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Family Support Services

Children's Developmental Services Agency (CDSA) of the Blue Ridge
Early Intervention Services

Phone:    (828) 265-5391
Fax:  (828) 265-5394

Address:  2359 HWY 105 Boone, NC 28607
Office Hours:  Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Description of Services: 
Children’s Developmental Services Agency (CDSA) provides services for the development of infants and toddlers with special needs and their families. Services are for children birth up to 3 years old that have a developmental delay or established condition (a diagnosed physical or mental condition). The ITP provides a range of services to help families meet the developmental needs of their infant or toddler. Some of these include: evaluations, service coordination, physical, occupational and speech-language therapies, assistive technology, family support, and nutrition services. 


​Ages Served:  Birth to age 3

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted: 
​No family is denied services because of inability to pay. Evaluation and service coordination are at no cost for the family. Medicaid and the family’s insurance are billed with permission. 


Service Area:  Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey County
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Website:   http://www.beearly.nc.gov/index.php/contact/cdsa

Legal Aid NC

Phone: 
Toll-free: ​ 1-866-219-LANC (5262)
Daytime Hours:    Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Evening Hours:    Monday & Thursday: 5:30 pm -  8:30 pm
Local Call:  (336) 725-9162
Fax:  (336) 723-9140
Address:  102 West Third Street, Suite 460
                                   Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Description of Services:
​
Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity.​ We provide legal help in civil cases involving basic human needs like safety, shelter, income and more. Online Applications are accepted by going to the website.

Eligibility:  Low income North Carolinians

Website:   www.legalaidnc.org/

Our House

Phone: (336) 667-5555
Address:  203 East Main Street Wilkesboro, NC  28697
Office Hours:  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday:                                                                      8:30am - 5pm 
                                                  Wednesday: 1pm - 5pm


Description of Services: 
Birth to 17 years old, supervised visitation with Wilkes DSS, parenting classes, and free baby items can be received.

Website:   www.wilkescountyschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=437898&type=d&pREC_ID=948142  

Adaptive Baseball for the Exceptional (ABLE) Recreation 
More than Baseball

Phone:    (828) 964-9299
Email:  ablerec@yahoo.com

Description of Services: 
ABLE is a non-profit organization that coordinates activities/events for families who have children with special needs, including mental and physical disabilities.  The main focus is adaptive baseball in the Spring; however, other monthly activities are offered throughout the year including adaptive bowling and various holiday parties.

Ages Served:  All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted:   
​
Adaptive baseball has a nominal fee.  All other events are typically free.  Call for more information.

Website:   www.ablerecreation.com

Cooperative Extension 4-H

Wilkes Center
Phone:    (336) 651-7331
Fax:   (336) 651-7516
Address:  416 Executive Dr. Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Office Hours:  Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Description of Services:
4-H offers programs to North Carolina’s young people in their communities; 4-H programs include clubs, special interest programs, summer camps, school enrichment and after school child care.


Ages Served:   All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted:
4-H has no membership registration fee. There may be minimal costs for project manuals and some 4-H activities or events. Some clubs have dues to help defray the costs of project material and refreshments.


Website:   www.4-h.org

Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center (ECAC)

Parent Info Line:  1-800-962-6847

Phone:    (704) 892-1321 
Fax:    (704) 892-5028
Email:   ecac@ecacmail.org
Address:  907 Barra Row Suites 102/103
                                  Davidson, NC 28036

Description of Services:
ECAC is a private, non-profit parent organization committed to improving the lives and education of ALL children through a special emphasis on children with disabilities. Services include education, outreach and support to children and families across North Carolina.


Ages Served:  All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted:
Free services for any family with children with special needs.


Service Area:   All counties-State level

Website:   www.ecac-parentcenter.org

High Country Caregiver Foundation

Phone:   (828)-832-6366
Address:   130 Poplar Grove Connector Boone, NC 28607

Description of Services: 
The High Country Caregiver Foundation provides different services to caregivers throughout the High Country. Programs include Reach Out, an evidence-based caregiver support system designed to promote health and well-being of adults caring for persons with dementia; RAPP sessions provide a warm atmosphere for any relative or caregiver who has taken on the responsibility of raising a minor child. Other services include group respite, support groups and education/information of resources. 

Ages Served:  All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted: 
There are no fees for these services.

Service Area:   Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey County

Website:   highcountrycaregivers.com

High Country Families on the Spectrum

Contact Person:  Rebekah Cummings
Phone:  (828) 263- 4802


Description of Services: 
A support group for loved ones on the Autism Spectrum or in the broader Autism phenotype.

Ages Served:  All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted: 
​
There are no fees for these services

Blue Ridge First in Families

Contact Person:   Sherry Wilcox
Phone:  (336)   955-7140 
Email:   swilcox@fifnc.org 
Address:   406 W Main St, Wilkesboro, NC 28697

Description of Services: 
Blue Ridge First in Families is a community-based program. They serve individuals with developmental disabilities and/or traumatic brain injuries.

Ages served:   All ages


Fees/ Payment Type Accepted: Services are free

Eligibility: 
Services are referral based. Families must complete an application and have an annual income of less than $65,000 a year after taxes and they only offer assistance one time per year.

