The document provides resources for displaced workers in Blount County, Tennessee. It lists community organizations that provide assistance with immediate needs like food and housing, health care, job training, childcare, transportation, and more. Contact information is given for agencies that can help with unemployment benefits, food pantries, health services, utility payment assistance, clothing, and general referral services. The library and its resources for job searching are also highlighted.

1. COMMUNITY RESOURCES
FOR
DISPLACED WORKERS

2. RESOURCES FOR DISPLACED
WORKERS
By Blount County Public Library staff
o Community, Business & Service Resources
by Joan VanSickle Sloan
o Internet Resources & Learning Express
by Kathleen Christy & Melinda Rust
 Job Resource Day - March 3, 2009

3. JOB RESOURCES:
COMMUNITY, BUSINESS & SERVICE
Note: This is not an exhaustive list of resources.
o A few resources in each area are listed to give a
place to begin searching for assistance.
o Many other resources exist, and most resource
people in any category can provide more
referrals.

4. IF YOU’RE OUT OF A JOB,
YOU’RE NOT ALONE.
o Nearly everyone has been out of a job at some time or other.
o There’s no reason to be ashamed. The economy is not your fault.
o The change may lead to a positive transition in your life
o to boost you toward another better job or training or position
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5. NETWORK
 Most jobs are located through people
you know:
Family, friends
Business associates, former co-
workers
Colleagues in organizations
Former high school & college friends
and professors
College Placement Offices for alumni

6. FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
 If laid off— unemployment provides a percentage
of previous employment income
 Sign up:
by phone (may take up to six hours of time)
Online: http://www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd

7. *PRIORITIZE THE MOST URGENT
NEEDS FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY
*MAKE A WRITTEN PLAN
 List most urgent needs first
 List resources for meeting those needs

8. IMMEDIATE CASH
If you have no cash in reserve--no savings or
rainy day fund stowed away in cookie jar:
Get a job immediately to bring in cash
 Even minimum wage job
Keep looking for the job you really want.

9. Food – Community Food Assistance
and Food Pantries
 Department of Human Services (DHS) - food
stamps for low income - 981-2350, 303 Home
Ave., Maryville (Must make application)
 Community Food Connection, 1402 E.
Broadway – 977-4400
 Blount County Food Pantry at old Alnwick
School – 983-4206 2148 Sandy Springs Road,
Maryville

10. Church Food Pantries:
Chilhowee Baptist Center – 981-2992
 1905 E. Broadway –
Also offers clothing, utilities & other types of
assistance
Fairview United Methodist Church – 983-2080
 2508 Old Niles Ferry, Maryville (also offers clothing)
Alcoa-Maryville Church of God - Manna
Ministries – 983-6921
 2615 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville
Many others – call United Way, 2-1-1, Blount
County Community Action Agency for lists (see
phone numbers listed below)

11. ANGEL FOOD MINISTRIES
 – www.angelfoodministries.com – 1-888-819-3745
 (Low-cost, good-quality food distributed through
local area churches)

12. Health Care - chronic illness
or recent health emergency
 Blount County Health Department – 983-4582
McGhee Street, Maryville - for health care if
uninsured
 Department of Human Services (DHS) –
981-2350 - 303 Home Ave., Maryville - for children
& their guardians, prenatal care, nursing home
assessment
 Hospital Emergency Room – for emergency care
if uninsured

13. HEALTH CARE (CONTINUED)
 Good Samaritan Community Health
Center-Cherokee Health Systems - 273-1616
116 Chantilly Lane, Maryville – Not currently
accepting new patients
Dental Care for uninsured–
 Trinity Health Ministries, Inc. – 681-0770
1127 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville –
low income guidelines
Prescription Assistance–
 Partnership for Prescription Assistance –
www.pparx.org – 1-888-477-2669 (refers
qualifying patients who lack prescription
coverage to public & private assistance
programs)

14. HEALTH INSURANCE
 Department of Human Services (DHS) –
981-2350 ; 303 Home Ave., Maryville –
Applications for CoverTN, Health Assist &
TennCare - provide some health insurance
options for
1. children and their guardians
2. expectant mothers
3. uninsurable adults
4. nursing home screening

15. HOUSING – RENT OR HOUSE
PAYMENTS
 Blount County Community Action Agency –
983-8411, 3509 Tuckaleechee Pike, Maryville (old
Hubbard School near Lem’s Corner)
BCCAA screens and provides assistance for housing,
utilities, food. Free tax preparation assistance for low
income.
 Good Neighbors, 1021 Hampshire Drive, Maryville
– 681-5420 (Blount County Ecumenical Council of
Churches agency screens requests and provides short-
term, emergency assistance for housing, food,
utilities.)
 Family Promise (planning to start in June, 2009) –
Short-term, temporary housing for families without
any place to stay.

