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Important Numbers to Know
Missouri/Illinois COVID Resources-


Below you will find the numbers of agencies providing assistance during the pandemic in all or parts of Missouri and Illinois.

Basic Needs Supports (food, utility assistance, etc.):
  • Catholic Charities of St. Louis - 314-367-5500
  • Community Action Agencies - call 2-1-1 for your area
  • Salvation Army East St. Louis - 618-874-3136
  • Salvation Army St. Louis - 800-533-6865
  • St. Vincent DePaul – Call 2-1-1

Food Assistance:
  • St. Louis Schools Pandemic Meal Plan (children 18 and younger free meal plan, 8am-noon, M-F) - www.slps.org
  • St. Louis Area Food Bank - 314-292-6262
  • Missouri SNAP Program (low income food assistance) - 855-373-4636
  • Clyde C Jordan Senior Center - 618-293-6700
  • Crisis Food Center - 618-462-8201
  • Hunger Hotline - 314-726-5355
  • MO Family Support Division - 800-373-4636
  • IL Department of Human Services - 800-843-6154
  • Salvation Army East St. Louis - 618-874-3136
  • Salvation Army St. Louis - 800-533-6865
  • St. Vincent DePaul - Call 2-1-1
  • Urban League - 618-274-1150
  • Operation Food Search Hunger Hotline - 314-726-5355 x1

Health / Prescription Resources:
  • Centers for Disease Control - www.cdc.gov
  • MO HealthNet Service Center - 855-373-4636
  • Illinois Rx Plan - 800-252-8966
  • Missouri Rx Plan - 800-375-1406

Mental Health Providers:
  • Arthur Center ACI Hotline - 800-833-2064
  • Behavioral Health Response - 469-6644 or 800-811-4760
  • Burrell Behavioral Health – Central - 800-395-2132
  • Chestnut Health Systems - 888-924-3786
  • Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center - 618-482-7330
  • Department of Mental Health - 800-392-0210
  • Human Support Services - 618-393-4444
  • Provident - 314-533-8200
  • Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior Services Hotline - 24/7 - 877-435-8411
  • Behavioral Health Response Hotline (counseling and outreach services) - 1-800-811-4760


Additional Supports:

Children/Child Care Supports:
  • Child Care Aware - 800-424-2246
  • Children’s Abuse Hotline/Children’s Division - 800-392-3738
  • Children’s Home and Aid - 618-452-8900
  • Children’s Home Society of Missouri - 968-2350
  • Division of Youth Services - 855-373-4636
  • IL Department of Human Services - 800-843-6154
  • MO Family Support Division - 855-373-4636
  • Gateway Region YMCA - 314-436-1177
  • Great Circle -  573-265-3251
  • Nurses for Newborns - 544-3433
  • ParentLink WarmLine - 800-552-8522

COVID-19 Information Lines:
  • IL Department of Public Health - 800-889-3931
  • MO Department of Health and Senior Services - 877-435-8411

Employment Resources:
  • Community Action Agencies – call 2-1-1 for your area
  • Illinois Department of Labor - 618-993-7090
  • Madison County Employment and Training - 618-296-4301
  • Missouri Division of Workforce Development - 888-728-5627
  • Near Southside Employment Coalition - 314-865-4453
  • Salvation Army Madison County - 618-451-7957
  • Urban League St. Louis - 314-388-9840

County Health Departments:
  • Calhoun County Health Department - 618-576-2428
  • Clinton County Health Department - 618-594-2723
  • Franklin County Health Department - 636-583-7300
  • Jefferson County Health Department - 636-797-3737
  • Greene County Health Department - 217-942-6961
  • Jersey County Health Department - 618-498-9565
  • Lincoln County Health Department - 636-528-6117
  • Macoupin County Health Department - 217-854-3223
  • Madison County Health Department 618-692-8954
  • Monroe County Health Department - 618-939-3871
  • Randolph County Health Department - 618-826-5007
  • St. Charles County HealthDepartment - 636-949-7400
  • St. Clair County Health Department - 618-233-7703
  • St. Louis City Health Department - 314-612-5100
  • St. Louis County Health Department - 314-615-2660
  • Warren County Health Department - 636-456-7474

Housing/Shelter Supports:
  • Call for Help 618-397-0968
  • Community Development Block Grant - 618-274-7835
  • MO Housing Development Commission - 877-1350
  • Social Serve - www.socialserve.com
  • Society of St. Vincent DePaul Belleville - 618-394-0126
  • St. Clair Intergovernmental Grants Department - 618-277-6790
  • St. Patrick Center - 314-534-6624
  • Homeless Hotline Shelter Referral Agency - 314-802-5444
  •  Gateway 180: Homelessness Reversed – 314-231-1515 / 314-802-5444

Services for Seniors:
  • AgeSmart Community Resources - 618-222-2561
  • Elder Abuse Hotline - 800-392-0210
  • IL Department of Aging - 800-252-8966
  • Mid East Area Agency on Aging - 800-243-6060
  • Aging Matters - 800-392-8771
  • St. Louis Area AAA - 877-612-5918
  • St. Louis Area AARP - 866-389-5627
  • Assoc. on Aging w/ Developmental Disabilities - (314) 647-8100


Domestic Violence Resources:
  • Emergency Safe Houses (Women in need of emergency shelter & transportation)  314-421-3020, or 314-690-1304  
  • Domestic Violence Hotline (ALIVE) 314-993-2777
  • ALIVE 314-993-7080 
  • Grace And Peace Winter Shelter For Women 314-367-8959
  • Kathy Weinman Center  314-423-1117
  • Lydia’s House - 314-771-4411
  • St. Martha’s Hall - 314-533-1313
  • Women's Safe House - 314-772-4535
​Transportation:
  • IL Department of Transportation - www.idot.illinois.gov or 800-452-4368
  • Metro STL - 314-982-1400
  • Mo Department of Transportation - www.modot.org or call 5-1-1
  • OATS Transit- 888-875-6287

Unemployment Insurance:
  • IL Department of Employment Security - 800-244-5631 or www.illinois.gov/ides
  • MO Department of Labor - 800-320-2519 or www.labor.mo.gov

Other local resources:
  • City of St. Louis Dept. of Health Hotline -M-F 8am - 10pm-  314-657-1499
  • CDC COVID-19 Info Hotline-  24/7 - 800-232-6349
  • St. Louis Crisis Nursery - 314-768-3201
  • Heat Up STL - 314-657-1599 or 314-241-0001
  • St. Louis Housing Authority - 314-531-4770
  • St. Louis Housing Helpline - 314-802-5444
  • Salvation Army - 314-646-3000
  • Employment Connection - 314-333-5627
  • People’s Community Action Corporation - 314-862-6270
  • Anxiety Help- virusanxiety.com
  • St. Louis County Youth Connection Hotline - 314-628-2929
  • KUTO Crisis Helpline (youth crisis 24/7) - 314-644-5886
  • Safe Connections Hotline (free individual and group counseling for women who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse) - 314-531-2003
  • Domestic Violence and Rape Hotline - 800-392-0210
  • Mid-Missouri Crisis Line- 1-888-761-4357 or text “HAND” to 839863
  •  SAMHSA Disaster Distress Hotline - 1-800-985-5990
  • Life Crisis/ Suicde Hotline - 314-647-4357 
  • National Alliance on Mental Health Healthline - 800-950-6264
  • Peoples’s Health Centers - 314-838-8220
  • Care STL Health - 314-389-4566
  • Family Health Care Centers- 314-531-5444
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