Community
Resource Directory

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.

Our mission at VOYCE is to educate and empower individuals and their families for quality living across the continuum of long-term care.

VOYCE helps to ensure a quality life for people living on the long-term care continuum. Our goal is to become the principal source of information and advocacy for these individuals and their families.

They also have a YouTube Channel featuring topics that focus on aging, change, peer support, and education.

https://www.youtube.com/user/VOYCESTL/videos

Providing Case Management Support:

• access community resources and preparing for discharge/case closing
• transportation support
• some one-time expense funds may be available.

Referrals can be made by contacting Hattie Daily, Mitigation Specialist

Community Agencies and Attorneys may refer.

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Accepting food donations for individuals served by their office

Missouri Tenant Help offers free, easy-to-use, and mobile-friendly resources to Missouri tenants facing eviction or other housing needs. Our EDDE (Eviction Defense Document Engine) is accessible to tenants, attorneys, paralegals, or anyone helping a tenant.

If your landlord is evicting you, EDDE (Eviction Defense Document Engine) can help you create your own court documents to fight your eviction for free.

Free legal help for matters related to housing, family law, public benefits, consumer fraud, healthcare, children’s well-being, special education and relief from domestic violence.

In the United States, roughly 1 in 4 adults are living with a disability.

The Disability Portal is the State of Missouri’s disability resource website. It includes links to federal and state programs and services for Missourians with disabilities, provides information on laws, rights, and etiquette, and offers a searchable resource directory on local disability service organizations.

Here you can search by county and by disability type to find programs in Franklin County.  These include programs that help with a variety of disabilities, such as visual impairment, developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, respiratory conditions and many others.

Information is also available regarding related concerns, such as service animals, housing, and assistive technology.

Vital ID of East Central Missouri helps individuals acquire legal identification documents, including:

US Birth Certificate

MO Non-Real Non- Driver Photo IDs

US Social Security Cards

The group also provides training services for area resource providers to help them become familiar with community resources, demographic reporting, grant writing, and funding reimbursement.  Local agencies can become trained in the process and paperwork that’s required when an individual needs to replace or obtain legal identification documents.