Family Supports and Resources

Find the programs and resources in place for families who need assistance with access to nutritious foods, healthcare, housing, utilities, employment, and more are listed below. Can’t find the resource you need? Contact us to help you connect with the support your family needs.

• Missouri Food Pantries – Locate a food pantry near you.
• Missouri Food Banks – Search for a food bank near you.
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) – Offers food and nutritional support to women and children.
• Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP/Food Stamps) – Helps low-income families and individuals buy food.
• Double Up Food Bucks – Doubles the value of SNAP money when you are purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables.
• MO HealthNet – Healthcare coverage for low-income families and individuals.
• Child and Adult Care Food Program – Offers nutritious foods to care programs (child and adult).
• Missouri Homeless Shelter Directory – Complete list of Missouri Shelters. This resource includes emergency shelters, general homeless shelters and some transitional housing opportunities. Resources are listed by city. This site also contains links to food banks, pantries and soup kitchens.
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) – Can help with one-time payment for heating bills from November through March each year. The Energy Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP) helps pay your bill when your energy is shut off or threatened to be shut off. ECIP is available November through May and June through September.
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TA) – Can provide cash benefits to low-income families for children such as clothing, utilities and other services. Missouri Work Assistance program helps TA recipients transition from TA to a job by setting goals and getting skills needed to find a job and support their family.
• Housing Assistance – Public housing assistance can provide housing choice vouchers or other assistance in locating housing.
• MoJobs – Connects job seekers, employers and the community. Job seekers can find job skills workshops, training and education options and assistance and locate a Missouri Job Center.
• My Next Move – Provides career assistance for veterans.