In Middletown, some of the agencies listed include Family Service of Middletown, Salvation Army, Middletown Senior Center, Middletown Health Department, Middletown Family YMCA and Hope House Rescue Mission.
In Hamilton, some of the agencies listed include Hamilton Hands, Pat’s Pantry, LifeSpan of Butler County Elderly Services Program, Partners in Prime, Children’s Services of Butler County, Boys and Girls Club and Hamilton Salvation Army.
During a Wednesday news conference at West Chester Twp. Police headquarters, the United Way also announced the information will be available online at www.connectyou.org, and the county’s 211 phone line will be implemented later this month.
The resource cards will be given to first responders — police, fire, hospital employees and human resource directors — who will distribute them to residents.
Kathy Becker, executive director of Butler County Transitional Living, said she hopes to make the cards available in beauty parlors, churches, anywhere where people talk about needs.
By offering all the information on one card that folds out like a map, it will keep people from searching several locations, making unnecessary, sometimes frustrating phone calls.
“It’ll make it quicker, easier,” said Mike Sanders, director of the Middletown Area United Way. “This is more direct.”
Maureen Kranbuhl, executive director of the United Way of Oxford and vicinity, referred to the foldout as “one-stop shopping.”
Maureen Noe, Butler County United Way president and chief executive officer, said all the information is presented in “a comprehensive and simple format,” which makes it a “useful tool.”
The United Way representatives were joined by Fairfield Twp. Police Chief Richard St. John, who heads the Butler County Police Chiefs Association.
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