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Food pantry, a Feeding Alabama partner.
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Free food or meals, a Feeding Alabama partner.
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Food pantry, a Feeding Alabama partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Feeding Alabama's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Food pantry, a Feeding Alabama partner.
Call first. Hours come from the Feeding Alabama's own list. Please call to confirm before you go.
Housing across DeKalb County →
Public housing apartments and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) for low-income families, older adults and people with disabilities.
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Community health center. It sees patients with or without insurance and, as a federally funded health center, must offer discounts based on income.
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These serve more than one town. Check each listing for who they serve.
Community action agency: help paying light and gas bills (LIHEAP), and, when funds allow, emergency rent help and other family programs. Call to ask what help is open now.
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Free civil legal help for people with low income, funded by the federal Legal Services Corporation: evictions and housing, family law and protective orders, public benefits, consumer debt and more. Call or apply online; they will tell you if they can take your case.
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To report child abuse or neglect in Alabama, call your county DHR office (or this state office, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM). If a child is in danger right now, call 911 first.
The Alabama DHR food assistance line: find your local SNAP office or get help with an application. You can also apply online through the DHR client portal.
Free, confidential help for anyone hurt or threatened by a partner or family member: safety planning, shelter referrals and someone to talk to. Call 1-800-799-7233, text START to 88788, or chat at TheHotline.org. In an emergency, call 911.
Call or text 988 to reach a trained crisis counselor any time, for a mental health crisis, thoughts of suicide or a substance use crisis. It is free and confidential. Veterans can press 1.
Free, confidential treatment referral and information for mental health and substance use, in English and Spanish. You can also text your ZIP code to 435748.
Dial 988, then press 1. Or text 838255, or chat at veteranscrisisline.net. Free and confidential. You do not need to be enrolled in VA health care.
VA benefits: 800-827-1000. VA health benefits: 877-222-8387. Homeless veterans, open 24 hours: 877-424-3838. MyVA411, the main VA line, open 24 hours: 800-698-2411.
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We have confirmed 4 places that can help in Fort Payne: Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church (Wednesdays from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM unless that day is Christmas or New Years Day. Bring Photo ID), (256) 996-9585, call first; Bread of Life (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 11:30 to 1:00 prepared meals pickup), call first; CASA of DeKalb Co. (Monday to Thursday 8:00 to 3 PM Serves SENIOR CITIZENS who are residents of Dekalb County), (256) 845-2049, call first. 1 more is listed on this page. Please call first to confirm the ones marked call first. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Fort Payne: Community Action Agency of Northeast Alabama, (256) 638-4430. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Fort Payne: Housing Authority of the City of Fort Payne, (256) 845-0424. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Fort Payne: Northeast Alabama Health Services, INC., Fort Payne, (256) 844-4975. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Fort Payne: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), 988; SAMHSA National Helpline (Open 24 hours a day, every day), (800) 662-4357. If you are in crisis right now, call or text 988. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
We have confirmed 2 places that can help in Fort Payne: Veterans Crisis Line (Open 24 hours a day, every day), 988; VA national phone lines (Benefits line, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM Eastern), (800) 827-1000. A veteran in crisis can call 988 and press 1, or text 838255.
We have confirmed one place that can help in Fort Payne: Legal Services Alabama, (866) 456-4995. Please call first to confirm. You can also dial 2-1-1 to talk to a person.
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