Helping Appalachia Communities with Food and Essential Resources
Our Mission is to join communities, build and strengthen neighbor relations, and work side by side with residents to address community-wide concerns linking them to the resources supportive of a healthy, safe and economically vibrant standard of living.
Food boxes distributed last year, each enough to feed a family of four for a week
School backpacks and supply kits distributed for Back to School in 2024
Kids served at summer camps
Students received vocational education and training
Homes repaired and rebuilt in 2024
WHAT WE DO ⎯
Featured Programs
Each program answers a practical need: reliable meals, safer homes, school support, and essentials that help families stabilize.
Food Box Program
Provides food boxes, each enough to feed a family of four for a week, to communities facing food insecurity.
Education Program
Offers academic assistance, school supplies, and support that helps children stay ready to learn.
Home Rehabilitation
Repairs roofs, floors, porches, stairs, and other safety risks so families can live with dignity.
Basic Needs
Provides essentials such as coats, blankets, footwear, dental kits, and emergency utility assistance.
OUR MISSION ⎯
Breaking the cycle of poverty in Appalachia
Generations of families in Appalachia face limited access to essentials, stable housing, transportation, health care, and education. Americans Helping Americans strengthens community-led work so local partners can respond with speed, trust, and care.
Food Access
Delivering steady food support to families who might otherwise go without reliable meals.
Safe Housing
Repairing and rebuilding homes so seniors, families, and disabled residents can live safely.
Education & Training
Equipping students and adults with supplies, support, and training that widen opportunity.
Our Partners
We partner with organizations already rooted in their communities, helping them expand what they can do for families in need.
Our Impact
See how food access, housing support, education, and emergency response are changing lives across Appalachian communities.
Your gift helps local partners act quickly.
Every contribution supports practical resources like food boxes, home repairs, school supplies, emergency aid, and basic needs assistance.
LATEST UPDATES ⎯
Stories & News
Recent stories from the communities, partners, and families connected to Americans Helping Americans.
From Shelter to Stability: Support at AMOS Samaritan House
Americans Helping Americans® partner in Jefferson City, Tennessee, Appalachian Ministries of the Smokies (AMOS) describes itself as “a poverty relief ministry in partnership with the community that began in 1984 through the Campus Ministries Department at…
How to Help Appalachia: A Guide to Making a Real Difference
For many, Appalachia is a region of breathtaking beauty and rich cultural heritage. But for countless families, it is also a place marked by generational poverty, limited access to healthcare, and ongoing challenges tied to geography and opportunity. If you’ve been…
Home Rehabilitation Programs in Appalachia Supported by Americans Helping Americans® To Resume This Spring
In 2025, Americans Helping Americans® provided cash grants to four home rehabilitation partners in Appalachia, enabling them to purchase building materials for critical home rehabilitation programs in Appalachia — including shingles to repair roofs,…