Service Area: 
 
Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancy

Website:   fifnc.org/programs/local.html
Carolina Cross Connection

Phone:  (704) 735-4257
Fax: (704) 735-1916
Address:  PO 5723, Concord, NC 28027

Description of Services:
​
Home Repairs-Carolina Cross Connections has volunteers that will paint, fix porches and roofs, cut weeds, build ramps, and other chores.  There is no charge, however you may be asked to provide the materials, if possible, but do not let lack of materials or money stop you from calling.  They are present in Wilkes County during the summer only.

Eligibility: Anyone in Need

Fees:  None

Website: https://carolinacrossconnection.org

Foster Family Association

Phone:  (336) 902-4449
Address:  PO Box 1363  North Wilkesboro, NC 28659

Description of Services:    
​
The Foster Parent Association of Wilkes is a non-profit support group open to foster, kinship and adoptive families. Other benefits are currently available to Wilkes County foster families upon membership. We strive to achieve relative ways to lessen stress on foster families and strengthen them through resources, education and support. We also seek to collaborate with community resources, Social Service Agencies and like-minded organizations to help create strong families and support systems for the children we serve.

Eligibility: Foster parents who have become members

Fees:  Small Annual Fee

Service Area: Wilkes County

Website:  http://fpawilkescounty.org/

Autism Society of NC-High Country Chapter

Contact: Melissa Weaver
Email:    autismwarriormom3711@gmail.com
Phone: (336) 977-4678

Description of Services:
Autism Support Group and  Autism Society of NC-Our organization works to directly improve the lives of individuals and families affected by autism through advocacy, training and education, and direct services.

Fee: None

Website:  http://www.autismsociety-nc.org/


NAMI of the High Country

Phone:    (828) 278-9293
Email:    info@namihighcountry.org
Address:  PO Box 2343 Boone, NC 28607

Description of Services:
NAMI High Country  supports those living with mental illness as well as their families and loved ones. They strive to increase public understanding of mental disorders and give hope to those experiencing them. Through events, outreach, and advocacy, they work to decrease the stigma surrounding mental illness and ensure that those living with it have a voice.

Ages Served:  All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted:
​All services are free and confidential.

Website:   namihighcountry.org

Parent to Parent Family Support Network of the High Country

Phone:  (828) 262-6089 or   Toll Free: 1-866-812-3122
Fax: (828) 265-5394
Email:   parent2parent@appstate.edu
Address:  2359 highway 105 Boone, NC 28607

Description of Services: 
High Country Parent-to-Parent provides support and information for families who have a premature infant, a child with a special need, disability, or chronic illness, and to families who are grieving the death of a child; match families with other families who have had similar experiences; and support professionals working with families who care for children with special needs and more.

Ages Served:    All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted: 
All services are free and confidential.

Service Area:   Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey County

Website:   parent2parent.appstate.edu

Post Adoption Success Coach Services​

Contact person:  Ligia Cushman- Supervisor
Phone:  (828) 695-5702
Fax:  (828) 695-6556
Email:   lcushman@catawbacountync.gov
Address:  Family Services Center
                                  3050 11th Avenue Dr. SE Hickory, NC 28602

Description of Services: 
Post Adoption Success Coach Services include connecting    families to community resources, helping parents assess their child's needs, providing adoption education and training, offering opportunities to connect with other adoptive families, offering support for special school needs, helping families manage crisis, providing individual, family, and group counseling, and teaching parenting strategies that work. 


Fees/ Payment Type Accepted: 
Services are offered at no cost

Service Area:    Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes county
​
Website:   http://postadoptionsuccesscoach.org/

Special Olympics

Contact Person: Susan Allen
Phone:    (336) 984-8288
Fax:  (336) 670-9749
Email: seussfann@embarqmail.com
Address: 640 Mulberry Mill Rd
                                   North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
​
Description of Services:
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families and other Special Olympic athletes in the community.


Ages Served:  All ages

Fees/Payment Type Accepted:
There are no fees for Special Olympics.


Website:   http://sonc.net/local-programs/wilkes-county/

Western Youth Network (WYN)

Phone:   (828) 264- 5174
Fax:  (828) 264- 0838
Email:    info@westernyouthnetwork.org
Address:   155 WYN Way Boone, NC 28607

Description of Services:
WYN is a relationship-focused resource for youth and families in the High County. Through prevention and intervention programs, WYN specializes in providing youth with tools they need to reach their potential and discover their place in our community and in our world.

Ages Served:  All ages

Fees/ Payment Type Accepted:
​WYN is a non-profit organization, services are free; donations are accepted.

Website:   www.westernyouthnetwork.org
​

North Carolina Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Help Line
​

Phone: (800)737-3028
Email: CYSHCN.Hepline@dhhs.nc.gov

Description of Services: A help line for caregivers of and professionals who work with children and youth who have or at risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral , or emotional conditions, and who need health related services beyond the care that children generally need.  We offer support on a range of topics such as:
-Services available under government and community programs
-Resources to help pay for medications, equipment/supplies, adaptive devices, utilities, or food
-Available health care and dental providers
-Information on how to find services when relocating to and within North Carolina
-Health care transitions, guardianship, and alternatives to guardianship.
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Service Area: North Carolina

Counties We Serve
Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Mitchell
Watauga
Wilkes
Yancey
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