A home with more people than rooms and no indoor plumbing is classified as substandard.
In some areas of Appalachia, nearly 17% of the homes meet these qualifications.
For this reason, Americans Helping Americans® supports local organizations in home repairs. We complete extensive home repairs, including, but not limited to, roof and floor repair, insulation and handicapped ramp installations in Appalachian communities in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee.
In 2023, the official poverty rate in the U.S. was 11.1%, meaning more than 36 million Americans were living in poverty, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s nearly one in every nine people facing daily challenges to meet basic needs like food,...
Gene White, executive director Free healthcare for low-income, uninsured residents of White County, a rural, underserved county in north Georgia. Community Helping Hands Clinic, Inc. (CHHC) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is the only free health clinic...
“We love our porch, it’s really nice,” Vickie told Americans Helping Americans® staff on a visit to McDowell County last June. “Y’all have done a lot for us.” Chester Ball is an accomplished bluegrass musician living in McDowell County, where Americans Helping...
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...