DATA:

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

AREAS OF NEED*	# OF REQUESTS FOR HELP
	1998	1997
Basic Needs Organizational/Community Services Health Care Mental Health Income Security Individual & Family Life Criminal Justice/Legal Services Consumer Services Education Environmental Quality Miscellaneous	27,911 6,789 3,155 1,507 1,051 1,345 968 495 344 320 6,160	25,979 7,585 2,898 1,359 1,099 1,205 778 467 344 174 7,329
Total:	50,045	49,217

*A Taxonomy of Human Services: A conceptual Framework with Standardized Terminology and Definitions for the field, fourth edition, Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County, Inc., El Monte, California, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1994.

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