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Dial 211 on your phone
or dial (877) 541-7905
2-1-1 is a free and anonymous hotline that helps people find information about local resources in their community. Calling 2-1-1 is the starting point for making a connection to community services such as food, clothing, shelter, employment, and during disasters, to name a few. We maintain a comprehensive, up-to-date database that is updated regularly according to industry standards.
Under the supervision of medical director, Dr. Hans Bruntmyer, the Street Medicine team spends the majority of their time walking the streets and remote areas of San Antonio and Bexar County equipped with backpacks filled with basic medical supplies, water, socks, and hygiene kits
In addition to predetermined rounds, the team also responds to calls from local outreach workers and law enforcement.
The team does their best to accommodate the environment and effectively care for whatever they might encounter. The team can handle basic primary care issues such as wounds, fractures, sprains, colds, back pain, neck pain, etc. Screenings for blood pressure and blood sugar are also available.
We treat unsheltered individuals.
The Sunday morning clinic in the basement of Travis Park Church is part of Corazon San Antonio's service to the local homeless community. It includes medical triage and basic care, eye care, medications, and other medical supplies.
Walk-in only.
For patients with Care Link, Medicare, Medicaid, or other insurance, we provide only medical triage and immediate care.
Free.
We provide clothing, shoes, and hygiene items to homeless veterans that are in need. We partner with the shelter for homeless veterans to help those that served our country. No veteran should be homeless after putting their lives on the line for their country.
We offer free financial literacy classes as preventative measures to reduce homelessness in our military population. The classes are designed to teach how money works, how to invest, and how to utilize VA home loans.
Veterans; must show a need and a provide military ID or DD214.
Free.
Once every two months to also include other things like diapers, hygiene items and household linens when available.
by Christian Assistance Ministry (CAM)
COVID-19 Notice
In partnership with the City, CAM is now a Care Hub.
- Sack lunches for our homeless friends – Monday – Saturday [9:00 AM – 11:00 AM]
- Homeless Showers – Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday [9:30 AM – 11:30 AM]
- Homeless Hygiene Kits – Thursday [9:30 AM – 1030 AM]
- Homeless Clothing Distribution – Thursday [9:30 AM – 1030 AM]
- Mail Service picked up in admin Monday - Thursday [9:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM] and Friday [9:00 AM, 11:30/11:45 PM]
- ID Recovery – Friday [9:30 AM – 11:30 AM]
We provide simple lunches and other services as we are able.
COVID-19 Notice
Continuing service with current participants. Mentors are reaching out to check on individual needs during this time.
We are a non-profit, ecumenical ministry designed to Introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith. We do this by:
- Praying for kids.
- Going where kids are.
- Building personal relationships with them.
- Winning the right to be heard.
- Providing experiences that are fun, adventurous
and life-changing. - Sharing our lives and the Good News of Jesus Christ
with adolescents. - Inviting them to personally respond to the Good News.
- Loving them regardless of their responses.
- Nurturing kids so they might grow in their love for Christ
and the knowledge of God's Word and become people who
can share their faith with others. - Helping young people develop the skills, assets and
attitudes to reach their full God-given potential. - Encouraging kids to live connected to the Body of Christ by
being an active member of a local congregation. - Working with a team of like-minded individuals - volunteer
leaders, committee members, donors and staff.
The Harm Reduction Center and Outreach is an effort to aid clients that are suffering from drug addiction and other forms of chemical dependencies. The program has built a team of 8 peer support and recovery specialists. As Certified Peer Recovery Coaches, they take pride in their ability to assist those in need by providing guidance into the many pathways of recovery available today.
Services include:
- Syringe Exchange
- Safe Injection Kits
- Narcan Distribution
- Safe Sex Kits
- Hygiene Kit
- Wound Care
- Fentanyl Testing Strips
- HIV/HCV Testing
- Peer Recovery Coaching
- Referrals to Detox Treatment, MAT, and more
Located behind and inside Grace Lutheran Church.
Free.
Services provided to qualifying veterans and their families:
- Outreach engagement and admissions
- Case management and housing planning
- Homeless prevention services (rental and utility assistance)
- Transportation
- Hygiene items
- Men, women, and family shelter services
Qualifying veterans can also receive assistance at the Dave Coy Men’s Shelter, 226 Nolan St.
Qualifications:
- Proof of service
- Honorable and dishonorable discharge
- Veterans, dependents and spouse, and surviving spouse
- Homeless or facing homelessness
For more information or community agency referrals, call (210) 352-2020 or visit the Texas Veterans Commission website.
COVID-19 Notice
We now serve dinner every day of the week to our neighbors living on the street.
Dinner is still at 6:00 pm but is now served outside on a strict grab-and-go basis. No lingering, please. Worship services are suspended until further notice.
