Funded
Programs
2007-2008 Agency Directory
(Funding effective July 1, 2007)
The following is a complete listing of the programs funded through the Community Fund of the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County for the year July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007. Programs are funded through one of seven Funding Councils. These Councils are:
Building Self-Sufficient People
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Building Strong Children
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Enhancing
Community Mental Health
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Promoting
Physically Healthy People
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Stabilizing
Personal Crises
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Supporting Independence in Older Adults
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Supporting Thriving Families & Communities
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For additional information, contact Ron
Katz, Funding Council Manager or Lance
Edwards, Community Fund Director.
Table of Contents
Updated: April 18, 2008
Executive Director: Philippe Rosse
34 Wall Street, Suite 607
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.ahcabc.org
E-mail: philipper@ahcbc.org
Tel: 259-9216 Fax: 259-9469
Provides housing counseling, support and advocacy to assist families and individuals in attaining and maintaining stable housing.
(BSSP - $20,000)
Provides up to 18 months of transitional housing, case management and support services for women and their children who become homeless due to domestic violence.
Executive Director: Sue Brooks
23 Orange Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: n/a
E-mail: asccwnc@aol.com
Tel: (828) 259-3369 Fax: 259-3779
(ECMH - $100,000)
Provides quality, affordable mental health counseling to individuals, couples, and families on a sliding scale.
Executive Director: Patrick Fitzsimmons
100 Edgewood Road
Asheville, NC 28804
Website: www.redcrosswnc.org
E-mail: fitzsimmonsp@usa.redcross.org
Tel: 258-3888 Fax: 258-1785
Offers a worldwide communications service between members of the U.S. armed forces and their families during times of family crisis.
Offers volunteer opportunities for all ages including blood services, disaster services, health and safety services, and development. A language bank is also provided by volunteer interpreters.
Provides prompt relief for victims of disasters ranging from house fires to blizzards, floods, and hurricanes, including food, shelter, clothing, case management, and damage assessment as needed.
Provides educational training courses such as first aid, CPR, automated external defibrillator (AED), swimming, life guarding, home health care, back injury prevention, baby sitting, pet first aid, prevention of disease transmission, including HIV/AIDS.
Interim Director: Donald Hendricks
50 S. French Broad Ave., Suite 257
P. O. Box 1365
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: www.arcbc.net
E-mail: arcbc@bellsouth.net
Tel: 253-1255 Fax: 253-1250
(BSSP - $25,000)
Provides services to persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
Interim Director: Kathi Ballard
P. O. Box 1265
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: www.abeducationcoalition.org
E-mail: ebockletabec@bellsouth.net
Tel: 236-1228 Fax: 236-2066
Provides trained volunteer tutors and mentors for school children who are under-performing and at risk of dropping out.
Executive Director: Kim Stewart
40 Westgate Parkway, Suite H
Asheville, NC 28806
Website: n/a
E-mail: alec01@bellsouth.net
Tel: 252-5706 Fax: 252-5747
Provides free screenings for glaucoma, diabetes and vision; recycles used eyeglasses and provides eyeglasses, eye medications and eye exams for low income residents and many schools in Buncombe County.
Executive Director: Robin Myer
50 S. French Broad Ave., Suite 213
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.bbbswnc.org
E-mail: www.bbbswnc@bellsouth.net
Tel: 253-1470 Fax: 253-5403
Screens and matches adult volunteers with children from single parent families to meet the developmental needs of the children.
Executive Director: Steve Taylor
333 West Haywood Street, P. O. Box 7626
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: www.danielboonecouncil.org
E-mail: dbcbsa@danielboonecouncil.org
Tel: 254-6189 Fax: 252-4818
Provides traditional volunteer-led scouting opportunities for boys ages 5 - 21.
Provides scouting opportunities, leadership and emphasis to urban and rural Scouting programs, targeting at-risk youth ages 7-20.
