
Must be 65 or older
Services Provided

Activities and fellowship for seniors

Phone Number
912-449-0145
Address
711 Hendry Street
Blackshear, GA 31516
Counties We Serve
Pierce

Pierce County Service Center/Action Pact (Blackshear)

Pierce County Service Center/Action Pact (Blackshear)
Qualifications to Receive Services
Need to provide ID, copy of the bill and proof of income. For additional information on services, call 912-449-1438.
Services Provided

Energy assistance and rental assistance, when funds are available. Please call to make an appointment, 912-900-3070.

Phone Number
912-449-1438
Address
713 Hendry St.
Blackshear, GA 31516
Counties We Serve
Pierce

Rev Up Georgia

Rev Up Georgia
Short Business Description
Encouraging people with disabilities to support candidates for public office who will work on disability issues and concerns. Offers a voting issues guide on the website.
Services Provided

REV UP stands for “Register, Educate, Vote, Use your Power!” REV UP's mission is to foster civic engagement and protect the voting rights of Americans with disabilities. The REV UP network is composed of grassroots coalitions and partner organizations that work to advance the Disability Vote.

https://www.powerthedisabilityvotega.info/
Counties We Serve
Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, Ware, Wayne

Second Harvest, Southeast Branch

Second Harvest, Southeast Branch
Short Business Description
Partners with more than 298 nonprofits to provide food assistance, hot meals and groceries.
Qualifications to Receive Services
Food bank/agencies that wish to participate in the food distribution program must fill out an application.
Services Provided

Provides food and non-food items to reduce hunger through registered food banks and agencies.

https://helpendhunger.org/
Phone Number
912-261-7979
Address
2591 Sidney Lanier Drive
Brunswick, GA 31525
Counties We Serve
Glynn

Southern Georgia Regional Commission (Area Agency on Aging)

Southern Georgia Regional Commission (Area Agency on Aging)
Short Business Description
Our mission is to develop, provide, coordinate, and advocate for services that assist older individuals, at-risk adults, persons with disabilities, their families, and caregivers.Our vision is to assist individuals in Living Longer, Living Safely, and Living Well.
Qualifications to Receive Services
Call for details: 888-732-4464
Services Provided

The following programs and services receive federal and state funding through contracts between the Southern Georgia Regional Commission and the Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services or the Department of Community Health. While some services are provided by AAA staff, most programs are sub-contracted to cities, counties, and other organizations that contribute local monies to provide services directly in their communities.

• Information and Assistance
• Elderly Legal Assistance Program
• Alzheimer's Adult Day Care
• Home Modification (Wheelchair Ramp Construction)
• Intake for Elderly Disabled Waiver Program
• Homemaker Services
• Personal Care Services
• Caregiver In-Home Respite Services​
• Wellness Programs
• Nutrition Services, including Senior Center Services, Home Delivered Meals, and Nutrition Education
• Coordinated Transportation

https://www.sgrc.us/aaa.html
Phone Number
888-732-4464
Address
1937 Carlton Adams Drive

Waycross, GA 31503
Counties We Serve
Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Pierce, Ware

Transit System

Transit System
Short Business Description
Provides transportation from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for anyone within Pierce County and surrounding areas for a nominal fee.
Qualifications to Receive Services
Curb to curb service. Can accommodate wheelchairs and people with limited mobility. No same-day service -- must call a day in advance. People who need transportation for Monday need to make a reservation no later than Friday. Reservations taken from 8-11 a.m.a M-F.
Services Provided

Transportation

Phone Number
912-449-1825
Address
1610 River Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
Counties We Serve
Bacon, Glynn, Pierce

Voting Assistance for People with Disabilities

Voting Assistance for People with Disabilities
Short Business Description
Adaptive voting machines are available for voters with physical challenges. The law requires that your county provide polling places that are accessible to people with disabilities. Georgia’s paper-ballot voting system includes adjustments to accommodate various disabilities.

Headsets are available so you can hear your choices read to you. Large controls are available for people with limited mobility, and they can accommodate sip-and-puff devices.

Also, if you are visually impaired, you can use an app on your phone to read your ballot to you before you cast it. Before you leave the polling place, you are required to delete any photos of your ballot necessary to read it.
Qualifications to Receive Services
Any person with a disability can ask for accommodation, including registering how to vote. Persons with disabilities do not have to wait in line to vote; just tell a poll officer that you have a disability and you will be moved to the front of the line.

You can get help voting if you are unable to sign your name, unable to see or mark the ballot, operate the voting equipment, or enter the voting booth without assistance. When you arrive, you must give the poll worker the name of the person assisting you or write it on your voter certificate.

These accommodations also apply to persons who are 75 or older.
Services Provided

Voting assistance to people with disabilities

https://sos.ga.gov/page/voting-assistance-people-disabilities
Phone Number
404-656-2871
Address
2 MLK Jr. Drive, Suite 802 Floyd West Tower

Atlanta, GA 30334
Counties We Serve
Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, Ware, Wayne
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