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Adoption

  • Nightlight Christian Adoptions — Missouri

    Christian adoption agency: domestic infant, international and foster care adoption, and home studies.

  • Raise the Future (formerly The Adoption Exchange)

    Adoption information classes, including classes on adopting in Missouri, a photolisting of children waiting in foster care, and support for adoptive families.

Free / Subsidized Childcare

  • Central Missouri Community Action (CMCA) — Head Start

    Head Start with home-based and center-based services for newborns, toddlers and preschoolers, plus Family Success Coaches and parenting curriculum, across central Missouri counties.

  • Youth In Need — Head Start & Early Head Start

    Head Start and Early Head Start in free, full-day early childhood classrooms (some sites have paid extended hours), weekly home visits, and prenatal visits for expectant families.

  • Head Start & Early Head Start

    Nationwide

    Free preschool, child care and family support for eligible families. Find a program near you online or by phone (Mon–Fri 8–6 ET).

Churches / Baby Closets

  • Shiloh Center (formerly Life Choice Center for Women)

    Free, confidential help in Harrisonville for pregnant women and young families: baby and maternity items, education and parenting classes, and ultrasounds through its Clara Women's Medical Center.

  • ThriVe St. Louis

    No-cost pregnancy tests, verification and ultrasound, plus Parent University parenting and life-skills classes that earn coupons for maternity and baby items, and case management for housing, utilities, food and more. Centers on Lindell Blvd and on St. Charles Rock Rd.

Clothing / Supplies

  • Shiloh Center (formerly Life Choice Center for Women)

    Free, confidential help in Harrisonville for pregnant women and young families: baby and maternity items, education and parenting classes, and ultrasounds through its Clara Women's Medical Center.

  • ThriVe St. Louis

    No-cost pregnancy tests, verification and ultrasound, plus Parent University parenting and life-skills classes that earn coupons for maternity and baby items, and case management for housing, utilities, food and more. Centers on Lindell Blvd and on St. Charles Rock Rd.

Domestic Violence

  • Missouri Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (MOCADSV)

    Statewide

    Find domestic and sexual violence services in your area of Missouri on its map. MOCADSV does not run a crisis line; for 24-hour help call the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 1-800-799-7233.

  • love is respect (National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline)

    Nationwide

    Free, confidential 24/7 help for teens and young adults in unhealthy or abusive relationships. Text LOVEIS to 22522, or chat online.

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline

    Nationwide

    Confidential support 24/7 for anyone experiencing abuse.

  • StrongHearts Native Helpline

    Nationwide

    Free, confidential 24/7 support for Native Americans and Alaska Natives affected by domestic and sexual violence, by phone, text or chat.

  • The Deaf Hotline

    Nationwide

    24/7 domestic-violence support for Deaf, DeafBlind and hard-of-hearing survivors, by videophone, chat or email (deafhelp@thehotline.org).

Employment

  • Dress for Success Kansas City

    Interview clothing and career and financial-planning support for women working toward their professional goals.

  • Dress for Success Midwest

    Interview clothing (with a referral) and career programs that help women search for jobs and build confidence.

  • American Job Centers (CareerOneStop)

    Nationwide

    Free local help with job searches, training and career services. Find your nearest American Job Center online or by phone.

  • Dress for Success

    Nationwide

    Professional clothing and career support for women. Find your local Dress for Success on the website.

  • Easterseals — Employment Services

    Nationwide

    Job training and employment support for people with disabilities through local Easterseals affiliates.

  • Goodwill Career Centers

    Nationwide

    Free job training, career coaching, résumé and interview help at local Goodwill career centers.

Potential Financial Assistance

  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul — St. Louis

    Vincentian volunteers in local parish conferences help families facing financial hardship, food insecurity or a crisis across the St. Louis area. Find your local conference on the map.

  • The Salvation Army — Midland Division (Missouri)

    Emergency help with rent, mortgage and utility bills from the Salvation Army's Midland Division (headquarters in greater St. Louis), whose local teams assess each family's needs.

  • Catholic Charities USA (Find a Local Agency)

    Nationwide

    Find the Catholic Charities agency serving your area for emergency, family and housing help.

  • Modest Needs

    Nationwide

    Small one-time grants for working individuals and families facing an emergency expense. Apply online.

  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul

    Nationwide

    Parish volunteers who help neighbors in need. The national office does not give direct help: ask your nearest Catholic parish for its St. Vincent de Paul conference.

  • The Salvation Army

    Nationwide

    Emergency rent, utility and other assistance through local Salvation Army offices nationwide.

Food Programs

  • Harvesters — The Community Food Network

    Food through partner pantries and programs in the Kansas City region. Call toll-free for help finding food.

  • Ozarks Food Harvest

    Food through partner pantries and a Mobile Food Pantry that delivers groceries to towns where food help is scarce, in southwest Missouri.

  • Second Harvest Community Food Bank

    Find food in northwest Missouri through its Find Food page.

  • Southeast Missouri Food Bank

    Food help for families in southeast Missouri; see Get Help on its site. Toll-free: (855) 703-3663.

  • St. Louis Area Foodbank

    Find food through nearly 600 partner programs, including food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters, across 26 counties in Missouri and Illinois.

  • Feeding America (Find Your Local Food Bank)

    Nationwide

    Enter your ZIP code to find the food bank, pantries and meal programs serving your community.

