Educational Support
Akron Public Library
Contact: Josephine Williams
Address: 207 First Avenue South, PO Box 8, Akron, AL 35441-0008
Phone: 205-372-3148
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
State website: www.aces.edu
Bibb County:
Matthew D. Hartzell
County Extension Coordinator
175 Davidson Dr. SW
Centreville, AL 35042
Phone: (205) 926-3117
Fax: (205) 926-5114
mdh0007@aces.edu
Fayette County:
Warren G. Griffith
County Extension Coordinator
650 McConnell Loop
Fayette, AL 35555
Phone: (205) 932-8941
Fax: (205) 932-5718
griffwg@aces.edu
Greene County:
Lovie B. Parks
County Extension Coordinator
107 Harris Avenue
Eutaw, AL 35462
Phone: (205) 372-3401
Fax: (205) 372-0483
burrell@aces.edu
Hale County:
Patti Presley-Fuller
County Extension Coordinator
Hale County Ag Extension Center
701 Hall St.
Greensboro, AL 36744
Phone: (334) 624-8710
Fax: (334) 624-8807
preslpa@aces.edu
Lamar County:
Mac D. Washington
County Extension Coordinator
281 Columbus Ave.
Vernon, AL 35592-0567
Phone: (205) 695-7139
Fax: (205) 695-0439
washimd@aces.edu
Perry County:
Katrina L. Easley
County Extension Coordinatior
1710 S. Washington St. Suite 107
Marion, AL 36756
Phone: (334) 683-6888
Fax: (334) 683-9112
easlekl@aces.edu
Pickens County:
Patti Presley-Fuller
County Extension Coordinator
Service Center Bldg.
155 Reform St., Rm 300
Carrollton, AL 35447
Phone: (205) 367-8148
Fax: (205) 367-927
preslpa@aces.edu
Sumter County:
Willie H. Lampley
County Extension Coordinator
106 Hospital Drive
Livingston, AL 35470
Phone: (205) 652-9501
Fax: (205) 652-7487
lamplwh@aces.edu
Tuscaloosa County:
Denise Shirley
County Extension Coordinator
2513 7th Street
Tuscaloosa Co. Courthouse Annex
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: (205) 349-4630
Fax: (205) 752-2349
shirldr@aces.edu
Services Provided: 4 H and Youth Development activities, Workforce and Career Education, Health Education, Financial Education
AL Dept. of Rehabilitation Services
Executive Director: Carey Boswell
Referral Contact: Lisa Alford
Physical Address: 1305 James I. Harrison, Jr. Pkwy. E. Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Mailing Address: P.O. Drawer 1610 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-554-1300 Fax: 205-554-1369
Email: lisa.alford@rehab.alabama.gov craig.akin@rehab.alabama.gov (serves Perry Co. from Selma office)
Website: www.rehab.state.al.us.
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: VRS helps Alabamians with disabilities achieve independence through employment and training & also helps students in middle schools - college with educational opportunities.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa, Hale, Green, Pickens, Sumter, Bibb, Fayette, Lamar, Perry
Cost & Eligibility: To be eligible must have a physical or mental impairment that is a substantial impediment to employment & service must benefit need in terms of going to work. Cost- Varies according to needs.
Alabama Early Intervention System District Office-Tuscaloosa
Referral Contact: Tania Baldwin
Physical Address: 1110 Dr. Edward Hillard Dr. Tuscaloosa, Al
Mailing Address: PO Drawer 2817 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-759-1279
Email: Tania.Baldwin@rehab.alabama.gov
Website: http://www.rehab.state.al.us/ei/
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am-5pm
Services Provided Include: A division of the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, Alabama's Early Intervention System ( AEIS ), provides a coordinated, family-focused system of supports and services for babies with special needs.
Counties Served: Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa
Cost & Eligibility: Varies according to needs.
