HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 1

Watauga County Resource Directory

HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 2

Table of Contents

Disabilities Services & Veterans Assistance 3

Domestic Abuse Services 7

Family Services & Recreational Activities 8

Financial & Employment Assistance 11

Food Assistance 14

Housing & Energy Assistance 17

Legal Services 20

Medical & Mental Health Care Services 21

Senior Citizen Services 25

Substance Abuse Assistance 27

Youth & Education Services 29

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Disabilities Services & Veterans Assistance

Watauga County Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services

Cost: Varies

Contact: Kedith England

828­265­8100

Services offered: Protective services to Disabled Adults is a program that investigates reports of abuse or neglect of disabled adults. Services cannot be provided unless the adult wants them, except in cases where the adult cannot make that choice and court

orders the services.

Watauga County North Carolina Veterans Service Office

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Donna Lyons, County Veterans Service Officer 828­265­8065

Services offered: Provides services to disabled veterans and their families

Disabled American Veterans Watauga County Chapter 90

Cost: No Cost

Contact: David Pickard, Service Officer

828­964­5515 // 828­964­8368

OR

David Gaffney, Service Officer 336­385­4070 // 828­773­2082

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Watauga Opportunities, Inc.

Cost: Varies

Contact: 828­264­5009

Services offered: Helps increase independence through the provision of employment, housing, and community opportunities to individuals with physical or mental barriers

Camp Sky Ranch

Cost: Varies

Contact: Michael Barbie, Director 828­264­8600

Services offered: Farm­related activities for physically and mentally handicapped

individuals

Communication Disorders Clinic Appalachian State University

Cost: Sliding fee scale

Contact: Josh Benfield OR Heather Woodruff

828­262­2185

Services offered: Speech and language evaluations and therapy; hearing evaluations, reading evaluations, and tutoring.

Watauga County NC Veterans Service Office

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Donna Lyons, County Veterans Service Officer

828­265­8065

Services offered: Supportive services to individuals currently serving or having served in the United States armed forces

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Developmental Evaluation Center Children’s Developmental Services Agencies of the Blue Ridge

Cost: Medicaid, Sliding fee scale

Contact:

828­265­5391

Services offered: A state agency serving children from birth to 3 years old with suspected or diagnosed developmental disabilities.

HomeCare Management Corporation

Cost: Medicaid, Health Choice, and private insurance

Contact: 828­264­1021

Services offered: Program serves intellectually or developmentally disabled adults and

children and people with physical disabilities

NC Services for the Blind

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Myla Conroy, Watauga Social Worker for the Blind 828­265­8109 // myla.conroy@dhhs.nc.gov

Services offered: Provides services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired in order to help them with their self­sufficiency. If individual qualifies, he or she can receive

funds for medical eye care as well.

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High Country First in Families

Cost: No Cost

Contact: 336­667­3333 // 866­667­3398 (Toll free)

Services offered: Offers assistance for children and adults with developmental

disabilities or serious brain injury and/or makes referrals to other community resources

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Domestic Abuse Assistance

OASIS

Cost: No Cost

Contact: 828­264­1532 // 828­262­5035 (Hotline)

Services offered: Secret emergency shelter; short­term crisis counseling; safety

planning; support groups; judicial systems advocacy; medical advocacy; servecios en Espanol

Watauga County Sheriff’s Office

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Chad McGuire, Domestic Violence Officer 828­264­3761

Services offered: Enforcement of domestic abuse offenders

Victim Services Watauga County Courthouse

Cost: Varies

Contact: Magistrate

828­265­5368

Services offered: The magistrate has the authorization to hear motions for emergency relief from domestic violence victims

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Family Services & Recreational Activities

Watauga County Department of Social Services

Cost: No Cost

Contact: 828­265­8100

Services offered: Child welfare services & child day care subsidy

Parent to Parent FSN­High Country

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­262­6089

Services offered: Provides support to families who have a premature infant, a child with a disability or chronic illness, or a family who is grieving the death of their child.

