This group offers the Critical Financial Assistance Program. The program helps military families with grants and not loans. Help is also given in the form of grocery cards. The payments are made directly to service providers. There are eligibility criteria that must be met. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Usual Types of Assistance Are:

This agency offers temporary shelter and meals to those in need. They also offer social service referrals. They provide disaster relief locally and around the world.

Services include:

• Adult Rehabilitation
• Christmas Assistance
• Combating Human Trafficking
• Disaster Relief
• Elderly Services
• Housing and Homeless Services
• Hunger Relief
• Missing Persons
• Prison Ministries
• Veterans Affairs Services

Please call for more information.

This ministry provides food, shelter, and case management in a safe environment for people in Alachua County. They also run Arbor House for homeless women. Please see the website for more details.

Services Include:

• Arbor House
• Case Management
• Daily Showers
• Emergency Shelter
• Laundry Facilities
• Personal Hygiene Items & Clothing
• Referrals
• Soup Kitchen
• Sunrise Residence Inn
• Transitional Housing
• Veterans Affairs

Additional Locations:
Hamilton County
2618 NW 6th Street
Gainesville, FL. 32609
352.505.3521

St. Johns County
70 Washington Street
St. Augustine, FL. 32084
904.829.8937

A food pantry and clothing closet is offered on a monthly basis. Applicants fill in an easy form and then are able to receive free food and clothes. The food pantry is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Please call or visit the website for more information.

The Children's Table serves the community with free emergency food. They also share the cost of food for low-income families. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Trinity United Methodist Church has partnered with First UMC Gainesville to provide meals to the homeless community. They meet at First UMC in the back parking lot. Please call or visit our website for more information.

The mission outreach ministry offers free bread and grocery items. Monday from 9 AM to 11 AM. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Volunteers of America provides help to the community through a ministry of services that include the following:

• Housing
• Health Services
• Training, Education & Employment Services
• Realizing Recovery: Substance Abuse After-care Program

Please call or visit the website for more information.