Community Services
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) is located in the Charlotte, North Carolina region and provides academic instruction, rigor and support each school day to more than 140,406 students in kindergarten through 12th grade in 180 schools throughout the cities and towns of Mecklenburg County. CMS believes setting high standards for all students creates a greater opportunity for future success – in our communities, within the region and across our diverse and global society. Click here to contact us. To contact the Board of Education, click here.
Refugee Support Services is a 501(c)3 nonprofit post-resettlement organization that helps newly-arrived refugees make Charlotte their new home. Click here to contact.
Organized in 2017, Welcome Home’s main purpose is to serve the newcomers and neighbors of our community - helping families rebuild lives they've left behind. The community-driven project does not limit or restrict aid to refugees based on religious or ethnic background. Currently, we serve refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar. Click here to contact.
Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte
We are a non-profit social service organization following the teachings of the Catholic Church. We offer services and programs in the following: Burial Assistance, Counseling, Family Enrichment including Elder Ministry, Marriage Preparation, and Natural Family Planning, Food and Clothing, Pregnancy Support, Adoption, Stay the Course, Supportive Services for Veteran Families, Teen Parenting, Transition Out of Poverty, Refugee Resettlement and Assistance, Immigration, and Social Concerns and Advocacy including CCHD & CRS, Education, Public Policy and Respect Life. Click here to contact.
Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency
CRRA provides resettlement services to refugees and asylees who are escaping violence, persecution, and repression. At CRRA we embrace refugees who arrive in Charlotte, recognizing their troubling experiences, trying to ease their transition into a new country, and respecting their need to remember where they came from. Click here to contact.
Interpreting Freedom Foundation
Founded in 2018, The Interpreting Freedom Foundation (IFF) is committed to supporting our Afghan Interpreters, allies, and families as they transition to their new life as community members of our United States of America. Click here to contact.
A Carolinas-based nonprofit organization bridging the gap between Veterans and their community. Transition can be a tricky time, and Veteran's Bridge home helps you get through it with a strong support system. Veteran's Bridge Home works with local non profits and veteran and non veterans alike to match volunteers to help provide hot meals for our newly arriving Afghan Allies as well as providing groceries for their families. Click here to contact.
International House is a nonprofit dedicated to helping immigrants and international culture thrive in our community. International House enriches the lives of immigrants, residents, and the community of Charlotte through cross-cultural connections that foster understanding and fuel inspiration. Our hands-on programs help immigrants settle and succeed in this region while helping residents and businesses connect with people and cultures from around the world. Click here to contact.
The Latin American Coalition (La Coalición), is one of the oldest pro-immigrant non-profit organizations in Charlotte. La Coalición builds a community of Latin Americans, immigrants, and allies while promoting full and equal participation of all people in the civic, economic, and cultural life of North Carolina through education, celebration, and advocacy. During the past 30 years, they have seen the immigrant community bloom and create great solutions that not only bridge cultures, but teach us to appreciate one other. Click here to find help near you.
Our vision is to be a national leader in educational equity, excellence, and engagement. We are committed to preparing teachers, counselors, and school leaders who will provide all youth with access to the highest quality education possible and to meet the needs of all students, regardless of their backgrounds. Our graduates have shown the ability to be successful in all varieties of school and community environments, even the most challenging. Indeed, many seek out high need contexts where they can make the biggest difference. Click here to contact.
Universal Institute for Successful Aging of Carolinas
UISAC is a nonprofit organization that values diversity, holistic health, peaceful living, equal opportunity, civic and community engagement, especially for underserved populations including Refugees, Immigrants, and Minorities (RIM). We developed around 2006 out of the growing needs within the Charlotte metro area to support a rapidly diversifying population. We understand that a vibrant diverse population adds to the overall strength and well being of the whole community. Click here to contact.
Samaritan's Purse International Relief
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Click here to contact.
Myers Park United Methodist Church
We are a worshipping congregation in the heart of Charlotte, North Carolina. We have members of our church who live all over the city and even virtual members who join us from all over country and world. If you have a specific question for a member of our staff team, you can find that contact information below. You will also see some of our core beliefs outlined here. We hope and pray to continue to be a congregation that is always growing more in love with God and continually finding ways to serve our city and world. There is a place for you here. When we are worshipping, finding community, and making a difference together in our world, we see God’s love more fully. Please contact Julie Wentz (704) 376-8584.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (SHMETROLINA) strives through education, advocacy, and partnerships to eliminate hunger by the solicitation and distribution of food. SHMETROLINA has been in existence since 1981.
We provide a regional distribution warehouse and branches that supply food and grocery items to charitable agencies that assist people in need. We provide training, technical assistance and hunger education to our partner agencies. Click here to contact.
Loaves & Fishes provides a week’s worth of nutritionally balanced groceries to individuals and families experiencing a short-term crisis through a network of 41 emergency food pantries located throughout Mecklenburg County. Click here to contact.
INLIVIAN looks to develop, operate, and provide quality housing in sustainable communities of choice for residents of diverse incomes. Click here to contact.
