Social Service Resources by NC Regions
ASHEVILLE AREA RESOURCES
Comprehensive listing of Buncombe County social services
http://www.buncombecounty.org/GOVERNING/DEPTS/dss/news_detail.asp?newsID=7046
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry
http://www.abccm.org/
Asheville Area Assistance for Prescriptions
http://www.coast2coastrx.com/buncombenc/
CHARLOTTE AREA RESOURCES
Mecklenburg County Social Services
http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/county/dss/Pages/Default.aspx
Charlotte Emergency Housing
http://www.charlotteemergencyhousing.org/
Catholic Social Services
http://www.cssnc.org/
RALEIGH AREA RESOURCES
Wake County Human Services Emergency Financial Assistance
http://www.wakegov.com/humanservices/economic/assistance/default.htm
COPE: A Raleigh-based geriatric care management services (available on a sliding scale):
http://www.copeeldercare.com/index.html
Wake County Human Services Healthy Families, Healthy Communities
http://www.wakegov.com/humanservices/default.htm
Link to Wake Health Services, a group of community health clinics that provide medical and/or mental health services to people who are uninsured or who have Medicaid/Medicare.
http://www.whsi.org/
Urban Ministries of Wake County
http://www.urbanmin.org/index.php
Raleigh Rescue Mission
http://www.raleighrescue.org/
Low-cost., non-profit clinic for working uninsured adults in Wake County
http://www.alliancemedicalministry.org/
Project Compassion creates community and provides support for people living with
serious illness, caregiving, end of life and grief.
http://www.project-compassion.org/home
Guiding Lights (caregiver support organization recently started in Raleigh)
http://www.guidinglightsnc.org/GuidingLights/Home.html
A posting board for adaptive equipment located in Raleigh
http://www.ncexchangepost.org/home.php
Wake County social service resources (NC-CCHD is listed here!)
http://raleigh.thebeehive.org/special-features/raleigh-wake-county-resources
TRIAD AREA RESOURCES
Greensboro Shelters and Food Banks
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/neighborsinneed/localshelters.html
Guilford County Department of Social Services
http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/government/socservices/emergency.html
PDF file with phone numbers and links to several resources in Guilford County
http://www.senior-resources-guilford.org/pathways/FOOD_AND_NUTRITION_SERVICES.pdf
EASTERN NC RESOURCES
PDF file with phone numbers and addresses for several resources in New Hanover County
http://www.doc.state.nc.us/dop/education/Jobstart/acrobat/newhanover.PDF
Foodbank of Central and Eastern North Carolina
http://www.foodbanknc.org/about/about.asp
Outer Banks Hotline Inc.
http://www.obhotline.org/
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