The Family Focus Guide helps families and individuals in and around the Fayetteville area find resources in our community.
If you have a service-focused organization that serves families in the Fayetteville, Cumberland County area and would like to be listed, please email us at [email protected].
Eligible participants may receive help with glaucoma medications, eye drops for acute infections, cataract surgery when visual acuity is severely affected, laser surgery for diabetes and retinal tears, and emergency eye related surgeries.
The Mutual Self Help Housing Program is about offering home ownership to First Time Home-buyers with low and very low income (80% of the median income or below). You will need to be credit worthy (credit counseling available), meet USDA-RD loan requirements, and have a reliable source of income. You will be working with several families helping each other in the process of building each families house. Participation in the building process is required but no experience necessary. The program takes hard work, commitment, and willingness to work as a group on each others home. The best part of the program is your loan payment. Your loan payment is lower than other home loan payments as it is based on your income and not the current interest rate. Your lender is the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service. The North Carolina Indian Housing Authority is paid through this grant not by you to assist you in loan process, first time home buyers education, the entire construction process itself and post home ownership education to help you keep your home.
The NC Foreclosure Prevention Fund helps North Carolina homeowners who are struggling to make their mortgage payments due to job loss or temporary financial hardship, such as divorce, illness, or death of a spouse. The Fund also assists returning veterans who are transitioning to civilian jobs. In addition, the Fund assists homeowners who are re-employed or on a fixed income after an eligible hardship but are earning less and unable to afford their mortgage.
For qualified homeowners, the Fund can pay your mortgage and other related expenses up to $36,000 for a maximum of 36 months.
The New Choices Program is designed to help displaced homemakers make the often difficult transition from the home into the work force. It provides individuals with job skills and education to promote confidence and economic self-sufficiency.
Provides spiritual guidance for both men and women. Provides food, clothes lending closet, counseling for substance abuse, domestic violence, and services for troubled teens.
Provides hot meals and clothing to the needy and/or hungry.
Operation Blessing is (501c3) non-profit Christian humanitarian organization, that provides short term assistance with food, clothes, limited approved financial assistant and crisis pregnancy support, to those in Cumberland County and surrounding areas.
Friday 9-Noon
Sat & Sun CLOSED
(Closed daily from 12-1 for lunch)
Provides health education about sickle cell anemia to schools and interested groups. Trained staff provide testing at no charge. Staff also provides counseling, follow up, and referral to other agencies as necessary and case management services.Limited financial assistance is available for medication. Other projects include research and screening. Manages the Cumberland County Minority AIDS Program which provides information and counseling. Call for information.
Offers child care assistance to current curriculum students enrolled at Fayetteville Technical Community College. Single parents, displaced homemakers or students who would not be able to continue their education without the availability of child care scholarships are eligible.
Financial assistance to families who qualify.
Fri 8:00am - Noon
After-hours appointments available
Provides assistance to eligible applicants whose residence was damaged during Hurricane Matthew. Services include grants to repair or rebuild houses and mobile homes, grants to completely replace mobile homes, reimbursement for money previously spent on repairs, homeowner buyout for unsalvageable homes, relocation assistance, and assistance for landlords with damaged rental properties.
Provides assistance with clothes for those community members in need, a voucher is required. Support services and baby supplies are also available for teen mothers.
Distributes food to non-profit organizations that deal with the needy, including church pantries, soup kitchens, child-care providers and senior-citizen programs. Accepts donations of food.
Provides:recreational activities; informational programs/seminars; leisure classes; volunteer opportunities; fitness screenings/classes; adventure programming; intergenerational activities; senior games; monthly club meetings; trips and more for those aged 55 and older.
Special Assistance provides a cash supplement to individuals to help pay for room and board in an adult care home or group home.
Long Term Care provides a cash supplement to individuals to help pay for room and board in a long term care/skilled nursing facility.
The Steven A. Cohen Military Clinic provides Military Families with emergency financial assistance up to $200/ a year for prescription drugs, medical supplies, dental extractions, medical equipment, vision services, orthotics and prosthetics, and gas money for out of town appointments. Diabetic management services including, monitoring clinics, classes, and exercise. Eat Smart, Move More, a program of healthy living taught to church or civic groups. Including access to wheelchairs, walkers, bath assisting devices, bedside commodes, and other things.
List fee summer meals that are served to children ages 18 and younger and are located at schools, churches, community centers and other places that are safe for kids and teens to go. Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites only operate when school is not in session.
Formerly Green's Home for Women, now Teague's Home for women offers transitional housing for homeless women. VA claims Assistance Job Search Assistance/Referral Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans Mentoring/Life Coaching Assistance with Discharge Upgrades Financial Literacy Classes Transportation to VA for medical care and treatment Peer counseling and support groups. And above all, compassionate care and consideration for the daughters of our nation.
Teague's Home for Women is a faith-based non-profit organization designed to provide women the tools they need to move off the street, learn how to get a job or education and improve their situation.
The Re-Store Warehouse accepts donations of new and used home improvement products such as cabinets, appliances, lighting, furniture, lighting and plumbing fixtures, windows, doors and more. The materials are sold to the public at a discount with the proceeds going back to the community through organizations such as Fayetteville Urban Ministry, Operation Inasmuch, Cumberland Interfaith Hospitality Network, The Center for Economic Empowerment and Development (formerly The Women's Center of Fayetteville), Teague's Home for Women and Habitat for Humanity. These organizations provide much needed programs, assistance and housing for those who are less fortunate. Renovating your kitchen or bathroom? Working on a major remodel or just looking for some cool stuff to spruce up your house.
The Hope Center is a City of Fayetteville-owned facility to address the needs of the homeless female population. The Hope Center will provide meals, shelter, computer lab and referral services to homeless women