Alabama Reading Initiative
Executive Director: Judy Stone
Referral Contact: Mary Chickering and Anne Tincher
Physical Address: The University of Alabama/University of West Alabama In-service Center
204 Carmichael Hall Tuscaloosa, AL
Mailing Address: Box 870231 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-6605, 205-887-1797, 256-508-7474
Email: mchickering@alsde.edu atincher@alsde.edu arisde@alsde.edu
Website: http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/section_detail.asp?section=50&footer=sections
Services Provided Include: The Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI) is a statewide K-12 initiative managed by the Department of Education. The goal of the ARI is to significantly improve reading instruction and ultimately achieve 100% literacy among public school students. The Alabama Reading Initiative provides differentiated levels of support, including professional development, onsite support, and school coaches to over 1,000 schools. The initiative focuses intensely on three aspects of the teaching of reading: preventing reading difficulties, identifying struggling readers and intervening to help them become proficient readers, and expanding the reading power of all students.
Counties Served: Statewide
Cost & Eligibility: Serves all public school students in Alabama at no cost
Aliceville Public Library
Contact: Nelda Hudgins
Mailing address: 416 3rd Avenue NE, Aliceville, Alabama 35442
Email: apl@nctv.com
Phone: 205-373-6691 Fax: (205) 373-3731
Website: http://home.nctv.com/apl/
Services: Aliceville Public Library has a collection of 17923 volumes. The library circulates 12722 items per year. The library serves a population of 2567 residents . Family reading nights and story hours. Videos of trainers for training, materials for new readers
County: Pickens County
Barnes & Noble
Contact: Chris McCoy
Address: 1800 McFarland Blvd. East Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Phone: 205-349-0872 Fax: 205-349-0892
Website: www.bn.com
Days and Hours of Operation: M-S, 9am - 11pm
Services Provided Include: Summer reading, k-12 resources & fundraisers, education, corporate, & nonprofit discounts, & book clubs
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa, Hale, Sumter, Greene, Pickens, Perry
Belser Parton Literacy Center of UA
Executive Director:
Referral Contact:
Physical Address: 201 Graves Hall Tuscaloosa, AL 34587
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 870232 Tuscaloosa, AL 34587
Phone: 205-348-1400 Fax: 205-348-9863
Email:
Website: education.ua.edu/centers/belser-parton-literacy-center/
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4:45pm/ by appointment
Services Provided Include: All aspects of using children's literature- family reading, home schooling, & classroom, Literacy Research, literacy workshops, and teacher literacy workshops
Counties Served: 9- counties in West AL and/or on UA campus
Cost & Eligibility Fees Dependent upon services/usually nominal to cover materials or free
Transportation Available? only city/ campus transport
Bevill State Community College
Executive Director: Nancy McDonald
Address: 2631 Temple Ave. North Fayette, AL 35555
Phone: 932-3221(5673) Fax: 205-932-8472
Email: nmcdonald@bscc.edu
Website: www.bscc.edu
Services Provided Include: Adult Literacy-Academic Remediation- GED & college preparation/ Pre-employment training & skills and Workforce Development
Counties Served: Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker
Cost & Eligibility: Free, Must be at least 17 years of age and not enrolled in school.
Bibb County Board of Education
Executive Director: Mr. Gregg Blake, Superintendent
Referral Contact: Mrs. Janice Parker-Dunn
Address: 712 Walnut Street Centerville, AL 35042
Phone: 205-926-9881 Fax: 205-926-5075
Email: blakeg@bibbed.org
Website: www.bibbed.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4:30pm
Services Provided Include: Public School K-12
Counties Served: Bibb
Black Warrior Reading Council
Executive Director:
Referral Contact: Vicki Holt
Mailing Address: 2630 McLean Circle Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
Phone: 205-553-0143
Email: vholt1@bamaed.ua.edu
Services Provided Include: This is the local affiliate of the International Reading Association which is an organization for educators who want to promote literacy and to improve their skills in the area of literacy instruction. Our major project is to host an annual Young Authors’ Conference where we bring to Tuscaloosa a published children’s author. During the author’s visit, along with the Saturday conference open to children in the West Alabama area, we also sponsor school visits for local schools. Our goal is to support the interest and love of literacy for area students. We are funded strictly on donations.
