United Way of Lee County is proud to partner with a diverse group of local agencies dedicated to meeting the needs of our community. Together, we work to improve lives in the areas of health, youth opportunity, community resiliency, and financial stability. Below is a list of our current partner agencies.
Our agencies:
Achievement Center
Contact Name: Joni House
Contact Email: joni@achievement-center.org
Contact Phone: 334-745-3501
The Lee County Chapter aids individuals in our community based on need without discrimination for medical and health needs. The Chapter also serves as a resource that collaborates with our community social service agencies to assist with special needs as presented on an individual basis. The Achievement Center provides vocational development services and extended employment programs for individuals with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities and for persons without disabilities who are culturally, socially, or economically disadvantaged.
Alabama Head Injury Foundation
Contact Name: Scott Powell
Contact Email: spowell@ahif.org
Contact Phone: 205-823-3818
The Alabama Head Injury Foundation (AHIF) operates statewide, assisting survivors of traumatic brain injury and their families in achieving the highest possible level of independent living. Most clients have severe injuries, often requiring round-the-clock care from a family member. AHIF offers a range of primary services, including support groups, camp experiences, financial counseling, housing assistance, home modifications, and respite care for caregivers.
American Red Cross
Contact Name: Lisa Johnson
Contact Email: lisa.johnson4@redcross.org
Contact Phone: 334-749-9981
The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering during emergencies by harnessing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. This ensures that all disaster-affected individuals receive care, shelter, and hope. We prepare communities for disasters, provide access to safe, lifesaving blood and blood products, and offer support and comfort to members of the armed services and their families whenever needed.
Child Advocacy Center
Contact Name: Karla Algarin
Contact Email: kalgarin@twincedars.org
Contact Phone: 334-705-0770
The Child Advocacy Center supports healing and justice for abused and neglected children in Lee and Macon counties. The Child Advocacy Center offers a child-friendly environment where children feel safe and empowered to share their stories. It provides core services to children and non-offending family members, including forensic interviews, forensic medical exams, therapy, family advocacy, court accompaniment, and parent support groups.
Community Market
Contact Name: Cindy Duff
Contact Email: cduff@foodbankofeastalabama.com
Contact Phone: 334-749-8844
The Community Market addresses hunger in our community by providing access to available food resources. Established in January 2003, it operates as an extension of the Food Bank of East Alabama, delivering direct food relief to low-income residents of Lee County. The Market offers a client-choice food selection in a grocery store setting at a convenient location.
Domestic Violence Intervention Center
Contact Name: Zenene Davis
Contact Email: z.humphrey@dvicastal.org
Contact Number: 334-749-1515
The Domestic Violence Intervention Center aims to eliminate violence in the lives of men, women, and children across the five-county area it serves. By providing direct support to victims of domestic violence, the center helps them break free from abusive relationships and reduces the likelihood of their return to the abuser
East Alabama Services for the Elderly
Contact Name: Sherri Long
Contact Email: easehomehealth@bellsouth.net
Contact Phone: 334-826-5811
East Alabama Services for the Elderly (EASE) enhances the welfare of seniors and disabled individuals in Lee County and nearby communities. EASE promotes public awareness of the aging process and the challenges seniors frequently encounter. By offering health, nutrition, and daily living resources, EASE aims to improve the quality of life for this population.
Food Bank of East Alabama
Contact Name: Martha Henk
Contact Email: mhenk@foodbankofeastalabama.com
Contact Phone: 334-821-9006
The Food Bank of East Alabama nourishes those in need across East Central Alabama by soliciting, procuring, and distributing surplus food and grocery products through its network of member agencies. Additionally, it strengthens and oversees this agency network while raising community awareness about the causes of and solutions to hunger.
Joyland Child Development Center
Contact Name: Pam Dumas
Contact Email: joylandcdcinc@yahoo.com
Contact Phone: 334-821-7624
Joyland strives to build a “Brighter Tomorrow” for children and their working families by providing childcare and quality education in a safe environment at an affordable cost.
Keeping Family Connections
Contact Name: Dee'Jannell Holmes
Contact Email: djholmes@twincedars.org
Contact Phone: 334-707-9229
Keeping Family Connections meets the supervised visitation needs of families and agencies by providing regularly scheduled supervised visitation for non-custodial parents and their children on a weekly, biweekly or monthly basis in our secure comfortable facility.
Lee County CASA
Contact Name: Hannah Leach
Contact Email: hleach@twincedars.org
Contact Phone: 334-703-4066
Lee County CASA provides carefully screened, trained and supervised volunteers to advocate for the best interest of children in dependency proceedings yielding a safe and permanent home where the child can thrive.
Lee County Literacy Coalition
Contact Name: Patricia Butts
Contact Email: patricia@leecountyliteracy.org
Contact Phone: 334-705-0001
The Lee County Literacy Coalition helps adults learn to read, write, and use mathematics at a level necessary to succeed and thrive in society. It offers one-to-one tutoring, financial literacy courses, and other informative workshops to help adults to achieve their educational goals. This gives them to opportunity to pursue better jobs and education and take better care of themselves and their family.
Project Uplift
Contact Name: Kelley Wells
Contact Email: kmann@lcydc.org
Contact Phone: 334-844-4430
Project Uplift is a program operating for the benefit of school age children in Lee County, AL. Its founders designed this one-to-one mentoring program to fulfill two important goals; reduce and prevent juvenile delinquency in Lee County and build self-esteem. Project Uplift fulfills this mission by paring children 5- 12 years of age with positive adult role models.
Special Deliveries
Contact Name: Ann Bethea
Contact Email: ann.bethea@integreahealth.org
Contact Phone: 334-742-2112
Special Deliveries is dedicated to strengthening families and preventing child abuse and neglect by offering parent education, counseling, and case management services to pregnant women and families with children from birth to kindergarten entry in Lee County. Services are delivered primarily in the home and are informed by the latest research in child abuse prevention. This holistic, comprehensive approach focuses on building family strengths to ensure that children are safe, healthy, and prepared for school.
Tallapoosa County Sheriffs Girls Ranch
Contact Name: Eric Strong
Contact Email: estrong@alsyr.org
Contact Phone: 256-896-4113
The Girls Ranch is sponsored by the Alabama Sheriff’s Association chartered under the laws of the State of Alabama. Its purpose is to operate and maintain homes for needy girls of school age, without regard to the child’s race, creed, color, or sex. The goal of the Ranch is to provide security, love, discipline and understanding in a positive environment filled with opportunities for children to prepare themselves for secure, productive roles in adult society.
Unity Wellness Center
Contact Name: Tracy Wynne
Contact Email: tracy.wynne@eamc.org
Contact Phone: 334-749-3593
Unity Wellness Center provides HIV primary medical care, case management, HIV counseling, testing, and prevention education as well as medical transportation services and housing assistance to individuals with HIV/AIDS who live in Lee, Macon, Chambers, Russell and Tallapoosa Counties in east Alabama.