Links
Descriptions usually from the website itself.
NEW: Read about the first annual Homeless Day on 10/10/10.
http://www.worldhomelessday.org
GETTING INVOLVED
Hands on Asheville-Buncombe: a program of United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, Hands on Asheville-Buncombe provides a link for individuals, families, corporate, and civic or faith-based groups to volunteer in support of nonprofits in Asheville and Buncombe County.
http://www.handsonasheville.org
Volunteer Match: Homeless & Housing Organizations: VolunteerMatch makes it easier for people and causes to connect. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. The service welcomes millions of visitors a year and is an internet recruiting tool for more than 74,000 nonprofit organizations.
http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/orgs.jsp?r=msa&categories=7&l=28816%2C+
AGENCIES
Asheville-Buncombe Homeless Initiative
http://ashevillenc.gov/residents/housing/homeless/default.aspx?id=1584
Veterans' Affairs Medical Center: Asheville: serves veterans in western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and upstate South Carolina and Georgia in its main medical center and our community-based outpatient clinic.
http://www.asheville.va.gov
ORGANIZATIONS
Asheville United (EqualityUnited): an issues Campaign comprehensively addressing the issue of homelessness.
http://ashevilleunited.webs.com
Homeward Bound - Asheville, NC
http://www.hbofa.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness: Western Carolina
http://www.namiwnc.org
North Carolina Community Health Center Association: Serving Asheville as the Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCHHs) in two locations, Community Health Centers ensure that everybody has a place to go when they're sick and hurting – regardless of their ability to pay. These centers strain to serve their patients while remaining viable and responsive to community needs. Health centers join together to secure their common mission through the North Carolina Community Health Center Association.
http://www.ncchca.org
North Carolina Mountain Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence
http://www.nc-mcadd.org
Pisgah Legal Services: Serving Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties, Pisgah Legal is a nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal aid to very low-income people; helps vulnerable people in our communities meet urgent needs; partners with dozens of other agencies to make sustainable change for people in crisis; coordinates the pro bono services of more than 300 area attorneys; improves systems and policies that impact the lives of low-income people.
http://www.pisgahlegal.org
United Way's 211 of Western North Carolina: a community service information line that links people to health and human services in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties. 2-1-1 service is free, confidential and available 24/7 to speakers of all languages. Whether you want to find or give help, trained referral specialists are available to answer your call and identify the right resources for you.
http://www.211wnc.org
MINISTRIES
Church of the Advocate is dedicated to serving the homeless, the vulnerable, and the street people of Asheville and Buncombe County. All are welcome to attend, regardless of their station in life.
http://www.ashevilleadvocate.com
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM) is committed to Christ to translate their faith into cooperative action which ministers to the spiritual, social, physical, economic and emotional needs of neighbors in the City of Asheville and greater Buncombe County.
http://www.abccm.org
Salvation Army Ministries: Asheville is the local branch of an evangelical church whose objects are ‘the advancement of the Christian religion… of education, the relief of poverty, and other charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole.’
http://www.salvationarmycarolinas.org/commands/asheville
Western Carolina Rescue Ministry has for the past 28 years been serving the poor, homeless and addicted in our community at 225 Patton Avenue.
http://www.westerncarolinarescue.org