NAICS

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813000

Professional Societies & Associations
Learned societies, professional councils, and other organizations that bring together individuals or organizations with a common professional or vocational interest within the Human Services major group area.

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206, 301
601, 602 912, 927

Human Services
Organizations that provide a broad range of social services for individuals or families. Use this code for multiservice organizations such as Lutheran Social Services, Catholic Social Services and other community service organizations or community action agencies not specified below that provide a variety of services from throughout the P section or services from the P section in combination with services described in other sections (e.g., an organization that provides family counseling, substance abuse services, employment assistance and services for at-risk youth).
Includes:

• 501(c)(4) Social welfare organizations.

American Red Cross
Separately incorporated, local chapters of the American Red Cross.

560

Urban League
Separately incorporated, local Urban League sites.

560

Volunteers of America
Separately incorporated, local Volunteers of America sites.
Excludes:

• Separately incorporated skilled nursing or other health care facilities operated by Volunteers of America. Use the appropriate code in major group E-Health Care.

Young Men’s or Women’s Associations
Separately incorporated, local YMCA, YWCA, YMHA, YWHA sites.

Neighborhood Centers
Neighborhood-based multipurpose centers that offer, at a single location, a wide variety of services and activities that are structured to meet theneeds of the entire community through different programs for different age and interest groups.
Excludes:

• Missions that are devoted exclusively to shelter for people who are homeless. Use Homeless Shelters (L41).
• Missions that provide a broad range of services for people who are homeless. Use Homeless Centers (P85).

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560

Thrift Shops
Organizations that offer new or second-hand furniture, appliances, clothing, toys and other material goods at lower than retail prices, and which often use the proceeds from sales to support other services to the community. Thrift shops accept direct donations from the public of new and reusable goods.
Excludes:

• Organizations other than thrift shops that distribute clothing and other material goods. Use Emergency Assistance (P60).

Children & Youth Services
Organizations that provide a wide variety of informational, social and supportive services for children and youth including runaways and other troubled youth. Use this code for organizations that provide services for children and/or youth that are not specified below.
Includes:

• Prevention of adolescent pregnancy.

Excludes:

• School dropout programs. Use Educational Support (B90).
• Delinquency prevention. Use Youth Violence Prevention (I21).
• Child abuse prevention, treatment and other intervention programs. Use Child Abuse Prevention (I72).
• Pregnancy counseling, maternity home care and other supportive services for pregnant adolescents or adolescents who are parents. Use Family Services for Adolescent Parents (P49).
• Missing persons services. Use Crime Prevention (I20).
• Group homes including orphanages for dependent children. Use Group Homes (P73).

Child Day Care
Organizations that provide substitute parental care for children during some portion of a twenty-four hour day.
Includes:

• 501(k) child care centers.

Excludes:

• Before and after school care for youth that emphasize youth development [use the appropriate code in the major group O-Youth Development].

Family Services
Organizations that provide a wide variety of social services that are designed to support healthy family development, improve the family’s ability to resolve problems and prevent the need for unnecessary placement of children in settings outside the home. Use this code for organizations that provide comprehensive family support services or which offer services other than those specified below.
Includes:

• Family life, parent education - parenting skills.

Single Parent Agencies
Organizations like Parents Without Partners that provide supportive services for single parents.
Excludes:

• Maternity homes for unwed mothers, or advice and guidance programs that focus on adolescent parents. Use Family Services for Adolescent Parents (P45).

Family Violence Shelters
Organizations that provide temporary shelter for women who have experienced domestic violence and for their children.
Excludes:

• Domestic violence prevention. Use Spouse Abuse Prevention (I71).
• Family preservation programs and child abuse prevention and treatment. Use Child Abuse Prevention (I72).

In-Home Assistance
Organizations that provide assistance in performing routine household, yard and personal care activities for frail elderly, disabled or indigent individuals or families whose normal routines have been disrupted by an emergency.
Excludes:

• Home nursing or visiting physician services. Use Home Health Care (E92).

Family Services for Adolescent Parents
Organizations that provide pregnancy counseling, maternity home care and other supportive services for pregnant adolescents or adolescents who are parents.
Excludes:

• Prenatal care and childbirth preparation classes. Use Reproductive Health Care (E40).
• Prevention of adolescent pregnancy. Use Children & Youth Services (P30).
• Single parent agencies, support. Use Single Parent Agencies (P42).

Family Counseling
Organizations that offer therapeutic sessions which focus on the system of relationships and communication patterns among family members and which attempt to modify those relationships and patterns to achieve greater harmony. The therapist focuses on the family as a unit rather than concentrating on one of the members who is singled out as the one in need of treatment.
Includes:

• Marriage counseling;
• Premarital counseling; and
• Pastoral counseling.

Excludes:

• Other counseling programs. Use Counseling & Support Groups (F60).
• Mutual support/self - help groups. Use Personal Social Services (P50).

Personal Social Services
Organizations that provide a variety of personal social services or which offer personal social services not specified below.
Includes:

• Individual development/self-help groups; and
• Meditation and Yoga.

Transportation Assistance
Organizations that provide or coordinate free or low-cost transportation services for older adults, people with disabilities, people with medical conditions, people who are indigent, students and other eligible individuals.
Excludes:

• Transportation for people who have been drinking. Use Drunk Driving-Related (I23).