Boys and Girls Clubs of West Alabama
Executive Director: Tony Bush
Contact: Stephen Miller, Tuscaloosa Bridgett Ball, Akron _________, Greensboro
Physical Address: 2201 Positive Place, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Mailing Address: PO Box 40221, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Phone: 205 553 3879
Email: bgcwestal@aol.com
Website: www.bgcwestal.com
Services Provided: homework help, tutoring, computer training, sports education, mentoring
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa and Hale but can serve any county in West Alabama based on funding.
Cost & Eligibility: $20 membership fee
Brent-Centreville Public Library
Contact: Tracy Griffin
Address: 20 Library Street, Centreville, AL 35042-1322
Phone: 205 926 4736
Email: bcpl@bellsouth.net
County: Bibb
Services Provided: Literacy classes offered through the Bibb Board of Education - Adult Education
Carrollton Public Library
Contact: Patricia Tillery
Address: 225 Commerce Avenue Carrollton, Alabama 35447-0092
Phone: 205-367-2142
Email: cpl@nctv.com
County: Pickens
Carrollton Public Library is a Public library. This library is affiliated with the library system that serves Carrollton, AL. The collection of the library contains 10516 volumes. The library circulates 2444 items per year. The library serves a population of 987 residents. Have old PROJECT READ videos, used to have some tutors meet there.
Center for Community-Based Partnership
Executive Director: Dr. Samory Pruitt (205-348-8376)
Referral Contact: Dr. Heather Pleasants
Physical Address: 900 Anna Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 870372 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-7367 Fax: 205-348-7366
Email: hpleasan@bamaed.ua.edu
Website: ccbp.ua.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Education, Community Development
Easter Seals West Alabama
Executive Director: Loie Robinson
Contact: Renee McMullen
Physical Address: 1110 Dr. Edward Hillard Dr.Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address:.PO Box 2817 East Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-759-1211, 759-1211, Ext. 262 Fax: 205-349-1162
Email: rmcmullen@eswaweb.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4:30pm
Services Provided Include: Work with out-of school youth 16-21 years old. GED & job placement
Cost & Eligibility: Low Income
Fayette County School System
Executive Director: Wade Shipman, Superintendent
Referral Contact: Alicia Nalls
Physical Address: 103 1st Avenue NW, Fayette, AL 35555
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 686, Fayette, AL 35555
Phone: 205-932-4611
Email: analls@fayette.k12.al.us
Website: www.fayette.k12.al.us
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Adult Education classes
Counties Served: Fayette
Fayette County Memorial Library
Contact: Gwendolyn Lacey
Address: 326 Temple Avenue North, Fayette, AL 35555-2383
Phone: 205 932 6625
Email: http://www.fcml.org/contact.html
Website: www.fcml.org
County: Fayette
First Presbyterian Church-Tuscaloosa
Contact: Lou Anne Sellers
Address: 900 Greensboro Ave Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205.752.3531
Email: lasellers@fpctusc.org
Website: www.fpctusc.org
Services Provided: Support of Project PLUS and Tuscaloosa’s One Place
First United Methodist Church-Tuscaloosa
Executive Director: Ken Dunivant, Senior Pastor
Contact: Josh Davis, Freddie Bruner
Address: 800 Greensboro Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-345-7261 ext. 52 Fax: 205-345-7263
Email: jcd1177@charter.net
Website: www.fumct.org
Services Provided: Reading tutoring at local elementary schools
Greene County School System
Executive Director: Dr. Emma L. Louie
Address: 220 Main Street Eutaw, AL 35462
Phone: 205-372-3161 Fax: 205-372-3247
Email: elouie@greene.k12.al.us
Website: www.greene.k12.al.us
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am-5pm
Services Provided Include:Adult Education classes, K-12 education
Counties Served: Greene
Green Pond - Woodstock Library, Eunice Kelly Worthington Public Library
Contact:Aimee Pitman
Address: 321 Presbyterian Church Road; PO Box 382, Green Pond, Alabama 35074
Phone:205-938-0008
Email: gpwlibrary@gmail.com
County: Bibb County
Green Pond - Woodstock Library The collection of the library contains 13635 volumes. The library circulates 7125 items per year. The library serves a population of 2031 residents. They have a computer room but no classes.
