The Financial and Housing Recovery Center is part of the Recovery and Resiliency Plan for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The plan includes a section on community resilience, which ensures that households and businesses affected by COVID-19 have the resources and tools to become financially resilient and better prepared to withstand future economic challenges.

Financial Benefits Navigation
Through Financial Benefits Navigation we work with federal, state, and local benefits providers and with community partners, to include referral services such as unemployment, TANF, CHIP, housing authority waitlist registration, utility assistance, rent/mortgage assistance, etc.

Financial Counseling
Financial Counselors through the Financial and Housing Recovery Center, assist residents with budgeting, debt management, credit report education, and linking to positive products through Bank On San Antonio, etc.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Home Visits
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Medical Services

Must reside within parish boundary. Food service requires walk-in. Utility Assistance requires a home visit

Harper's Chapel Ministries, in partnership with the City of San Antonio Department of Human Services Homeless Division and Daily Bread Ministries, has established a Resource Hub to assist the residential and houseless community.

Services provided include:

• Food Pantry for the community
• Gently used clothes and shoes
• Hygiene items
• Showers for our homeless neighbors 
• Employment Assistance and other social services

Free

The Claude Black Community Center provides an array of services to the local community, including providing comprehensive nutrition services for seniors and housing emergency assistance services.

Members of the public can also reserve space for community meetings and activities.

For information on the Center or on activities provided at the center please contact the Center.

We provide confidential, personal assistance to Veterans, family members, caregivers and widows to help locate or resolve unmet needs that other programs may not support.

Our services includes outreach to both active military, Veterans and their families from all wars, conflicts and periods of service. Our model is simple, if you or your loved one served our country, let us serve you now!

Free

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Home Visits
• Medical Services
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Must reside within parish boundary.

The Financial and Housing Recovery Center is part of the Recovery and Resiliency Plan for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The plan includes a section on community resilience, which ensures that households and businesses affected by COVID-19 have the resources and tools to become financially resilient and better prepared to withstand future economic challenges.

Financial Benefits Navigation
Through Financial Benefits Navigation we work with federal, state, and local benefits providers and with community partners, to include referral services such as unemployment, TANF, CHIP, housing authority waitlist registration, utility assistance, rent/mortgage assistance, etc.

Financial Counseling
Financial Counselors through the Financial and Housing Recovery Center, assist residents with budgeting, debt management, credit report education, and linking to positive products through Bank On San Antonio, etc.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Must reside within parish boundary.

The Hope Center provides financial assistance to those in our contiguous zip codes. We also operate a small emergency food pantry that can provide enough food to cover a few days.

We serve only the following zip codes: 78201, 78208, 78209, 78212, 78213, 78215, 78216, 78217, 78218, 78233, 78234, and 78239.

Qualifications must be met.

When you visit please bring:

• US photo ID for all adults in household
• SS Card for all in household
• Verification of current address
• Current lease or bill
• All income statements for last 30 days
• Documentation of payments toward bill

Free.

SAMMinistries' Homeless Prevention Services provides temporary rental assistance and utility assistance (CPS Energy only) to individuals and families who are in imminent danger of eviction.

Payments are not made directly to the participant.

Due to volume, we are unable to accommodate walk-in clients.

Clients:

• must apply for assistance online.
• must have an eviction notice, notice to vacate, or utility disconnection notice.
• must have some stable form of income.

Click here to get started.

With our Next Step Housing program, youth can now live in their apartment with the security of a support system and life-skills education, preparing them for successful independence.

Assistance can be up to one year long. 

Housing Programs:

Supervised Independent Living

• Young adults in extended foster care, ages 18-21

Vocational Program

• Young adults who were once in the foster care system, and no longer in care, ages 18+

College Housing Program

• Young adults in the foster care system and students in a local college or university.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Former foster youth
• At least 18 years old
• Employed (working full or part-time)
• Submission of Housing Application with Resume and Essay
• Interview with the Housing Coordinator

Click here to donate to NEXT STEP HOUSING.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• School Supplies
• Christmas Angel Tree
• Easter Baskets

Must reside within parish boundary.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Clothing Assistance
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Must reside within parish boundary.

NACA provides comprehensive housing counseling and access to an incredible mortgage.

The NACA Mortgage offers everyone the same below-market fixed interest rate with no down-payment, no closing costs, fees, points, or PMI.

Eligibility:

• Member or anyone in the household cannot own another property when they close on the NACA mortgage.
• Member must occupy the home as long as they have a mortgage obtained through NACA.

• For Prospective Homeowners

NACA assists homeowners who have unaffordable mortgages.

Unlike a refinance, mortgage modification can change the interest rate or term of your current mortgage. Our advocates will help you negotiate with your lender based on your financial hardship.

Signing up below is the first step in the Home Save program for at-risk homeowners needing an affordable mortgage payment or homeowners needing funds to make important repairs. Click here to sign up.

No homeowner is turned away.

Our advocates can help you for free, whether or not you got your mortgage through us.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Clothing Assistance
• Home Visits 
• Bus Tickets
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Requirements:

• Valid ID.
• Must reside within parish boundary.
• Application with household members and information.
• Curbside Food Distribution.

Free.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. It is this personalized involvement that makes the work of the Society unique.

Aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service.

An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it also must assume a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless.

Services Offered: 

• Food Pantry 
• Clothing Services
• Home Visits
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Requirements:

• Must reside within parish boundary.
• Drive-Thru Food Distribution

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Food Pantry Requirements:

• Must reside within parish boundary. Please call before to see if you qualify for assistance at this parish.
• Must have a picture ID.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Clothing Services
• Home Visits
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Legal Services

Food Pantry Requirements:

• Must have picture ID
• Should live within parish boundary, please call before to confirm address.
• Food is given once a month to each qualiflying person.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Clothing Assistance
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Requirements:

• Valid ID.
• Must reside within parish boundary.
• Copy of Residential Lease for proof of residency.

