Campus & Community Support

The Appalachian State Anderson Reading Clinic provides direct service to children with reading problems and remains the only university-based clinic in North Carolina that offers year-round teacher training, along with diagnostic and remedial reading services to children in the community.

AppHealthCare offers Clinical Services on a sliding fee scale based on income for anyone, regardless of ability to pay. We also gladly accept Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. AppHealthCare provides primary care for children & adults, screenings, immunizations, maternal health, case management, outreach, behavioral health, communicable disease, family planning, well-child services, preventive dental, 340B pharmacy program, women, infants, and children program (WIC), breast and cervical cancer control program (BCCCP), transportation, and diagnostic laboratory and radiology.

AppHealthCare
126 Poplar Grove Connector
Boone, NC

Phone: 828.264.4995

The Blue Cross NC Institute for Health & Human Services provides multidisciplinary research opportunities, clinical services, community outreach, and training programs related to holistic health and well-being with the overarching goal of improving lives through transformative social, environmental, and healthcare advances.

Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences
1179 State Farm Road
Boone, NC

Phone: 828.262.7677
Email: ihhs@appstate.edu

The Charles E. and Geneva S. Scott Scottish Rite Communication Disorders Clinic provides services to children with language and reading disabilities, regardless of their families’ ability to pay.

Communication Disorders Clinic
400 University Hall Drive
Boone, NC

Phone: 828.262.2185

The Children's Council of Watauga County is a local nonprofit that works to build a strong foundation for children’s learning and development by strengthening families, the early childhood system, and the wider community. Services include parent support groups, in-home visits for newborns, and details on affordable childcare in Watauga County.

Children’s Council of Watauga County
225 Birch Street, Suite 3
Boone, NC

Phone: 828.262.5424

The Counseling and Psychological Services Center supports the mission of Appalachian State University and the Division of Student Affairs in the academic, vocational, emotional, social and cultural development of students. The goal of the Counseling Center is to assist the University community in maximizing the personal growth and development of its members. Services are primarily offered to students and focus on education, prevention, remediation, and crisis management. 

Call 828-262-3180 to schedule an initial consultation.

Harvest Heart’s mission is to support mothers, expectant mothers, by providing them with clothing, supplies, and information, for themselves and their families. It is to see mothers and families in the community feel empowered to raise their children without the financial burden. This will be a place where mothers can feel loved and supported, without judgment.

Harvest Heart
247 Boone Heights Drive
Boone, NC

Lactation Lounges are designated spaces available to faculty, staff, students, and campus visitors during the facility’s regular operating hours. Appalachian State University has three designated lactation lounges on campus:

The Mary S. Shook Student Health Services is a primary care ambulatory campus health clinic helping meet the needs of Appalachian State University students. Serving the student drives everything the Clinic does. 

Women's Health Services

M.S. Shook Student Health Services
Miles Annas Building
614 Howard Street
Boone, NC 28607

Phone: 828-262-3100

Parent to Parent FSN-HC provides free support, caring connections, information, and hope to families who have a premature baby, a child with a disability, an emotional or behavioral challenge, a mental illness, a chronic health condition, or to families who are grieving the death of a child.

ParentToParent
2359 Highway 105
Boone, NC

Phone: 828.262.6089
Email: parent2parent@appstate.edu

The ASU Psychology Clinic is a community-based training clinic dedicated to providing comprehensive psychological services to High Country residents and Appalachian State University students at an affordable cost.

Psychology Clinic
400 University Hall Drive
Boone, NC

Phone: 828.262.6639
Email: asupsychclinic@appstate.edu

Student Parents of Appalachian Connecting & Encouraging (SPACE) is a Facebook page for pregnant and parenting Appalachian State University students.

The Department of Social Services is dedicated to helping those citizens in need to meet basic financial and social needs; providing a safety net for children, the disabled, the elderly, and the poor; maintaining the integrity of families; and helping individuals become self–sufficient.

Watauga County Social Services
132 Poplar Grove Connector
Boone, NC | 

Phone: 828.265.8100

Western Youth Network is working to eliminate Adverse Childhood Experiences and their consequences by intervening in the root causes of trauma and advocating for trauma-informed policies and practices in North Carolina’s Appalachia region. WYN currently manages five initiatives to realize its vision of a trauma-free community: mentoring, after-school, summer camp, high school success, and substance abuse prevention.

Western Youth Network
155 WYN Way
Boone, NC |

Phone: 828.264.5174
Email: info@westernyouthnetwork.org