Building Brighter Futures for Young Children. We believe when young children are given the opportunity to reach their full potential, that they will become loving, nurturing independent individuals who will contribute to their families, communities, and society. We believe that all children, when surrounded by a supportive community, can achieve economic success and experience the highest quality of life.

It is the mission of the Craven County Health Department to build upon the history of public health while responding to the dynamics of the growth of our county and the changing priorities of the health system.

We strive to improve the health status, and thereby the quality of life of our citizens by providing:

• A doorway of access to the medical community
• Assistance to employees in their professional growth and recognizing them for their accomplishments
• Environmental services to ensure a safe community in which to live
• The highest quality services at the most efficient cost
• Prevention, screening, treatment, referral and education services

The mission of the Craven County Department of Social Services is to provide services to enhance the quality of life of the county’s most vulnerable citizens. The general services available are outlined below:

• Child Welfare: Protective Services for Children, Foster Care, Adoption, Crisis Intervention, court-ordered studies.
• Adult Services: Adult Protective Services, rest home monitoring, group care placements, in-home care.
• Public Assistance:  Medicaid, Food Stamps, Work First Cash Assistance, Energy Assistance, Surplus Food Distributions, and Special Assistance for Home Care.
• Work Programs:  Work First and Food Stamp Employment and Training services for recipients of public assistance.
• Day Care: Subsidized day care for public assistance recipients and working families with low incomes.
• Preventive Services: Programs for children and adults who are at-risk of needing protection. Include programs for adolescent parents and at-risk youth.
• Senior Services: Serving Seniors over 60 with a congregate meal site, meals on wheels, and health promotion activities.

We Care. Let's Connect.

Provides information and referrals to alcohol and drug treatment. They also provide educational programs and materials to businesses, community groups, families, and individuals. To be the entity in NC that ensures access to quality, relevant, respectful  SUD care. We strive to ensure every  person in NC needing substance use disorder treatment receives it. We help people overcome substance use and mental health disorders. We seek to eliminate stigma. We embrace all pathways to recovery and healing with dignity and respect for everyone. For more information contact: info@alcoholdrughelp.org.

We connect. We educate. We advocate.

Legal Aid of North Carolina is here to remove civil legal barriers to economic opportunity for every vulnerable North Carolinian. In 2022, we provided legal services to 22,745 people, benefitting 55,166 total individuals, with the legal and non-legal services they need to live safe, stable, self-sufficient, productive and meaningful lives. Here’s how we do it.

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.​

Rebuilding Lives, Restoring Hope

Craven County Disaster Recovery Alliance (CCDRA) is working with non-profit and faith-based organizations providing repairs and rebuilds for survivors of Hurricane Florence. CCDRA is active in case management and the coordination of volunteers and rebuild/repair sites.

Our partnership with the Craven-Pamlico Re-Entry Program (CPRP) provides a support network for formerly incarcerated individuals of Craven and Pamlico counties. Together, we provide guidance from the point of leaving the prison system to obtaining health care and family stability, re-entering the workforce, and becoming productive citizens. This initiative helps those who have served their time and paid their debts to:

• Compete for a job
• Attain stable housing
• Support their families
• Contribute to the community
• Reduce crime and recidivism rates

The partnership will also help cover student costs related to housing, transportation, childcare, food and hygiene items, administrative fees, vocational/educational training, and school-related supplies and fees.

Serving others with many hands and one heart.

Hope Mission of Carteret County, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization. Hope Mission serves the Carteret County community by providing food, shelter, emergency financial assistance, and other means of support such as emotional support, mentoring and counseling.

The mission of Hope Mission Ministries is addressing the needs of poverty, homelessness, and substance abuse in Carteret County.

At Hope Mission, we believe that homeless folks and those that are on the edge or have substance abuse issues have lost their sense of identity. Much of the time that loss of a sense of identity is because of the disconnection from family and community. These folks feel as though they are standing alone against the whole world. And they become discouraged from thinking that life can ever be any better. They lose hope. At Hope Mission, we do everything we can to give them back that sense of belonging. We believe this is vital to their ability to transition back to the full and rewarding lives God intended them to live.

Hope Recovery Homes, Inc. is a twenty-four-hour nonprofit facility established for the purposes of shelter care and recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction through a 12-step, self-help, peer role modeling, and self-governance approach. 

Hope Recovery Homes, Inc. utilizes comprehensive evidence based, best practices guidance for its “in house” and “wrap around*” services for all participants. We partner with RHA, Port and Carteret Counseling Services so that participants may receive clinical assistance as well. The program length is approximately 180 days. Hope Recovery Homes has 40 beds total. 3 men's homes and 1 women's home.

We believe all people struggling with addiction (especially the homeless, uninsured and underserved) deserve services on demand. That’s why we offer both a men’s campus and a women’s campus tailored to serve their unique needs. At Healing Transitions, we’re all about freedom, dignity, and hope. We do this through a long-term recovery program, a non-medical detox and an emergency shelter. We make it our mission to see the potential that exists in each person, even when they are at their lowest point.

We’re here for all people, under the influence or not, and regardless of readiness for change. Because everyone needs a glimpse of hope to believe life can get better. And even one encounter with someone in our village (whether participant, alumni or staff) might just save their lives. So, whatever brings them here, and however long they’re willing to stay, our doors are always open. No matter what.