Executive Director: Fran Thigpen
59 Woodfin Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/childcare/
E-mail: bettie.obrien@buncombecounty.org
Tel: 250-6700 Fax: 250-6715
Provides families in shelters with funding to secure child care in licensed child care facilities while parents seek employment and more stable conditions.
Health Director: Dr. Vicki Ittel
Social Work Program Manager: Debbie Duncan
35 Woodfin Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: http://buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/Health/default.asp
E-mail: Christina.Borges@buncombecounty.org
Tel: 250-5922 (for BTC) Fax: 250-6099
Tel: 250-5209 (for Outreach) Fax: 250-6099
Provides a coordinator to improve access to health care for low-income residents who have limited English speaking ability that need services from the Buncombe County Health Center and Department of Social Services (DSS).
Provides case management and prenatal care to pregnant immigrant women to ensure the health of the mother and baby and to minimize the need for emergency room services.
Program Director: Angie Williams
68-A Sweeten Creek Road
Asheville, NC 28803
Website: www.carepartners.org/adultday.html
E-mail: awilliams@carepartners.org
Tel: 277-3399 Fax: 277-4855
Offers daily programs for impaired adults who require supervision and/or desire social opportunities.
Executive Director: Debbie Aiton
Street Address: 68 Sweeten Creek Road,
Asheville, NC 28803
Mailing: P.O. Box 5779,
Asheville, NC 28813
Website: http://www.carepartners.org/hospice.html
E-mail: jljenkins@carepartners.org
Tel: 255-0231 Fax: 255-2880
Provides counseling and support groups for people who are grieving over the death or imminent loss of a loved one.
Executive Director: John Lauterbach
Program Director (Respite Scholarship):
Danyale Isaacs
50 Reddick Road
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 19113,
Asheville, NC 28815
Website: www.caring4children.org
E-mail: caring4children@charter.net
Tel: 298-0186 Fax: 298-2478
Provides short term respite care for children ages 0 – 6 whose families are temporarily unable to care for them due to emergency or crises.
Provides transitional living for girls ages 16-21 who cannot live in their homes.
Provides six to twelve months of residential treatment for youths ages 11 to 16 with behavior problems.
Provides highly structured day treatment program/school for youth 11-18 suspended from school.
Trained counselors help families develop a safety plan for offending youths and serve as intermediary between families and outside service providers as well as the court system.
(Formerly Our Place) Provides short-term emergency foster care for up to six youths age 18 or younger who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.
Provides in-home counseling, case management, and support to families referred by the juvenile court system.
Provides respite “scholarships” for families that have children with emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs.
Provides short-term, emergency shelter for up to six runaway youths ages 7 to 17 who are homeless or have run away.
Executive Director: Bill McGuire
50 S. French Broad Avenue, Suite 152
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: n/a
Email: childadvocacy@main.buncombe.nc.us
Tel: 254-2000 Fax: 254-2605
Provides crisis intervention, assessment, and counseling services for children and their families following the disclosure of abuse.
Educates and empowers children to recognize, resist, and report abuse, reaching children in Buncombe County in Kindergarten through fourth grade.
Executive Director: Allison Jordan
50 S. French Broad Avenue, Suite 246
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.childrenfirstbc.org
E-mail: info@childrenfirstbc.org
Tel: 259-9717 Fax: 281-3308
Services include educating elected officials and community members on children’s issues through an annual Child Watch tour, a Lecture Series, and legislative advocacy. Also teaches under-represented groups the skills to advocate for themselves.
Strengthens local families in the Emma community by providing crisis assistance, parenting support, and opportunities for community leadership development.
Provides basic computer skills for Latino immigrants to improve English language skills, employability and provide access to other services.
Supports the academic success of at-risk students in three low wealth communities, with a focus on homework assistance, mentoring, and increasing parental involvement.
Western Regional Director: Wynell Clement
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 14608,
Greensboro, NC 27415-4608
Program Address: 70 Woodfin Place, Ste. 326B,
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.chsnc.org
E-mail: wclement@chsnc.org
Tel: (800) 698-0015 Fax: (704) 528-9840
Helps find permanent, safe, and loving homes for children in custody of the Department. of Social Services. These children are typically older, a member of a sibling group, medically fragile, and/or have emotional issues.
