Community
Resource Directory

Free food for residents of the Union School District.

Free food for those in need.

Click to view a map of the many free food resources available in Franklin County.

Map includes agencies that provide food pantry options, free meals provided by churches and other organizations, and stand-alone free little food pantries that hold basic needs and require no registration process.

Click Here to see the map.  Details about many agencies are also found under the Food tab on this website.

Early Connections makes navigating Missouri’s Early Care & Education (ECE) system easier for families and professionals. This website is a partnership between Missouri’s child-serving agencies who are working together to make it easier for families to access programs and resources for children from birth through age five. These agencies are also aligning policies and coordinating practices to make it easier for professionals to find information and training opportunities aimed at engaging families in their child’s safety, health and learning.  The regional hub for these services includes Franklin, Gasconade, Crawford, and Washington Counties.

What is an Early Care & Education System?

Missouri’s ECE system is comprised of multiple programs that work with families and professionals to improve early childhood experiences for all Missouri children. These programs include home visiting, child care and preschool. Through collaborative efforts with state agencies, providers and communities, Missouri is working to ensure that families and other caregivers have the knowledge, resources, skills and tools available to help children grow to be safe, healthy and successful learners.

On December 23, 2019, Governor Parson announced that the State of Missouri received a $33.5 million grant aimed at coordinating a more effective, high-quality early learning system that better prepares Missouri children for success. “This is great news for our state that will allow our agencies and programs to come together and focus on the same goals to better serve communities across Missouri,” Governor Parson said.

The Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five (PDG B-5) provides funding over three years to implement an interagency effort to provide regional access to coordinated early childhood services to better meet family’s needs, enhance and streamline training opportunities for ECE professionals, and improve systems to better inform decision-making about early learning.

The Franklin County Children and Families Community Resource Board is the administrator for the Putting Kids First: Community Children’s Service Fund and the Franklin County Domestic Violence Fund. The funds are dedicated for services to citizens of Franklin County, Missouri, and will be awarded to local agencies to provide services that address the unmet needs of our community.

Every Child’s Hope is a child serving agency based in St. Louis, with an office in Union, MO.  They

They provide two services  for Franklin County youth at no cost to children and families:

OUTPATIENT CHILD PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES

FAMILY SOLUTIONS FOR KIDS

Addiction impacts more than just the client. The family environment needs to be adjusted in order to realize long-term recovery.

The Family Wellness Program allows for family members to become engaged in the process of helping and supporting their loved one.  This program provides a safe, supportive, educational, and positive experience  for the family and loved ones of the person with a substance use disorder.

Our Family Wellness Program was specifically designed as an educational and social support program for the families and loved ones of people with substance use disorder. The program’s objective is to provide tools to promote health and recovery.

This program is open to anyone who cares about a friend or family member with SUD.

The Aviary Recovery Center for addiction rehabilitation has two locations—an outpatient center located in Fenton, MO, and a residential and outpatient program in Eolia, MO, in the northern part of the St. Louis region.

We are less than a one-hour drive from St. Louis Lambert International Airport and less than a 3-hour drive from Kansas City, Springfield, Cape Girardeau, and Kirksville, MO. We are privately owned and operated and are licensed through the Missouri Department of Mental Health, which guarantees that we meet the highest of standards.

If you or someone you care about is experiencing or at risk of homelessness, this group can help connect you to assistance.  While there are currently no brick and mortar shelters in our county, there are several agencies that work together to help secure safe, temporary shelter on a case-by-case basis.

This phone number is not a live hotline, but goes to a voicemail bank that is monitored by several members of the task force.  Please leave a detailed message, including a call back number, and someone will return your call as soon as possible.

With more than 200 residential centers within the US and Canada, Adult & Teen Challenge (ATC) is a faith-based non-profit headquartered in Ozark, Missouri. Its mission is to provide adults & teens freedom from addiction and other life-controlling issues through Christ-centered solutions. Through effective discipleship, mentoring, and life-skills training, ATC and its affiliates have seen positive outcomes and radical life-transformation throughout its sixty-year history.