Immediate assistance for our neighbors who are displaced due to unforeseen circumstances, a natural disaster, or a humanitarian crisis.

Assistance provided with Red Cross referral or FEMA documentation. Assistance provided with food, clothing, household items, transportation, utility, or rental assistance based on availability of funding.

One-time emergency financial assistance to prevent homelessness and utility disconnection as well as provide financial coaching and budgeting assessment for income-eligible individuals and families.

Mobile Relief and Shower Trailer provide immediate family and support services through the San Antonio and surrounding 19 counties of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The Mobile Relief Unit includes a mobile food pantry and USDA-certified kitchen to serve warm, fresh meals. The shower trailer has two bathroom units with sink, toilet, and shower, as well as laundry machines.

Catholic Charities provides free sack lunches at this location for our unsheltered homeless neighbors.

With a goal of increasing the financial stability of working individuals and families in poor and aid persecuted Christians, is a community garden used as a resource to not only augment the Food Pantry, but as a teaching tool for students enrolled in the After School and Summer Youth Program.

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Provides legal aid to low-income and immigrant families, as well as to victims of crime, domestic violence and human trafficking.

Participants are offered legal information, and if necessary, referrals to legal aid or to other attorneys who may work on a sliding scale or a payment plan.

Our lawyers are experienced in multiple fields to offer clients the best legal advice on a wide range of legal issues:

• Guardianship – Legal help for family members of individuals who are unable to secure food, clothing, or shelter for themselves or need help making decisions.
• Wills – End-of-life legal preparations including power of attorney, simple wills, and probate management.
• Property Deeds – Assistance with transferring homes to loved ones during their life or upon death.
• Financial Wellness and Care – Legal aid for those who have limited ability to manage their personal finances.
• Immigration Assistance – Legal aid to help immigrants and refugees secure their legal immigration status. Every person has a unique situation. At Caritas Legal Services, we will try our best to find immigration relief that will allow you to stay in the USA and work legally. Caritas Legal Services have grants that can help immigration to reduce the fee or waive the fee.

Please contact Caritas Legal Services for additional information at (210) 433-3256.

Free.

Adopt-A-Senior

Pairing of volunteers with isolated seniors to provide basic needs and companionship.

After School Program

Free program to students in Kindergarten through 12th grade to receive tutoring and mentoring after school as well as extracurricular activities and social activities in a safe environment.

Clothes Closet

New and gently used clothing for babies through adults.

Disaster Relief

Immediate assistance for our neighbors who are displaced due to unforeseen circumstances, a natural disaster, or a humanitarian crisis.

Emergency Financial Assistance

One-time emergency financial assistance to prevent homelessness and utility disconnection as well as provide financial coaching and budgeting assessment for income-eligible individuals and families.

Food Pantry

Free canned food, dry goods, meat, dairy, and baked goods distributed safely through a drive-through distribution.

Homeless Prevention

Provides eligible individuals and families with holistic case management, basic needs, and rental assistance while providing guidance on life skills, housing stability, and self-sufficiency resources.

Mobile Relief Units

Mobile Relief and Shower Trailer provide immediate family and support services through the San Antonio and surrounding 19 counties of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The Mobile Relief Unit includes a mobile food pantry and USDA-certified kitchen to serve warm, fresh meals. The shower trailer has two bathroom units with sink, toilet, and shower, as well as laundry machines.

Project Cool

Free box fan distribution for seniors 60 and older and the disabled from June 1 through September 30.

St. Phocas Garden

Provides organic produce all year long to supplement the St. Stephen’s CARE Center Food Pantry.

St. Stephen’s CARE Center Food Pantry

A client-choice food pantry that is currently a curbside pick-up station for individuals and families to receive canned goods, dry goods, dairy, meat, and produce.

Veronica’s Boutique

Free baby-related material assistance and parenting resources for pregnant or parenting mothers of children younger than three years old.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Free tax preparation for individuals who earn up to $55,000 annually within 72 hours.
(210) 222-2975

$50.00 consultation fee, although some fees may be waived if grant funding is available.