Free.

We offer four distinct programs to assist military families at every stage of their transition into civilian life.

• Transitional Housing (Apartments)
• Permanent Homes for Veterans
• Transitional Homes for Veterans
• Transitional Housing (Villages)

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Home Visits
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Must reside within parish boundary.

At Always Best Care Senior Services, our mission is to provide veterans with the most outstanding care possible, and also to assist them in obtaining the funds to pay for the care they need.

The Always Best Care Veterans Assistance Program helps some of America’s most deserving citizens remain in their homes longer while maintaining a healthy and safer lifestyle. Or, if the veteran chooses to move to an assisted living community, benefits can also apply to the cost of room and board as well as personal care.

As part of our program, we want to help veterans and their families understand what VA programs are available.

Here’s how we help

At Always Best Care, we not only provide outstanding care for veterans, we also assist them in obtaining the funds to pay for the care they need. For example, if you choose to work with one of our resources, their process includes:

• Thoroughly researching and reviewing all pertinent records and testimony, documenting medical conditions, need for care, military service, marital records, and financial status (if required).
• Obtaining necessary documents from original and certified sources (this includes obtaining certified copies of military discharges).
• Researching your particular situation and history with a view of selecting which VA disability program might be the most beneficial.
• Preparing a written legal opinion regarding eligibility for the desired VA benefit and the anticipated amount of award.
• If the legal opinion is positive, you may begin care with Always Best Care confident of your legal entitlement to VA benefits.
• Preparing presenting and prosecuting a complete documented claim for the desired benefit.

To contact an Always Best Care specialist for more information about our Veterans Assistance Program, or to arrange a no obligation care consultation, please call 210-772-2277.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Christmas Angel Tree
• Easter Baskets
• Coats for Kids

Must reside within parish boundary.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

Must reside within parish boundary.

Our Programs at St Mark:

• Food Pantry
• Home and church visits to those requesting help
• Serving Meals at St Vinnies Bistro at the Haven for Hope Prospects Courtyard.
• Emergency rent and utility assistance
• Christmas Giving Tree

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless. 

Services Offered:

• Home Visits
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Bus Passes

Food Pantry Requirements:

• Must reside within parish boundary.
• Must have valid ID.
• Application with household members and information filled out during food distribution.

Free.

Our Veteran Services program offers Homelessness Prevention and Stabilization Services to Veterans and their families in Texas. These supportive services include outreach, case management, help in obtaining VA benefits, emergency financial assistance for rent and utilities and assistance in obtaining and coordinating other public benefits.

Endeavors provides services to very low income Veteran families, Veterans facing eviction, and/or Veterans currently homeless and scheduled to move into housing within 90 days. Our goal is to rapidly rehouse or prevent homelessness for Veterans and their families and enhance independent living skills and/or Income for very low-income Veteran families.

We provide the following services through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) at low to no cost:

• Case Management
  o Development of a Housing Stability Plan
  o Assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits
  o Referrals to Community Agencies
• Emergency Financial Assistance for rent and utilities (based on financial need)
  o Referrals for financial counseling and legal assistance
• Job placement assistance
• Parenting programs
• Skills Workshops

Eligibility:

• Low-income Veteran families
• Veterans facing eviction
• Veterans currently homeless and scheduled to move into housing within 90 days

We can place unsheltered veterans in emergency housing and can offer other services for veterans needing immediate shelter. Call (210) 469-9664.

Veterans seeking other services can contact us by phone at (210) 399-4838 or email here for information or other assistance.

This program assists income-eligible households to help maintain or obtain stable housing.

Other services offered with this program:

• Mental Health Services for adults (18 and older) 
• Psychiatry Services
• Emergency Food Services
• Transportation Assistance
• ID Recovery

Click here to request more information.

Clients may seek help with rent, hotel nights, personal and household cleaning supplies, emergency food, and GRASP Thrift Store vouchers for clothing, housewares, furniture, and appliances.

OTHER RELATED HUMAN SERVICES FOR NEEDY INDIVIDUALS:

• CLOTHING ASSISTANCE
• EMERGENCY FOOD
• INFORMATION & REFERRAL
• RENTAL ASSISTANCE
• UTILITY ASSISTANCE
• PHARMACY ASSISTANCE
• SENIOR TRANSPORTATION
• SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM
• SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER

Families needing emergency assistance, those experiencing a loss of shelter due to a fire, flood, windstorm, or other natural disaster may be eligible for assistance from GRASP. An eviction does not qualify as a residential disaster. National events such as hurricanes will be addressed specifically as needed.

Program Requirements:

• Resident of Bexar County (Converse, Cibolo, Live Oak, Schertz, Selma, Universal City, Windcrest)
• Referred by the United Way Helpline 211 or Other Agencies (i.e., American Red Cross, Salvation Army or local Fire/Police Department)
• Event occurred within past 90 days.
• Proof of ID, Residency,& Income
• Interview with GRASP Caseworker

All applicants must complete the 2021 Client Services App Pack and meet with the caseworker at the office.

Apply Now

Services are available subject to various income or other conditions and funding requirements. Some may not be available at the time of application if funding is exhausted at the time of your appointment.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul offers tangible assistance to those in need on a person-to-person basis. This aid may take the form of intervention, consultation, or often through direct dollar or in-kind service. An essential precept of the Society's work is to provide help while conscientiously maintaining the confidentiality and dignity of those who are served. The Society recognizes that it must assume, also, a role of advocacy for those who are defenseless or voiceless.

Services Offered:

• Food Pantry
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance
• Christmas Angel Tree 

Must reside within parish boundary.