Individuals who have had any criminal justice involvement in the past and are looking to plan their personal comeback can find assistance at the Bexar County Reentry Center.

Our Reentry team can help you increase your level of employability, obtain higher educational levels, and acquire specialized job training. A variety of other services and resources are also available to you as well. Call us for an appointment!

Free

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.

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.

This program provides emergency assistance for food, rent, and utilities.

(The Social Service office is located in classroom #3 of the school building.)

• Must be living within parish boundaries or be a registered parishioner.
• ID is required to receive services.
• Those seeking utility or rent assistance must have a disconnection notice.
• Those seeking rent assistance must live in public housing (SAHA) and have an eviction notice.

While SAHA is not charging fees or penalties to Public Housing residents, other landlords, including those of Section 8 voucher holders, can still charge and collect rent, fees, and penalties under the terms in the lease, but are not allowed to file for eviction based on non-payment rent. Voucher holders with past-due rent are encouraged to reach out to their landlords now to discuss options for repayment agreements.

The CDC Order does not waive an individual of their obligation to pay rent or comply with any other obligation. Renters are still required to pay all past-due rent and are encouraged to reach out to SAHA if their income has been impacted by COVID-19. SAHA may need to recalculate rent payments and also offers repayment plans to Public Housing residents and accepts partial payments for those unable to pay rent in full each month.

Under the CDC Eviction Order, tenants may still be evicted for:

• Engaging in criminal activity on the premises;
• Threatening the health or safety of other residents;
• Damaging or posing an immediate and significant risk of damage to property;
• Violating any applicable building code, health ordinance, or similar regulation relating to health and safety; or
• Violating any other contractual obligation (other than late fees, penalties, or interest).

In addition, SAHA clients may also qualify for emergency rental or utility assistance from the City of San Antonio. To learn more and submit an application online, please visit the City’s COVID-19 Emergency Housing Assistance website here.

The Rental Assistance Program closed on October 17, 2022. Please check our website for updates.

Provides assistance to eligible households that need help paying for utilities due to an emergency hardship that impacts their ability to pay.

Call or visit office for information and application process.

The goal of the Fair Housing/ Housing Counseling Program is to help residents maintain housing stability, which is key to family well-being. The program is a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved housing counseling agency.

The Fair Housing Program provides the following services to rental tenants, homeowners and landlords:

• Tenant and landlord mediation
• Default counseling to homeowners
• Housing Discrimination Complaints
• Referrals and community outreach
• Rent Assistance
• Mortgage Assistance
• Utility Assistance

Limited resources available. Call for information. Re-apply frequently.

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
• Home Visits

Requirements:

• Must reside within parish boundary.
• Please wear a mask.
• We serve on a case-to-case basis, we will not turn you away if it is your first visit.

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

Must reside within parish boundary.

Need help managing or reducing your household debt? Want advice on how to build or restore your credit? Did you know 1 in 4 Americans has credit report errors? Let us help you make sure yours is right. Debt doesn’t have to be overwhelming. We can help you negotiate and reduce your household debt. Just by saving $3 a day, you can save up to over $1,000 in a year! We can help you make a plan. Family Service Financial Empowerment counselors can provide unlimited, free, one-on-one financial counseling sessions to help you:

• Take control of your debt
• Deal with debt collectors
• Improve your credit
• Build your savings
• Create a budget
• Find safe and affordable financial products

We also connect individuals to GED and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

This is a drop-off point for emergency utility assistance applications.

The Financial Empowerment Center serves the entire community but targets three surrounding zip codes: 78228, 78237, and 78207.

Free one-on-one financial counseling.

Need help managing or reducing your household debt? Want advice on how to build or restore your credit? Did you know 1 in 4 Americans has credit report errors? Let us help you make sure yours is right. Debt doesn’t have to be overwhelming. We can help you negotiate and reduce your household debt. Just by saving $3 a day, you can save up to over $1,000 in a year! We can help you make a plan. Family Service Financial Empowerment counselors can provide unlimited, free, one-on-one financial counseling sessions to help you:

• Take control of your debt
• Deal with debt collectors
• Improve your credit
• Build your savings
• Create a budget
• Find safe and affordable financial products

We also connect individuals to GED and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

This is a drop-off point for emergency utility assistance applications.

The Financial Empowerment Center serves the entire community but targets three surrounding zip codes: 78228, 78237, and 78207.

Free one-on-one financial counseling

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

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

Requirements:

• Must have valid ID
• Must reside within parish boundary
• Application with Household Members and Information

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
• Clothing Assistance
• Utility Assistance
• Rental Assistance

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 Services
• Utility Assistance
• Home Visits

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

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 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. 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

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
• Furtinure Assistance
• Utility Assistance
• Clothing Assistance

Must reside within parish boundary.

This ministry will help families get the help they need.

The Warm Hearts, Warm Homes program is a locally-funded project that delivers a free space heater to older adults or veterans who have no safe source of heat inside their homes.

Thanks to the continued generosity and contributions from our fellow citizens - since 2009, the Warm Hearts program has been able to support over 100 homes, every year, across our 13-County service area.

To qualify, persons must be 60 years of age or older and a resident of one of the 13 counties in the AACOG Region. The recipient must also have no current, safe means of heating in their home, or the existing heating source is not working. A stove or oven is not considered a safe and adequate source of heating a home, as this regularly leads to numerous fires and casualties in our community.

For more information, or to request a heater, call the Alamo Service Connection at (210) 477-3275 (or toll free at 866-231-4922) or email for details.

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.

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 clinic addresses the medical and dental needs of people who cannot afford health insurance.

Services include:

• Alcoholics Anonymous**
• Computer Lab
• Counseling and Case Management (individual, family, depression, substance abuse)**
• Dental (exams, x-rays, cleanings, fillings, root canals, dentures, extractions, etc.)*
• Diabetes Education
• Language Classes
• Exercise Classes
• Food Pantry*
• Health Education*
• Immunizations
• Lab
• Medical*
• Medicaid and CHIP Application Assistance*
• On-site Café
• Oral Surgery
• Parenting Support Groups
• Pediatrics
• Physical Exams
• Prescription Assistance*
• Referral Assistance (necessities include housing, utilities, clothing and food)*
• Senior Programs
• Sports Leagues (Adult and Youth)
• Summer Youth Camp
• Transportation Assistance
• Women’s Health
• Youth Afterschool Programs

*Must meet eligibility requirements to qualify for service.

**Program not operated by Methodist Healthcare Ministries.

Services are provided on a sliding fee scale based upon ability to pay, household income and family size.

• Help Paying For Internet

The Emergency Cash Assistance program provides cash assistance of up to $250 to allow single mothers to buy groceries and essentials and pay utility bills, etc. (When funds are available)

This program is for single mothers.

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
• 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:

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

Must reside within parish boundary.

This program provides:

• Clothing assistance.
• Food assistance through our in-house food pantry.
• We have limited monetary assistance with utilities in emergencies.

Through San Antonio Food Bank’s Project HOPE commodity program, we distribute free groceries to persons aged 60 or older who meet financial eligibility criteria.

please call 210-334-2300 for more information.

Through this program you can receive material assistance, counseling, classes and guidance through this exciting time in your life.

Pregnant women or parent with child under 36 months.

When coming in for services, please bring a valid photo ID (Driver's License, etc.) and proof of residency (utility bill, car insurance, etc.).