Hale County Library
Contact: Carolyn Hemstreet
Address: 1103 Main Street, PO Box 399 Greensboro, AL 36744
Phone: 334 624 3409
Email: halecountylibrar@bellsouth.net
Website: www.hcplgreensboro.org
Services provided: Used to have tutors, they have some space. They have some old audiotapes on learning to read as well as a HERO program/GED
County: Hale
Hale County Schools
Referral Contact: Osie A. Pickens, Superintendent
Contact: Joseph F. Stegall, Jr.
Address: 1115 Powers Street, Greensboro, AL 36744
Phone: 334-624-8836, 205- 624-2290 Fax: 334-624-3415
Email: jstegall@hale.k12.org
Website: www.hale.k12.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4pm
Counties Served: Hale County
Health and Wellness Education Center
Contact: Debra S. Clark, Director
Address: 1117 N. Washington Street, Livingston, AL 35470
Phone: 205-652-6557
Email: tydebra3@aol.com
Website: www.withallmyheart.net, www.jumptoitalabama.com
Services Provided: Link individuals to available resources related to health, education and social needs with a focus on preventative education, medication assistance and services for at-risk youth
Hightower Memorial Library
Contact: Elsie Upchurch
Address: 630 Avenue A, York, AL 36925 – 2604
Phone: 205 392 2004
County: Sumter
Services: Public computers
James C. Poole Jr. Memorial Library
Contact: Marilyn Gibson
Address: 420 Prairie Avenue Eutaw, Alabama 35462-1178
Phone: 205-372-9026
Email: jcpoolelibrary@yahoo.com
County: Greene County
Services provided: James C. Poole Jr. Memorial Library is a Public library. This library is affiliated with the library system that serves Eutaw. AL. The collection of the library contains 13135 volumes. The library circulates 9980 items per year. The library serves a population of 9974 residents. A few adult tutors meet at the library. Computer lab available.
Kennedy Public Library
Contact: James Vice
Address: 17885 Highway 96, PO Box 70, Kennedy, AL 35574-0070
Phone: 205 596 3670
Email: kennedypubliclibrary@bamacomm.com
Lamar County School System
Executive Director: Garth Moss, Interim Superintendent
Referral Contact: Karen Tomlin
Physical Address: 150 Butler Circle, Vernon, AL 35592-1379
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1379, Vernon, AL 35592-1379
Phone: 205-695-7615
Email ktomlin@lamar.k12.al.us; gmoss@lamar.k12.us
Website: www.lamar.k12.al.us
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am-5pm
Services Provided Include:Adult Education Classes, K-12 Education
Counties Served: Lamar
Literacy Is The Edge
Executive Director: Dr. Bruce Berger
Referral Contact:
Mailing Address: PO Box 870172 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-7692
Email: literacyistheedge@gmail.com
Website: www.lite.ua.edu
Services Provided Include: Increase awareness of the literacy problem and recruit volunteer tutors for children and adults. Counties Served: Tuscaloosa
Marion-Perry County Library
Address: 202 Washington Street Marion, AL 36756
Email: librar_p@bellsouth.net
Website:www.marionperrycountylibrary.com
Phone: 334-683-6411
Mary Wallace Cobb Memorial Library
Contact: Amanda Glasgow
Address: 110 First Ave. W., POBOX 357, Vernon, AL 35592 – 5032
Phone: 205 695 6123
Email: mwclib@fayette.net
County: Lamar
Services: Literacy tutoring, no computer classes
Millport Public Library
Contact: Sue Atkins
Address: 920 Black Street, PO Box 159, Millport, AL 35576 – 0159
County: Lamar
Moundville Public Library
Contact: Linda Davis
Address: 410 Market Street; PO Box 336 Moundville, Alabama 35474-0336, United States
Phone: 205-371-2283
Email: Moundville.library@yahoo.com
County: Hale County
Services: Public computer lab.
