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THE START HERE ST. LOUIS AREA RESOURCE DIRECTORY(a 52-page booklet in print format) and this website provide general information, street addresses, phone numbers and website addresses for dozens of agencies, shelters, employment resources, food pantries and other organizations throughout the St. Louis area. To obtain a copy of the directory in print, call 314/726-2092 or send an email from the contact page on this website.

The links on the left side of this page will take you to the listings under each category.

FREE CELL PHONES:
Click here to see if you qualify.

To view a NATIONWIDE REENTRY DIRECTORY, click here.

Click here to see the resources on VINCENT'S LIST on the St. Vincent de Paul Criminal Justice Ministry website.

For information about ST. PATRICK CENTER, the area's largest provider of homeless services, click here.

For a listing of resources in JEFFERSON COUNTY, click here.

Don't forget Craig's List when looking for apartments and houses for rent.

Social Security Office, downtown: 717 N. 16th 63103 314/621-2704
For a location near you, visit socialsecurityhop.com

Washington University School of Social Work provides an extensive data base with links to MANY resources.

THIS WEBSITE AND OUR 52-PAGE RESOURCE DIRECTORY WERE PRODUCED BY INSIDE DHARMA, A BUDDHIST OUTREACH PROGRAM WORKING IN EASTERN MISSOURI PRISONS, AND TO A LIMITED EXTENT, THE ST. LOUIS HOMELESS POPULATION.



NEW LISTINGS!!!
We've added many new resources in PDF format. Click on the categories below to read or print as needed.

EYE CARE/VISION
TRANSPORTATION
MORE PANTRIES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES
DENTAL CLINICS
SOCIALSERVE.COM
An extensive listing of available rental housing.

STAR: STL Alliance for Reentry
A new consortium of local agencies

St. John's Mercy
Neighborhood Ministry

3600 Gravois Ave. 63116
314/865-0927

Provides access to health care services and other resources.

LAMP
Language Access Metro Program
Provides interpreters, specializing in medical interpreting.

Hearing Screening and Hearing Aids at Low Cost
www.hearing-speechstlouis.org

For assistance with housing or with starting a business:
www.JustinePetersen.Org

CASA de SALUD
Health resource center for
Hisipanic immigrants
3200 Chouteau St.Louis, Mo 63103
Phone: 1-314-762-1251
www.casadesaludstl.org


The new 52-page edition START HERE RESOURCE DIRECTORY is now available in PDF format. This will allow users to print some or all pages as needed. Permisson is NOT needed to print from the website or from the attached pdf. Feel free to send comments or updates using the CONTACT US page. Click here for the pdf version of the Directory.

On our contact page, you can also send us comments and information that you think would be useful for us to add. Or tell us about an organization that we've missed.

Agencies and organizations are welcome to contact us with updates and changes to the information that's listed here.

DropInCenters

HORIZON CLUB
202 North 23rd Street (Between Olive & Pine,
one block East of Jefferson)
314/436-1733

The safe haven called the Horizon Club is open 24/7, provides showers, bathrooms, laundry, lounge, beverages, snacks, lockers, computers, and movies. It offers an opportunity for homeless people to get off the streets and to receive some basic services that previously didn't exist in the downtown area.

THE BRIDGE
(Formerly Centenary Cares)

1610 Olive 63103
314/421-3136

Permanent mailing address, hygiene items, referrals to other agencies.
Birth certificates and state ID' - Tuesdays, 8am - 12:30pm.
The Bridge also provides 3 meals a day, the use of restrooms, phones to make loccal calls, social work services and spiritual services.

ST. LOUIS EMPOWERMENT CENTER
3024 Locust 63103
314/652-6100 Friendship Line: 866/525-1442

A drop-in center for the mentally ill. Open 365 days a year. A consumer-run, self-help, drop-in program for people who are either suspicious of the behavioral health system or who feel that they were victimized by it. Tv, books, pool table.
Open M-F 9 - 5, weekends 7 - 3.
Lunch daily. Open 9 - 5 weekdays. Weekends 7 - 3.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES provide computers and computer labs that give immediate access to the internet. And you can get an e-mail address there.