Housing Assistance
Northwestern Regional Housing Authority
Provides rental assistance, housing counseling, and housing assistance.
W.A.M.Y. Community Action
Provides weatherization assistance and heating appliance repair/replacement to reduce heating and cooling costs (eligibility is based on household income).
DSS – Low Income Energy Assistance Program
Provides monetary assistance for heating bills to eligible families (eligibility determined by household income).
Mental Health Assistance
Daymark Recovery Services
Provides in-home treatment, behavioral health services, individual or family/group therapy, mobile crisis service, psychiatric services, and more.
Food Assistance
Hunger and Health Coalition
Provides a food pantry offering one box of food per family every 14 days, food recovery kitchen offering single-serve to-go ready meals, and fresh market offering local produce/bread/deli items. HHC also has a free pharmacy program offering prescription medications at little or no cost (eligibility is based on household income).
Greenway Baptist Church
Provides a food pantry open to the public on Thursdays 10AM-2:30PM.
Christian Outreach Center @ First Baptist Church of Boone
Provides weekly food distribution on Mondays from 2PM to 6PM for residents of Wilkes, Watauga, and Ashe counties (eligibility determined by household income).
Alliance Bible Fellowship
Provides a food pantry open daily 8AM-4PM (individuals can participate once per month with no income limits).
Child Services
Children’s Council of Watauga County
Provides support groups for parents, childcare resources and referrals, outreach events, play and learn activities, and other social events.
Children’s Developmental Services Agency
Provides assessment and services for children under the age of three with suspected or diagnosed developmental disabilities.
Watauga County Smart Start
Provides preschool education.
Watauga County Public Library
Provides: Baby Lap Time (Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:30-11:00AM), Family Story Time (Monday through Saturday at 11AM), Alphabet Ready by 5 (Thursdays at 11AM), Lego Club (1st Wednesday of each month at 3:30PM), and other family reading activities.
Healthcare Services
Appalachian Healthcare Project
Provides healthcare for low income, uninsured residents in this county dealing with chronic medical problems.
Community Care Clinic
Provides primary care, health education, and other specialty services for uninsured persons of Watauga County.
Watauga County Health Department
Provides immunizations, WIC information, walk-in or scheduled appointments for adult and child health, family planning services, and more.