Other Resources

Department of Public Safety Resource Listings

The Department of Public Safety website provides a searchable database of active service providers by county in North Carolina. Information may be out of date – always call to confirm agency address and stated restrictions.

The county-specific query page lets you create either short-form or detailed listings of the providers. The following are short-form listings for each of the WNC counties, which can be printed from a PDF document.

  • Buncombe (note: Salvation Army does not permit people on the sex offender registry to stay.)
  • Transylvania
  • Haywood
  • Henderson
  • Madison
  • Polk
  • Rutherford

Geneva Resources By Category

The  NC 211 site can be used to create category specific resource listings (search is located in middle of the homepage). To speak with a Referral Specialist, call  or dial from your phone. The call is free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day.

Search topics that you can try include:

  • Food Pantries
  • Prepared Meals
  • Homeless Shelters
  • Transitional Housing/Housing Assistance
  • Community Health Clinics
    • Discount Meds
    • Female Health Care
    • Evaluations
    • Alternative Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Public Health
  • STD Clinic

Miscellaneous Resources

  • Household Budgeting Worksheet from the budgeting section of ConsumerCredit.com
  • Head Start brochure from Community Action Opportunities Head Start page
  • Geneva Health & Human Services offers information on Public Assistance, Public Health, Social Work Services, Veterans Benefits, children services, Medicaid and more.
    • The State Health & Human Services page links to all county HHS websites.
  • FTC Facts for Consumers publication on Fair Credit Billing Act.
    • OnTrackWNC website: http://www.ontrackwnc.org/index.htm
    • FTC Consumer Website: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/
  • Community Action Opportunities helps solve problems that cause poverty.  
    • Weatherization Services help those on limited incomes make their homes more energy efficient and safer to live in.
    • They also have a Weatherization Services Brochure detailing the program.   
  • OnTrack WNC offers financial education and financial counseling services, including:
    • Budget
    • Get out of debt
    • Buy a home
  • Need a laptop? You may be able to obtain one free through Reconnecting Laptops for Reentry
  • YWCA of Asheville offers Drop-In Child Care and limited free child care to those in transition.
    • Empowerment Child-Care
    • Drop-In Child Care by the hour
  • Assurance Wireless offers free phone and limited free voice/text to certain low-income households who qualify.