NORRISTOWN, PA — Community Connections is an innovative approach to provide services to people who need them most, where they need them most—in their community. Community Connections offices are one-stop service centers in an initial four locations around Montgomery County—Willow Grove, Pottstown, Lansdale and Norristown. Community Connections will build a stronger partnership between government, community organizations and families to foster better service and care.
Montgomery County 2013 – 2014 Human Services Block Grant Plan Draft
To provide feedback, comments, or suggestions email Laurie O’Connor at loconnor@montcopa.org.
Behavioral Health/Developmental Disabilities Day Services Guide
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bookmark_borderWelcome To Montgomery County, PA
NORRISTOWN, PA / Message from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Welcome to the Montgomery County, PA website – your gateway to both a responsive, transparent and reform-minded government, and to one of the most diverse, historic, beautiful and economically-vibrant counties in America.
Montgomery County is the third largest county in Pennsylvania, the second wealthiest county in the Commonwealth and the 51st wealthiest in the United States. With just under 800,000 people living in its 487 square miles, Montgomery County is home to scores of major employers in pharmaceuticals, banking, manufacturing, healthcare and education.
The Montgomery County government and the services it provides to its residents is a reflection of the county itself – large, diversified, sophisticated and efficient. With a $409 million budget and close to 3,000 employees, Montgomery County provides a wide range of services serving social needs, business development, employee training, recreational opportunities, public safety, court services and roads and bridges.
The county’s newly formed Department of Commerce provides a one-stop opportunity for businesses looking to relocate to or expand in Montgomery County. It also includes a progressive employee training component dedicated to ensuring that county businesses have the trained, reliable employees they need to prosper.
The county also provides and coordinates social services in innovative and efficient ways through several departments including the Office of Children and Youth, Developmental Disabilities, Aging and Adult Services, and Parkhouse, our skilled nursing facility and assisted care center. Beginning in 2013, many of these services will be delivered with the help of a ground-breaking approach in which so-called “navicates” help clients find the specific services they need for themselves or loved ones.
Montgomery County also maintains 75 miles of roads and 133 bridges; has developed over 60 miles of multi-use trails throughout the county; and cares for seven county parks and five historic sites.
Montgomery County also boasts an award-winning Department of Public Safety, which includes the only internationally accredited emergency dispatch center (911) in Pennsylvania. The dispatch center handles 770,000 calls a year; it handles 1,900 dispatches a day; and, over one million radio transmissions a week.
The county government provides many other services to its residents, and the county, itself, is home to a wide range of recreational, cultural and artistic outlets. It is served by an excellent public transportation system and its proximity to Philadelphia adds a great deal more to the quality of life in Montgomery County.
Please use this website to familiarize yourself with Montgomery County.
bookmark_borderRamp Riot at Wissahickon High School
November 2, 2013
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Wissahickon High School Gymnasium
Ambler, Pennsylvania 19002
High Schools’ Robots Battle it out in Arena-Style Competition
The 14th annual Ramp Riot will be hosted by Wissahickon Robotics Team 341. Competing high schools include:
11 MORT, Mt. Olive HS
103 Cybersonics Technology Team, Palisades HS
222 Tigertrons, Tunkhannock AHS
224 The Tribe, Piscataway HS
225 Tech Fire, York, PA
272 Cyber Crusaders, Lansdale Catholic HS
304 Robo Griffin, George Washington HS
306 Corry Robotics Team, Corry Area HS
316 LuNa Tecs, South Jersey Robotics
321 Central Robotics, Central HS
341 Miss Daisy, Wissahickon HS
365 Miracle Workerz/MOE Robotics
423 Simple Machines, Cheltenham & Springfield HS
433 Firebirds, Mount St. Joseph’s Academy
484 Robo-Force, Haverford HS
708 Hard-Wired Fusion, Hatboro-Horsham HS
834 Spartechs, Southern Lehigh HS
869 Power Cord, Middlesex HS
1168 Malvern Prep/Villa Maria Academy Robotics
1218 Vulcan Robotics, Chestnut Hill Academy
1391 Westtown Robotics, Westtown School
1403 Cougar Robotics, Montgomery HS
1626 Falcon Robotics, St. Joseph High School
1640 Sab-BOT-age, Downingtown HS
1676 Pascack Pioneers, Pascack Valley / Pascack Hills HS
1712 Dawgma, Lower Merion HS
1923 MidKnight Inventors, West Windsor-South Plansboro HS
2016 Mighty Monkey Wrenches, Ewing HS/ MKSD
2539 Krypton Cougars, Palmyra Area HS
2607 Fighting RoboVikings, Archbishop Wood HS
2729 Storm Robotics, Lenape & Cherokee HS
3151 Cyberstorm, GCIT
3167 Environmental Tectonics Crusaders, Father Judge HS
3314 Mustang Robotics, Clifton HS
3929 Atomic Dragons, J R Masterman HS
4575 The Tin Mints, GSEP Patrol #5426