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Rosie’s Place
Rosie’s Place, the nation’s first women’s shelter, provides housing, food, and education for poor and homeless women in Boston.
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Win NYC
Win provides services including housing support for women and families, as well as child services such as day-care, afterschool activities, and summer camp.
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Crittenton Women’s Union
617.259.2900
Provides social services, primarily to women and their families in Boston
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HOW
773-465-5770
HOW works to empower women, children and families to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through a housing-first support system.
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Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank
(632) 932-9135
Food, clothing, showers, and support for those in need
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Food Pantry Assistance
608-267-9071
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that provides food commodities to distribution sites. Food pantries and prepared meal sites receive commodities and they are distributed with other foods. If you need food assistance, you may be eligible to receive food from food pantries, or prepared meals at meal sites.
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CAP Services
715-343-7500
The mission of CAP Services is to bring about a permanent increase in the ability of low-income individuals to become economically and emotionally self-sufficient. CAP Services, Inc. has been on the front-line of the war on poverty since 1966. CAP, a private, non-profit corporation, offers programs in Marquette, Outagamie, Portage, Waupaca, and Waushara counties. CAP Services is headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin with offices in each of the five counties it serves. Nearly three dozen programs are offered by CAP Services through four departments to help people attain economic and emotional self-sufficiency.
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FoodShare Wisconsin
1-800-362-3002
FoodShare Wisconsin was created to help stop hunger and to improve nutrition and health. FoodShare helps people with limited money buy the food they need for good health. Each month, people across Wisconsin get help from FoodShare. They are people of all ages who have a job but have low incomes, are living on small or fixed income, have lost their job, retired or are disabled and not able to work.
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Huntington West Virginia Housing Authority
(304) 526-4400
Provides affordable housing and assistance to Huntington residents
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PRIDE Community Services
304-752-6868
PRIDE offers a multitude of programs geared at assisting low income individuals and families to move out of poverty and toward self sufficiency. Currently the agency operates Senior nutrition sites in Logan, Chapmanville and Millcreek; Head Start Centers in Logan, Chapmanville, Dehue, Lorado and Buffalo; and in conjunction with the Logan County Board of Education we operate specialized collaborative classrooms in several schools; Weatherization Program; CSBG Program; Child and Adult Food Care Program; Case Management and In-Home Care Programs.
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CHANGE,Inc.
304.797.7733
CHANGE, Inc. is a community action and health agency that serves northern West Virginia (Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, and Marshall Counties) and Jefferson County, Ohio providing various programs and services to those in financial need.
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WV Works
(304) 558-0684
West Virginia's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program is WV WORKS. It is based on the goals of assisting economically dependent and at-risk families to become self supporting, enhancing the well-being of children, and on assisting families near the poverty level to remain self-sufficient. WV WORKS provides monthly cash assistance to eligible families. Most people who receive a monthly WV WORKS check also receive SNAP and Medicaid, but these are not guaranteed based just on receipt of a check.
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Basic Food
1-877-501-2233
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), called Basic Food in Washington, helps low income people make ends meet by providing monthly benefits to buy food.
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Hopelink
425.869.6000
Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. They provide stability to those in crisis, and help equip clients with the skills they need to exit poverty on a permanent basis.
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Centerstone
206-812-4940
Centerstone helps to ensure that all people in the Seattle area have the opportunity to be self-sufficient by providing access to basic needs and programs that educate and nourish, creating a thriving community of neighbors helping neighbors.
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Tacoma Housing Authority
(253) 207-4400
Provides affordable housing and assistance to Tacoma residents
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Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
(414) 286-5678
Provides affordable housing and assistance to Milwaukee residents
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