Bellevue Human Services
204 W. Mission
Bellevue, NE 68005
Phone: (402) 293-3138
Mon - Fri 8:00am - 4:30pm
Website: www.bellevue.net/Departments/HumanServices.aspx
Contact: Amanda Chandler
Services: Food, Rent/Utility Assistance
Requirements: You must be a resident of Bellevue, NE. Individuals requesting assistance must provide proper identification and proof of address.
Steps/Process To Get Food: Bellevue residents in need of food assistance can call 293-3138 to make an appointment to receive a food pantry referral. Once a referral is obtained, the food bags can be picked up from the local distribution site from 10:00am – 4:00pm; Mon – Fri. The pantry can provide non perishable food items and vouchers for perishable food items to be used at the grocery store as much as the donations/guidelines can allow.
Benson Baptist Food Pantry
6319 Maple St.
Omaha, NE 68104
Phone(402) 551-1512
Hours: The last Saturday of the month 9:00am - Noon. (In November and December the food pantry is open on the third Saturday).
Contact: Lillian Richards
lrichard@unmc.edu
Services: Clothing, Food, Minimal health services
Food Availability: One Saturday each month.
How Much Food Can I Have?: One box per household.
Requirements: Social Security card and proof of address.
Steps/Process To Get Food: Usually clients receive food within an hour after arrival.
Faith-based?: We are American Baptist. We deliver a brief message and pray with clients.
Black Men United
2724 N 24th St.
Omaha, NE 68110
Phone: (402) 502-2018
Hours: By appointment only
Website: www.blackmenunited.com
Contact: Willie Hamilton; willzzway2@yahoo.com
Services: Clothing, Household Items
Requirements: For low income high risk individuals and families who are struggling in poverty and for returning citizens who have been released from prison and are in need
Additional Details: Provides at no cost personal care items such as hygiene products, house wares, clothing, and health equipment. Also provides employment and housing referrals.
Broadway Emergency Food Pantry
11 S. 1st st.
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Phone: (712) 322-7741
Hours: Mon - Thurs 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Contact: Linda Muilenburg; muilenburgl@gmail.com
Services: Food
Food Availability: Every 60 days
How Much Food Can I Have?: 2 bags
Requirements: Must be a Pott. County Iowa resident and show photo ID with address proof.
Steps/Process To Get Food: Come during open hours with required ID.
Do You Offer House Items?: No
Faith-based?: No
Care and Share House
1808 5th Ave.
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Phone: (712) 323-4889
Hours: Mon 9:30am - noon and 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Wed 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Thurs 9:30am - noon
Website: www.fifthavenueumc.com/Care
Contact: care_and_share@myway.com
Services: Clothing, Food
Food Availability: Once every 30 days.
How Much Food Can I Have?: We try to provide enough food for the family for three days.
Requirements: Anyone who has not been to a food pantry in Council Bluffs in the last 30 days is eligible. There are no income restrictions.
Steps/Process To Get Food: There is a small information form to fill out. Usually a 10 minute wait but we sometimes get busy. You can call ahead, or walk in during any open hours.
Do You Offer House Items?: We have a free store of clothes and small household items. The items are donated so will vary. Any donated items and clothes are offered free and without any restriction.
Faith-based?: The services are an outreach of the United Methodist Church, but we do not incorporate beliefs or practices into our program at all. We want people of any faith or creed to feel comfortable and welcome in our house.
Additional Details: We also offer GED/ESL scholarships, computers for use for job search or GED study, and we are hoping to incorporate a number of new programs in the next year. Some of our future plans include a homeless outreach, life skills programs, and a computer that links to the Iowa Job Service.
Countryside Community Church
8787 Pacific St.
Omaha, NE 68114
Phone: (402) 391-0350
Hours: Mon - Fri 8:00am - 4:30pm
Contact: commcupboard@gmail.com
Services: Food
Food Availability: Food is offered the first Saturday of every month at 10:00am - 11:30am.
