A Step Ahead Foundation Tri-Cities works to remove barriers to Long-Acting, Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) and provide individuals a step ahead to maximize their potential in the Appalachian Highlands. A Step Ahead is a community partner through their collaboration with local schools, youth based nonprofits and ETSU Pediatrics to provide education and accessibility to LARC across our region.

Adult Day Services (ADS) provides personalized care for adults who are physically, socially, emotionally and mentally challenged, or frail due to advanced age. ADS helps older people maintain their independence by providing stimulating activities including daily exercise and craft projects.

The American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union and Washington counties in Tennessee.

Project Access offers a way to break that cycle and help individuals and communities to be healthier. With a strong network of providers in place, strict program guidelines for patients, and a requirement that patients have a primary care provider, Project Access effectively lessens the negative impact of the uninsured in Northeast Tennessee.

Appalachian Opportunity Fund (AOF) is a non-profit dedicated to eliminating financial stress and changing financial trajectories for households in NE Tennessee, SW Virginia, and beyond. We provide free, people-centered financial coaching to help individuals and families build a brighter financial future. 

The Boys & Girls Club of Elizabethton/Carter County has been a cornerstone of the community since opening it doors. Serving hundreds of youth each year, they provide a safe, structured and positive environment for young people after school, during holidays and summer vacation.

The Boys & Girls Club of Johnson City / Washington County to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

CCDP focuses on seven evidence-based prevention strategies including; providing information, enhancing skills, providing support, enhancing access and reducing barriers, changing consequences, changing physical design, and modifying policies.

CHIPS provides shelter and services to victims of domestic violence and their children that will enable them to begin and maintain a life free of violence.

Coalition for Kids is on a mission to help children in need by providing a safe place with caring staff and volunteers. They offer a wide variety of activities specifically designed to instill confidence, foster leadership, strengthen character and cultivate a passion for knowing God and walking with Him!

The Elizabethton Senior Center works to provide nutritious meals to home bound and congregate clients 60 years of age & also handicapped individuals. Serving Seniors in the Carter County community since 1968!

The mission of Family Promise of Greater Johnson City (FPJC) is to help homeless and low income families achieve sustainable independence. They provide a network of faith congregations and community agencies to promote a collaborative response for homeless families with children.

Safe House provides 28 beds in two distinct domestic violence shelters, located in undisclosed locations in Kingsport and Johnson City. Safe House provides safe confidential shelter to any victim of domestic violence as well as their depend children.

The Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians serves 46 counties from southwest Virginia, through east Tennessee, and into north Georgia. United Way of East TN Highlands is supporting Girl Scout troops across Washington, Carter and Johnson Counties of Northeast TN.

At Huschka House, our mission is to ensure every young adult in our region — especially those aging out of foster care or facing homelessness — has the opportunity to build a stable, successful life. We provide transitional housing, life-skills training, and supportive services for young adults ages 18–23 who need a safe place to land.

Johnson City Recovery Center’s mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities who have been affected by substance use and addiction in Washington County and surrounding areas of Northeast Tennessee through the provision of community-based linkages and recovery support services that increase recovery capital and sustained recovery.

Supporting the immediate needs of Johnson County citizens that are diagnosed with cancer.

The Johnson County Community Center has educational programs through local agencies, and volunteers. They offer one on one tutoring, evening meal or snack all staff are CPR First Aid certified and have background checks.

The Johnson County Senior Center serves Johnson County, TN. They are a multi-purpose center providing services for people age 60 and older. They help the senior community in any way they can including offering meals throughout the week, Silver Sneakers workout programs, and so many activities that it’s hard to list them all.

MyRide is a volunteer senior transportation service providing transportation assistance for Senior Citizens age 60+.  Providing door-THROUGH-door transportation for doctor appointments, grocery shopping, beauty/barber shop appointments and other social gatherings.

The mission of Loaves & Fishes Meal Ministry is to provide a free, daily meal to anyone in the community of Elizabethton or Carter County that needs or wants one. To serve that meal with a servant’s heart and respect. And to ensure that the meal provided is of the best quality our organization can provide.

Personal Support Services (PSS) exclusively provides homemaker services for the Department of Human Services’ Adult Protective Services (APS), aiding some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable adults. When APS refers cases of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation, PSS steps in with highly trained staff to offer in-home care, housework, errand running, financial oversight, and safety monitoring.

The Rise Up program is designed to inspire, influence, and impact today’s kids for tomorrow’s future. Rise Up’s foundation is centered holistically by embracing our youth, teaching the importance of education, servant leadership, community involvement, successful relationships, healthy living and the love of Jesus Christ.

Rise HFL offers responsible, inclusive sexuality education in Northeast Tennessee. We work to change culture by educating and empowering youth as young as kindergarten through older adults. Truly comprehensive sex-ed (CSE) leads to healthier, more respectful relationships, self-confidence, and more responsible decision-making.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee has led the effort to end hunger in Northeast Tennessee since 1986. An affiliate of the Feeding America Network of Food Banks, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee’s Second Harvest is the only food bank serving the eight county region incorporating Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties.

Chartered in 1961 and affiliated with the Arc Tennessee, Arc of Washington County is dedicated to promoting the growth of nurturing communities where all people have the opportunity to join in fellowship and valued contribution to family, friends, neighborhood, work, spiritual, and community life.

The mission of Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency, Inc. is to provide education, direction and support to individuals, families and organizations in order to strengthen and stabilize the community through collaborative efforts of agency programs and cooperative partnerships.