We also provide pet food and hygiene items, including face masks. Clothing assistance has been discontinued until further notice.
A nutritious dinner is served three days a week, followed by a worship service that includes a gospel message and contemporary Christian music.
After a balanced meal, individuals can receive a change of clothes, hygiene products, or special items we may have in stock (like blankets, hats, and gloves in winter months).
Most of our dinner guests, as well as most of our church members, are chronically homeless individuals, but all are welcome.
Free.
COVID-19 Notice
Guests are screened for COVID-19 symptoms upon entry and are required to wear a mask, except when eating or sleeping.
The primary purpose of the Mission is to acquaint the homeless and the wanderer with the priceless knowledge of the love and forgiveness of God in and through Jesus Christ. Our secondary purpose is to offer a bath, clean clothes, food and a place of shelter for the night.
The Mission provides a complete change of clothing to our guests as needed. We maintain a large clothing storage area (shown in the photograph) which contains shirts, pants, coats, underwear and socks, and shoes. Our clothing articles are donated to us by both individuals and local churches. We also provide to our guests toiletries including soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and paste. In exchange for clothing, we take soiled men’s clothes and after washing, place these clothes in our clothing storage room for reissue to the men.
Proof of I.D. and no more than 2 bags to bring with you.
Men Only.
Free.
COVID-19 Notice
The Mission is now open to serve a reduced number of guests. All staff members are fully vaccinated and all volunteers to the Mission must be fully vaccinated. Guests are screened for COVID-19 symptoms upon entry and are required to wear a mask, except when eating or sleeping.
The San Antonio Rescue Mission dormitory houses up to 40 men in bunk beds.
- All bed linens are washed, dried and replaced on each bed every day
- Showers and personal hygiene items are provided
- Meal served after chapel services
- Soiled clothing can be exchanged for clean clothes.
Men only.
COVID-19 Notice
We have partially reopened and resumed serving hot meals. See our current schedule below.
We strive to provide a friendly, cozy day-home and courtyard to anyone in need of a safe haven to rest, enjoy a meal, engage in conversation, garden, do laundry, watch a movie, play a board game, obtain travel size hygiene supplies, receive postal mail, and make/send and receive phone calls or email messages.
We also have free WIFI.
We are not an overnight shelter.
Must be homeless and 50 years or older to receive services other than Coordinated Entry referrals.
Free.
Thrive has two street outreach workers who provide services to homeless young adults who live on the streets. We provide survival backpacks which include hygiene items, first aid items, socks, snacks, water, and resource guides that highlight services throughout Bexar county. Our main objective is to try to get these young adults off the streets and into shelter, whether it be Thrive or another program.
COVID-19 Notice
Call for current service hours and other details.
Assists seniors with diapers, wipes, bed pads, and toiletries every month. We saw a huge need for these items in the community and knew we were called to help. If you are a senior 65+, and have a medical condition that keeps you out of the workforce, then we can help you.
- Must be 65 or older.
- Must provide a picture ID.
- If you have a medical condition, please bring any documentation supporting the condition.
Our goal at Life Restored Church is that everyone who comes through our doors for a meal or a shower, clothes or healing or whatever, will feel loved, respected, and that they matter—because they are.
This is the First Registered Little Free Library and Pantry in San Antonio and close to the oldest public housing complex in town, Alazan Apache Courts. It is located at 816 S Colorado, between El Paso and Guadalupe Streets.
We Accept:
- Non perishables
- Hygeine products
- Books
We do not have a refrigerator.
We also have a Little Free Library at this location.
Free.
COVID-19 Notice
All Alamo College physical locations are closed. ACD is monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation closely and taking proactive measures. Visit alamo.edu/coronavirus for the latest updates.
The SAC Advocacy Center is still available by phone (210) 486-1111.
Call for:
- Food
- Counseling
- Health and Wellness resources
- Case management
- Emergency Assistance
The Store food pantry available to students, staff and faculty at the Student Advocacy Center.
Resources, depending on availability, include various food and produce items, hygeine products, baby supplies, clothing, and dog or cat food.
Each individual is allowed two visits per month.
Available to all SAC students, faculty, or staff.
Requirements:
- SAC Banner ID
- Intake query by phone
- General Application providing household information done in person.
Call 210-486-1111 to make an appointment.
Free.
Take what you need, Give what you can.
We Accept:
- food
- hygiene products
- books
- clothes
Open 24/7.
Monetary donations can be made via:
- Venmo @freelittlepantrysa
- Cashapp $freelittlepantrysa
- Or email us or DM us on IG @freelittlepantrysa
We also have a Little Free Library at this location.
Free.
We're not here to judge or tell you what do, and we're definitely not your pretentious pushy vegan friends, but we are here to encourage and provide free community access to that delicious, nutritious, "good good."