How Much Food Can I Have?: Depends on how much food is available.
Requirements: No requirements
Steps/Process To Get Food: Call for Details
Do You Offer House Items?: No
*Updated 2/2012
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership (ENCAP)
Locations:
ENCAP North
2406 Fowler Ave.
Omaha, NE 68111
Tel: (402) 453-5656
ENCAP South
One World Community
Health Center
4920 S. 30th St. Ste. 103 Omaha, NE 68107
Tues Only
(402) 453-5656 Ext. 214
Sarpy County
ENCAP Sarpy
1908 Hancock St.
Bellevue, NE 68005
Tel: (402) 292-2961
Website: www.encapomaha.org
Services: Alcohol/Drug Programs, Clothing, Education, Employment, Food, HealthCare, Life Skills, Mental Health, Youth Programs
Food Availability: Provide monthly food distribution to the community. The food comes from the Omaha Food Bank. Typically, we would serve 5060 families per month.
Requirements: Please Call for details.
Additional Details: Food Assistance: Ease your budget, feed your family! Our food programs meet a basic human need so customers can focus on their goals.
Food Pantry: ENCAP Sarpy County Office and ENCAP South Office
Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) : This program provides food packages for seniors, women and children, and makes referrals to WIC, Head start, Weatherization and other Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
1215 S. 42nd St.
Omaha, NE 68105
Phone: (402) 595-3400
Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm
Website: www.accessnebraska.ne.gov
Services: Food, HealthCare, Rent/Utility Assistance, Help with Child Care Expenses
Requirements: To find out if you qualify for our services, fill out an application. You can either pick up an application at our location, or fill out an application online. There is a ten day processing time. Make sure that you have at least two forms of I.D. (ex: state I.D., birth certificate, social security card) when filling out the application.
There are certain convictions that prevent you from receiving certain services.
For SNAP benefits (formerly known as Food stamps):
If you have been convicted of distributing/selling a controlled substance, then you are disqualified for SNAP benefits for your lifetime.
If you have been convicted of possession of a controlled substance, then you may be eligible for SNAP benefits if you are enrolled in or have gone through treatment. However, if you have three or more possession convictions, then you are disqualified for SNAP benefits for your lifetime.
Any drug convictions before August 22nd, 1996 automatically make individuals ineligible for SNAP benefits for their lifetime.
Please call Health and Human services for eligibility requirements in regards to other programs.
Additonal Details: If you are eligible, we can provide aid with heating expenses (energy assistance), help buying food (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, formerly known as the food stamp program) , provide low or no-cost health care, help with child care expenses, and we provide cash assistance for low-income families with children 18 or younger (Aid to Dependent Children, or ADC).
Heart Ministry Center
2222 Binney St.
Omaha, NE 68110
Phone: (402) 451-2321
Hours: Mon - Fri 10:00am - 3:00pm
Website: www.heartministrycenter.org
Contact: John Levy or June Bear: john@heartministrycenter.org
june@heartministrycenter.org
Services: Clothing, Food, HealthCare, Life Skills, Youth Mentoring, and Dental in the near future.
Food Availability: Regular pantries every 60 days. Seniors over 60 years once every 30 days.
How Much Food Can I Have?: Depends on family size. The bigger the family, the more they receive.
Requirements: Photo ID, Social Security Card, and a piece of mail dated in the last 30 days.
Steps/Process To Get Food: Food is given the same day the request is made, usually within a half hour depending how long the lines are that day.
Do You Offer House Items?: Yes. They are available on a referral basis only.
Faith-based?: No
Additional Details: If a client does not have a social security card, which is required from the Food Bank and Together Inc., we will offer the client a non-USDA pantry to tide them over until they can find other services.
