Safe Connections works to prevent and end domestic and sexual violence while helping survivors thrive. Their services in prevention education, crisis intervention, and counseling make a big difference for families and the health of our community.

Harvesters’ mission is to feed hungry people today and work to end hunger tomorrow. They are a regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas.

At the St. Louis Area Foodbank, they are working to create a stronger, healthier bi-state region where no one goes to bed hungry.

Missouri food pantries provide food to those in need. Visit the website to find a food pantry closest to you.

The Early Head Start (EHS) program provides an early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development program to children under the age of 3 and whose family’s incomes are at or below the federal poverty line.

FFSC empowers the uninvolved, non-custodial father to become a responsible, involved and financially supportive parent.

Temporary Assistance (TA) is a monthly cash benefit to help families in need cover costs for their children, like clothing, utilities, and other services.

The Federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), part of the MO HealthNet for Kids program, is a health insurance program for uninsured children of low-income families who do not have access to affordable health insurance.

The Missouri WIC program provides supplemental food, health care referrals, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion, and support to eligible pregnant women, new mothers, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five. Fathers, grandparents, guardians, and foster parents may also apply for benefits for the children living in their household.

They provide education intervention, social support, and a nursery program for babies.