Missouri Family Help Guide
Food pantries, help with a shutoff notice from the gas or electric company, child care payments, shelter, and transportation are offered by different places in every Missouri county, and each place has its own phone number, hours and rules. The guides on this site explain how those programs work in plain language: who runs each one, who qualifies, and how to apply. Each guide points to the free county directory that Nexus Point Family Foundation built. It has 1,300 places and programs across Missouri's 114 counties, and every county page gives you the address and phone number for each place, plus its hours where they're known.
Articles
- Help paying the gas or electric bill in Missouri: how LIHEAP worksMissouri's LIHEAP pays toward heating and cooling bills and shutoff notices. Who qualifies, the dollar limits, and how to apply.
- Paying for child care in Missouri: the Child Care Subsidy Program and its waitlistHow Missouri's Child Care Subsidy works, who qualifies, how the March 2026 waitlist decides who is served first, and how to apply.