Community Resources Guide

Call during our hours Monday - Thursday from 8:00 A.M. -3:00 P.M. and Friday from 8:00 A.M. - Noon.
 

Food Pantry: 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 3:00 P.M. -5:00 P.M. 

• Get free Filling, shelf-stable foods. Dairy, Ensure for seniors, or paper products too. 
• Some families may be given gift cards or vouchers.

Child Care South offers reasonably priced childcare. To be eligible for this service, the low-income parent must be employed and/or enrolled in school.

Reporting child abuse can be scary, but if you are a witness to or a victim of child abuse there is a huge benefit to making the report yourself. Being able to tell your story first hand gives the child care worker much better information than if it came from someone not involved.

Lifegate offers food bags, Thanksgiving food baskets, utility bills, free Bibles, prayer, and spiritual guidance. 

Meetings are Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall 

2nd Tuesday of each month from 1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. in room A-201

Christian Cancer Support is a community-wide support/education group for patients, survivors, and caregivers who are dealing with and overcoming cancer. Please join us as we provide education, faithful testimony, information/referral, and prayer. 

For more information or a start date, please contact Teresa Atkins at tratkins2812@gmail.com.

Grace for Grandmothers is a support group for those who are experiencing alienation or estrangement from their grandchildren.

To see if this support is right for you, contact Donna Alexander at 251-510-0905.

Tuesdays @ 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. in room A-202

Widowed Persons Services mission is to support and encourage persons who are grieving the death of a spouse as they journey into a renewed life of purpose and fulfillment.

For more information, call Jack Nichols at 251- 709-7869.

English as a Second Language program (ESL) is designed to help individuals who are looking to learn English as their second, third, or in some cases, fourth language.

ESL offers Basic, Intermediate and Advanced English Grammar, Reading, Conversation, Citizenship & American History. New students are accepted on any class day. There is not a cost for classes however, participants must purchase their own textbooks. The average cost of books is $20 – $40 for each class.

Free child care provided during class time for children 0 – 5 years old.

Rental Assistance 

Phone: (251) 208-6290 or (855) 209-4970 

Food Pantry: Last Sunday of every month from 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. 

Text from anywhere in the United States, anytime. Crisis Text Line is here for any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform.

Text HOME to 741741 

Food Pantry: 3rd Thursday of the month: 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. 

Food Pantry: Every Tuesday

• The church hands out tickets to each household to assign them a pick up time at 7:30 A.M. 
• Food Pick up begins at 9:30 A.M. based on the assigned number.

The mission of the Adult Protective Services Division is to support and enable County Departments to protect elderly and disabled adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation and prevent unnecessary institutionalization

Hours: Monday - Friday from 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

Adult Abuse Hotline 1-800-458-7214

The JOBS Program which is DHR’s welfare to work program is operational in all 67 Alabama counties. The program provides services and work support to parents receiving cash assistance to help them find and retain employment. These services and supports seek to address barriers such as lack of adequate child care, poor access to transportation, domestic violence and substance abuse, all which greatly limit the ability to obtain and retain employment.

Services also include:

This program helps families establish paternity (when necessary), obtain court orders for payment of child support, and secure compliance with child support court orders.

Many women and their children fall into poverty or deeper poverty because the father pays little or nothing for the financial support of his children. Many of these men cannot afford to pay much, but they should pay something – the entire burden should not fall on the mother. A court order forces the father to pay something or else possibly face jail

This program provides help to low-income families with a dependent child under age 18 or under age 19 if the child is a full-time student. 

Services that are provided are temporary cash payments, work and training services, and childcare assistance for parents who are employed or in training activities. Temporary assistance for needy families (T.A.N.F.)

Phone: (334) 242-1773; (334) 242-1950 or (251) 450-1923