Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties
An independent, non-profit agency serving Anderson County residents, including helping families in urgent need with basic survival necessities and helping to preserve/improve existing housing.
Anderson County Community Action Commission - Green Thumb Garden Program
Provides seeds, fertilizer, and plants to approximately 500 low-income residents of Anderson County, in the spring of each year.
Susan Bowling, Director
865-457-5500
Anderson County Emergency & Rescue Squad, Inc.
Anderson County Volunteer Rescue Squad provides search and rescue operations to the unincorporated areas of the Anderson County and, through mutual aid, to its cities upon request. Missions include vehicle extrication, K-9 search, mountain search and rescue, water rescue/recovery, high/low angle rope rescue, and trench rescue.
Lin Chilcoat, Treasurer
865-457-7864
The Arc of Anderson County, Inc.
An advocacy agency serving the needs of those of all ages with developmental and cognitive disabilities providing parent support, education, and adult recreational activities.
Dennis Elred, Executive Director
865-481-0550
Contact Helpline, Inc. - Serving 865
Provides telephone listening/counseling, information/referral, and suicide prevention services.Volunteers are available 8 am till 11pm, all calls are anonymous and confidential. Also provides a reassurance program to contact elderly and homebound or disabled clients daily to check on their well being.
Holly White, Director
865-482-4949
Diabetes Vision Screening
For uninsured patients with diabetes, who are at high risk for developing retinopathy, vision screeing and follow up care to prevent blindness.
Kathy Scruggs, Director
865-425-8001
Dialysis Transportation Program
Low income dialysis patients are provided a transportation subsidy to their three time per week trips to the Kidney Dialysis Clinics.
865-425-8808
Ecumenical Storehouse, Inc.
An all-volunteer, non-profit agency that provides household goods and furnishings free of charge to needy families in the surrounding area.
Brenda Brewer, President
865-481-0274
Emory Valley Center
Provides case management, training, housing, jobs and job placement for adults with severe disabilities, and preschool services for disabled children.
Jennifer Enderson, Director
865-483-4385
Emory Valley Dental Center
Extraction and restorative dental clinics held monthly for Anderson County residents without dental insurance.
Jeannie Bertram, Clinic Coordinator
865-425-8725
Epilepsy Foundation of East TN.
Epilepsy Foundation of East TN is a voluntary, non-profit organization formed in 1978 to meet the needs of people with epilepsy, their families, and concerned individuals by providing quality education, information, and support services.
Lynn Goad, Executive Director
865.522.4991
800.951.491
HOPE of East Tennessee, Inc.
A chemical dependency treatment center for adults. Offering intensive outpatient, halfway house program, and transitional living. The halfway house programs are self pay and TennCare is accepted for intensive outpatient.
Tolbert "Sam" Healey, Executive Director
865-482-4826
Legal Aid Society of Middle TN and Cumberlands
Student/Family Support Project.
Neil McBride, General Counsel
865-483-8454
Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital & Center, Inc.
Provides a full-range of services for the mentally disturbed including treatment in and out of the hospital and operates a satellite center in Anderson County.
Robert Benning, CEO
865-482-1076
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
A organization dedicated to alleviating hunger by distributing food to other non-profits, enabling those agencies to fund programs that will assist the poor.
Safe Haven Center
Free, confidential crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy and support for child and adult victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse and family violence; education and prevention programs.
Belinda Jones, Executive Director
865-522-7273