Missouri Aid and Assistance Programs and Organizations

How to get assistance and help in all areas, cities, and counties in Missouri, including Kansas City and St. Louis. 

The Child Care Assistance Program
Provides assistance with paying for child care expenses on a sliding fee basis for eligible parents and families. The primary purpose of the Child Care Assistance program is to enable families to both gain employment and remain employed.

Missouri Rx Plan (MoRx)
MoRx is Missouri's State Pharmacy Assistance Program. MoRx will pays for 50% of any out-of-pocket costs on prescription medications that are covered by your Medicare Part D plan. This means that you will save 50% on your prescription deductible, save 50% on your co-pays and 50% during the coverage gap and beyond. MoRx will not pay for the Medicare Part D plan's monthly premium.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamps
SNAP was created to promote and improve the general welfare, safeguard the health, and improve the well-being of Missouri’s population by raising the levels of nutrition among lower income and struggling households.

Missouri MC+ and Missouri Medical Assistance for Families
This program will provides medical insurance to children under the age of 19 and, in some cases, their families. Most families will not need to pay a monthly premium for this insurance. Find additional free health care.

Temporary Assistance Program
This program was intended to provide assistance and cash grants to needy families with children so they can be cared for in their own home and help those families with paying debt and bills It was also created to reduce reduce dependency on government aid by promoting job preparation, training, work and marriage. Money may also be used to prevent non-marital pregnancies and to also encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. The Missouri program can also provide credit card debt counseling services.

Telephone Assistance
Lifeline is a low income telephone assistance program that provides discounts of up to $13.50 a month on families phone bills, including wireless. The federal government Link-Up program offers qualifying low-income Missouri individuals up to a 50 percent reduction (up to $30) on their initial telephone connection or installation charges.

Assistance From Missouri Counties and Cities

Boone County (Columbia)

Buchanan County (Saint Joseph)

Callaway County (Fulton)

Cape Girardeau County (Jackson)

Greene County (Springfield)

Jasper County (Carthage)

Jefferson County (Hillsboro)

Kansas City

Marion County (Hannibal)

Phelps County (Rolla)

Pike County (Bowling Green)

St. Charles County (Saint Charles)

St. Louis

Stone County (Galena)

Taney County (Forsyth)

Energy and Heating Bills

Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program
This helps Missouri's lower income households, and it especially targets those who have a financial emergency, the physically disadvantaged, children, elderly, and any others that have been hit hardest by the energy crisis. This aid program aims to lower utility and heating bills and improve comfort while ensuring safety and health. A home that has been weatherized can lower the average annual fuel consumption per dwelling by up to 13.5 percent, with natural gas at 23.4 percent and electricity at 12.2 percent. The program is a cost-effective means to help low-income families with their energy bills.

Missouri Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
This program has two main components. They are the Energy Assistance/Regular Heating (EA) and Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECIP). The EA component is designed to help provide financial assistance and grants to pay heating bills for Missourians during the cold months of October, November, December, January, February, and March. Eligibility requirements for EA aid are based upon family size, income, and available resources and responsibility for payment of home heating costs. ECIP is the crisis component, and it will provide immediate aid for those with an emergency, such as service being shut off or running out of heating fuel.

Operation Round Up
A program that is offered by most Missouri power companies and organizations and it provides energy assistance funds to individuals in need.

HeatShare
A utility bill assistance program that is managed through The Salvation Army with aid available throughout Missouri. HeatShare serves as a safety net for struggling households who need a helping hand with paying their utility or heating bills and if those families can show a provable need. HeatShare assistance is available until the program funding is exhausted.