Entitlement

Aging Services, Inc. receives CDBG funds to administer a Home Delivered Meals Program for home-bound senior adult residents in Moore. Participants will be assessed and found to be home bound. The meals will be provided 5 days per week, for a total of 250 serving days per year.

For further information or assistance please contact Aging Services, Inc. at 405-321-3200 or their website here.

Aging Services, Inc. also provides lunch time meals, socialization, and educational programs Monday through Friday at five congregate meal sites throughout Cleveland County. There is a suggested donation of $2.25 for those age 60 and over and/or spouse of an individual age 60 and over. Adult disabled participants attending a meal site located in an independent housing facility are also eligible for a meal at the same suggested donation. There is a charge of $5.00 per meal for guests under 60 years of age.

Lunch service starts at 11:30am and ends at Noon. Please call ahead the day before to make a lunch reservation.

For further information about lunch time meals at the Brand Senior Center please contact the Site Manager, Darlene Carol at 405-793-9069. The Brand Senior Center is located at 501 E Main St, Moore, OK 73160 and you may find more details here.

Bethesda provides expert care for all children in Oklahoma who have suffered the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. For over 30 years, Bethesda has been a place of healing for children and families, ensuring the highest quality of individual and group counseling for children 3-18 years old and their caregivers. The therapists of Bethesda use a variety of therapeutic interventions to help children heal from the trauma of sexual abuse.
 

CDBG funds assist Bethesda in administering psychotherapeutic counseling for children who reside in Moore who have suffered the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. Any sexually abused children ages 3 to 18 and their non offending caregiver is eligible for counseling services to heal the trauma of sexual abuse. Staff will complete an assessment of trauma and history of abuse and determine placement of child in individual or group counseling.

For further information or assistance please contact Bethesda at 405-364-0333 or visit their website here.

Mary Abbott Children's House provides a victim-centered, child-friendly environment to help children tell their stories after an instance of abuse has occurred. Through their coordinated efforts with law enforcement, child welfare investigators, and mental health and medical professionals, they help set children on the path to healing. Their Mission is preventing abuse, advocating for children, and fostering hope and healing.

CDBG funds assist Mary Abbott Children's House in administering a Forensic Interview Program. This program minimizes the number of times a children must share their experiences of sexual abuse and neglect. Children ages 3 to 18 in the City of Moore are given the opportunity to tell his or her experience to one adult. This reduces the possibility of secondary trauma. This agency must receive the request for assistance from law enforcement or DHS Child Protective Services.

For further information please contact 405-579-5800 or visit their website here.

The mission of Moore Youth and Family Services is to support community-based programs that provide behavioral health services to adults, youth, and families. Provision of services is focused on identified community needs in the areas of prevention, intervention/diversion, and treatment services. Services incorporate both mental health and substance use disorder treatment modalities that focus on healthy lifestyles and strengthening the individual as well as the family.

CDBG funds assist Moore Youth and Family Services in administering a School Based Intervention Service Program. The program provides an early intervention via School Based Services to the Moore Public School System's secondary students. School Based Service members work with secondary students who are at risk of dropping out or being suspended from school, using substances, and/or exhibiting aggressive behaviors rather than utilizing healthy coping skills. Early intervention, support, and education is provided to students through individual sessions, group sessions, and consultation/linkage with parents/guardians and school employees. The program specifically targets students who are at higher risk than average for school problems.

For further information please contact 405-799-3379 or visit their website here.

The mission of Moore Youth and Family Services is to support community-based programs that provide behavioral health services to adults, youth, and families. Provision of services is focused on identified community needs in the areas of prevention, intervention/diversion, and treatment services. Services incorporate both mental health and substance use disorder treatment modalities that focus on healthy lifestyles and strengthening the individual as well as the family.

CDBG funds assist Moore Youth and Family Services in administering a First Time Offenders Program for at risk children, ages 6 to 17 in the City of Moore. These children are at risk of suspension/dropping out of school, involvement in the juvenile system, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, as well as substance abuse. This program will provide needed community based services that includes counseling, socialization, and educational assistance to adults, youth, and their families who are experiencing a variety of problems. The Agency Objectives' emphasize enhancing or bringing into being, behavior that is within the bounds of social appropriateness. It is felt that counseling and support from the agency and increased self and interpersonal awareness on the part of the client will allow successful resolution of problems.

For further information please contact 405-799-3379 or visit their website here.

The City of Moore contracts with the Metropolitan Fair Housing Council of Greater Oklahoma, Inc. to provide fair housing services to Moore residents. These services include fair housing counseling, investigation and testing, complaint referral, mediation services, legal referral, and fair housing/fair lending educational services.

For further information please contact 405-232-3247 or visit their website here.

The City of Moore contracts with The Sharing Tree to install The Sharing Pantry which offers dry pantry goods and The Sharing Library which provides free books on The Sharing Tree property to low income families.

For further information, please contact 405-634-2006 or visit their website here.