Heartland Family Service Sarpy
302 American Pkwy
Papillion, NE 68046
Phone: (402) 339-2544
Hours: Mon 6:00pm - 7:30pm Tues 11:00am - 3:00pm Wed 5:30pm -7:00pm Thurs Closed Fri 11:00am - 3:00pm
Website: www.heartlandfamilyservice.org
Services: Clothing, Food
Ministerial Association Pantry (Sarpy County):
This food pantry is located at our Sarpy facility for clients residing in Papillion, La Vista and Ralston.
The pantry is offered through a collaboration of local churches located in this geographic area. Bellevue residents are served through a separate food pantry located in Bellevue. Referrals for the food pantry can be accessed by contacting the Sarpy Neighborhood Emergency Services Program Specialists
at (402)339-2544.
Do You Offer House Items?: Clothing, personal care items, household goods, and furniture are offered to all Heartland Family Service clients through donations from the community. Clients need to arrange a visit to the Donation Center with a staff from their program.
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Heartland Hope Mission
Pantry location: 5218 S. 21st.
Omaha, NE 68107
(402) 733-2077
Pantry Hours: Tues: 6:30pm -7:30pm Thurs: 1:30pm - 4:00pm Sat: 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Website: www.HeartlandHopeMission.org
Contact: Courtney Raab, Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: (402) 733-2077 ext 10
CourtneyR@HeartlandHopeMission.org
Services: Clothing, Faith-based Support, Food
Food Availability: Clients may receive a food pantry once every 30 days.
How Much Food Can I Have?: Clients will receive food to feed each person breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 5 - 7 days.
Requirements: A photo ID for the person filling out the form. (Accepted photo ID's are:Driver's license, State ID, Gov't issued ID's)
A form of ID for every other person in the household
(Accepted forms of ID are: social security #'s,
Steps/Process To Get Food: Clients come in with their ID and fill out the form. The form is processed and clients leave with their food pantry.
Do You Offer House Items?: Household items are available once every 30 days by receiving a clothing voucher. All items in the clothing and household building are first come first serve during pantry hours.
Faith-based?: We are a faith based, non denominational organization. A very brief message is given while people are waiting for pantry.
Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church
2650 Farnam St.
Omaha, NE 68131
Hours: Mon 10:00am - 1:00pm Fri 10:00am - 1:00pm Closed for major holidays or if schools are closed for snow day.
Contact: Meggan Lloyd
Services: Food
MOHM'S Place
1435 N. 15th St.
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Phone: (712) 322-7570
Hours: Meal Site 7 days a week from 5:00pm -6:30pm
Men Shelter 24 hrs a day
Office Mon - Thurs 8:30am - 4:00pm
Website: www.mohmsplace.org
Contact: Brandy Wallar, Clinical Director
bwallar@mohmsplace.org
Services: Alcohol/Drug Programs, Clothing, Faith-based Support, Food, Housing, Life Skills, Rent/Utility Assistance, Support Groups, Shelter
Food Availability: Everyday
How Much Food Can I Have?: A nightly meal and free daily bread.
Requirements: N/A
Steps/Process To Get Food: Show up during operation hours.
Do You Offer Household Items?: We give out a certain amount of vouchers to our thrift store monthly for housing items.
Faith-based?: We are non-denomination and believe in Jesus and the Bible. We do not require those we serve to have the same religious beliefs.
Open Door Mission Timberlake Outreach Center
2107 East Locust Ave.
Omaha, NE 68110
Phone: (402) 829-1510
Hours: Mon - Sat 9:00am - 6:30pm
Website: www.opendoormission.org
Contact: Judy Collins (402) 829-1540
jcollins@opendoormission.org
Services: Clothing, Education, Employment, Faith-based Support, Food, Life Skills
How Much Food Can I Have?: 1 Pantry box per household. You can receive a pantry 1 time per month.
Steps/Process To Get Food: Fill out 1 piece of paperwork
You will receive the pantry box the same day you fill out paperwork.
Should take about 5-10 minutes.
Do You Offer Household Items?: Yes. Small furniture items are located on the floor daily. For large furniture (couches, beds, dressers, tables) and appliances it is first come first serve walk in basis daily from 10:00am - 4:00pm.
