OUR PARTNERS
ABUSE ALTERNATIVES
104 Memorial Dr., Bristol, TN 37620
423.652.9093 • Website
Provides 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, and outreach services to victims and children of domestic violence and batterers intervention program to perpetrators of domestic violence.
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF NE TN
660 Eastern Star Road, Bristol, TN 37620
423.765.2000 • Website
Provides programs to help prevent, prepare for and respond to life-threatening emergencies.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TN
301 Louis St., Suite 302, Kingsport, TN 37660
423.247.3240 • Website
Helping children overcome adversity and achieve educational success, higher aspirations, greater confidence, better confidence and avoidance of risky behaviors through one-to-one mentoring.
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE
334 Rebecca St., Bristol, VA 24201
276.699.8932 • Website
Provides programs to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION
1534 Euclid Ave., Bristol, VA
276.466.8292 • Website
Provides financial assistance to households needing emergency help with food, housing, essential utilities and prescriptions. An ecumenical outreach mission.
BRISTOL FAMILY YMCA
400 M L King Jr. Blvd., Bristol, TN 37620
423.968.3133 • Website
Provides an oasis of hope to people of all ages, faiths, races, backgrounds and abilities, regardless of their socioeconomic circumstances. Our focus is on youth development, healthy lifestyles, and social responsibility. Through a wide range of relationship-focused, impactful programs, services, partnerships, and collaborations, we offer hope throughout the community.
BRISTOL REGIONAL COUNSELING CENTER
26 Midway St., Bristol TN 37620
423.989.4500 • Website
Provides counseling, case management, alcohol and drug treatment and psychiatric services to adults and children. A fully accredited mental health service center.
BRISTOL REGIONAL SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER
111 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 100, Bristol, VA 24201
276-669-6331 • Website
Provides comprehensive and quality speech, language, and hearing services encompassing prevention, promotion, identification, intervention and education.
CASA FOR KIDS
423.247.1161 • Website
Provides professionally trained and supervised Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused/neglected children coming to the attention of juvenile court, so these children can more quickly end up in safe, permanent homes.
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SULLIVAN COUNTY
150 Blountville Byp., Blountville, TN 37617
423.279.1222 • Website
Provides programs to combat child sexual and severe physical abuse by coordinating and providing services to children and families in crisis in a safe, caring environment.
FRONTIER INDUSTRIES
498 Industrial Dr., Bristol TN 37620
423.878.1600 • Website
Provides programs that improve the overall quality of life for people with disabilities by providing residential services, extensive vocational training for people with disabilities who have limited or no previous work history, and assistance/support in community employment.
GIRLS INCORPORATED
613 Highland Ave., Bristol, VA 24201
276.669.8686 • Website
Provides services to girls ages 5-18 with nationally recognized afterschool and summer programs; we inspire girls to be STRONG, SMART and BOLD.
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS (CIS OF AH)
220 Lee Street, Bristol, VA 24201
276.821.5630 • Website
CIS of SWVA surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
MORRISON SCHOOL
400 Edgewood Lane, Bristol, VA 24201
276.669.2823 • Website
The Morrison School equips and empowers students who learn differently to achieve up to their maximum potential by instilling in them the academic proficiency, personal values, self-confidence, motivation, and social competence necessary for personal happiness, job success, and good citizenship.
FAMILY PROMISE OF BRISTOL
100 Ash Street #2, Bristol, TN 37620
423.528.3036 • Website
Provides help to the homeless and low-income families to achieve sustainable independence through a community response.
FIRST TN HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY
423.461.8200 • Website
Supportive services provided by qualified employees (Personal Support Assistants), supervised by professional staff, directed to providing protective supervision and care for adults in their own home. teaching homemaker skills; provision of household management; essential shopping; household tasks; provision of personal care; and/or provision of temporary care to help the adult return to or remain in his/her own home. Case management by professional staff may be included as a component of this service.
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
423.929.8185 • Website
Provides programs that build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
HEALING HANDS HEALTH
245 Midway Medical Park, Bristol, TN 37620
423-652-0260 • Website
Provides charitable health clinic services including medical, dental, chiropractic, podiatry, counseling, and eye care to the working uninsured, low-income persons and their families of the Greater Bristol area.
IMAGINATION LIBRARY FOR BRISTOL
276.676.6222 • Website
Provides free books to children from birth through their 5th birthday at no cost to the family. The program is free to all children residing in Bristol Virginia regardless of the family’s income.
RIVERS WAY
423.538.0405 • Website
Provides outdoor adventure programming for youth-at-risk and youth with disabilities in Bristol and surrounding communities.
SALVATION ARMY
137 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Bristol, TN 37620
423.764.6156 • Website
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.
SEQUOYAH COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
PO Box 3010, Johnson City, TN 37602
423-952-6961 • Website
Provides programs emphasizing character development and values-based leadership training and is the nation’s foremost youth program.
SULLIVAN COUNTY IMAGINATION LIBRARY
P.O. Box 3045
423.239.1100 • Website
Develops the love of reading in all children in Sullivan County by providing an age-appropriate book each month to every child from birth to five years.
YWCA NETN and SWVA
106 State St., Bristol, TN 37620
423.968.9444 • Website
Established in 1943, YWCA NETN and SWVA began as a residence for women who came to the area seeking employment during World War II. Growing from a home for the “Rosie the Riveters” of southern Appalachia, we are now a multi-site human services and advocacy operation, serving nearly 9,000 annually. From the beginning, we have tackled some of the toughest community issues including the need for affordable childcare, racial injustice, teen pregnancy, and gender disparity.