Executive Director: Wendy Marsh
46 Sheffield Circle
Asheville, NC 28803
Website: www.coabc.org
E-mail: wendym@coabc.org
Tel: 277-8288 Fax: 277-8299
Provides information and case assistance helping adults age 60 and older and their caregivers to identify individual needs and programs and services best suited to meet those needs.
Provides coordination and linking of services for adults 60 & older to help them live safely in their homes. Services include minor repairs that cannot be provided by other agencies.
Executive Director: Molly Keeney
64 W. T. Weaver Boulevard
P.O. Box 8249
Asheville, NC 28814
Website: www.girlscoutswnc.org/
E-mail: info@girlscoutswnc.org
Tel: 252-4442 Fax : 255-8306
Fulfills the mission of Girl Scouts to be “for every girl everywhere”. Recruits girls from resource-deprived neighborhoods in Buncombe County and provides activities that promote self-esteem, mentoring, teamwork, public service and interpersonal skills. Girls participate in all regular Girl Scout activities.
Provides adventure activities, service projects, educational campaigns, cookie sales, badge earning, and friendship building through volunteer led troop activities for girls ages 5-17.
Executive Director: Molly Peeples
6 East Chestnut
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.gotrwnc.org
E-mail: girlsontherunwnc@gmail.com
Tel: 713-4290
Prevention program for 3rd – 8th graders that encourages self-respect and healthy living by focusing on the unique challenges faced by adolescent girls. Running is a component of the program, but mentors, parents, and schools work collaboratively with the goal of increasing knowledge and self-esteem.
Executive Director: Valerie Collins
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2263,
Asheville NC 28802
Street Address:
116 Veronica Lane, Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.helpmateonline.org
E-mail: vcollins@skyrunner.net
Tel: 254-2968 Fax: 254-0720
Crisis Line: 254-0516
Provides individual and group counseling services for victims of domestic violence, including accessing services, developing a safety plan, and securing legal rights.
Offers individual assistance to help navigate the court system and link to basic services.
Offers short-term, emergency shelter for battered women and their children, where residents can participate in support groups and access emergency food, clothing and transportation.
Offers professional training and public education in recognizing, treating, and preventing domestic violence.
Contact: Martha Wolfe
Tel: 667-3441
All-volunteer organization offers emergency assistance in the form of food, clothing, fuel, and medicine for indigent families who reside in the Enka-Candler area.
Contact: Elinor Earle
Mailing Address:
165 S. French Broad Avenue,
Asheville, NC 28801
Program Address:
50 Wilbar Street,
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.haca.org
E-mail: aha@haca.org
Tel: 258-1222 Fax: 254-2276
Offers after school and summer enrichment program serving children 5-18 who live in public housing and surrounding communities.
Executive Director: Liz Huesemann
916 West Chapel Road
Asheville, NC 28803
Website: www.iwcnc.org
E-mail: lhuesemann@iwcnc.org
Tel: 274-7518 Fax: 274-1582
Provides an inclusive educational and therapeutic program for infants, toddlers and school-age children of all abilities.
Provides job training, placement, and support for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Executive Director: Amanda Edwards
86 Victoria Road, Building B
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.litcouncil.com
E-mail: lcbcdirector@bellsouth.net
Tel: 254-3442 Fax: 254-1724
Provides basic education classes to adults diagnosed with a learning disability.
Provides basic education and English language skills to adults (ages 18 and over) through trained volunteer tutors.
Executive Director: Kitty Schaller
627 Swannanoa River Road
Asheville, NC 28805
Website: www.mannafoodbank.org
E-mail: kcschaller@secondharvest.org
Tel: 299-3663 Fax: 299-3664
Includes Backpack take-home food program and Nutrition Education/Healthy Snacks creative nutrition activities for food-insecure children and their families.
Solicits donated food from individuals and organizations, as well as excess food and groceries from local and national food companies to distribute to qualifying private, nonprofit agencies that serve people in need across Western North Carolina.
