Public library with internet computers (10 public-access per state data), wireless access, Tennessee Electronic Library, and notary service ($5 per stamp, call ahead).
Builds affordable homes for families who put in sweat equity and repay an affordable mortgage. Its ReStore sells low-cost furniture, appliances, and building materials.
Private Christian school on the Holston Home campus for residents and day students who struggle to succeed in school or in the community. Includes credit recovery toward a diploma.
Recruits, trains and supports foster families. A Child & Family Specialist supports each placement, with 24-hour on-call help, respite care and a daily rate. Most needed: homes for teens, sibling groups, medically fragile children and Spanish-speaking children. Family service centers are in Greeneville, Johnson City, Knoxville and Bristol VA.
Christian therapeutic residential care for youth. Wiley Center serves boys ages 11-21; Bewley Center and Hull Residence serve adolescent girls; Brumit Center Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) is the independent-living program. Staff include teacher-counselors, Child and Family Specialists, mental health professionals and adventure-based counselors. The agency also provides intensive in-home services with birth families.
Nonprofit that coordinates local agencies and churches to meet essential needs, including rent and utility help, for working families just above the poverty line (ALICE).
Primary Purpose NA group (several evenings plus a Tuesday noon meeting) and a Monday Dual Recovery Anonymous meeting for people with both addiction and mental health conditions.
Free adult education classes, assessment, and HiSET (high school equivalency) prep with a career coach. Call to schedule registration and orientation, which takes 2-3 hours.
Faith-based residential recovery program for women, focused on reuniting mothers with their children, with housing, classes, life skills and work opportunities.
Christmas shopping trip where officers take children from struggling families to shop at the Greeneville Walmart (about 270 children in 2024). Funded by public donations through the Greene County Law Enforcement Association.