School Social WorkERS
School Social Workers eliminate barriers to student achievement.
School Social Workers are trained, licensed professionals who are qualified to analyze barriers to learning and achievement and eliminate identified barriers. School Social Workers provide the vital link between the home, school, and community to provide support services that impact students’ academic achievement.
Your School Social Workers
School Social Worker Interventions
Truancy interventions: Identify students who have a history of 10 or more unexcused absences and provide interventions to these students and their parents to reduce or eliminate truancy.
Attendance monitoring: Monitor students with histories of severe attendance problems. Social workers provide targeted interventions to these students to assist them in overcoming barriers to regular school attendance.
Crisis intervention services: Assist and support students and their families in addressing traumatic or significant life events that impact student functioning and progress at school.
Assessments: Complete assessments include social histories, suicide assessments, McKinney Vento assessments and other student assessments.
Dropout prevention services: Attendance monitoring, truancy interventions, referrals to community agencies and basic social work services.
McKinney Vento services: Provide critical support services to McKinney Vento (homeless) students and their families.
Housing Resources
The Harvest Center of Charlotte
Is currently interviewing families and individuals for our CLT Passport Program (transitional housing). If you have any families or individuals that are interested in the program, please reach out to our intake coordinator Kristine at intake@theharvestcenter.org.
The Relatives
Homeless teens: (Accepting all teens under 18). Click HERE!
Phone: 704-377-0602
On Ramp Program via the Relatives
Offer help with assisting people ages 16-24 with obtaining their GED, finding housing, employment, applying for insurance and food stamps. They also house hygiene products as well. Click HERE!
Phone: 704-344-1111
Salvation Army Center of Hope Women and Children Center
We are an emergency shelter for women and children that provides three daily meals, case management, intervention programs, health care, child care, and guidance for school-age children and teens. The program is free and open to Mecklenburg County residents. Girls of any age and boys up to the age of 17 are welcome with their mothers. Click HERE!
Location: 534 Spratt Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: 704-348-2560.
Charlotte Family Housing
Charlotte Family Housing is a shelter-to-housing program for homeless families. While we primarily serve single mothers with children, we are also one of the limited options for single fathers with children and two-parent families. Click HERE!
Email: intake@charlottefamilyhousing.org
Phone: 980-288-0498
Children's Attention Home (Crossroads Program)
Homeless teens- This program allows us to walk alongside the youth in their journey and give them an avenue to live a successful, independent life. Click HERE!
Phone: 803-372-5980
Email: crossroads@attentionhome.org
Food Resources
Loaves and Fishes Pop Up Locations
Through the federal farm to food box program families are able to refer themselves for food pick-ups and there is no limit to how many times they refer themselves.
Referrals: Call Mrs. Ames, MCV Social Worker, at Garinger High School for referral to a location near you.
Link: https://loavesandfishes.org/food-share/
CMS Eats Meal Bundle Program
Parents can also call 2-1-1 to speak with an operator who will help them locate meal sites in their community. The 2-1-1 service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Services are provided in English, Spanish and many other languages. Call with any questions.
Phone: 211 or (980) 343-6041 or use your existing Paypam account to register.
AuntBertha.com
Search for free or reduced cost services like medical care, food, job training, and more. Click HERE!
Mental Health Resources
Cardinal Innovations
Mental health referrals can be accessed via phone.
Phone: 1-800-939-5911.
Web: https://www.cardinalinnovations.org/
Atrium Health - School Based Mental Health/Counseling
Atrium Health offers school based therapy to our students at Garinger High School. If you are interested in your student receiving school based therapy please contact your assigned counselor or School Social Worker. Parent/guaridan consent is required for a referral to receive therapy. Our current SBMH therapist's is Ms. Khrys Amaya, LCSW (Bilingual Psychotherapist).
Gems Teen Support Group
Therapy for Teens and Teen support group (Teen Health Connection).
Phone: 704-381-8336
Web: https://teenhealthconnection.org/
Annuvia for Substance Abuse Help
Substance Abuse treatment supports.
Phone: 704-376-7447
Mobile Crisys for Mental Health Crisis Support
24 hours/7 days mental health crisis support for Mecklenburg County
Phone: 704-566-3410 Option 1 (FREE service that will come to your location)
Lifeline TTY for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Phone: 988
Trevor Project - LGBTQ Crisis Support
Crisis Intervention Services for LGBTQ ages 13-24. Call 1-866-488-7386 or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200.
Web: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/pages/get-help-now
Suicide Awareness and Support Information American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Phone: 1-800-799-4889
Web: http://www.afsp.org
Suicide National Alliance for Mental Illness Charlotte
Parent Voice: (704) 365-3454 or (704) 365-4380
Prevention Resource Center: http://www.sprc.org
Web: https://nami-charlotte.org/support-groups/
Mental Health America of Central Carolinas
Stress management and support groups for teens.
Phone: 704-365-3454
Web: https://www.mhacentralcarolinas.org/
Domestic Violence Assistance
Safe Alliance's Clyde & Ethel Dickson Domestic Violence Shelter serves Mecklenburg County residents in imminent danger ready to escape from a domestic violence situation. The shelter has 19 apartment-style suites for families and 10 units for single adults. Greater Charlotte Hope Line 24/7 for info on parenting, domestic violence and sexual assault.
Phone: 980-771-4673
Web: https://www.safealliance.org/programs/domestic-violence-shelter/
Human Trafficking
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Human Trafficking Task Force is a coalition of services providers, law enforcement, and prosecutors, working to fight human trafficking.
Web: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/human-trafficking/task-force