Executive Director: Todd Weatherly
40 North French Broad Avenue, Suite B
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.mediatebuncombe.org
E-mail: tweatherly@mediatebuncombe.org
Tel: 251-6089 Fax: 232-5140
Trained mediators provide conflict resolution in place of costly court litigation for individuals, agencies, or groups who are in a dispute.
Certified mediators provide conflict resolution for couples and families in disputes over divorce, child support, custody, visitation rights, housing, property, or planning for family issues such as placement of elderly or disabled family members.
Provides safe child exchanges, supervised visits, therapeutic supervised visits, and parenting classes.
Youth mediation, education, and life skills training are the three components of this program that serves school-aged youth ages 6 - 18.
Executive Director: Dr. Margaret Noel
100 Far Horizon Lane
Asheville, NC 28803
Website: www.memorycare.org
E-mail: office@memorycare.org
Tel: 771-2219 Fax: 771-2634
Serves individuals with dementia and their caregivers via assessment, education, and support services.
Executive Director: Scott Dedman
64 Clingman Avenue, Suite 101
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.mtnhousing.org
E-mail: info@mtnhousing.org
Tel: 254-4030 Fax: 254-0120
Provides safety-related home repairs for low-income homeowners, including elderly, disabled, and families with children.
Provides permanent housing, coordination & support services for homeless people.
(Formerly Consumer Credit Counseling Services of WNC)
Executive Director: Celeste Collins
50 S. French Broad Ave., Suite 227
Asheville, NC 28801
Website:www.ontrackwnc.org
E-mail: celestec@ontrackwnc.org
Tel: 255-5166 or (800) 737-5485
Fax: 255-5129
One-on-one money management counseling through budget creation and “Money Actions Plans” for personal goal attainment for people in crisis or trying to avoid crisis.
Provides financial educational programs and free, confidential, professional budget/money management counseling.
Executive Director: Barbara Anderson
50 S. French Broad Avenue, Suite 252
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: www.ourvoicenc.org/
E-mail: barbaraa@ourvoicenc.org
Tel: 252-0562 Fax: 252-8601
Crisis Line: 255-7576
Provides crisis intervention services for victims of sexual assault.
Provides rape prevention education and outreach through Buncombe County.
Provides support services, crisis intervention, case management advocacy and links to other services for victims of sexual assault.
Executive Director: Suzanne Boehm
35 Orange Street
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.drugfreenc.org
E-mail: sboehm@drugfreenc.org
Tel: 350-8986 Fax: 350-8346
Provides comprehensive outpatient substance abuse treatment to adult women that also have co-occurring mental health issues.
Executive Director: James Barrett
89 Montford Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.pisgahlegal.org
E-mail: jim@pisgahlegal.org
Tel: 253-0406 Fax: 252-8927
Advocates for children in poverty through individual cases and working for systemic changes that impact large numbers of kids.
Provides legal services to assist people in obtaining disability benefits.
Works in collaboration with Helpmate to provide legal representation to victims of domestic abuse.
Provides volunteer attorneys to help low-income clients with end-of-life issues, meet basic needs and remain in their homes as long as possible.
Provides free legal assistance to avoid homelessness.
Free legal assistance to low-income immigrants to improve families’ ability to meet basic needs and access a variety of health and human services.
Executive Director: Major Terry Israel
204 Haywood Street Asheville, NC 28801
E-mail: travis.israel@uss.salvationarmy.org
Tel: 253-4723 Fax: 252-9563
Offers educational, social, recreational, and cultural activities for youth ages 5 to 18 at their 750 Haywood Road office.
Provides a temporary shelter for homeless individuals and families working toward self-support.
Provides emergency assistance in the forms of food, clothing, furniture, household items, utilities, fuel for low-income people, rent and mortgage assistance, and transportation for people who are stranded.