Hope Pregnancy Center

Cost: No Cost

Contact: 828­265­HELP // Text: 828­278­9642

Services offered: Guidance and support for women who are experiencing crisis pregnancies; pregnancy testing, education, housing, furniture, clothing, classes, ultrasound funding, & other financial assistance; marriage, post­abortion, and

pregnancy counseling.

NC Cooperative Extension Service

Cost: No Cost

Contact: 828­264­6031

Services offered: Farming & agricultural services; family life services; homemaking

classes; 4­h club activities.

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Watauga County Parks & Recreation

Cost: Varies

Contact: 828­264­9511

Services offered: Arts, adult & youth athletics, indoor pool, senior games, special

events, special olympics, summer day camps, & youth sports clinics

Lucy Brock Child Development Laboratory

Cost: Varies

Contact: 828­262­2232 // lucybrockdc@appstate.edu

Services offered: A premium day care center that approaches learning creatively and

offers ASU students a chance to learn through observation

The Children’s Playhouse

Cost: No Cost

Contact: 828­263­0011

Services offered: A place of exploration, art, & recreational activities for parents and

their children

The Wellness Center

Cost: Varies

Contact: 828­266­1060

Services offered: Provides improvement in quality of life through general fitness,

educational programs and rehabilitation services.

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High Country Recreation

Cost: Varies

Contact: www.highcountryrec.com

Services offered: Provides a comprehensive source of recreation information; advocates for improved recreation opportunities and a healthier High Country

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Financial & Employment Assistance

WAMY Financial Literacy

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Catherine Bare, Micro Loan Director

828­264­2421 // catherine@wamycommunityaction.org

Services offered: Program offers financial management classes and credit building by offering small loans to help participants learn money management.

NC Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­265­5396

Services offered: Guidance and counseling; assistance with medical treatment; job placement service; and job training for qualified individuals.

Watauga County Department of Social Services

Work First Family Assistance Program

Cost: N/A

Services offered: WFFA is a monthly payment for needy children who have been deprived of care and support of one parent because of death, disability, continued absence of one or both parents, or in some cases, because of unemployment.

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WAMY Self­Sufficiency Program

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Jenifer Fowler, Self­Sufficiency Program Director

828­733­0156

Services offered: Total Family Development is a program of development and support services for families: including job training, transportation, and child care.

Watauga County Employment Security Commission

Cost: None

Contact:

828­265­5385

Services offered: Employment services for both full and part­time work; services for employers seeking to list job opportunities

High Country United Way

Cost: No Cost.

Contact: Mary Beth Scebold, Executive Director

828­265­2111 // info@highcountryunitedway.org

Services offered: Community­based organization that develops human & financial resources to improve the quality of life in the High Country.

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OnTrack Financial Counseling

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

800­737­5484

Services offered: Money management counseling; debt repayment program

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Food Assistance F.A.R.M. Cafe

Cost: Donation based

Contact:

828­386­1000

Services offered: A “pay­what­you­can” community kitchen that provides high quality meals produced from local sources

Hunger and Health Coalition

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­262­1628

Services offered: Provides poverty and hunger relief for families and individuals who are experiencing hardships

WAMY Garden Voucher Program

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Debbie Bowman, Gardening Program Director

828.733.0156 // averycsbg@bellsouth.net

Services offered: The Garden Voucher Program is designed to provide assistance to low­income and elderly individuals and families to help meet their needs.

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Bread of Life

The Hospitality House

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­264­1237

Services offered: Three meals a day in the kitchen at the Hospitality House; food boxes are available on a limited basis.

