Local Community Resources for BTCS Families
Information below is not a full list of community resources. Please contact the BTCS Family Resource Center for additional information. All adresses are Bristol, Tennessee unless otherwise noted.
General Needs
- United Way of Bristol TN/VA: (423) 968-4912
- 211/Contact-Concern of NE Tennessee, Inc.: (423) 246-2273
Food Assistance
- Salvation Army of Bristol
- 137 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
- Phone (423) 764-6156
- Breakfast provided for those using shelter services: Lunch: noon-12:30 p.m.: Dinner: 5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
- Haven of Rest
- 624 Anderson St.
- Phone: (423) 968-2011
- Food Pantry: Tuesday/Thursday by appointment 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.: Dinner daily: 5:00 p.m.
- Bristol Emergency Food Pantry (in front of First Baptist Church)
- 21 Washington St., Bristol, VA
- Phone: (423) 571-4449
- Hours of operation: Monday-Friday 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (Picture ID and Social Security cards of all in home required unless homeless)
- Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church Food Pantry
- 1127 Virginia Ave.
- Phone: (423) 968-1353
- Hours of operation: first and third Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday of each month 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Housing/Shelter Assistance
- Salvation Army of Bristol (See Section B for contact information.)
- Serves men, women, children
- Check-in is at 6:30 p.m.
- Haven of Rest (See Section B for contact information.)
- Serves: men, women, emergency family shelter
- Bristol Tennessee Housing and Redevelopment Authority
- 204 Bluff City Hwy.
- Phone: (423) 274-8150
Financial Assistance
- Bristol Faith in Action
- 1534 Euclid Ave., Bristol, VA
- Phone: (276) 466-8292
- Served by appointment only: rent, utility payments, mortgage payments, prescriptions, diapers, emergency food
- Salvation Army of Bristol (Section B for contact information.)
- Served by appointment only: food, housing, utility assistance
- Neighborhood Service Center (Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency)
- 522 Alabama St.
- Phone: (423) 968-3951
- Rent, mortgage payment, household goods for homeless, food
Medical
- Healing Hands Health Center
- 245 Midway Medical Park
- Phone: (423) 652-0260
- Health services for working, uninsured
- Crossroads Medical Mission
- Mobile health clinic providing medical services to uninsured and underinsured
- Call (276) 466-1600 for appointment.
- Sullivan County Regional Health Department
- 154 Blountville Bypass Blountville, TN
- Phone: (423) 279-2777
Clothing
- Haven Thrift Store
- 124 Pennsylvania Ave.
- Salvation Army Thrift Store
- 1224 West State St.
Mental Health Needs
- Bristol Regional Counseling Center: Frontier Health
- 26 Midway St.
- Phone: (423) 989-4500