Office of School Readiness
Contact: Dr. Mary Beth Dennis, Technical Assistant
Address: 24 The Highlands, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Phone: 205-799-1761 Fax: 205-556-4533
Email: mbdennis@bellsouth.net
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, By Appointment
Services Provided: part of Department of Children’s Affairs
Pace Learning Systems, Inc
Executive Director: Dr. Susan P. McKee
Referral Contact: Terry Willis
Address: 3710 Resource Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-758-2823 Fax: 205-758-3222
Email: smckee@pacelearning.com
Website: www.pacelearning.com
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: The system is for low performing students, from middle- high school to help with mastering competencies to successfully complete academic courses, raising test scores, & preventing dropouts.
Pickens County Cooperative Library
Contact: Melanie Wood
Address: Old Courthouse Building, Highway 17, PO Box 489, Carrolton, AL 35447
Phone: 205 367 8407
Email: pccl@nctv.com
Website: www.pickenslibrary.com
County: Pickens
Services: One-on-one literacy tutoring for individuals 18 years and older.
Pickens County Family Resource Center
Contact: Laura Cummings
Address: 60 Tuscaloosa Ave. Carrollton, AL 35447
Phone: 205-367-9382 Fax: 205-367-2173
Email: cummings.pcfrc@nctv.com
Services Provided: resources for families, adult literacy
Pickens County School System
Executive Director: Dr. Leonard Duff
Referral Contact:
Physical Address: Ladow Center Circle Road, Carrollton, AL 35447
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 32, Carrollton, AL 35447
Phone: 205-367-2080 Fax: 205-367-8404
Email: drduff@pickens.k12.al.us
Website: www.pickens.k12.al.us
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Adult Education classes, K-12 education
Counties Served: Pickens
READ Alabama (Readiness, Education and Development)
Contact: Colby Leopard, Executive Director 336-830-4212, cmleopard@crimson.ua.edu
Lena Oshinskie,Executive Director of Internal Relation 848-391-2208, ltoshinskie@crimson.ua.edu
Austin Lafferty, Executive Director of External Relations205-522-3232, jalafferty@crimson.ua.edu
Katherine Owen, Executive Director of Recruitment 205-807-7296, kgowen@crimson.ua.edu
Services Provided: UA students are paired with elementary age children who have reading difficulties.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa and Perry
Reform Public Library
Contact: Curtis Wheat
Address: 302 First Street South, PO Box 819, Reform, AL 35481 – 0819
Phone: 205-375-6240
Email: rpl@nctv.com
County: Pickens
Ruby Pickens Tartt Public Library
Address: 206 Monroe Street; PO Drawer U Livingston, Alabama 35470-0377 United States
Phone: 205 652 2349
Services: Have 2 tutors that use the library, 3 public computers. This library serves Livingston and the collection containes 27822 volumes and circulates 29861 items a year.