  • USDA National Hunger Hotline (Hunger Free America)

    Nationwide

    Connects you with nearby food banks, meal sites and programs like SNAP and WIC. Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET. En español: 1-877-842-6273.

Health Assistance

  • Affinia Healthcare

    Community health centers in St. Louis with medical and dental care, prenatal and pediatric care support, WIC, and mobile medical and dental services.

  • Nurse-Family Partnership — Missouri

    A registered nurse visits expectant parents at home during pregnancy and the child's first years, about two and a half years in all. Missouri programs (Building Blocks of Missouri) serve the St. Louis, Kansas City and Southeast regions. Nurse-Family Partnership is now run by Changent.

  • Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center

    Pediatrics, women's health, dental and behavioral health care in Kansas City.

  • MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid)

    Statewide

    Health coverage through Missouri Medicaid, including MO HealthNet for Pregnant Women, which covers care during pregnancy and up to 12 months after delivery. Apply online or call the Family Support Division.

  • Abortion Pill Reversal hotline

    Nationwide

    Started a chemical abortion and regret it? Call as soon as you can.

Housing Assistance & Shelters

  • Community LINC

    Transitional housing and a children's program for families experiencing homelessness in Kansas City, working toward stable housing and independence.

  • Gateway180

    Helps women, children and families in St. Louis reach stable housing. Call its Housing Resource Hotline.

  • St. Patrick Center

    Housing, employment and health care services for individuals and families at risk of or experiencing homelessness in St. Louis.

  • Family Promise

    Nationwide

    Prevention, shelter and housing help for families facing homelessness, through nearly 200 local affiliates. Find yours on the website.

Infant & Baby Equipment

  • Butterfly Haven

    Help for children in foster care and families in crisis in the St. Louis area (St. Charles, Lincoln, Franklin and Jefferson counties too). Its Referral Program provides beds, car seats, high chairs, pack 'n plays, strollers and more. Messages only; replies within 24-48 hours.

Mental Health & Postpartum Assistance

  • Nurse-Family Partnership — Missouri

    A registered nurse visits expectant parents at home during pregnancy and the child's first years, about two and a half years in all. Missouri programs (Building Blocks of Missouri) serve the St. Louis, Kansas City and Southeast regions. Nurse-Family Partnership is now run by Changent.

  • Promise 1000

    Connects Kansas City-area families with home visiting programs, where a home visitor supports parents during pregnancy and with a young baby or child. Request home visiting online or by phone.

  • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

    Nationwide

    Call or text 988 any time if you are in crisis.

  • National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

    Nationwide

    Call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA, free and confidential, for support before, during and after pregnancy.

  • Postpartum Support International HelpLine

    Nationwide

    Support and local resources for postpartum depression and anxiety.

Parenting Classes

Pregnancy Centers

  • MyLife Medical & Resource Center

    Confidential pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, STI testing and treatment, and parenting support in High Ridge, at no cost.

  • Pregnancy Care Center (417Choices)

    Free, confidential pregnancy tests and ultrasounds in Springfield. Call or text.

  • ThriVe St. Louis

    No-cost pregnancy tests, verification and ultrasound, plus Parent University parenting and life-skills classes that earn coupons for maternity and baby items, and case management for housing, utilities, food and more. Centers on Lindell Blvd and on St. Charles Rock Rd.

  • American Pregnancy Association

    Nationwide

    Free, confidential pregnancy helpline and a search for local pregnancy centers, adoption agencies and maternity homes.

  • Care Net Pregnancy Decision Line

    Nationwide

    Free, confidential pregnancy decision coaching by phone, and a map of 1,200+ affiliated pregnancy centers.

  • Heartbeat International (Worldwide Directory of Pregnancy Help)

    Nationwide

    Search 7,000+ life-affirming pregnancy help locations by state, city or ZIP.

  • Option Line

    Nationwide

    Call or text 24/7 to talk about a pregnancy and be connected with a pregnancy center near you.

Special Needs Assistance

  • Easterseals Midwest

    Autism services (including ABA clinics across Missouri), employment, health and other programs for people with disabilities in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas.

  • Missouri Family to Family

    Statewide

    Free one-on-one support and navigation from people with lived experience, for families of people with disabilities or special health care needs. Run by the UMKC Institute for Human Development.

  • Easterseals

    Nationwide

    Services for children and adults with disabilities and their families. Find your local Easterseals affiliate.

  • Parent to Parent USA

    Nationwide

    Matches parents of children with disabilities or special health needs with a trained support parent. Find your state program on the map.

  • The Arc

    Nationwide

    Support and advocacy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, through 549 chapters.

Support for Fathers

  • Fathers & Families Support Center

    Family Formation program for fathers, employment development and mentoring, and Fathers' Rap, a peer support group for alumni and dads who can't join the full program, in St. Louis.

  • National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

    Nationwide

    Resources for dads from a national clearinghouse funded by HHS’s Office of Family Assistance.

Transportation

  • MO HealthNet rides to medical appointments

    Statewide

    MO HealthNet covers non-emergency rides to approved medical appointments for members who have no free transportation available. Schedule the trip a few days ahead.

  • Family Promise

    Nationwide

    Local Family Promise affiliates help families facing homelessness, including gas cards, transit passes and car-related help where available.

  • Medicaid rides to medical appointments (NEMT)

    Nationwide

    Medicaid covers free rides to covered appointments for members with no other way to get there. Call your Medicaid health plan, ideally two days ahead.