With all this in mind we have set up our plant-based and vegan community fridge and pantry as the beginning of a pledge to do what we can to combat these many issues facing our friends and neighbors.
We have allowed access to this fridge to the whole community with the attitude of take what you need, and give what you don't.
Food Donations Accepted:
- Fresh Produce
- Non-perishable canned foods
- Plant-based milks
- Meat alternatives
- Nuts
- Potatoes
Other Donations Accepted:
- Hand sanitizer
- Masks
- Gloves
- Body Wash
- Lotions and Creams
- Condoms
- Sanitary Products
Free.
COVID-19 Notice
Sidewalk Saturdays are back in operation. Please come if you need help.
Every Saturday from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM we serve a hot meal, hand bags of groceries, offer clothing and toiletries, and haircuts once a month. We have an Outreach Pavilion where people can come in out of the heat or cold and sit at tables and be served. A playground is available for children to play.
Free.
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.
BTLOP has a clothes closet for clients to select new and slightly worn clothes as needed, free of charge. Since 2018, over 5500 people have been served.
If you would like to donate new or gently used items please email us at: [email protected].
COVID-19 Notice
We continue to serve our unsheltered neighbors and others in need, but will deliver meals to drop-off points rather than eating together at the church.
On a monthly basis, BTLOP provides a hot meal, snack lunch, hygiene packs (deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion, soap, shampoo and conditioner) and new underwear to displaced clients/community members.
To assist with the process, BTLOP has partnered with four community churches (Friendship, God's Property, New Light and Revelation) to provide the meals and Wheatley High School Alumni to provide hygiene packs. On average, 25 - 40 people are served monthly.
Free.
COVID-19 Notice
We remain open to provide services to families in our neighborhood. Before visiting, please call to verify days and hours of operation.
Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (STVDP) put their faith into action. The Vincentians, as the members are called, follow Christ by serving those in need of food, clothing, and assistance and so bear witness to Christ’s compassion for the poor and broken-hearted. Through person-to-person, Vincentians give their heart and friendship to those they serve.
Food Pantry and Utility Assistance Requirements:
- Must reside within parish boundary.
Other Services for the Homeless:
- Sack Lunches
- Clothes
- Personal Hygiene Items
Free.
Wellness Wednesdays are a big deal at St Luke. That's when people who are struggling receive much-needed medical care and other services and are treated with love.
Services include:
- sick visits
- check-ups
- school/sports physicals
- blood glucose screening
- pregnancy testing
- medication counseling
- limited diet/exercise education
- limited over-the-counter and prescription medications
- sexual health testing
- overdose prevention education with Narcan dispensing
- detox services
- mental health services
- substance abuse services
- hygiene kits
- IV needle exchange
- benefit application assistance, including welfare, Medicaid, grandparents’ assistance, food stamp, and pregnancy healthcare
- free hot meals, desserts, and drinks
- food boxes
Free
re:LOVE’s mission is to provide hope to the underprivileged communities of San Antonio by distributing gently-used and new clothes, shoes, miscellaneous household items, and toiletries and personal hygiene items.
Every distribution is free of charge and without obligation. We believe that no one should go without the basic household toiletries needed for everyday use. re:LOVE also serves as a resource to other programs such as foster care, CPS, and shelters in and around our city.
Free.
Material offered is selected to maximize reduction of transmission of blood borne diseases, HIV, HCV, and syphilis.
The kits for IV drug users contain 10 syringes w/ 5/8 in 28ga needles, 6 condoms, a cooker, a cotton, bandaids, alcohol swabs, a pamphlet describing the proper and safe way to inject, and a card listing the referral agencies in San Antonio.
Kits for diabetics did not contain the cooker, cotton, or pamphlet.
Disposal of collected dirty needles and syringes is through the Metropolitan Health District.
The Nopalitos Free Pantry is located in the Highland Park neighborhood of San Antonio, Tx at 426 Rigsby Ave. It exists with support from the community to provide free dry goods to anyone in need.
It is a "Take what you need, give what you can" resource.
We Accept:
- Non perishables
- Hygeine products
- Pet Food
- Books
We have a Little Free Library at this location.
Free.
Each we provide:
- Food Pantry to the community
- Gently used clothes and shoes
- Toiletry Items
- Enrollment in the Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) through the City of San Antonio
- Mobile showers for our homeless neighbors in partnership with the City of San Antonio
- Homeless Resource Hub offering connections to available services
Free
Community pantry located at 3203 W. Houston St. in San Antonio on the corner of W. Houston and N. Hamilton. Donate what you can/take what you need!
We Accept:
- Non perishables
- Perishables
- Hygeine products
- Books
We also have a Little Free Library at this location.
For monetary donations: Cash app $westsidepantry.
Free.