24/7 Crisis Lines
Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 864-271-8888 or text 988
Sexual Violence Crisis Response (Pickens Co): 864-442-5500
SC Mental Health Crisis Response: 833-364-2274
Substance Abuse Helpline: 1-800-622-4357
Never Use Alone Hotline: 1-800-484-3731
National Human Trafficking Hotline (Polaris): 888-373-7888
Food Assistance
SC Food Access: a map of food pantries and soup kitchens
WIC program: A nutrition program for pregnant and new moms that provides food vouchers, breastfeeding counselors. You are automatically eligible for WIC if you’re on Medicaid or TANF.
SHINE Soup Kitchen: Take-out meals served three times a week in Easley.
FoodShare: a bi-monthly food box with fresh fruits and vegetables available at a low-cost or using SNAP benefits.
The Storehouse: A religious organization that provides a food pantry and a market.
Pickens Adventist Food Pantry: A faith-based food pantry in Pickens.
Housing Assistance
Easley Housing Authority: A HUD provider in Easley for low-income families.
Pickens Habitat for Humanity: Builds homes for low to middle income families with demonstrated need but ability to pay for housing.
Allen Temple Community Economic Development Corporation: Uses Section 8 eligibility to construct new homes and remodel old home for rental placement in the upstate.
Rebuild Upstate: Provides disability updates and critical repairs to low-resourced residents in Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, and Oconee counties
United Housing Connections: Assists with affordable housing for homeless or at-risk for homelessness individuals and families.
USDA Rural Development: provides grants and loans to families and communities
Emmanuel’s Hammer: A faith-based non-profit that provides critical home repairs/rebuilds for disaster relief or residents with demonstrated need
Day Shelters/Residential Shelters
Family Promise of Pickens County: Operates a day shelter that assists with preschool day care, laundry services, showers, and employment assistance. Also provides short term housing for families within volunteers’ homes
Home with a Heart: A faith-based residential home for men recovering from addiction
Safe Harbor: Domestic violence services including legal assistance and emergency shelter
Alabaster House: a faith-based home for women in recovery
Shepherd’s Gate: a faith-based emergency shelter for women and children operated by Miracle Hill Ministries
The Dream Center: A faith-based organization that offers enrichment and spiritual classes, provides Christmas gifts to families, and operates a residential program for single women and women with children under 11 years old.
Jasmine Road: A two year residential program for women who are survivors of trafficking, addiction, or prostitution. Faith-based.
Front Porch Housing: A faith-based residential program for families. Offers housing, resources, parenting classes, and counseling.
Collins Home Family Ministries: Faith-based pre-DSS intervention to privately place children temporarily, with a goal of family unification
Medical Services
Clemson Free Clinic: Offers free medical care, pharmacy services, and short-term mental health counseling to eligible residents.
Migrant Farmers Medical Clinic: Spanish-language health care through mobile clinics
Samaritan Health Clinic: A faith-based free medical and dental clinic for underserved residents of Pickens County without health insurance. Spanish speaking resources and staff available.
Clemson Rural Health Mobile Clinic: Offers cancer and health screenings and primary care services throughout the upstate. Many programs are free.
Foothills Community Health Care: A non-profit health clinic in Easley and Clemson which also provides a mobile clinic. Offers a sliding scale to families without insurance. Offers medical care, therapy, and pharmacy services.
Welvista: A non-profit providing pharmacy and pediatric dental services to underserved families in SC
AID Upstate: Services to residents with HIV/AIDS. Provides free HIV and STI screenings.
Servants for Sight: a non-profit mobile screening clinic for eye exams, glasses, and eye surgeries for upstate residents with demonstrated need and without insurance
Emerson Rose Congenital Heart Foundation: A faith-based foundation providing support, education, and advocacy to children with congenital heart defects.
Disability Services
BabyNet: An early intervention program for infants and toddlers up to three years old with developmental delays.
Pickens County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs: Provides residential and day programs for residents with disabilities.
The Champions Center for Special Children: A non-profit daycare for children from birth to age 5 with special needs
SC Vocational Rehab: provides job assistance to SC residents with disabilities
Family Connections of SC: provides resources to families with disabilities
Additional Support Services
Pickens Adult Learning Center: Offers parent/child reading classes, ESOL classes, and GED preparation. Provides free childcare for parents attending classes
Pickens County Advocacy Center: Provides crisis response for sexual violence, legal services, and quick escape resources. Licensed counselors offer therapy to children, adult survivors, and secondary survivors. Advocates are available 24/7 to meet survivors at Baptist Easley or AnMed hospitals
The Parenting Place: Offers free individual and group counseling for parents, operates a Healthy Families initiative with weekly home visits from pregnancy to early childhood, assists with victim of crime resources, and connects families to community benefits.
Pickens County First Steps: Prepares children for school success
Palmetto Pre-K: A service to connect families to free preschool programs
Behavioral Health Services: Provides drug and alcohol treatment services, mental health therapy, and domestic violence counseling
SC Works: Non-profit job assistance program with bilingual resources, job boards, training, and programs for ex-offenders, veterans, and individuals with disabilities
SC Legal Services: Free legal aid to low-income residents of SC.
Clemson Community Care: Provides a food pantry, utility bill assistance, homeless support, and rental assistance to Clemson residents
National Alliance on Mental Illness SC (NAMI SC): Provides education, individual and group support, and inpatient treatment for mental health
SHARE: Offers housing assistance, job training, energy assistance, and homeless services. Also operates Head Start childcare centers
The Salvation Army of Pickens Country: A faith-based non-profit providing food, clothing, job placement, and financial assistance to Pickens residents
United Christian Ministries: A faith-based non-profit providing food, clothing, and financial assistance
Recovery Meetings (AA and NA): local, in person meetings
Catholic Charities of SC: Offers disaster relief programs, wellness services, immigration legal support, mental health, incarceration/reentry help, and more
Pickens Library Seed Library: Pickens residents can take up to 10 seed packets per week.
Pickens Library: Allows checkout of wellness kits for blood pressure, diabetes, and more. Residents can also check out museum and park passes along with games and many other non-book resources.
Healthy Connections Transportation: A transportation service to all Medicaid recipients in SC
Upstate Red Cross: Provides assistance for families affecting by fire or disaster and provides services to veterans
SC Victim Assistance Network: A network of resources available to victims of crime in SC. Many Spanish language resources available.
Pickens County Mental Health: Outpatient individual and group therapy for adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness or major emotional disorders.
United Way of Pickens County: File taxes for free, access non-emergency resources by calling 211, find community resources.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace: an Easley organization that builds bunk and twin beds for children.
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