Community Resource Guide for Special Needs ... - Mission Health
Community Resource Guide for Special Needs ... - Mission Health
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Exceptional Children's Assistance Center<br />
828-255-1972<br />
866-545-5299<br />
Provides services and support across NC to parents, families, students, educators and<br />
other professionals with a special emphasis on children with disabilities.<br />
Western NC<br />
F.I.R.S.T.<br />
828-277-1315<br />
877-633-3178<br />
F.I.R.S.T. is a community benefit organization dedicated to providing in<strong>for</strong>mation,<br />
education, support and advocacy to persons with disabilities, their family and the<br />
community.<br />
Western NC<br />
Guardian ad Litem<br />
Buncombe 828-251-6130<br />
Henderson 828-694-4218<br />
Transylvania 828-694-4215<br />
Madison 828-737-6721<br />
Providing trained, independent advocates to represent and promote the best<br />
interests of abused, neglected and dependent children in the state court system<br />
Buncombe<br />
Henderson<br />
Transylvania<br />
Madison<br />
In Our Own Voice 828-232-0438<br />
People with mental illnesses tell their stories about learning to cope with the reality<br />
of their disorders while recovering and reclaiming productive lives in this brief, yet<br />
comprehensive, interactive presentation. IOOV includes video, personal testimony<br />
and discussion.<br />
Western NC<br />
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)<br />
Buncombe 828-505-7353<br />
www.namiwnc.org<br />
Henderson/Transylvania<br />
888-955-6264 www.namifourseasons.org<br />
NAMI's advocacy provides a unique voice <strong>for</strong> people who live with mental illness and<br />
their families in state and federal public and private-sector policies that facilitate<br />
research, end discrimination, reduce barriers to successful life in the community and<br />
promote timely, comprehensive and effective mental health services and supports.<br />
Buncombe,<br />
Henderson,<br />
Transylvania<br />
After School Programs<br />
See also "Tutoring".<br />
Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural<br />
Arts - After School Programs<br />
828-350-2062<br />
Provides licensed child care, supervised recreation and enrichment activities to<br />
children in grades kindergarten through 5th grade. The program operates during the<br />
school year in hours after school, teacher work days, and holidays.<br />
Buncombe<br />
Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County 828-693-9444<br />
Offers a recreational after school program Monday through Friday from 3:00-<br />
6:00pm.<br />
Henderson<br />
Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County 828-885-7800 Offers a variety of recreational after school programs. Transylvania<br />
Eliada Homes - School Age Program<br />
Hillcrest Enrichment Program - Asheville<br />
Housing Authority<br />
828-254-5356 x224<br />
828-252-6376<br />
Emphasizes the positive, useful, and fun experiences of learning, with a focus on selfesteem,<br />
social skills, and self-help skills.<br />
Provides educational, recreational, motivational and cultural studies <strong>for</strong> children in<br />
grades k-12.<br />
Buncombe<br />
Buncombe<br />
Compiled, maintained and provided by Family Support Network of Western North Carolina, 828-213-9787. Please contact us with corrections and updates. Thank you. 6
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