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Support groups in Mecklenburg County (NC)
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SECTION 1:  Support groups in Mecklenburg County
ParentVOICE  (1647,761/737/743)
This is a program of the Mental Health Association of Central Carolinas providing a wide variety of services for families with children who have mental health, emotional, or behavioral challenges.  No formal diagnosis is needed to participate in their free services.  As of this update, they have three support groups:  1) one for empowering parents and caregivers, 2) a teen group (both of which meet at Grace United Methodist Church), and 3) a grandparents raising grandchildren group (meeting at the Carlton Watkins Center).  This organization has a significantly energetic history with many caring people putting in lots of energy to make sure it works; it's noteworthy that every person working on the support groups has been a parent of a child with one of the above listed problems.  For more details about these groups and their other services, click here to visit the MHA site for ParentVoice or contact them at 704/336-7128 Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or leave a message for a return call at other times).

zzzInactive groups which are no longer meeting and their last meeting dates:
      Families Anonymous (2000) (1559)
      Help Every Loving Parent (HELP) (1999)  (123)
      Parents Supporting Parents (Mooresville chapter)  (1997)   (1395)
      Parents Supporting Parents (previously Toughlove) (2000) (104)
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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
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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

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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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