Community Resource Guide
Benefits & Financial Assistance
Benefits navigation, SNAP, Medicaid, financial assistance, community action, and stability programs.
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Bright Futures Joplin
Student basic-needs network removing barriers to school success
School supplies; clothing support; food support; mentoring connections; student needs requests; school-community partnerships; barrier removal for student success.
Child Care Aware of Missouri
Child care referral, subsidy guidance, and family child-care resources
Child care referrals; child care subsidy information; child development resources; mental health resources; crisis and homelessness resources; state…
Compass Quest Veterans Advocacy Group
Navigation and advocacy for Veterans in the community
Veterans navigation; advocacy; resource connection; support planning; community referral assistance.
Department of Social Services – Child Care
Missouri child care assistance and family support benefits
Child care assistance information; family support benefits; public assistance applications; child welfare resources; benefit eligibility navigation; referrals to…
Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Area
Community action agency, Housing Connect, CoC lead, and stability programs
Housing Connect; coordinated entry; housing stability support; community action programs; utility assistance; emergency assistance; community development; financial stability…
Head Start and Early Head Start
Early childhood education, home visiting, and family support for children birth to age 5
Early childhood education; Early Head Start; Head Start; home visiting; Pre-K childcare; family engagement; school readiness; application assistance.
Jasper County Children’s Division
Child safety, foster care, adoption, and family support services
Child safety services; foster care; adoption resources; guardianship resources; child abuse and neglect reporting pathways; family-centered services; child…
Jasper County Public Housing
Housing Choice Voucher, Mainstream, VASH, and CoC voucher assistance
Housing Choice Voucher; Section 8; Mainstream vouchers; VASH vouchers; Continuum of Care vouchers; rental assistance; affordable housing applications;…
Joplin City WIC
Nutrition support for pregnant women, infants, young children, and families
WIC nutrition benefits; nutrition education; breastfeeding support; referrals; family public health resources; food benefit access.
Joplin Health Department
Public health services, immunizations, WIC, and community health access
Public health services; child and adult immunizations; WIC nutrition access; health information; prevention services; public health referrals.
Joplin VA
Veterans health, housing, employment, mental health, and benefits support
Veterans health care; housing support; HUD-VASH connection; Supportive Services for Veteran Families; job training; employment support; mental health…
Legal Aid of Western Missouri – Joplin Office
Free civil legal help for low-income residents
Civil legal help; housing legal issues; benefits problems; consumer issues; family safety legal support; legal information and advocacy.
Mission Joplin
Food pantry plus rental, utility, financial, and prescription assistance when available
Food pantry; clothing support; rental assistance when funding is available; utility assistance when funding is available; financial assistance;…
Missouri Career Center
Job search, workforce development, training, and employment support
Job search assistance; career center access; workforce development; employment programs; training connections; MoJobs labor exchange; business and job…
Missouri Department of Mental Health
State mental health, substance use, developmental disability, and recovery support resources
Mental health services; substance use treatment referrals; developmental disability services; recovery support; housing support programs; crisis and behavioral…
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Faith-based housing, utility, food, transportation, and prescription assistance
Rent and housing assistance; utility assistance; meal support; transportation help; prescription assistance; emergency financial assistance when funds are…
The Alliance of Southwest Missouri
Prevention, education, family support, and community resource navigation
Family support; prevention education; community resource navigation; youth and parent support; local resource directory; connection to food, housing,…
The Salvation Army of Jasper and Newton Counties
Meals, emergency clothing, prescription help, utility assistance, and eviction prevention
Weekday hot breakfast and lunch; prescription assistance; emergency clothing; work clothing; utility shut-off assistance; rental eviction prevention.
Vita Nova Village
Tiny-home transitional village model for housing stability, employment, and education
Private living space; tiny-home transitional housing model; employment support; targeted education; healthy relationship support; social and vocational tools;…