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Support groups in Mecklenburg County (NC)
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Nonprofit agencies in Mecklenburg County (NC)
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Other resources such as internet links, national support groups, and toll-free telephone numbers
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SECTION 1:  Support groups in Mecklenburg County
Note:  Because of the large number of people and organizations involved in helping those find a job, we are avoiding duplicating their extensive efforts by referring you to their information.  Our thanks to all the folks involved in producing the data linked below.   Here's what we know; if you find any errors or wish to add anything to this list, please click here to learn how to contact us.

Support Group Listings, Calendars, and other Overviews
(listed in alphabetical order)


Charlotte In Transition Support
CITS provides an extensive listing of resources and a very helpful calendar.

Click here to see the CITS listing of more than 30 Charlotte area support groups.
Click here to see the CITS calendar of those groups and other events.


Let's Get Going
LGG is a coalition helping those searching for a job. The web site offers free tools for people looking for work; these include in part your own web site and video resume.  The site also provides LGG videos with expert speakers as well as a wide range of activities and other really useful information.

Click here to visit the web site home page.
Click here to visit the calendar of meetings and events.
 


Mecklenburg Ministries
MM is creating a wide reaching coalition of churches and other religious organizations providing job search assistance. 

Click here to visit their home page.
Click here to view their listing of job search support groups. If this link is broken, click the link on the line above to go to the MM home page, find "Job Support Group Listing" in the middle of the page, and click on "Excel document".



zzzInactive groups which are no longer meeting and the last meeting date:
      Care, Skills, and Networking (2004) (1648)
      Career Connections of the Huntersville New Beginning Moravian Church (2004) (1951)
      Caring Connection of First Baptist Church (2004) (1597)
      Charlotte Employment Project (a nonprofit organization) (1999)  (1394)
      WomanReach Job Hunters Group  (1995)
      Workers in Transition at Forest Hills Presbyterian (2002)  (1595)
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SECTION 2: Nonprofit agencies in Mecklenburg County
United Way 2-1-1 (Information and Referral Services)  (138, all)
This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The Health Library of Presbyterian Hospital Matthews
The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.
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SECTION 3: Other resources:
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Internet links
National support groups
Toll-free numbers
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Internet links

LinkMedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Lists of national support groups

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

Note:  If you don't find what you want, or if you have any questions, please feel free to call us at SupportWorks at (704) 331-9500 (Charlotte, NC) for personal assistance. 

List of toll-free numbers
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LinkClick here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.
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