Arc of Cowlitz Valley
Janice Hillman, Executive Director
1410 – 8th Avenue, Suite #15
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 425-5494

Cowlitz Arc
mail@cowlitzarc.org
Arc is a non-profit agency dedicated to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities by providing advocacy and support to children and adults and utilizing and strengthening natural supports systems, i.e. where they live, learn, and work. Arc’s advocacy programs provide: Guardianship (only “Certified” non-profit agency in S.W. Washington), planning services, school and Juvenile Court advocacy for children and families, surrogate parenting transition assistance, daily living activities, basic needs, social/recreational needs and crisis intervention. Additionally, the Resource Center provides Internet access, information and referral and networking with parent support groups.

Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council
Tami Perry, District Executive
1407 Commerce Avenue, Suite #113
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 423-6960 / Fax (360) 423-0914

Cascade Pacific Council
tperry@cpcbsa.org
Scouts offers a series of developmental programs for youth and families designed to strengthen the family, empower individuals and neighborhoods, develop youth self-sufficiency, and provide prevention focus. Youth develop self-esteem, basic skills and knowledge, literacy, leadership skills, ethical decision making, community service, occupational readiness and life long learning. Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Venturing and Exploring provide youth with adult mentors on a weekly basis who develop these strong attributes.

The Cowlitz County CASA
Cori Dow

1338 Commerce Avenue, Suite B
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 414-5212 / Fax (360) 414-9281

Cowlitz County CASA
cori@cowlitzcountycasa.org
The CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program provides trained community volunteers to act as the guardian for a child that has become part of the dependency court system due to abuse, neglect or abandonment. When Child Protective Service files a petition to initiate a child abuse (physical or sexual assault) or neglect case, they also file an appointment order for CASA, if the child is birth through 12 years old or part of a sibling group. The primary purpose of CASA is to look out for the “best interests” of the child/children and assure that their needs are met and permanency achieved for them in a timely manner.

Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Counties Legal Aid Program
Anita Quirk
1526 Commerce Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 425-3430 x.206 / Fax (360) 425-2579

legalaid@scattercreek.com
The Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Counties Legal Aid Program is a 501 (c) (3) corporation organized in 1999 and is supported by the volunteer efforts of local attorneys who provide free legal advice regarding civil matters to economically disadvantaged residents of Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties. Clients must be at or below 125% of the federal poverty guidelines to qualify for assistance. The program currently operates on a part-time basis. Our goal is to expand to a full-time program. The need is overwhelming but additional sources of revenue must be obtained in order to expand. The main funding source for CWLAP is a grant from the Legal Foundation of Washington.

Drug Abuse Prevention Center
Gus Nolte

P.O. Box 890
Kelso, WA 98626

(360) 274-3262 / Fax (360) 274-3345

cjones_dapcenter@qwest.com
For over 33 years, DAPC has been a lifeline for Cowlitz and Wahkiakum County chemically dependent residents and their families. Families have found in our outpatient programs the understanding and support necessary to become healthy. Because treatment works, DAPC’s efforts have strengthened the infrastructure of our community by graduating productive citizens able to support themselves and their families. Everyone DAPC touches, every chemically dependent person, every family we support and every employer who gets a recovered worker is a link strengthening the community.

Emergency Support Shelter
Sherrie Tinoco
304 Cowlitz Way/P.O. Box 877
Kelso, WA 98626

(360) 425-1176 / Fax (360) 425-3970

Emergency Shelter
sherriet@cascadenetworks.net
Emergency Support Shelter provides compassion, support and care for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Services include: shelter, individual counseling, support groups, a parenting program, children’s therapy, legal and medical advocacy, education groups, transitional housing, home visitations, a Hispanic program and outreach to the community. Emergency Support Shelter’s mission is to end domestic violence and sexual assault and to provide education, safety and support to our community.

Ethnic Support Council

Trent Heppler, Executive Director
1801 Hudson Street
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 636-2791 / Fax (360) 636-1479

Ethnic Support Council
Trentesc@cni.net

The Ethnic Support Council office provides individual assistance to clients that allows them to access services otherwise unavailable to them due to a language barrier. Bilingual staff members assist clients with employment applications, interpreters for medical appointments and many other services. The program goal is to facilitate the self-sufficiency in individuals and to allow or aid other social service organizations to effectively assist their clients with limited English-speaking abilities. ESC also provides community education on issues related to diversity and cultural issues.

Family Health Center
Dian Cooper, Executive Director
1057 – 12th Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 636-3892 / Fax (360) 414-1432

Family Health center
cfamhc@cfamhc.org

The WIC program is a short-term preventative health program designed to influence positive, lifetime nutrition and health behaviors, improve health and increase self-sufficiency. WIC improves lifetime health with education and support when it will make the most difference – during pregnancy and the first 5 years of life. WIC improves the health and nutritional status of low-income women, infants and children by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.

FISH of Cowlitz County
Bob Gaston 

P.O. Box 135
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 636-1100

FISH of Cowlitz County
The FISH Utility Support program will assist families who are low income or who are expecting emergency financial difficulties pay their electric and water bills. By assisting these people with up to $75 toward their utility bills, FISH will be able to get them through a difficult time and back to being self-sufficient.

Girl Scouts, Pacific Peaks Council
Debbie Aoki, Assistant Executive Director

1655 Hudson Street, Suite 6
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 423-3800 / Fax (360) 943-8653

Pacific Peaks Council
daoki@gsppc.org

Girl Scouting offers girls opportunities to increase their self-sufficiency and prevent future problems by developing values and learning the importance of community involvement. Girl Scouting serves girls 5 to 17 and offers girls challenging experiences and the opportunity to work cooperatively within a group with positive adult role models. Experts identify these factors as helping girls succeed and develop a meaningful sense of self. The all-girl environment provides a safe place for girls to take risks, try new activities and develop life skills. Most girls participate in groups in accessible community buildings in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties with volunteer leadership.

