Human service organizations in Hacker Valley are business concerns that address the human condition rather than producing a product. Such organizations provide programs of service to address the needs of individuals, groups, and communities through the planning, provision, and evaluation of a wide range of services to prevent personal, interpersonal, community, and social problems. Human service organizations adopt their purpose from societal needs and priorities at any point of time.

Some human service organizations in Hacker Valley focus on a specific set of services, like- mental health or child and family services, education, legal issues, health care services etc; while, some of those provide a number of services. Human service organizations operate under different auspices and address different types of problems, provide different services oriented to different treatment goals, serve different client populations and employ different modalities. However, these organizations share the common orientation to the prevention, amelioration, or resolution of physical health, mental health, social, or environmental problems that affect human beings.

Where Have All the Honeybees Gone?

  Written by : Lee Ann Rush Since 2006, a strange phenomenon has been occurring in the United States, Europe, and other countries across the globe:  the honeybee population is disappearing.  Opinions vary regarding the root cause of this mass die-off of honeybees, known as colony collapse disorder; some blame parasites, bacteria, loss of natural habitat, poor nutrition or genetic issues.  The primary..