Hi Haw River Elementary School Families!!
We want to do the best we can to support you and your families. Attached on the next page is the United Way of Alamance County brochure. This brochure offers a number of helpful resources for food pantries, housing & shelter, served meals, self-sufficiency/employment, utility & rent assistance, behavioral/crisis, etc. Some other helpful resources are listed below. If you need links to any of these resources, a PowerPoint is posted on the Haw River School Website with embedded links to all resources. If you need referrals to community agencies please contact our School Social Worker Casey Hill at casey_hill@abss.k12.nc.us. We have also linked the power point here.
Community Partners:
• Haw River United Methodist Church: Food Pantry: available to the community on
Tuesdays and Thursdays (10.m. – 12 p.m.), MUST call ahead at (336) 578-0611 to let
staff know you are coming
Facebook Pages:
• The Healing Station
• People Helping People Alamance County
• City Gate Dream Center
• Hope for Alamance County Needs Ministry
Helpful Programs:
• Attendance Works: Haw River Elementary wants our students to be at school!!! A missed
school day is a lost opportunity for students to learn. Students who attend school
regularly have been shown to achieve higher levels than students who do not have regular
attendance. This relationship between attendance and achievement may appear early in a
child's school career.
• NC 211: NC 211 is a vital service that thousands of people in North Carolina use. Every
day, clients contact NC 211 to access free and confidential crisis and emergency
counseling, disaster assistance, food, health care and insurance assistance, stable housing
and utility payment assistance, employment services, veterans' services, and childcare
and family services. Trained specialists listen, identify underlying problems, and connect
people with resources and services in their community.
• 988: 988 offers 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing
mental health-related distress. That could be thoughts of suicide, mental health or
substance use crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress.
• Alamance Partnership for Children: Offers a variety of programs and resources to help
every young child grow, learn, and thrive. Includes the program:
• Dolly Parton Imagination Library: Dolly Parton’s book-gifting program is free for
ALL Alamance County children from birth to five years of age. Each child
registered will receive one free age-appropriate book in the mail per month until
they reach their fifth birthday.
Autism Resources:
• Autism Society of North Carolina: The Autism Society of North Carolina improves the
lives of individuals with autism, supports their families, and educates communities. There
is a local chapter in Alamance County (search online for the local calendar of events and
the Alamance group’s Facebook page).
• Autism Society of NC Toolkits: get information and downloadable resources for topicssuch as special education, the IEP, accessing services, autism & health, advocacy 101, moving to NC, etc.
• Autism Society of NC Resource Specialists: Autism Resource Specialists are available to help families in every county of North Carolina.
• Autism Society of NC Clinical Services: Provide a variety of clinical supports to help
address challenging behaviors, promoting play, and communication skills through
interventions and consultations.
• Autism Speaks: Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of people with autism; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.
• The Incredible Years Parenting Class: A class for caregivers with children with autism or
language delays. The class, dinner, and childcare are provided free of charge to all
participants.
• TEACCH® Autism Program: Provides clinical services such as initial referral and
consultation, diagnostic evaluations, family consultation sessions, parent support groups,
social play and recreation groups, individual counseling for higher-functioning clients,
and employment services.
Thank you and we hope this is helpful!
- Abby Lewis
School Psychologist Intern
abigail_lewis@abss.k12.nc.us