Faith-based?: Yes. Non Denominational
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
P.O. Box 241201
Omaha, NE 68124
Phone: (402) 346-5445
Hours: Tues and Thurs 9:00am - 12:30pm Closed for major holidays or if schools are closed for snow day.
Website: www.svdpomaha.com/home
Contact: Anne Severes svdpomaha@hotmail.com
Services: Clothing, Faith-based Support, Food
Food Availability: 2 times a week, but each parish chapter offers food at varying times.
How Much Food Can I Have?: Pantry bags are allocated by family size. Each bag contains enough food for 7-10 days, plus 1/2 gallon fresh milk, a pound of frozen meat, a box of cereal, and bread. Individuals and families may receive anywhere between 1 - 4 bags of groceries depending on family size.
Emergency packs are available for those who do not meet the Pantry guidelines.
Requirements: Photo ID
Social Security Card/# for all those participating in the pantry distribution
a piece of mail from your current address.
Steps/Process To Get Food: People under 60 years old or who are not disabled may receive a pantry every 60 days. Those over 60 or with a disability may receive a Pantry once every 30 days. There is no applicaiton process.
Do You Offer Household Items?: Household items are availble through the Thrift stores either at reduced cost or by church voucher. Items are used and vary from store to store. Most basic household itmes can be found at the stores, such as dishes, cups, pots/pans, linnens, bedding, towels, and furniture.
Faith-based?: We are a lay Catholic organization. Most of our volunteers are Catholic. We display religious symbols throughout our stores and pantry. We include a prayer card in each Pantry bag. We do not expect conversion or participation in the Catholic faith in exchange for our services. We serve all denominations and those with no formal belief system.
Additonal Details: We are a small organization supported by private donations. We are not a social service agency and are not equipped to meet every need of those who seek our help. We help as we can, share what we have, and refer people on to other agencies for more in-depth help.
The Salvation Army MASS Department
3612 Cuming St.
Omaha, NE 68131
Phone: (402) 898-5860
Hours: Mon - Fri 9:00am - 11:00am and 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Food Availability: Every 30 days
How Much Food Can I Have?: Our pantry amount varies depending on family size.
Requirements: You will need a piece of POSTMARKED mail within 30 days and the following IDs each time you come in for food pantry or any material assistance services: Original (NO PHOTOCOPIES) picture ID, social security card OR birth certificate for self and household.
Steps/Process To Get Food: Come in every 30 days,bring IDs and current postmarked mail in last 30 days. You will be asked to fill out our intake form, then present IDs and mail after completion. The time to be waited on varies according to present traffic flow.
Do You Offer Household Items?: Yes, We offer both household and clothing assistance on the first WORKDAY of the every month. Both clothing and household assistance participation is every 12 MONTHS.
Faith-based?: Non denominational. If anyone would like the church to visit or to pray for them, a small application is attached to every intake form.
Together Inc.
1616 Cass St.
Omaha, NE 68102
Phone: (402) 345-8047 Ext. 305
Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs 9:00am - 1:00pm
Tues 9:00am - 7:00pm
Website: www.TogetherOmaha.org
Contact: Jessica Jones Program Director
jjones@togetheromaha.org
Services: Clothing, Food, I.D., Rent/Utility Assistance
Food Availability: Once every 30 days
How Much Food Can I Have?: 1 box - amount varies slightly based on size of household.
Requirements: Douglas, Sarpy, or Pottawattamie County Resident. Not residing at homeless shelter.
Steps/Process To Get Food: Come to our location during service hours. Bring ID, Social Security Card, and current piece of mail dated within last 30 days. The wait time on average is 15-20 minutes.
Do You Offer Household Items?: Yes. Selection depends on what has been donated. Process is same as receiving food. Customers can shop in the store every 2 weeks.
Faith-based?: No
*Updated 2/2012
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