Monthly food benefits on an EBT card. Expedited SNAP can be approved within 7 days for urgent need. Apply through your state portal.

Monthly cash assistance for families with children. Some states offer one-time emergency "diversion" cash payments. Apply through your state.

Help paying heating, cooling, and utility bills, plus emergency shutoff prevention and weatherization.

Free or low-cost health coverage for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities.

Nutrition assistance and free healthy food for pregnant women, new moms, and children under 5.

Monthly cash for people 65+ or disabled with limited income. Apply at ssa.gov or 1-800-772-1213.

Retirement, SSDI, and survivor benefits. Apply online or call 1-800-772-1213.

Housing Choice Vouchers, public housing, and Emergency Solutions Grants for homelessness. Contact your local PHA.

Weekly cash if you lost your job through no fault of your own. Apply through your state workforce agency.

Help paying for child care so parents can work or attend school. Apply through your state CCAP office.

Free tax preparation and the Earned Income Tax Credit — can mean thousands back at tax time.

Free early learning, health, and family support for children from birth to age 5 in low-income families.

170+ local agencies in every state and U.S. territories offering emergency rent, utility, food, and housing help. Use their agency locator to find your nearest office.

Operates in all 50 states and territories. One-time emergency rent, utility, and food assistance, plus the Pathway of Hope family stability program.

Local parish conferences nationwide provide emergency rent, utility, food, and clothing assistance to neighbors in need, regardless of religion.

Network of 300 Lutheran nonprofits across 1,400 communities offering housing, financial, and emergency assistance.

Operates in 46 states. Rent and utility assistance, food pantries, shelters, and self-sufficiency programs for families in crisis.

Compassion ministry of Southern Baptists. Ministry centers offer disaster relief, food, and local emergency assistance across the U.S.

United Methodist Committee on Relief provides disaster recovery and emergency assistance through local United Methodist churches.

Seventh-day Adventist community services offer food, clothing, and emergency aid through local churches nationwide.

Church of the Nazarene's relief arm providing food, water, shelter, and emergency help in U.S. communities and worldwide.

Faith-based humanitarian agency offering disaster relief, refugee resettlement, and emergency assistance across the U.S.

Local Jewish federations provide emergency financial aid, food, and social services in communities nationwide.

Local wards operate bishops' storehouses providing food, clothing, and limited emergency assistance to anyone in need.

Disaster response and community development; local Episcopal parishes offer emergency aid and financial help.

Network connecting churches to help individuals with rent, utilities, food, and financial coaching.

Volunteer-driven charity offering health fairs, food drives, and disaster relief across the U.S.

Nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing disaster relief and emergency aid nationwide.

Faith-based disaster relief and food distribution serving communities across the U.S. and its territories.

U.S. Programs provide emergency supplies, family stabilization, and disaster response in American communities.

Presbyterian Church (USA) program offering disaster recovery and emergency relief through local congregations.

Sikh gurdwaras nationwide serve free meals (langar) daily and many offer emergency food and assistance to anyone, regardless of faith.