County: Sumter County
Ruth Holliman Public Library
Contact: Melba Hollingsworth
Address: 287 Main Street, PO Box 336, Gordo, AL 35466 – 0336
Phone: 205 364 7148
County: Pickens
Shelton State Community College/Adult Education
Executive Director: Phillip Johnson, 205-391-2665, pjohnson@sheltonstate.edu
Referral Contact: Curtis Coleman, Bibb, Green, Hale, Sumter Counties, 205-391-2664, ccoleman@sheltonstate.edu; Kristen Bobo, Tuscaloosa County and GED Online, 205-391-2638, kbobo@sheltonstate.edu
Physical Address: 3401 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Mailing Address: 9500 Old Greensboro Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Phone: 205-391-2662 Fax: 205-391-2669
Email: ged@sheltonstate.edu
Website: www.sheltonstate.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: GED preparation, Career Readiness Certificate preparation, academic skills improvement, English Second Language classes, & Project Literacy reading tutoring
Counties Served: Bibb, Greene, Hale, Sumter, & Tuscaloosa
Cost & Eligibility: Services are provided at no cost to learners Adults 18 and older (17 year olds who have officially withdrawn from school)
Shelton State Project Literacy
Executive Director: Dr. Fran Turner
Referral Contact: Julia Chancy
Address: 3401 Martin King Jr. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-391-2671 Fax: 205-391-2669
Email: julia.chancy@sheltonstate.edu
Website: www.sheltonstate.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Plus Tuscaloosa has 3 goals: to raise awareness of the problems of adult functional illiteracy, to recruit & train volunteer reading tutors, & to encourage participation of those who need help reading
Cost & Eligibility: None
Stillman College Upward Bound Programs and Educational Support Services
Executive Director: Dr. Bettye Mullen
Referral Contact: Russell C. Rivers
Physical Address: 3600 Stillman Blvd. Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1430, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-247-8112 Fax: 205-758-3162
Email: russrivers@stillman.edu
Website: www.stillman.edu
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Educational Services (post secondary & high school) for low income, first generation college students and/or academic need requirements. Host TRIO Programs, which include Two Upward Bound Programs and one Student Support Services Program.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa, Greene, Hale, Perry, Pickens, and Sumter
Cost & Eligibility: No cost- (Federally Funded Program) Eligibility: Low-income, 1st generation, and/or disability
Transportation Available? Yes/Outside of Tuscaloosa
Sulligent Public Library
Contact: Cathy Collins
Address: 514 Elm Street, PO Box 215, Sulligent, AL, 35586 – 0215
Phone: 205 698 8631
Email: sulligentlibrary@yahoo.com
County: Lamar
Services: Have had tutors for homework help for HS students. School-aged kids get assistance next door at a church.
Sumter County School System
Executive Director: Mrs. Katie Jones-Powell, Interim
Referral Contact:
Physical Address: Hwy 28 Country Club Road, Livingston, AL 35470
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 10, Livingston, AL 35470
Phone: 205-652-9605 Fax: 205-652-9641
Email: kjpowell@sumter.k12.al.us
Website: www.sumter.k12.al.us
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am-5pm
Services Provided Include: Adult Education, K-12 education
Counties Served: Sumter
Temporary Emergency Service
Executive Director: Karen Thompson
Address: 1705 15th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-758-5535 Fax: 205-345-7330
Email: info@temporaryemergencyservices.org
Website: www.temporaryemergencyservices.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 9am - 4:30pm
Services Provided Include: Food, Clothing, prescriptions, birth certificates, ID cards, utility assistance, & school supplies
Tuscaloosa City School System
Executive Director: Dr. Paul McKendrick, Superintendent
Referral Contact: Dr. Elizabeth Davis
Physical Address: 1210 21st Ave., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 03899, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-759-3700 Fax: 205-759-3711
Email: pmckendr@tusc.k12.al.us, edavis@tusc.k12.al.us
Website: www.tusc.k12.al.us
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Services Provided Include: Tuscaloosa City Schools provides a cadre of highly qualified teachers and staff, a rigorous core curriculum, a wide variety of learning opportunities outside the core curriculum, & after school programs.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa City
Cost & Eligibility: Students living in the city of Tuscaloosa are eligible to attend schools within their residence zones.
