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LIVE UNITED
Underneath everything
we are,
Underneath everything
we do,
We are all people.
Connected,
Interdependent,
United.
And when we reach out
a hand to one,
We influence the
condition of all.
That's what it means to
LIVE UNITED.
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UWGK Member Agenc Program Descriptions
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**Meals on Wheels of Kingsport, Inc.
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program provides hot nutritious meals and human contact to isolated, incapacitated senior citizens, and if appropriate other home bound, disabled persons to facilitate safe independent living.
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**Shepherd Center of Kingsport
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*Assistance to Older Adults Program
provides services (transportation, medical equipment loan, minor home repairs) which enable older adults to remain living independently and safely in their homes.
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**Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee
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*(BBBS) Community and School Based Mentoring Program provides at-risk children with friendship, guidance and fun by uniting them with a caring adult mentor – their Big Brother or Sister.
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**Boy Scouts Sequoyah Council
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*Youth Development Program
teaches participants life-long skills and values. Responsible, caring and productive adults are the result of the Scouting comprehensive methodology.
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**Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kingsport, Inc.
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*Building Successful Adults
provides a safe environment helping children realize their fullest potential by providing quality programs, which enhance health, social and educational development.
*Licensed Child Care Program
helps children realize their fullest potential by providing child care programs which enhance their health, social and educational development.
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**Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council, Inc.
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*Outdoor Education Program
provides individual growth through development of self-sufficiency skills and awareness of the natural environment
*Youth Development
is a small group informal education program designed to build skill progression and provide opportunities for personal growth.
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**Girls Incorporated of Kingsport
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*Core Programs
are provided after-school and during the summer for girls ages 4 – 19 that enhance their educational, emotional, occupational and physical development
*Outreach Programs
are provided after-school and during the summer for girls ages 5-18 that enhance their educational, emotional, occupational and physical development.
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**Holston Children & Youth
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*School Community based Student Assistance Program (SAP)
services are designed to prevent alcohol and drug use and/or reduce negative consequences of substance use on educational experiences.
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**Kingsport Child Development Center
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*Sliding Fee/Income Based Child Care Program
provides quality childcare/preschool services implementing developmentally appropriate programs meeting the social, emotional and educational needs of all children served at affordable rates for parents/guardians.
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**Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Inc.
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*Equine-Assisted Learning Program
for At-Risk Youth enhances the emotional development of at-risk youth through therapeutic horse-related activities.
*Therapeutic Horse-Related Activities Program
enhances the physical, emotional and cognitive growth of persons with disabilities.
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**Frontier Industries Kingsport
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offers vocational, employment, residential, developmental, and community integration services to individuals who have developmental, emotional, and/or physical disabilities.
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**Hope House
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*Fresh Start Program
reaches out with love and support to moms and babies in our community with what they need to grow, succeed, and become self-sufficient
*ReStart Program
assists homeless single pregnant women as well as new mothers and their babies with all they need (including housing) to advance scholastically and become financially independent. Helping them ReStart their lives and fulfill their dreams
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**John R. Hay House
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*Brown Annex Program
is a special needs facility, for male offenders, which provides structured residential treatment services for adult felony offenders twenty-four hours a day for offenders who have special needs and would otherwise be incarcerated.
*Hosanna House Program
is a special needs facility, for female offenders, which provides structured residential treatment services for adult felony offenders twenty-four hours a day for offenders who have special needs and would otherwise be incarcerated.
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**Literacy Council of Kingsport
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*Tutoring Program
helps adults and children improve their literacy skills or to learn to speak and read English through one-on-one tutoring with trained volunteers.
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**American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee
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*Community and Social Services Programs
meeting targeted community needs-rent/mortgage assistance to reduce homelessness, emergency dental care, life essential prescription assistance, health screenings, school clinic care and international emergency communications
*Emergency Services – (Disaster and Service to Armed Forces) Program
assists those affected by disaster, coordinate with the community to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters, and provide, emergency communications for military families.
*Health & Safety Services Program
provides quality training and information to help people respond to emergencies, avoid injury or illness, and maintain a safe and healthy lifestyle. Skilled instruction proves this program invaluable to those who have used the skills to save lives.
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**CASA for Kids, Inc.
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* Court Appointed Special Advocates Program
professionally trains and supervises concerned citizens to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates, helping to ensure safety and permanency for abused and neglected children
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**Children’s Advocacy Center of Sullivan County
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*Counseling Program
provides child victims of abuse with specialized individual/ group counseling, medical exam preparedness, court readiness/support and non-offending caregiver assistance within a child-friendly environment.
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**CONTACT-Concern 211
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A telephone helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide information and referral (2-1-1), a “listening” ear to distressed callers, crisis intervention, and daily reassurance calls.
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**Friends in Need
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*Dental Services Program
provides affordable dental care to the working uninsured of the greater Kingsport area.
*Medical Services Program
provides affordable medical care to the working uninsured of the greater Kingsport area.
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**Holston Counseling
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*Crisis Response Services Mobile Crisis Response Team
provides 24 hour crisis intervention counseling and referral services for persons experiencing a psychiatric crisis
*Substance Abuse Program
(alcohol and other drug programs) provide services to individuals who are experiencing interpersonal, family, employment, or legal difficulties due to substance abuse or dependence.
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**Legal Aid of East Tennessee
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*Kingsport Domestic Violence Program
provides family stability and safety for victims of domestic violence through court orders
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**Link House
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provides food, shelter, crisis intervention, diagnostic and evaluation services, as well as counseling, to adolescents who are neglected, abused, runaway, unruly or delinquent
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**Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center
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diagnosis and treatment of speech, language, feeding, and hearing disorder program is to provide the highest quality care for treatment of speech, language, and hearing disorders regardless of the client’s ability to pay
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**SAFE House
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is a temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence and their dependent children. The shelter is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Other services include information and referral for victims via the 24-hour crisis line, transportation, advocacy, follow-up services and community education
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**The Salvation Army
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*Emergency Shelter Program
provides lodging, meals, personal hygiene items, clothing, counseling, job placement, financial planning, and survival skills. Long-term care is provided to assist individuals/ families in becoming self-sufficient.
*Social Services Program provides basic human needs without discrimination: Clothing, meals, rent, mortgage, utilities, and medicine. Assist clients in becoming self-sufficient through our assistance program.
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