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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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 3
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 4
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 5
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.
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 6
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 7
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 8
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.
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 10
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 11
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.
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 13
OnTrack Financial Counseling
Cost: No Cost
Contact:
8007375484
Services offered: Money management counseling; debt repayment program
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 14
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.
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 15
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 17
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.
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 20
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.
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 27
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 28
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
HCCH: Watauga County Resource Directory 31
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
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