Transportation Available? Yes
Tuscaloosa County Dept. of Human Resources
Executive Director: Judy Young
Referral Contact: Shayla Smith
Physical Address: 3716 12th Ave. NE, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 70100, Tuscaloosa, AL 35407
Phone: 205-554-1100 Fax: 205-554-0354
Website: www.dhr.state.al.us
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4:30pm
Services Provided Include: Food Stamps, child support, Daycare license, child abuse & neglect services, TANF/ financial assistance, Jobs program, & adult protective services.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa Cities & Counties
Cost & Eligibility: Eligibility Guideline
Transportation Available? Yes - Bus
Tuscaloosa County School System
Executive Director: Mr. Dan Butler, Interim Superintendent
Referral Contact: Dr. Kathy Hilliker
Physical Address: 2314 9th St., Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Mailing Address: P.O. Drawer 2568, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-758-0411 Fax: 205-758-4711
Email: khilliker@tcss.net
Website: www.tcss.net
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4:30pm
Services Provided Include: The Tuscaloosa County School System provides a balanced framework for literacy education in preschool - 12th grade in order for students to become responsible, independent, and productive learners.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa County
Cost & Eligibility: Free for students who are zoned for the school areas.
Transportation Available? Yes
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Executive Director: Mary Elizabeth Harper
Contact: Jana Fine
Address: 1801 Jack Warner Pkwy, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-345-5820 Fax: 205-752-8300
Email: nboyd@tuscaloosa-library.org, meharper@tuscaloosa-library.org
Website: www.tuscaloosa-library.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-S
Branches:
Tuscaloosa Brown Branch Library
300 Bobby Miller Pkwy
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
205-391-9989
Weaver Bolden Branch Library
2522 Lanier Ave.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Tuscaloosa's One Place, A Family Resource Center
Executive Director: Teresa S. Costanzo
Contact: Sarah Baxter
Physical Address: 867 Redmont Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 40764, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Phone: 205-462-1000 Fax: 205-462-1001
Email: sbaxter@etfrc.org, tcostanz@etfrc.org
Website: www.etfrc.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F, 8am - 4:30pm
Services Provided Include: Comprehensive array of social services including parent education, adult education, marriage/relationships classes, career development, after school program, case management, intake & assessment.
Counties Served: Tuscaloosa County
Cost & Eligibility: Anyone eligible for services based on program design, most offered free but some on sliding scale
Transportation Available On bus line
UA Longleaf Writing Project
Executive Director: Carol Donovan
Referral Contact: Diane Sekeres/Karen Spector
Physical Address: 201 Graves Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 870232 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: 205-348-1400 Fax: 205-348-9863
Email: dsekeres@bamaed.ua.edu kspector@bamaed.ua.edu
Website: www.writingproject.ua.edu
Days and Hours of Operation:M-F, 8am - 4:45pm
Services Provided Include: Writing Issues: Summer institute for teachers, Professional level for schools, workshops for parents, summer camp for children K-6
Cost & Eligibility: Free for parents workshops, summer institute for teachers, and camps for K-6
Uniontown Public Library
108 Water Street
Uniontown, AL 36786
334-628-6681
United Way of West Alabama
Executive Director: Jackie Wuska Hurt
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2291, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403
Phone: 205-345-6640 Fax: 205-345-6681
Email: jackie@uwwa.org
Days and Hours of Operation: M-F
Counties: Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa
Services: United Way of West Alabama seeks to determine the needs of the West Alabama community and through the support of community volunteers and donors works to solve those needs for positive changes within the West Alabama community.
West Blocton Public Library
Contact: Emma Hicks
Address: 62 Walter Owens Drive, PO Box, 292, West Blocton, AL35184 – 0292
Phone: 205 938 3570
Email: wbplibrary@bellsouth.net
County: Bibb
Services: Tutors meet at the library