Lower Columbia College Head Start Early Childhood Education Assistance Program
Sandy Junker

1600 Maple, P.O. Box 3010
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 442-2800 / Fax (360) 442-2819

Head Start Early Childhood Education
sjunker@lcc.ctc.edu
The Positive Behavioral Support Team (PBST) program promotes pro-social classroom behavior for 3-5 year old Head Start / ECEAP children in Cowlitz County. The program is also targeted to improve three protective factors; initiative, self-control, and attachment. A team of two specialists will provide proactive and immediate assistance in classrooms with children exhibiting challenging behaviors. PBST will also provide more intense, one-on-one mental health services for identified children. This program is in response to staff and parent need, as documented by staff and parent surveys where 67% of teachers and 60% of parents requested additional training and support regarding challenging behaviors.

Longview-Kelso Senior Center

Art Daily
1111 Commerce Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 636-0210 / Fax (360) 636-0210
LK Senior Center
LKsnrcenter@aol.com
Our programs center around the nutrition/wellness and physical/social well-being of senior adults. We offer a variety of group activities that encourage seniors to take part in our nutritious lunches. These activities encourage seniors to stay active, reducing isolation, prolonging independent living, and in turn keeping seniors active, contributing members of our community.

Lower Columbia Mental Health Center
Eric Yakovich, Chief Executive Officer

921 – 14th Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 423-0203 / Fax (360) 423-2311

Mental Health Center
eric.yakovich@ccgacares.com
The Healing Intervention & Prevention, or HIP, program provides children an opportunity to learn, grow and realize their potential. HIP builds self-esteem and nurtures social and academic achievement, helping children and families succeed. HIP works side-by-side with every school district in Cowlitz County to provide supportive counseling, training, engagement and referral services. HIP provides prevention and early intervention services aimed at improving behavior, attendance and grades. HIP supports children and families of Cowlitz County to realize brighter futures.

Progress Center
Robin Forbes, Executive Director
1600 – 3rd Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 425-9810
The Progress Center
eiworks@theprogresscenter.org
Progress Center serves our community’s youngest, most vulnerable citizens, children birth to three with developmental delay. Services of therapy and education are provided in family homes, at our center and at the Monticello Park Assisted Living Center. All our therapy and education services are designed to assist our young students and their families to develop skills to their highest potential.

Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

Lower Columbia Community Action Council (CAP)

Libby Odden
1526 Commerce Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 425-3430 / Fax (360) 425-6657

CAP
libbyo@lccac.org
Through the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Volunteer Center, CAP assists people of all ages to participate in meaningful volunteer activities through which they can enhance or develop new skills, increase knowledge, receive training, benefit from social contacts, and experience a sense of greater fulfillment by contributing to their communities. Also part of RSVP is the Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) program, the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, and the Prescription Medication Assistance program. In addition to the benefits to the individual volunteer are the benefits to the community because of the volunteer’s contribution of time, talent and energy.

The Salvation Army
Capt. Dana Johnson 

1639 – 10th Avenue/ P.O. Box 1218
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 423-3992 / Fax (360) 423-0592

Salvation Army Northwest Division
dana_johnson@usw.salvationarmy.org
The Salvation Army provides rental and water utility assistance, a hot lunch program as well as many other services that provide a significant portion of the community’s safety net for homeless families’/individuals’ everyday basic needs.

St. James Family Center

Beth Hansen

1134 Columbia Street
Cathlament, WA 98612

(360) 795-8612 / Fax (360) 795-3077

St. James Family Center
allmail@stjamesfamilycenter.org
St. James Family Center is a multi-service nonprofit agency which serves children, youth and families. United Way helps support several programs which nurture children and youth and strengthen individuals and families, including sliding scale infant/toddler care, preschool age child care, Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) and preschool, Youth Adventure Program and Family Support Services including home visiting, parent support groups, parenting education classes and crisis child care. Funds for Strengthening Individual and Families also help support The Charlotte House, an 8-bed domestic violence shelter that is part of the state-wide system and is accredited by the state as a Community Sexual Assault Program.

Volunteer Chores Services

Tina McCully

1953 – 7th Avenue
Longview, WA 98632

(360) 577-2200 / Fax (360) 577-2205

suew@ccsww.org
Volunteer Chore Services is a program that recruits, trains and supports people who want to make a difference in the lives of others and in their communities. Volunteers (individuals and teams) work to help keep low-income clients in their homes with dignity and meaningful connections to their communities for as long as is safely possible. VCS server two groups of low-income adults who don’t qualify for other assistance and don’t have family or friends available to help: seniors (age 60 and over) and disabled adults (age 18 and over). Services include housework, yard work, transportation, shopping, monitoring and wood provision.

YMCA of Southwest Washington
Roosevelt Smith Jr., CEO

P. O. Box 698
 Longview, WA 98632

(360) 423-4770 / Fax (360) 423-4777

ymcarsmithjr@kalama.com
The YMCA’s mission is to develop building blocks for young people through our programs and activities that develop healthy and well-adjusted young people. Programs that we use are: Day Camp, Preschool, Youth and Teen Center, Swimming on Saturday (SOS), Swimming lessons, Swim Team, Open Swim, and Youth Sports. We provide positive developmental experiences that surround youth with support, empowerment, boundaries and expectations, and opportunities for constructive use of time. To build a young person’s own self-worth we encourage education and positive core values (honesty, caring, respect and responsibility). Children have fun, grow personally and socially and become future leaders of our community.