HEALTHCARE SERVICES:
1) Mountain Community Health Partnership
Provides: primary care for adults and children, behavioral health services, case management, and OB/pregnancy care; reduced price diaper program for qualifying families
NOTE: sliding scale fees dependent upon household income
Phone #: 828-688-2104
Website: https://www.mchp.care/
2) Mitchell County Health Department:
Provides: adult healthcare, dental care, public health services, food assistance, child healthcare, family planning services, and more
Phone #: 828-688-2371
Website: http://www.toeriverhealth.org/
3) MY Meds Medication Assistance Ministry:
Provides: assistance with medication costs for those who are uninsured and cannot afford their medications, referrals to other agencies, and medicare counseling
Phone #: 828-766-6337
Website: http://mymedsoutreach.org/
GENERAL ASSISTANCE:
1) Mitchell County Dept. of Social Services:
Provides: childcare subsidies, food\stamps/TANF, medicaid intake, adult protective services, child protective services, other general assistance
Phone #: 828-688-2175
Website: https://www.mitchellcounty.org/departments/social-services/
SENIOR SERVICES:
1) Mitchell County Senior Center:
Provides: health promotion programs, congregate and home delivered meals, transportation assistance, insurance counseling, in-home aide referrals
Phone #: 828-688-3019
Website: https://www.mitchellcounty.org/departments/senior-center/
2) Carolina Home Care Specialists:
Provides: personal care assistance, home management, shopping and companionship
Phone #: 828-765-4343
3) Toe River Home Health
Provides: catheter and wound care, help the home bound meet their healthcare needs, collect labs/specimens for physicians, teach/counsel patients
Phone #: 828-733-8266
Website: http://www.toeriverhealth.org/Home_Health.asp
PLEASE CONTACT HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS:
Phone #: 828-832-6366
Address:
PO Box 3356
Boone, NC 28607
Website: highcountrycaregivers.com
HOUSING ASSISTANCE
1) Northwestern Regional Housing Authority:
Provides: rental assistance, housing counseling, and housing assistance
Phone #: 828-264-6683
Website: http://www.nwrha.com/regional-offices/mitchell-county-field-office
2) W.A.M.Y. Community Action:
Provides: weatherization assistance and heating appliance repair/replacement to assist with reducing heating and cooling costs (eligibility is based on household income)
Phone #: 828-733-0156
Website: https://www.wamycommunityaction.org/
3) DSS – Low Income Energy Assistance Program:
Provides: Provides monetary assistance for heating bills to eligible families (eligibility is based on household income)
Phone #: 828-688-2175
Website: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/assistance/low-income-services/low-income-energy-assistance
LEGAL ASSISTANCE:
1) Pisgah Legal Services:
Provides: free civil legal aid to very low income individuals
Phone #: 828-253-0406
Website: https://www.pisgahlegal.org/
FOOD ASSISTANCE:
1) Bakersville Baptist Church:
Provides: food pantry with distribution 1-2 times per month
Phone #: 828-688-4331
2) Ave Maria Ministries:
Provides: food pantry on Wednesdays from 1 to 4PM
Phone #: 828-765-2224
Website: https://www.icarol.info/ResourceView2.aspx?org=82852&agencynum=38385476
3) Mitchell County Sheperd’s Staff Food Pantry:
Provides: food pantry
Hours: Mon, Tue, & Thu – 10AM-4PM (closed for lunch 12-1PM); Friday 9AM-1PM
Phone #: 828-765-5385
Website: https://www.mcshepherdsstaff.org/
4) Mitchell Yancy United Methodist Church:
Phone #: 828-385-1131
Website: https://www.umc.org/en/find-a-church/church/?id=32976
5) The Bridge Church of Western NC:
Provides: food boxes to SNAP qualified families on 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month
Phone #: 828-765-2969
Website: http://www.tbcwnc.org/
CHILD SERVICES:
1) Blue Ridge Partnership for Children:
Provides: support groups for parents, childcare resources and referrals, outreach events, play and learn activities, and other social events
Phone #: 828-733-2899
Website: https://blueridgechildren.org/
2) Children’s Developmental Services Agency:
Provides: assessment and services for children under the age of three with suspected or diagnosed developmental disabilities
Phone #: 828-265-5391
Website: https://beearly.nc.gov/index.php/contact/cdsa
3) Mitchell County Public Library:
Provides: Story Time (Tuesdays at 11AM), Knit and Crochet Club ( Wednesdays at 10AM), and other services/programs/events
Phone #: 828-688-2511
Website: https://www.mitchellcountylibrary.org/
4) Cooperative Extension 4-H:
Provides: clubs, special interest programs, summer camps, school enrichment, and after school child care
Phone #: 828-688-4811
Website: https://mitchell.ces.ncsu.edu/mitchell-county-4-h/