First Baptist Church of Boone

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­264­2441

Services offered: Food assistance provided in the basement of the church

Shelter Rock Ministries

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Catherine Reese, Administrator

828­963­4135

Services offered: Food assistance, dental care, and spiritual support

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Women, Infants & Children Food & Nutrition Program

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­264­4997

Services offered: Breastfeeding promotion and support nutritional assessment and counseling; multi­vitamin and Folic Acid program; weight control and eating disorders;

diabetes support; nutrition for chronic diseases

Salvation Army

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­262­1005

Services offered: Emergency financial assistance; food & nutrition program

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Housing & Energy Assistance Hospitality House

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­264­1237

Services offered: Emergency shelter, long­term housing, supportive housing, rapid rehousing, food pantry, counseling, resource referral

Hud 811 Properties

Cost: Varies

Contact: Daryl Wilson

828­262­0097

Services offered: Provides homes for adults who suffer from a mental illness

Section 8

Housing Voucher Choice Program

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­266­9794

Services offered: Provides rental subsidies to low­income individuals and families

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USDA Rural Housing Subsidized Apartments

Cost: Varies

Contact:

Meadow Hill ­ 828­264­1575 Ivy Terrace ­ 828­268­0055

Ransom Street ­ 828­295­9246

Services offered: Subsidized housing in designated apartment complexes

Habitat for Humanity

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­268­9545

Services offered: Non­profit that provides affordable housing to low­income Watauga County residents

Resort Area Ministries

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Mary Silver

828­264­6605 // ramministries@skybest.com

Services offered: Provides assistance with setting up households

WAMY ComfortPro

Cost: $125­450

Go here to apply: wamycommunityaction.org/programs/comfortpro

Services offered:ComfortPro offers residents of the High Country and the Foothills energy assistance and building services to reduce heating and cooling costs.

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WAMY Weatherization & H.A.R.R.P.

Cost: No Cost, Eligibility Requirements

Contact: Andy Bryant, Weatherization Director

828.264.2421 // wamyinfo@wamycommunityaction.org

Services offered: W.A.M.Y.’s Weatherization Assistance and Heating Appliance Repair and Replacement programs enable low­income families to permanently reduce their

energy bills by making their homes more energy­efficient.

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Legal Services Legal Aid of the Blue Ridge

Cost: Court fees

Contact:

800­849­5666

Services offered: Provides free legal services in civil matters to low­income people

Mediation & Restorative Justice Center

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­264­3040

Services offered: Provides professional mediation services to conflicting parties in the HIgh Country

NC Guardian Ad Litem Program 24th Judicial District

Cost: N/A

Contact:

828­682­4754 // john.lewis@nccourts.org

Purpose: Provides advocates in court for abused and neglected children.

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Medical & Mental Health Care Services Daymark Recovery Services

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­264­8759 // 828­264­4357 (Crisis Line)

Services offered: Offers many different types of mental health and substance abuse­related treatments.

American Red Cross

Watauga County Chapter

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­264­8226

Services offered: Disaster relief; blood services; armed force services; and more

Community Care Clinic

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­265­8591

Services offered: Provides health care to low­income persons in our community who do not have health insurance

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Watauga Office, MSA Home Health & Hospice

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­264­9155

Services offered: Provides home health and hospice services to residents of Watauga County. Home health services include physical and occupational therapy.

Hospice of Watauga County

Cost: Insurance, including Medicare & Medicaid

Contact:

828­265­3926

Services offered: Nurse visits to home; volunteers for families, emotional support, and bereavement services

Watauga County Health Department

Cost: Sliding fee scale

Contact:

828­264­6635

Services offered: Immunizations; disease intervention; family planning, primary care medical services, breast and cervical cancer screening clinic; dental care; food

assistance

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Watauga Medical Center

Financial Assistance Program

Cost: Varies

Contact: Financial Advocates

828­262­4113

Services offered: Free or reduced cost medical care ­ including specialty care ­ for low­income uninsured patients

Blue Mountain Center for Integrative Care

Cost:Varies, Insurance or sliding fee scale

Contact:

828­265­1455 // bluemountaincenternc@gmail.com

Services offered: Psycotherapy, yoga instruction, massage & bodywork, chiropractic services

