Kanawha County Resources

Referral Rources/Information

  • United Way 211: Call 211 or text your zip code to 989.211

  • Need Help Paying Bills: List of resources for struggling families ranging from rental and housing assistance, food pantries, national charaties, non-profits and churches.

  • FaithHealth Appalachia: Improves total health of the community by connecting people with services for transportation, food, housing, etc.

  • HELP4WV: Provides a 24-hour helpline for West Virginians who need help with addiction or mental illness. 844-435-7498

Food

  • Facing Hunger Foodbank: 304-523-6029, Mobile Food Pantry

  • Covenant House: 600 Shrewsbury Street, Charleston, WV 25301, 304-344-8053

  • Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church: 317 Washington St. W, Charleston, WV 25302, 304-346-0426

  • Salvation Army: 301 Tennessee Avenue, Charleston, WV 25302, 304-343-4548

  • Mountain Mission: 1620 7th Ave., Charleston, WV 25387, 304-344-3407

  • Union Mission: 700 South Park Road, Charleston (Kanawha City), WV 25304, 304-925-0366

  • Common Grounds: 6600 McCorkle Ave SE., Charleston, WV 25304, 304-720-9690

  • Hissom Inter-City Mission: 1305 Pennsylvania Ave., Charleston, WV 25302, 304-343-7046

  • Campbell's Creek Nazarene: 534 Campbell's Creek Drive, Charleston, WV 25306, 304-925-4373

  • Manna Meal: 1105 Quarrier St. (Inside St. John's Episcopal Church), Charleston, WV 25301, 304-345-7121

  • Bread of Life Ministries, Inc.: 102 Nazarene Dr., South Charleston, WV 25309, 304-744-0863

  • Heart and Hand: 212 D St., South Charleston, WV 25303, 304-744-6741

  • Harvest of Hope/ City Hope Fellowship: 714 E Dupont Ave., Belle, WV 25015, 304-925-7054   

  • Heart and Hand: 12404 Maccorkle Ave., Chesapeake, WV 25315. 304-543-4751

  • Sharon First Church of God: 2122 Cabin Creek Rd., Dry Branch, WV 25061, 304-881-3440

  • Tyler Mountain Cross Lanes Community Services: 5320 Frontier Dr., Cross Lanes, WV 25313, 304-776-5813

  • Nitro Food Pantry: 2003 20th St. (rear of Nitro Museum), Nitro, WV 25143, 304-881-2015

  • Lower Elk River Ministerial Association: 1 Timberdale Lane, Pinch, WV 25071, 304-965-6703

  • Trinity Evangelical Lutheran: 1600 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, WV 25311 304-539-4345

  • Christ's Kitchen: 405 B St., St. Albans, WV 25177, 304-722-4913

  • First Presbyterian Church of Dunbar: 1414 Myers Ave., Dunbar, WV 25064, 304-768-2455

  • EnAct - Clendenin Pantry: 121 Koontz Avenue, Clendenin, WV 25043, 304-414-4475

  • Fishers of Men: 847 Woodward Dr. Charleston, WV 25387, 304-421-0102

  • Riverside Side High School: Speak with Ms. Workman

  • Sissonville Community Food Pantry: 6823 Sissonville Dr. Sissonville, WV 25320, 304-984-1164

  • Step-By-Step: 415 Dickinson Street Charleston, WV 25301, 304-414-4452

  • Ten Up Ministries: 12646 Coal River Rd Saint Albans, WV 25177, 304-419-7252

  • West Side Food Pantry: 1455 4th Avenue Charleston, WV 25387, 304-984-3202

Clothing

  • Covenant House: 600 Shrewsbury Street, Charleston, WV 25301, 304-344-8053

  • Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church: 317 Washington St. W Charleston, WV 25302, 304-346-0426

  • Salvation Army: 301 Tennessee Avenue Charleston, WV 25302, 304-343-4548

  • Mountain Mission: 1620 7th Ave. Charleston, WV 25387, 304-344-3407

  • Union Mission: 700 South Park Road Charleston (Kanawha City), WV 25304, 304-925-0366

  • Heart and Hand: 212 D St. South Charleston, WV 25303, 304-744-6741

  • Kanawha County Schools Clothing Closet: South Charleston Middle, 304-348-1384

  • Lower Elk River Ministerial Association: 1 Timberdale Lane, Elkview (Pinch), WV 25071, 304-965-6703

  • First Presbyterian Church of Dunbar: 1414 Myers Ave., Dunbar, WV 25064, 304-768-2455

Housing

Health Department

  • Kanawha-Charleston Health Department: 108 Lee Street, East Charleston, WV 25323, 304-348-8080

  • Health Right East End Clinic: 1520 Washington St East, Charleston, WV 25311, 304-414-5930

  • Health Right West Side Clinic: 511 Central Ave, Charleston WV 25302, 304-340-1555

  • Health Right CommUNITY Wellness Center: 515 Central Ave Charleston WV 25302, 304-340-1558

  • Health Right Mobile Medicinal Clinic: 304-414-5930

Substance use/Recovery

Teen dating violence/Domestic Violence

Sexual Assault

Educational Services

  • Charleston Job Corps: 304-925-3200

  • EnAct: 304-414-4475

  • Mountaineer Challenge Academy: 800-529-7700

  • WVDHHR/WV Works: 304-457-9030

  • Job Squad: 304-848-0850

  • Workforce WV: 304-792-7010

  • iFoster Jobs Program: 855-936-7837

  • CogniTutor: Online Tutoring

  • Learn to Be: Online Tutoring, 714-926-0395

  • UPchieve Virtual Tutoring: Online Tutoring

  • Kanawha County Private Tutors

  • Kanawha Co afterschool program By Step by Step: 304-414-4451

  • Boys & Girls Club (Charleston): 301 Tennessee Avenue, Charleston, WV 25302, 304-342-8831

