Community Programs

To serve patients and their families living in outlying counties, the Duke University Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center has established formal cooperative ties with two community sickle cell programs and also works closely with the educator-counselors of the NC Sickle Cell Syndrome Program. The staffs of the community-based centers, as well as the staff of the state program, are involved in community, patient and provider education; screening; counseling persons identified as having sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait or a variant hemoglobin disorder; and comprehensive patient support services (e.g., patient follow-up and referrals, some transportation and financial assistance).

Operation Sickle Cell, Inc. serves Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett, Scotland and Robeson counties. For further information contact Operation Sickle Cell, Inc., 1207 Murchison Road, Fayetteville, NC 28301 or call (919) 483-0514. Email: osc@mail.faynet.com

The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation of the Piedmont serves Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties. The main office is located at 1102 E. Market Street, P.O. Box 20964, Greensboro, NC 27420; telephone (919) 274-1507. Email: scdap@aol.com

Sickle Cell Disease Association of the Southern Piedmont is located in Charlotte. Email: scdasp@bellsouth.net

Bridges Pointe Foundation is a community outreach service affiliated with the Duke University Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. The organization seeks to promote the development of supportive services for young adults with sickle cell disease, to empower them for independent living, and to enhance their quality of life by providing: affordable shelter, case management, comprehensive education, an employment and training program, computer training, psychosocial interventions, self-care and health education.For more information visit the Bridges Pointe Foundation website

NC sickle Cell Disease Consortium
The Duke Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center also provides leadership and support to the NC Sickle Cell Disease Consortium. This state-wide body includes a group of multi-disciplinary sickle cell care providers, patients and interested citizens. They convene quarterly to consider issues affecting people with sickle cell disease, their families and their health care provider networks, to address these issues, and to promote solutions. For more information contact the Duke Sickle Cell Center at (919) 684-6464 or Email Ms. Whitworth.