Boone Healing Arts Center

Cost: Medicaid and private insurance

Contact: Jo Ann Orr, LCSW

828­386­1172

Services offered: Wellness classes, acupuncture, workshops, and holistic health care

ASU Counseling Center

Cost: Free, for full­time ASU students

Contact: 828­262­3180

Services offered: Individual & group psychotherapy; psychiatry; referrals into the community

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Appalachian Healthcare Project

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­268­8956

Services offered: Assistance for low­income patients and individuals without insurance; coordination of medical care

AccessCare of the Blue Ridge

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Susan Marlowe, RN, CCM

828­265­1339

Services offered: Care coordination for Medicaid recipients; collaborate between providers; explain plan of care; and makes referrals to community resources

Watauga Medical Center Cancer Resource Alliance

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­262­4332

Services offered: Cancer survivor support group; massage therapy; caregiver support; education

AIDS Leadership Foothills­area Alliance (ALFA)

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­322­1447

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Services offered: HIV/AIDs client services; community outreach; HIV counseling/testing

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Senior Citizen Services Watauga County Project on Aging

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Angie Boitnotte, Director

828­265­8090 // angie.boitnotte@watgov.org

Services offered: Provides supportive services to the county’s older adults

Watauga County Department of Social Services

Special Assistance to Adults

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Melissa McCurry

828­265­8100

Services offered: Special assistance to adults provides supplementary payments for persons residing in rest homes

Family Caregiver Support Program

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Program Coordinator 828­265­5434 x 128

Services offered: Respite program that provides a safe setting for family caregivers.

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Watauga County Senior Center

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­265­8090

Services offered: Prescription drug management & assistance; retirement planning; Social Security representative; medical supply loan; and activities

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Substance Abuse Services Watauga Substance Abuse Prevention

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Hollie Storie Wilcox

828­264­5174 // hollie.storie@gmail.com

Services offered: Community coalition seeking to reduce youth substance use and abuse in Watauga County

Daymark Recovery Services

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­264­8759

Services offered: Provides objective alcohol/drug abuse treatment

Alcoholics Anonymous

Cost: No Cost

Contact: 828­264­1212 OR 828­264­0319

Purpose: To provide support for individuals seeking recovery from alcoholism.

180º Behavioral Health

Cost: Medicaid & private insurance

Contact: Lyric Fitzgibbon, LPC

828­768­2536

Services offered: Drug screening, individual & family therapy, substance abuse treatment program

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InTheRooms

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

www.intherooms.com // support@intherooms.com

Services offered: 24/7 substance abuse/narcotics abuse support; daily meditations, speakers, and online AA/NA meetings

McLeod Methadone Center

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­263­8171

Services offered: Methadone stabilization for opiate addiction; DWI services; drug education; adult & adolescent outpatient treatment

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Youth & Education Services Children’s Council

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­262­5424

Services offered: Provides resources, information, and training for promoting health and success of the young population in the High Country

Mountain Alliance

Cost: Varies

Contact:

828­263­1770

Services offered: An organization for the youth of the High Country that focuses on exploration and leadership development through experiential learning.

Western Youth Network

Cost: No Cost

Contact:

828­264­5174

Programs offered: Mentorship program for “at­risk” youth; after school programs; summer programs; and prevention education

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4­H of Watauga County

Cost: Varies

Contact: 828­264­3061

Services Offered: Special interest programs, summer camps, after­school childcare

Children’s Council of Watauga County, Inc

A Partnership for Smart Start

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Crystal Kelley, Executive Director

828­262­5424 // crystal@thechildrenscouncil.org

Services offered: Reading program in collaboration with Watauga County Schools

Upward Bound Appalachian State University

Cost: No Cost

Contact: Academic Coordinator

828­262­8016

Services offered: 6­week summer academy; tutoring assistance from college students; college prep course selection; college admission and financial aid assistance; resume

and cover letter development assistance