16. UTILITY BILLS – ELECTRICITY,
GAS, WATER/SEWER, PHONE
 Blount County Community Action Agency –
983-8411, 3509 Tuckaleechee Pike, Maryville
BCCAA screens and provides assistance for housing,
utilities, food. Free tax preparation assistance for low
income.
 Good Neighbors, 1021 Hampshire Drive, Maryville –
681-5420 (Blount County Ecumenical Council of
Churches agency screens requests and provides short-
term, emergency assistance for housing, food, utilities.)
 Free Cell Phone Service to Low Income Families
– 1-800-977-3768; ww.safelinkwireless.com
(free 911 service plus 60 minutes use per year)

17. Clothing & Miscellaneous Small
Appliances
 Salvation Army Thrift Store – 1413 E.
Broadway, Maryville – 983-7155
 Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store – 212
College St., Maryville – 379-9299
 Waste Not, Want Not – 1505 E. Broadway,
Maryville – 379-1112
 Good Will – New Midland Shopping Center, Alcoa

18. TRANSPORTATION
 East TN Human Resource Agency (ETHRA)
- 681-1778
8:00 am to 4:30 pm, M-F
 $3.00 each way to and from a location per county
 Call 48 hours ahead of time
 Car pool or
 Ride with a neighbor or relative

19. SCHOOL NEEDS FOR CHILDREN
(School Supplies, School Lunches, Classroom Fees,
Clothing)
 School Family Resource Services
 Alcoa – referral by classroom teacher or principal
 Blount County – referral by classroom teacher or
principal
 Maryville – referral by classroom teacher or
principal
 Chilhowee Baptist Center – 1905 E. Broadway
– 981-2992
 Also offers clothing, utilities & other types of
assistance

20. RE-TRAINING: GED, college,
specialized skill training
Blount County Adult Education (GED, computer
classes, English as Second Language), 1500 Jett
Road, Maryville (old Everett High School) – 982-8998
Pellissippi State Technical Community College –
Blount Co. – 681-1064
1010 Middlesettlements Road, Alcoa (Non-credit
training and Scholarships, Pell Grants, Loans for
credit training)
 Maryville College – 502 E. Lamar Alexander
Parkway, Maryville - 981-8000 (Scholarships, Pell
Grants, Loans)
 Multiple other colleges and skilled training
institutions in Knoxville area

21. Job Listings, Career Testing, Resume
Writing , Interviewing
 Online job listings: www.indeed.com;
www.blountjobs.com ; www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd
 Blount County Career Center (TN Dept. of
Labor and Workforce Development)
(www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd) - 983-2241
366 Glascock, Suite 100, Alcoa
Job listings, online career assessment, resume
software, booklets

22. JOB LISTINGS, CAREER TESTING, RESUME
WRITING , INTERVIEWING (CONTINUED)
 Blount County Chamber of Commerce –
983-2241, 201 S. Washington Street, Maryville (Job
listings, workshops, networking)
Blount County Public Library 508 N. Cusick Street,
Maryville – 982-0981 (www.blountlibrary.org) (Internet
computers, online Learning Express resume,
interviewing aids and other job search assistance;
Resume Writer software; MicroSoft software)

23. LOANS, MORTGAGES, CREDIT
CARD DEBT
Counseling regarding how to handle debt
payments.
o Consumer Credit Counseling Services of
East TN – 380-0129

24. Pets – pet food, veterinary care and bills
 PPAW (People Promoting Animal Welfare) –
856-7729; 6869 Morganton Road, Greenback –
Low-cost spay/neuter & reduced annual vaccinations
 Animal Works – 3337 Regal Drive, Maryville –
379-2227 - Low-cost spay/neuter and reduced annual
vaccinations
 Blount County Community Action Agency –
983-8411; 3509 Tuckaleechee Pike, Maryville (old
Hubbard School near Lem’s Corner)
BCCAA assists with pet food.

25. LEISURE ACTIVITIES
 Consider reducing (or temporarily giving up) use
of for-pay services (e.g., cable, internet, satellite,
multiple cell phones) and for-pay activities.
 Instead, check them out from the library or
substitute them for free activities.
 Enjoy free activities – hiking bicycling, walking,
free outdoor games, board games, reading, using
the Blount County Public Library.

26. GENERAL COMMUNITY
RESOURCE AGENCIES
 2-1-1 : Regional (Knoxville area) phone hotline for
community service agencies (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday)
 United Way of Blount County, 1615 E. Broadway,
Maryville – 982-2251
 Blount County Community Action Agency (BCCAA)
– 983-8411 - 3509 Tuckaleechee Pike, Maryville
BCCAA screens and provides assistance for housing,
utilities, food. Free tax preparation assistance for low
income.
 BCCAA Office on Aging – 3509 Tuckaleechee Pike,
Maryville – 983-8411
(Office on Aging serves as a resource referral agency for
services to the elderly. Includes Meals on Wheels.
Publishes a Senior Services Directory every 2 or 3 years.)

27. GENERAL COMMUNITY
RESOURCE AGENCIES
(CONTINUED)
 Good Neighbors, 1021 Hampshire Drive,
Maryville – 681-5420
(Blount County Ecumenical Council of Churches
agency screens requests and provides short-term,
emergency assistance for housing, food, utilities.)
 Blount County Career Center (TN Dept. of
Labor and Workforce Development) (Job
listings, online career assessment, resume
software, booklets)
366 Glascock, Suite 100, Alcoa, 37701 –
(www.state.tn.us/labor-wfd) - 983-2241

28. GENERAL COMMUNITY
RESOURCE AGENCIES
(CONTINUED)
 Blount County Public Library, 508 N.
Cusick St., Maryville –
982-0981 (www.blountlibrary.org) – (Internet
computers, online Learning Express resume,
interviewing aids and other job search assistance;
Resume Writer software; MicroSoft software)
 Reference Desk – 982-0981, ext. 4 or 273-1436.
 Community Information – Brochures, flyers and
booklets describing services available in the community.
 Blount County Chamber of Commerce –
983-2241
201 S. Washington Street, Maryville (Job listings,
workshops, networking

29. BEST WISHES IN YOUR NEXT CAREER!
508 N. Cusick Street Reference Desk:
Maryville, TN 37804 982-0981, ext. 4 or 273-1408
Phone: 982-0981
Web: www.blountlibrary.org