Community Resources Guide

Dialing 2-1-1 connects you to a trained operator 24/7 that has access to a comprehensive database with a multitude of services in your community. By its design, the 2-1-1 system is ideally suited for serving as the initial contact point for any variety of programs; 211 or Text your zip code to 898-211

• Senior Nutrition & Wellness program (SNWP) is a multifaceted program focused on providing senior citizens with hunger relief and healthy eating choices. 
• SNWP provides nutritious food assistance to income-challenged senior citizens every month. Prequalified participants receive nutritious non-perishable food items and fresh fruits and vegetables. Meats and fresh eggs are provided when available. 
• Household supplies such as bathroom tissue and other paper products are also given each month.
• Call for more information.

AARP Foundation, the charitable affiliate of AARP, provides resources so millions of older adults living with low income can secure good jobs, get the benefits and refunds they've earned, and stay connected to their communities. Our programs and services are available to AARP members and nonmembers alike.

Food Pantry: Thursdays from 10:00 A.M. — Noon

The African Universal Church, located in Daphne, AL, is a childcare facility that supervises and cares for children. Daycare services support parents and guardians by caring for children too young to be left alone, most often children too young to attend school or school-aged children that require before or after school care.

Food Pantry: By Appointment only.  Distribution is the 2nd Saturday 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. 

We offer individual, couples and group counseling to people living with HIV, helping them cope with the effects of being HIV positive and other life challenges. We provide chemical dependency counseling. Counselors offer therapy to treat anxiety and depression related to one’s health status, troubled relationships, and self-esteem. 

Food Pantry: Please call for an appointment. 

We only serve residents in the 36608, 36609, and 36695 zip codes. 

Provides safe and stable homes to help struggling mothers and their dependent children to get back on their feet.

This program provides a mother and her children transitional housing while she gains or maintains employment, saves money, receives counseling, and learns life skills such as budgeting and healthy parenting techniques. 

Depending on their commitment to the program, mothers may stay for up to one year.

 Office hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

Working with 22 community action agencies across the state and the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, the ABC Trust works with families to educate them on how to live more energy efficiently and weatherize their homes.

The trust will also help Alabamians pay energy bills when funds are short.

Alabama’s network of 57 One-Stop Alabama Career Centers and satellites are strategically located throughout the state. Job search and development, occupational and educational training, vocational rehabilitation, veterans’ services, and unemployment insurance information are offered.

Autism services are available for Medicaid-eligible children and youth with autism, aged birth through 20, who require more intensive support.

From birth through adulthood, we have programs and a highly-skilled, compassionate staff who can help assess your situation and provide the most appropriate treatment, therapies, and services. Whatever we can do to help you reach your maximum potential, we’ll be with you and your family all the way. 

Programs available

Services:

• Housing
• Employment
• Healthcare Access
• Treatment and supports in the least restrictive environment 

Community Access: Individuals with SMI or SED will have access to services and opportunities that will enhance their ability to live and work independently, as active and equal members of their communities 

Our mission is to facilitate the inclusion of Alabamians with disabilities in education, employment, housing, transportation, health care, and leisure.

Recognized leader of diverse residential and community-based education, rehabilitation, and employment programs that prepare individuals who are deaf, blind, deafblind, and multi-disabled to reach their potential in education, independence, and career.

The Low-Income High Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists low-income Alabama residents with the high cost of home energy.

To be eligible for this benefit program, you must be a resident of Alabama and you must need financial assistance with home energy costs.

A person who participates or has family members who participate in certain other benefit programs, such as SNAP, SSI, and TANF, automatically meets the eligibility requirement.

Alabama Possible’s Alabama Goes to College Campaign provides FAFSA and college application completion supports to students across the state. Alabama Possible also provides poverty simulations which are designed to sensitize those who frequently support families living in poverty, as well as to create a broader awareness of the realities of poverty among policy-makers, business and community leaders, students, faculty, administrators, and more. 

The Alabama Small Business Development Center network is a statewide, inter-institutional program to enhance economic growth in Alabama by providing management and technical assistance to small businesses. 

Professional Business Advisors are available in 10 Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) located at our member university partners across the state. The Alabama SBDC Network provides existing and aspiring entrepreneurs with the expert assistance, tools, training, and education they need to succeed