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- EIN 56-6047373
- (828) 215-7416
- Po Box 15425 Asheville NC 28813 USA
- www.cwl-asheville.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services
Mission: To promote the education and welfare of disadvantaged students of the city of Asheville and Buncombe County.
Programs: Children’s Welfare League works in partnership with guidance counselors from county and city high schools. Counselors recommend students in good academic standing with a demonstrated financial need. Each student receives a monthly stipend of $40 with an additional $50 for the holidays and upon graduation. Typically, students use the money to supplement basic necessities like rent, groceries and personal supplies. They also use it for school fees, field trips and, sometimes, to just be able to join their friends in typical teen activities like a night at the movies. In the academic year 2021-2022 approximately 305 students took part in this program. There are waiting lists at every school. In addition to stipends, there are high school students in our community determined to succeed who face great challenges in their lives: homelessness, abandonment, and extreme poverty. The League is in a unique position to help them. Through our SOS (support our students) fund, the organization intervenes in times of crisis. Children's Welfare League has been in existence for 99 years. Since its formation to the present, there has always been one common purpose: to improve and enrich the lives and education of the children in Buncombe County.