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Provides preventive health care, as well as diagnosis and treatment of illness in children, adolescents and adults. Services include primary medical care such as physical health examinations, immunizations, acute and chronic health screenings, obstetric care, laboratory testing, and birth control counseling. Provides onsite integrated health services to enhance access to appropriate prevention, treatment, recovery and wellness services and activities. Pediatric primary care is staffed by specialists who are concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of infants, children and adolescents from birth to young adulthood.

Provides assessment and treatment for substance use and alcohol use disorder. Provides MAT (medication-assisted treatment) for adults struggling with opioid use disorder. Services include screening intake, assessment, treatment planning, individual and group counseling services, case management, primary care, mental health assessments, discharge planning, and follow-up.

Provides individuals with the opportunity to register online to become an organ and/or tissue donor.

Assists people with persistent psychiatric difficulties to live in the community by offering individual and group counseling, service coordination and outreach, crisis intervention services, medication management, supported housing, and employment/volunteer services.

Works with households to resolve emergencies involving home heat and electrical disconnection notices using programs and funds available and helping with applications. Electric heat assistance is limited to households with primary heat source of electricity or electricity that is essential to keeping other types of heating systems operational.

Provides shelter; medical treatment; and other basic care for stray and surrendered animals, including dogs, cats, and other small pets. Facilitates adoption of shelter animals, matching pets with the most appropriate households. Helps reduce feline overpopulation through a trap/neuter/return program for free-roaming (feral) cats. Provides a Foster Care Program that includes food and supplies for foster care volunteers caring for pregnant cats and dogs, animals recovering from minor surgery, and animals in extreme stress in the shelter environment. Provides a wide array of donation and volunteer opportunities.

Offers a series of health-related workshops and presentations for the community, many of which are offered by health professionals. Information about local wellness programs is provided on line and is also published in flyer form. Topics include movement and exercise, nutrition, childbirth education, car seat safety, chronic disease self-management, and health/disease specific support group meetings.

Provides assistance and education to protect consumers from financial fraud, and offers help with filing complaints. Regulates state-chartered banks, credit unions, and lenders, and can answer related questions and concerns. Provides information about mortgage assistance programs, approved reverse mortgage counselors, and foreclosure filing. Also enables consumers to check to see if their lender is licensed.

Provides professional assistance with the assessment and development of plans for the care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for in-home care services. The Westminster community's Registered Nurse will coordinate the delivery of needed services, provide assistance/education around following medical advice and proper medication taking, assess in-home mobility safety to reduce the risk of falls, assist families with understanding the issues and needs of the family member requiring in-home care services, and provide ongoing follow-up visits to ensure the best possible health outcomes. All services provided are confidential and specific to each individual's needs.

Provides direct mental health and substance use disorder services via private, non-profit service providers, called Designated Agencies (DAs), located in each region. Every DA offers three adult mental health programs: The Community Rehabilitation and Treatment program serves adults with a severe mental illness; Adult Outpatient Services serves adults who do not have a severe mental health condition, but who are experiencing mental health problems that disrupt their everyday lives; and Emergency Services serves people who need help immediately.

Provides onsite coordinated primary care, mental health services, and wellness services at participating schools. Health care services include physical examinations, sports examinations, immunizations, hearing and vision examinations, and health screenings. Information for health maintenance such as nutrition, weight programs, resources to reduce at-risk teen behaviors such as pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, and substance use are also offered.

Provides a webpage that explains how to get each type of passport. The four types are: Routine, Expedited, Urgent Travel, and Emergency. Emergency passports are available for life-or-death situations. Urgent travel passports are available for other emergency situations.

Provides individualized, comprehensive, outpatient treatment services that address both the substance use of the individual and the needs of those affected by the individual's substance use. Groups are gender and trauma specific and are designed to build relapse prevention skills and harm reduction. Provides information about alcohol and drug use, the effects on individuals, families and communities, as well as information to the public about strategies for prevention and early intervention.

Provides small, limited, community food services. Residents encouraged to take what they need and/or donate what they can in support of the pantry.

Pays for necessary training of farmworkers and other agricultural workers on new farm and/or agricultural equipment in exchange for the farmer/grower giving the worker a new title and an increase in pay.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations.

Provides safe, confidential, temporary emergency shelter and supportive services.

Provides education and support, including support of individual developmental goals, and transition planning for services after early intervention. Coaches families and early care and education providers around individual child supports.

Provides assistance with locating, securing and/or maintaining housing. Provides information and guidance about rental costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to budget for insurance, utility costs and other requirements related to paying for housing. Assistance with locating, securing or maintaining housing. Develops and manages permanently affordable rental housing.

Provides training that introduces new riders to the public transit system and teaches them to use bus service effectively. Participants are educated first in a classroom setting and then paired with an experienced travel advisor to learn the basic components of the system, including routes, fares, schedules, and policies. Helps build confidence in riding the bus and traveling independently. Accepts volunteers to serve as travel advisors.

Provides public awareness and education to promote community wellness and to prevent the misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, with an emphasis on youth substance use prevention. Collaborates with other wellness programs, schools, and communities to help them promote healthy behaviors and reduce health risks.

Offers apprenticeships in the following areas: Certified Public Bookkeeper, Manufacturing Production Technician, Medical Assisting, Medical Records Assistant, and Pharmacy Technician. All offerings pair credit-bearing classes with on-the-job learning.

Provides community food shelf services. Personal care items may be available depending on donations.

Offers a home-like atmosphere, including a full kitchen, living room with computer access, washer/dryer, shower, TV, and two "quiet rooms", for families supporting children in the hospital.

Provides an interactive decision support process that helps individuals in need of long term care and their families understand their strengths, needs, preferences and unique circumstances and weigh the pros and cons of available alternatives. The consultation includes a discussion of the factors to consider when making long term care decisions, information about the range of long term care support options available in their community (such as personal care, transportation and medication management) and resources that can help them pay for services. Maintains a regional listing of in-home assistance providers available to assist seniors with continuing to live independently at home.