WCCI- Watauga Community Compassionate Initiative [email protected]	Provides trainings, conferences, support, community resources
The Harvest House [email protected]	Provides gently used items for families and children
Youth Villages 828-268-7200	Provides assessments and counseling services
Chosen Miinstry [email protected]	Support, resources, mentorship
De La Cruz Farms 828-964-8152	Equestrian and farm opportunities
Post Adoption Success Team 828-695-6908	Our services will strengthen and enhance child wellbeing by providing support and advocacy to adoptive families.
The Children’s playhouse 828-263-0001	Our mission is to provide children from birth to age eight with an enriching, educational play environment while at the same time offering their parents and caregivers friendly support in the important job of raising children

Dentist accepting Medicaid Bluebird Pediatric  336-649-4001	895 State Farm Rd Suite 204Boone NC 28607
NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness 828- 278-9293	Education and support groups
Nest Alliance (Ashe Co) [email protected]	The NEST Alliance is a Christ-centered ministry that focuses on bringing children in to the Nurturing, Establishing, Securing, Trusting love of God.  The alliance seeks to provide a place of refuge and hope to children and their families–whether biological, foster, or adoptive.  The NEST Alliance is a children’s alliance of people who will give of their talents, gifts, and abilities to meet the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs of the children they serve
Western Youth Network  828-264-5174	After-school (5th-8th grades), Mentoring, Prevention, Summer program.

High Country Caregivers 828-832-6366	The High-Country Caregivers mission is to provide advocacy, support,and education for kinship caregivers and their families
Parent to Parent 828-262-6089	Parent to Parent Family Support NetworkTM – High Country provides free support, caring connections, information and hope to families who have a premature baby, a child with a disability, an emotional or behavioral challenge, a mental illness, a chronic health condition or to families who are grieving the death of a child.
Children’s Council 828-262-5424	Parenting classes, support groups, diaper bank and more!
CDSA- Children’s Developmental Services Agency of the Blue Ridge 828-265-5391	CDSA BR is a state agency serving children from birth to 3 years with suspected or diagnosed developmental disabilities. CDSA staff provides multidisciplinary assessments and works with parents, health care providers in developing an understanding of the child’s specific needs. CDSA will provide services or referrals to address those needs
CC4C- Tiffany Minton Health Dept 828-264-6635 [email protected]	This is a voluntary participation program. It assists families in identifying their needs and in finding and obtaining services such as special therapies, day care or medical care to meet those needs. It also provides families with a variety of information on topics such as growth and development, safety, and nutrition. The families are involved with developing the plan for services they need and want.
WIC- Health Dept 828- 264-6641	Provides food and nutrition services/voucher to children up to age 5. All foster children qualify
Daymark 828-264-8759	Addiction services
WCCI Support Services	A list of additional local support services published by WCCI. *We do not endorse all the services linked here

*All children in foster care qualify for free and reduced lunch and field trips*