Gift Distribution
Organizations – like Toys for Tots – that provide, coordinate or raise money and donations for holiday assistance and gift distribution programs, usually but not exclusively organized around holidays.
Excludes:

• "Neediest Fund." Use Emergency Assistance (P60).

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561

Emergency Assistance
Organizations that provide food, clothing, household goods, cash and other forms of short-term emergency assistance for indigent individuals and families who have insufficient resources to meet their basic needs.
Excludes:

• Food pantries, food banks and food voucher programs. Use Food Banks & Pantries (K31).
• Rent and mortgage payment programs and utility bill payment assistance (gas, electric, heating fuel, telephone and water). Use Housing Expense Reduction Support (L82).
• Thrift shops. Use Thrift Shops (P29).
• Organizations that provide free or low-cost transportation. Use Transportation Assistance (P52).
• Sexual assault services, use Sexual Assault Services (F42).

Travelers’ Aid
Organizations that provide supportive services including information and emergency assistance for tourists, travelers or other visitors who are stranded or have encountered other problems.
Excludes:

• Organizations that primarily serve people who are homeless. Use Homeless Centers (P85).

Victims’ Services
Organizations that provide supportive services for crime victims which may include crisis counseling, medical services, shelter away from their homes, escort services, transportation, child care, financial assistance, protective services, information about the mechanics of court proceedings, assistance with forms to file for reimbursement of crime-related expenses or losses, and/or advice and guidance concerning court appearances. Excludes:

• Sexual assault services. Use Sexual Assault Services (F42).

Residential Care
Organizations that provide alternative living arrangements or supervised day programs for people who require care, supervision and support on a 24-hour basis or during part of the day. Use this code for organizations that provide residential, custodial care, but the specific nature of the facility is unclear, or which have multiple facilities which fall into more than one category below.
Includes:

• Special day care.

Excludes:

• Group homes or residential treatment facilities for people with emotional disturbances or other mental health diagnoses. Use Residential Mental Health Treatment (F33).
• Foster care (P32).

Group Homes
Facilities, usually located in residential neighborhoods, that provide 24-hour non-medical care for individuals with disabilities who need supervision and/or assistance with activities of daily living; or for children and youth who have been neglected or abandoned who would benefit from a professionally supervised, treatment-oriented group environment.
Excludes:

• Group homes for individuals with mental health problems. Use Residential Mental Health Treatment (F33).
• Group homes that are alternatives to prison. Use Prison Alternatives (I44).

Senior Continuing Care Communities
Residential facilities for older adults who are unable to function in an independent living environment because they need assistance with toileting, bathing, dressing, medication, meals and housekeeping and other activities of daily living, but do not require nursing care on a regular basis.
Includes:

• Assisted living facilities for seniors;
• Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs);
• Life care communities; and
• Senior residential care homes (also known as group homes for seniors, senior board and care, residential facilities for the elderly and RCFEs).

Excludes:

• Facilities that provide comprehensive nursing care for the elderly. Use Nursing Facilities (E91).
• Housing options for older adults available through the Section 8 program or HUD housing. Use Public Housing (L21).
• Housing alternatives for seniors. Use Senior Citizens' Housing & Retirement Communities (L22).

Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Organizations that provide multipurpose centers or services that meet the needs and interests of a particular target population. Use this code for centers or services for special populations not specified below or for facilities that serve multiple special populations.
Includes:

• Women’s centers.

Senior Centers
Multipurpose centers that offer, at a single location, a wide variety of services and activities that are needed by and of interest to the senior population. Also included are organizations that administer funding for senior services under Title III of the Older Americans Act.
Excludes:

• Separately organized congregate meal programs. Use Congregate Meals (K34);
• Separately organized home delivered meals programs. Use Meals on Wheels (K36); and
• Senior advocacy organizations. Use Senior’s Rights (R25).

Developmentally Disabled Centers
Organizations such as retarded citizens associations that provide or coordinate a wide variety of programs and services for people with developmental disabilities.
Excludes:

• Single service organizations, e.g., day care or group homes. Use the appropriate single service code.

Ethnic & Immigrant Centers
Multipurpose centers that offer a wide variety of services and activities that are structured to meet the social, educational, economic, recreational and other needs of specific ethnic and/or immigrant groups in ways that are culturally appropriate.
Excludes:

• Immigrants’ rights organizations. Use Civil Rights (R20).
• Single service agencies that target specific ethnic groups or immigrants. Use the appropriate code for the service.

Homeless Centers
Organizations that provide supportive services for individuals and families who are homeless or which work with people who are at risk for homelessness in an effort to prevent them from losing their permanent residence.
Excludes:

• Soup kitchens or other meals for the homeless provided as stand-alone services. Use Soup Kitchens (K35).
• Temporary shelter for people who are homeless. Use Homeless Shelters (L41).

Blind & Visually Impaired Centers
Organizations that provide or coordinate a wide variety of programs and services for people who are blind or have visual impairments.
Excludes:

• Single service organizations for people who are blind or have visual impairments, e.g., a group home. Use the appropriate code for the service.

Deaf & Hearing Impaired Centers
Organizations that provide or coordinate a wide variety of programs and services for people who are deaf or have hearing impairments.
Excludes:

• Single service organizations for people who are deaf or have hearing impairments, e.g., a group home. Use the appropriate code for the service.