  • Boys & Girls Club (St. Albans): 812 South Carroll Street
    Saint Albans, WV 25177, 304-722-4307

  • Literacy Volunteers of Kanawha Co: 16 Leon Sullivan way Charleston WV 25301, 304-343-7323

  • Career Technical Education (CTE): 500 28th street Dunbar WV 25064, 304-766-0369

  • Caver Career and Technical Center: 4799 Midland Drive, Charleston, WV 25306, 304-348-1965

  • Option Pathway: The Option Pathway Program provides the flexibility our students need to catch up on credit deficiencies. Option Pathway combines a CTE (Career Technical Education) or CIEL (Career Integrated Experiential Learning) Program of Study with the GED exam to earn a high school diploma. Option Pathway requires students to obtain four credits of CTE or Experiential Learning to complete the program. Every High School in Kanawha Co offers this program to students who are needing to catch up on credits to graduate with their classmates. If interested talk to school counselor

Mental Health

  • Crisis Text Line: Text “HOME” to 741741

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

  • NAMI Helpline: 800-950-6264

  • SAMHSA National Helpline: 800-662-4357

  • Family Advocacy, Support and Training (FAST): 922 Quarrier St., Charleston, WV 25301, (866) 255-4370

  • Harmony Health Services: 1205 Quarrier St., Charleston, WV 25301, 681-265-9126

  • Highland Hospital: 300 56th St. SE, Charleston, WV 25304, 304-926-1600 (Inpatient services), 304-348-1436 (Outpatient services)

  • Kanawha Pastoral Counseling (KPCC): 16 Leon Sullivan Way, Suite 300, Charleston, WV 25301, 304-346-9689

  • Necco: 824 Cross Lanes Dr., Cross Lanes, WV 25313, 304-759-9835

  • Lasting Solutions: 90 MacCorkle Ave SW, Suite 201, South Charleston, WV 25303, 304-941-6256

  • New Horizons Therapy Services: 1215 #A Stewart Plaza

    Dunbar, WV 25064, 304-768-5506

  • PAIS, Inc.: 4834 MacCorkle Ave. SW, South Charleston, WV 25309, 304-346-9586

    Prestera Center: 511 Morris St., Charleston, WV 25301, 304-341-0511, 1-800-642-3434 (24/7 Crisis Number)

  • The Counseling Connection: 1021 Quarrier St., Suite 414

    Charleston, WV 25301, (304) 340-3672

  • REACH (Rape Education, Advocacy, Counseling and Healing) WV The Counseling Connection: 1021 Quarrier Street, Suite 414

    Charleston, WV 25301, 24-Hour Hotline 304-340-3676

Family Planning

While many family planning centers offer free and confidential services, availability may vary. Please contact each provider directly to confirm the services they offer, eligibility requirements, and any associated costs.

  • Cabin Creek Health Center: 5722 Cabin Creek Drive, Dawes, WV 25054, (304) 595-5006

  • Cabin Creek at Kanawha-Charleston: Health Dept, 108 Lee Street East Room 129, Charleston, WV 25301, (681) -205-2455

  • Clendenin Health Center: 107 Koontz Avenue, Suite 200, Clendenin, WV 25045, (304) 548-7272

  • Family Care – Birth Center: 108 Washington Street, West Charleston, WV 25302, (304) 345-2229

  • Family Care – Capital High School: 1500 Greenbrier Street, Suite 160 Charleston, WV 25311, (304) 400-7876

  • Family Care - Children's Medicine Center: 800 Pennsylvania Avenue, Charleston, WV  25302, (304) 414-1880

  • Family Care – Cross Lanes: 5161 Washington Street, West, Cross Lanes, WV 25313, (304) 722-7600

  • Family Care - Hills Plaza: 116 Hills Plaza Charleston, WV  25312, (304) 720-4466

  • Family Care - St. Albans: 12 Kanawha Terrace Charleston, WV  25177, (304) 201-1130

  • Family Care - WV State University: Student Health Center, Wilson Union Room 004 Institute, WV 25112, (304) 766-3323

  • Kanawha-Charleston Health Department: 108 Lee Street East Charleston, WV 25313, (304) 348-8080

  • Kanawha City Health Center: 4602 MacCorkle Avenue, SE Charleston, WV 25304, (304) 202-7535

  • Riverside Health Center (School-Based Health): Suite 103, #1 Warrior Way, Belle, WV 25015, (304) 949-3591

  • Sand Plant Health Center 1563 Sand Plant Road Charleston, WV  25309, (304) 756-1500

  • Sissonville Health Center: 539 Kanawha Two Mile Road, Charleston, WV  25312, (304) 984-1576

  • Valley Health - Upper Kanawha: 408 Alexander Street Cedar Grove, WV 25039, (304) 595-1770

  • Women’s Health Center of West Virginia: 510 Washington Street West Charleston, WV 25302, (304) 344-9834

  • WV Health Right: 1520 Washington Street, East Charleston, WV 25311, (304) 414-5930

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