Abuse Alternatives, Inc.

Provides hotline, emergency shelter, intervention programming, and outreach services to victims of domestic violence and their perpetrators.

423-652-9093

American Red Cross-Mountain Empire Chapter

Provides food, clothing and shelter for fire and disaster victims, sends family messages to military personnel and teaches life saving skills such as CPR.

276-645-6650

Appalachian Independence Center

Provide community and individual programs and services that foster an environment in which people with disabilities will be able to achieve their maximum level of independence.

276-591-1433

Boys & Girls Club of Bristol

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

276-669-8921

Bristol Cancer Association

Assists low-income cancer patients by purchasing prescription medicines, dietary supplements, colostomy supplies, helping with travel expenses to receive treatment and furnishes information regarding various types of cancer.

276-669-6711

Bristol Faith in Action

Interfaith resource and referral service that provides material assistance (including help with food, housing, essential utilities, prescriptions, gasoline and bus tickets), as well as social, emotional and spiritual assistance.

276-466-8292

Bristol Family YMCA

Provides youth, teen and adult programs such as: sports, school age child care, camp, fitness and aquatics: with our purpose to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.

423-968-3133

Bristol Heart Association

Works to provide medications for local, eligible indigents with heart problems, giving them quality of life and preventing hospital stays.

423-968-9226

Bristol Life Saving Crew

Providing the best quality in emergency medical services to Bristol Virginia and surrounding area.

276-669-5441

Bristol Regional Counseling Center

A fully accredited mental health service center providing counseling, case management, alcohol and drug treatment and psychiatric services to adults and children.

423-989-4500

Bristol Regional Speech and Hearing

Provides speech/language/hearing services to anyone with a communication disorder.

276-669-6331

CASA for Kids

CASA for Kids, Inc. serves in the community by recruiting and professionally training concerned citizens to become Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused and neglected children who come to the attention of our juvenile courts in Sullivan and Hawkins County in Tennessee, including the greater Bristol community.

The professionally supervised CASA Volunteers represent the best interests of their assigned abused/neglected children, working to help ensure they end up in safe, permanent homes.

423-247-1161 Administration
423-652-1171 Bristol Office

Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol/Washington Co., VA, Inc.

To provide child abuse victims during investigation, treatment and prosecution of cases with individual child and family counseling, group counseling and support, parent education and family enrichment.

276-645-5867

Children's Advocacy Center of Sullivan County

To provide and coordinate services for children and families who have suffered the trauma of child sexual and severe physical abuse and to educate the community in an effort to prevent child abuse.

423-279-1222

Contact-Concern of NE TN, Inc.

A comprehensive telephone helpline, staffed by trained volunteers, with services including: information and referral services, crisis intervention, reassurance calls, and answering services for area agencies.

423-246-2273 or 2-1-1 in Sullivan Co.

Crisis Center

Provides free 24-hour hotline counseling/information and referrals, walk-in counseling, daily reassurance calls, 24-hour sexual assault intervention, counseling, support groups, education, awareness and a "1-800-SUICIDE" hotline.

276-466-2218 or Hotline 276-466-2312

Frontier Industries

Opens doors to people who have mental, physical and emotional disabilities by way of finding employment opportunities, providing extensive facility-based vocational services and intensive residential services.

423-878-1600

Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council, Inc.

The mission of the Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council, Inc. is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

423-929-8185

Girls Incorporated

Girls Inc. serves girls ages 5-18 with nationally recognized after school and summer programs; we believe in girls becoming STRONG, SMART and BOLD.

276-669-8686

G.R.A.C.E. Health Adult Day Care

Our mission is to enhance the quality and dignity of life for adults with disabilities or illness through a supportive and rehabilitative day program which maximizes independence and therefore enables individuals, to remain in his or her home environment.

Healing Hands Health Center, Inc.

Christian ministry that provides free medical, dental, chiropractic, podiatry, counseling, hearing and eye care to the working uninsured low-income persons of the Greater Bristol area.

423-652-0260

Highlands Community Services

Provides mental health, mental retardation and substance abuse services for the citizens of Washington County and the City of Bristol Virginia

276-669-3179

Janie Hammit Children's Home

To provide love, patience, and stability to females ages 12-18, while teaching them the independent living skills, social skills, and other skills that they will need to live in the community and to become productive adults.

276-669-9221

John R. Hay House, Inc.

A turning point for felony offenders which provides structured residential treatment, and various treatment alternatives.

423-578-3771

Legal Aid of East Tennessee

A non-profit agency providing civil legal assistance to low income families.

800-821-1312

Link House

Link House/Project Safe Place is an emergency shelter that provides diagnostic crisis intervention and counseling services to adolescents who are neglected, abused, unruly, runaways, or throwaways.

423-288-1828

People , Incorporated

Helps low income people improve their lives by operating over 30 programs, including child and family education, health education, youth development, housing improvement, employment, economic development and community services.

276-466-5587

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)

RSVP retains and assist persons aged 55+ in volunteering to public agencies and non-profit organizations in our area.

276-466-4332

River's Way Outdoor Adventure Center

The mission of River's Way is "providing opportunities for youth of all abilities to grow through outdoor adventures."

River's Way programs target youth with disabilities and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, drawn primarily from the Bristol area. River's Way runs summer camps, respite weekends and Adventures Incentive programs, serving over 1,100 youth per year. Adventures Incentive programs encourage our target populations to achieve measurable successes with academics and with positive behaviors. There are approximately 340 students from 15 schools enrolled in Adventures Incentive programs for the 2006-2007 school year.

889 Stoney Hollow Road
Bluff City, TN 37618

423-538-0405

The Salvation Army

Provides ongoing emergency assistance for individuals and/or families that are in need of shelter, meals, rent, utilities, medication, food, local transportation and other services essential for achieving independent living.

423-764-6156

Sequoyah Council, Boy Scouts of America

It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to serve others by helping to instill values in young people and, in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices during their lifetime in achieving their full potential. This is done through a fun-filled program that teaches young people teamwork, self-reliance and good citizenship.

The Boy Scouts of America offers its program through Cub Scouts (boys grades 1-5); Boy Scouts (boys ages 11-18) Venturing (co-ed ages 14-18), Exploring (co-ed ages 14-18) and Learning For Life (grades 1-12).

423-952-6961

Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc.

Provides free legal services to low-income residents of Southwestern Virginia, helping with problems that most seriously affect their lives: safety (domestic violence), housing, health, income or family stability.

276-783-8300 or to apply call 888-201-2772

Young Women's Christian Association of Bristol (YWCA)

Committed to the special needs of women and children; focusing on affordable childcare, adult day service (care), youth development, teen pregnancy program and career and technology development.

423-968-9444