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JOIN, Inc.
(775) 336-4450
JOIN, Inc. is northern Nevada’s workforce development agency, serving residents in 13 Nevada counties by providing educational and occupational training for individuals seeking careers, financial stability, and personal success. JOIN, Inc. has been an incorporated, 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency since 1996, serving Nevadans across 65,000 square miles of northern Nevada with branch offices in Reno, Carson City, Elko, Ely, Fallon, Fernley, and Winnemucca.
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The Front Door: Your Path to Self-Sufficiency
(603)886-2866
The Front Door Agency serves the greater Nashua community through its core programs: prevention and intervention of homelessness, permanent affordable housing, transitional housing program, crisis advocacy and resources, education, and financial literacy.
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Food Stamp Program
(800) 852-3345
The Food Stamp Program is about good nutrition and health. It provides eligible individuals and households with benefits to buy food items at grocery stores, and other participating food retailers.
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Financial Assistance to Needy Families
(603) 271-9700
The Financial Assistance to Needy Families Program (FANF) provides cash assistance to families with dependent children.
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Tri-County Community Action Program, Inc.
(603) 752-7001
Tri-County CAP is dedicated to improving the lives and well-being of New Hampshire's people and communities. We provide opportunities and support for people to learn and grow in self-sufficiency, and to get involved in helping their neighbors and improving the conditions in their communities.
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Southern New Hampshire Services, Inc.
603-668-8010
The Mission of SNHS is to provide activities designed to assist low-income participants, including the elderly poor, to secure and retain meaningful employment, attain an adequate education, and make better use of available income; to ameliorate the causes of poverty within the community; to meet urgent and immediate individual and family needs, including health, nutrition, housing and employment-related assistance; and to address the problems and barriers which block the achievement of self-sufficiency.
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Manchester Housing and Redevelopment Authority
(603) 624-2100
Provides affordable housing to Manchester residents
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WorkFirst NJ (WFNJ)
1-800-792-9773
WFNJ clients may receive Emergency Assistance (EA) in certain situations. These benefits include, but are not limited to: essential food, clothing, shelter and household furnishings; temporary rental assistance or back rent or mortgage payments; utility payments (such as heat, water, electric); transportation to search for housing; and moving expenses.
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Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation
201-437-7222
B.E.O.F’s philosophy is Community Action through the marshaling of citizens’ participation and public and private funding. Although the agency’s mission is to assist low income citizens, we pride ourselves on trying never to turn anyone away who feel they are in need without a referral to where they can be assisted.
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Greater Bergen Community Action
(201) 968-0200
in 1967, Greater Bergen is part of a nationwide network of poverty-fighting enterprises which were established as part of the nation’s effort to address the intractable and persistent problem of poverty in America. Through an outstanding Board of Directors with members from the private and public sectors, along with community leaders, Greater Bergen seeks to mobilize public and private resources to change the conditions in which low-income residents live and work, while also changing the institutions which impact their lives.
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Albuquerque Housing Authority
(505) 764-3920
Provides affordable housing to residents of the Albuquerque area
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NM Works
(800) 283-4465
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, known in New Mexico as NMWorks, provides a monthly cash benefit to be used to meet basic family needs such as housing, utilities, and clothing costs.
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Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico
1-575-527-8799
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico (CAASNM) serves over 25,000 people annually in the five southwestern counties of NM. We address the most challenging issues our communities face, fighting to improve the lives of low-income children, youth, adults, and families with programs that empower, build self-sufficiency, and connect to community resources.
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ECHO Inc.
505-325-7466
ECHO Inc. (Economic Council Helping Others) offers several types of programs, serving thousands of individuals in San Juan County, New Mexico. Programs include: 1) Emergency Rent/Mortgage Financial Assistance Program 2) Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) 3) ECHO Food Bank
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New York City Affordable Housing Resource Center
Resources and information regarding affordable housing in New York City
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Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City
212-519-2500
Provides affordable housing and assistance to New York City residents
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Albany Housing Authority
Provides affordable housing and assistance to Albany residents
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AHP Homeownership Center
(518) 434-1730
Provides homeownership education and assistance
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