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Practical help, near you.
This is a working prototype. Search and filters are real, but only a small set of well-established national services are real today: local listings below are clearly labeled examples, not real organizations.
Local listings here are illustrative only.
Rows marked Example only, do not contact are placeholders that exist to show how the directory will look. They are not real organizations. Rows marked National service are real, well-established national services, listed from their own public information, that you can contact today.
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Catholic · Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities USA
Network of local Catholic Charities agencies offering food, housing, counseling, and immigration services to anyone, regardless of faith.
Visit websiteNational service
Catholic · Food assistance
Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA
Lay Catholic volunteers providing home visits, food, and emergency financial assistance through local parish conferences.
Visit websiteNational service
Community · Domestic violence support
National Domestic Violence Hotline
24/7 confidential support, safety planning, and shelter referrals for anyone affected by domestic violence.
1-800-799-7233 · text START to 88788
Visit websiteNational service
Community · Sexual assault support
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
Confidential support for survivors of sexual violence, connecting callers to a local RAINN affiliate.
1-800-656-4673
Visit websiteNational service
Community · Mental health services
SAMHSA National Helpline
Free, confidential, 24/7 treatment referral and information service for mental health and substance use.
1-800-662-4357
Visit websiteNational service
Community · Addiction recovery
SAMHSA National Helpline (addiction focus)
Referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community organizations for substance use.
1-800-662-4357
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Community · Human trafficking help
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Confidential support, safety planning, and reporting guidance for anyone being controlled, exploited, or trafficked.
1-888-373-7888 · text 233733
Visit websiteNational service
Community · Financial help
211 / United Way
Free referral line connecting callers to local financial, rent, utility, and food assistance programs.
Dial 211
Visit websiteNational service
Community · Veterans support
Veterans Crisis Line
Confidential support for veterans and their families in crisis, staffed by the VA.
Call 988, then press 1 · text 838255
Visit websiteNational service
Community · Care for LGBTQ-identifying people
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Confidential crisis support for anyone in distress, including LGBTQ-identifying callers who want a judgment-free conversation.
Call or text 988
Visit websiteNational service
Catholic · Catholic parishes
(Example) Holy Family Parish
Illustrative example of a local parish listing: Sunday Masses, a welcome desk, and a parish office phone number.
Example only, not a real phone number
Example only, do not contact
Catholic · Mass times
(Example) St. Anne Church, Mass times
Illustrative example showing how Sunday and weekday Mass schedules will appear once a parish confirms its times.
Example only, do not contact
Catholic · Confession times
(Example) St. Anne Church, Confession
Illustrative example of walk-in and by-appointment Confession times, once verified with a parish office.
Example only, do not contact
Community · Food assistance
(Example) Riverside Community Food Pantry
Illustrative example of a local food pantry listing with hours and identification requirements.
Example only, do not contact
Community · Homeless shelters
(Example) Willow Street Emergency Shelter
Illustrative example of an emergency shelter listing, including intake hours and whether families are accepted.
Example only, do not contact
Catholic · Immigration assistance
(Example) Diocesan Immigration Legal Clinic
Illustrative example of a low-cost immigration legal clinic run through a diocese.
Example only, do not contact
Community · Pregnancy & parenting
(Example) Hope & Home Pregnancy Center
Illustrative example of a pregnancy support center offering material aid, classes, and referrals to prenatal care.
Example only, do not contact
Community · Legal aid
(Example) County Legal Aid Society
Illustrative example of a free legal aid office that helps with protective orders and housing law.
Example only, do not contact
Catholic · Grief support
(Example) Parish Bereavement Ministry
Illustrative example of a parish-run grief support group meeting weekly.
Example only, do not contact
Catholic · Disability resources
(Example) Accessible Parish Ministries Office
Illustrative example of a diocesan office coordinating accessible Masses and disability ministry.
Example only, do not contact
Community · Abuse survivor organizations
(Example) Regional Survivor Support Circle
Illustrative example of a peer-led support group for survivors of abuse, including church-related abuse.
Example only, do not contact
Christ among the rejected
This directory is the theology, applied
Christ said he is found among the hungry, the stranger, the sick, and the imprisoned. Taking that seriously looks less like a sentiment and more like a phone number that works.
Nothing on this page asks you to pray first, believe first, or belong first. If you are in danger or in crisis, start with the trained people below and come back to the rest whenever you want, or never.