Community
Resource Directory

Veterans of Foreign Wars – proudly helping and supporting our veterans.
Call Sullivan VFW Post 6410 for information on meals and events.

Veterans are welcome to contact the VFW for any needs and they will see what is available to assist you.

Warming Center – open to everyone who needs it

• If the high on any given day is less than 15F, there will be a warming center available at the Sullivan VFW.
• They will have overnight hours as well.
• The VFW will also provide meals, cots, blankets, coats, and hygiene items.

They are always seeking volunteers to staff the warming center needs – please contact for more information.

Project Linus provides handmade blankets to children 0-18 in the United States who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need.

While they primarily work with organizations, individuals are welcome to request blankets for children in need, as well.

If you want more information about the organization or have questions, please check out the local facebook page.

To make a blanket request, please email or call.

I Pour Life believes that every at-risk and foster care youth deserves the opportunity to learn critical life skills and build social capital within their community, just like we all depend on for a better future. We do this through a program called LifeStrengths.

At-risk and foster care youth face a form of social and economic disadvantage that drastically increases their risk of school drop out, incarceration, homelessness, and unplanned pregnancies. But we believe there is a form of positive youth development training that can avoid these risks altogether.

Our positive youth development programs begin by helping our youth create a LifeMap of goals and dreams, evaluate their inherent inner self through LifeLessons, developing our youths’ external self through LifeSkills, and build their interdependent network with their community through the Social Capital Club.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Missouri
Dial or text 988 if you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health crisis and get connected to a trained crisis counselor 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Crisis Text Line – Text HOME to 741-741 Connect with a crisis counselor to receive free, 24/7 crisis support via text message.

NAMI Teen & Young Adult HelpLine
1-800-950-NAMI (6264)              Available Monday Through Friday, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM ET. The NAMI Teen & Young Adult (TYA) HelpLine is uniquely yours. It is a free, confidential nationwide peer-support service that provides one-on-one emotional support, mental health information and resources needed to tackle your tough challenges.

• NAMI TYA Text Line – Text Friend to 62640 to immediately connect with a Teen & YA Specialist

MO Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline                                                                                                                                                                        1-800-392-3738. 

Reporting child abuse is everyone’s responsibility
If you suspect child abuse or neglect, call our toll-free hotline at 1-800-392-3738. Our team will be available to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you are hearing or speech impaired, call Relay Missouri at 1-800-735-2466 (voice) or 1-800-735-2966 (text).

MO Adult Abuse & Neglect Hotline 
1-800-392-0210                                                                                                                                                                                                                   If you suspect the abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or bullying of vulnerable individuals 60 and older and people with disabilities between 18 and 59, please report it by calling the Adult Abuse and Neglect Hotline, 800-392-0210. You may make reports online 24/7; however, it is only being monitored by intake staff during the Hotline hours of operation, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., 365 days per year.

National Domestic Violence Hotline                                                                                                                                                            1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Trained expert advocates are available 24/7 to provide confidential support to anyone experiencing domestic violence or seeking resources and information. Help is available in Spanish and other languages.

National Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-HOPE (4673)
Connect with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area that offers access to a range of free services. Crisis chat support is available at Online Hotline. Free help, 24/7.

National Poison Control Hotline 
1-800-222-1222
When you call the number, you will reach specially trained poison experts at a poison center that serves your area. This number provides free and confidential help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Interpretation services are available in 161 languages.

Find information, skills, and habits to be financially successful. Whether you’re thinking about your child’s future education expenses, considering how to pay for higher education now, planning for retirement, or you simply want to improve your financial well-being, we hope you’ll find useful information here.

Missouri State Treasurer’s Office – Financial Literacy Portal

Money Smart | FDIC.gov

Non Profit Credit Counseling Services | Get Out of Debt | NFCC

If you need assistance with preparing your Missouri tax return, there are a number of volunteer groups around Missouri providing assistance to elderly or lower income taxpayers. To locate a volunteer group near you that offers return preparation assistance, please see below:

Call 800-906-9887 or 888-227-7669

Free tax return preparation for qualifying taxpayers | Internal Revenue Service

Offers free tax help to people who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns, including:

• People who generally make $69,000 or less
• Persons with disabilities; and
• Limited English-speaking taxpayers
• Persons 60 years of age and older, specializing in questions about pensions and retirement-related issues unique to seniors.

Free Tax Preparation From AARP Foundation Tax-Aide

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide provides tax assistance to those who qualify, free of charge, with a special focus on taxpayers who are over 50 and have low to moderate income. You don’t need to be an AARP member to use the service.

Start your journey to adulthood with confidence and support. LifeLaunch is your companion in evolving into a self-assured, responsible adult. LifeLaunch focuses on enhancing mental health resources and support for young adults.

Wherever you are on your path to adulthood, LifeLaunch is ready to join you. We provide the tools and support needed to guide you through each stage of this exciting journey.

ParentLink has quality parenting information, materials, outreach activities, and support groups
at no cost.

Your connection to parenting, family, home, and daily living supports! ParentLink is for all Missouri families, providing free assistance for the entire family from highly qualified professionals. We help you connect to the supports and resources you need to succeed and thrive as a family.

ParentLink WarmLine

1-800-552-8522 or to call locally: 573-882-7323

• Parents (including adoptive foster parents), grandparents, and other caregivers of all ages of children use ParentLink’s WarmLine.
• Friends, family members, volunteers, and a variety of professionals who want to assist a parent.
• People looking for help making healthy family decisions.
• People searching for answers to parenting questions ranging from general development questions, such as questions about thumb sucking, toilet training, picky eating, or language development to questions about specific developmental disabilities or special healthcare needs. Many call about adolescent development, discipline and stress management as well.

ParentLink Kin-4-Kid Line

Call 1-833-KIN 4 KID or 1-833-546-4543

Relative/kin caregivers, grandparents, and foster parents use the Kin-4-Kid line for help with caregiving questions and addressing the unique situations encountered by caregivers raising children who are not biologically their own.

parentlink@missouri.edu

Missouri Free Legal Answers is a virtual-only legal advice clinic in which qualifying users post civil legal
questions to be answered by attorneys licensed in their state.

Question topics include Family, Divorce, Custody, Housing, Eviction, Homelessness, Consumer Rights, Financial, Work, Employment, Unemployment, Health and Disability, Civil Rights, Income Maintenance, Juvenile and Education Law.

Supporting children impacted by Foster Care

Our Boutique Store provides clothing, shoes, hygiene items, beds, sheets, car seats and other childhood essentials families need to support the children in their home. We stock clothing sizes preemie through Teen (Adult 4XL).

Traditional Foster homes can shop for kids in their home as needs arise.

Guardianship and Adoptive homes can shop twice a year.

Biological Families can shop twice per year WITH a referral from their caseworker, therapist or school social worker. We specifically want to work with biological families when they are working to better their situation.

In order to shop, foster families need to bring in their placement paperwork.

franklincofostercloset@gmail.com

Serving primarily Franklin, Gasconade and Osage Counties