Contact: Vasiliy Draka
30 Ben Lippen School Rd., Room 209
Asheville, NC 28806
Tel: 505-1473 Fax: 253-1351 (call first)
E-mail: slavicresource.center@charterinternet.com
Assists newly arrived Slavic people (Russian, Ukrainian & Eastern European) by linking them to basic human services, such as housing, food, clothing, documentation and translation services.
Contact: Dennis Toon
Local Office: 90 Springside Drive
Asheville, NC 28803
Tel: 545-1920 Fax: 684-0774
Website: www.sonc.net
Email: dennis.toon@buncombecounty.org
Provides year-round sports training and support to individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Contact: Doug Lebbon
PO Box 1008
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Website: n/a
E-mail: treehouse68@charter.net
Tel: 775-5595 Fax: n/a
An all volunteer organization that provides emergency utility assistance for local residents in the Swannanoa area.
2-1-1 Director: Rachael Nygaard
50 S. French Broad Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.211wnc.org
E-mail: rnygaard@unitedwayabc.org
Tel: 2-1-1 and 252-4357 (HELP)
Administrative Line: 255-0696
Fax: 236-3848
2-1-1 is a free, 24-hour number for health and human services information in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania counties. Referral specialists assess callers’ needs and direct them to appropriate service providers in the community.
(FORMERLY THE VOLUNTEER CENTER)
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe Manager:
Sarah Catoe
50 S. French Broad Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.handsonasheville.org
E-mail: info@handsonasheville.org
Tel: 2-1-1 or 252-4357 (HELP)
Fax: 255-8004
Hands On Asheville-Buncombe, a program of United Way, makes it easy to get involved in meaningful volunteer opportunities in Asheville and Buncombe County. Volunteers can access the online database and find opportunities that meet their skills, interests and availability.
Executive Director: Ellen Clarke 218 Patton Avenue, P. O. Box 7472
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: www.wccj.org/
E-mail: eclarke@wccj.org
Tel: 252-2485 Fax: 252-5944
Provides intensive outpatient substance abuse services for women that are typically involved in the criminal justice system.
Provides mental health treatment services for low income women who are at risk of losing their parental rights or facing incarceration.
Executive Director: Dr. Ronald Curran
30 Orchard Street, P.O. Box 2411
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: www.wncap.org
E-mail: wncap@main.nc.us
Tel: 252-7489 Fax: 253-8602
Provides advocacy and case management for individuals with HIV/AIDS to assure comprehensive and coordinated health and support services.
Executive Director: Carlos Gomez
10 Ridgelawn Road, P.O. Box 338
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: n/a
E-mail: cgomez@wncchs.com
Tel: 285-0622 Fax: 285-9187
Provides intensive support and services for low-income and/or disabled individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
Provides mental health services to primarily limited English speakers.
Executive Director: Paul Vest
Development Director: Jenn Wisecarver
Corporate Offices 53 Asheland, Suite 105
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.ymcawnc.org
Tel: 210-9009 Fax: 251-2437
Serves youths through seniors with services such as employment training, health screenings, teen nights, and swim lessons on-site at the Pisgah View community
Serves youth ages 7 - 17 who are potentially at risk for negative behavior through after-school care and summer enrichment programming for low income families.
Offers quality child care for low wealth families during the summer for youth ages 5-17.
Helps kids in after school programs achieve a level of health and fitness that allows them to have a healthy childhood and develop skills/knowledge to take into adulthood.
Executive Director: Holly Jones
185 S. French Broad Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.ywcaofasheville.org
E-mail: marketing@ywcaofasheville.org
Tel: 254-7206 Fax: 258-8731
Ensures that children have access to quality day care and pre-school by providing affordable child care.
Provides support, education, mentors, one on one counseling, group counseling and links to services for pregnant and parenting teens ages 13-17.
Provides counseling, goal-setting, job placement, transportation, group support, child care and coordination of access to other services for displaced homemakers seeking economic independence.
Offers collaborative program to provide health screening for women.
Ensures that children have access to quality after-school care by providing a safe place to go, bridging academic achievement gaps, and providing care and education for children in critical stages of development.
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