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Resource Directory

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.

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

HOPE for Franklin County Coalition strives to make sure that our community is able to access life-saving Naloxone, at no cost. There are currently five locations in Franklin County, and we are always looking for new ways and loactions to provide this emergency medication. Naloxone saves lives!

There are three large vending machine dispensers at the following locations:

Mercy Medical Building Parking Garage – 24/7
901 Patients First Drive
Washington, MO 63090

Franklin County Family Resource Center – 24/7
500 Clark Avenue
Union, MO 63084

Scenic Regional Library – St. Clair Branch – 24/7
515 E Springfield Road
St. Clair, MO 63077

There are also two smaller Naloxone boxes at the following local partners:

Community Outreach of Gerald, MO – 24/7
17 East 4th
Gerald, MO 63037

Double Time Tattoo – During business hours
120 W. Main St.
Sullivan, MO 63080

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

These are local Senior Centers offering community, assistance, and social events.

Please contact them for more information about their scehdules & what they are offering.

Washington Senior Center
1121 Columbus Ln, Washington, MO 63090
(636) 239-3374

Tri County Senior Center
800 W Union St, Pacific, MO 63069
(636) 257-6264

St Clair Senior Center
310 Park Ave, St Clair, MO 63077
(636) 629-2187

“Our mission is we support individuals through the journey of aging. Our vision is for all individuals to have opportunities to age with honor and dignity.”

We have been providing supportive services in St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties since 1973. Adults 60 and older count on Aging Ahead to provide nutritious meals, connection to resources and supportive services.

Contact Us: info@agingahead.org

Excellent Care, Decency, and Optimal Living (ECDOL) is a website created to help individuals find the right care for themselves and their loved ones. We provide detailed information on Assisted Living and other senior care options, to help you in your important decision. At ECDOL, we understand that this decision can be challenging, so we do our best to make things easier. We have a nationwide directory of Assisted Living Facilities and senior care, so you can search for options anywhere in the United States and in Canada. To complement this directory, our website provides general information, frequently asked questions (FAQs), tips, and insightful articles. We aim to be the most comprehensive senior care website available. The use of this website is offered at no charge to you or your family. If you have any additional questions, comments, or concerns regarding senior care options or our website, feel free to contact us anytime at Communications@ECDOL.org

ECDOL has added important information about Fentanyl to their website.  It includes an understanding of Fentanyl, the threat it poses and how to have conversations with adult children and grandchildren.

Stories of fentanyl have populated news outlets nationwide for years, but many individuals still are unclear about precisely what it is and why it is so dangerous. At ECDOL, they aim to inform aging adults about issues that may affect them or their loved ones. To help, they created a guide that explains in detail what fentanyl is, why it is so dangerous, and how individuals can talk to their loved ones about it.

The CDC reports that 20% of people aged 55+ experience mental health issues. Access to structured programs can significantly help manage these concerns. We’ve developed a guide discussing mental health conditions in seniors and housing and care options.

This online resource for Seniors 55 and over provides information about mental health concerns for this population.  There are also links to help people find adequate support for their senior loved ones in the Franklin County Community.