YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT ALONE.
Whatever brought you here, start with what you need today. We’ll help you find the next step.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TODAY?
Explore resources by what you’re facing right now.
HOUSING & SHELTER
Need a safe place to stay, help finding shelter, or support if you are homeless or at risk of losing housing?
Indiana 211 can connect you with local housing and shelter resources.
Call 211 or 866-211-9966.
Text your ZIP code to 898-211.
Sojourner Truth House — Gary
Day-center support for women experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
219-885-2282
Monday–Friday, 8 AM–3 PM.
Important: Sojourner Truth House is not an overnight shelter.
PREGNANCY & MATERNAL SUPPORT
Pregnancy, postpartum, parenting, and caring for a new baby can bring a lot of questions. You do not have to figure them out alone.
Indiana MOMS Helpline provides free, confidential help connecting women and families with prenatal care, OB/GYNs, diapers, formula, childcare, WIC, parenting support, home visiting, and other local resources.
Call: 1-844-624-6667
Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–7:00 PM ET.
Indiana WIC
Nutrition support, healthy foods, breastfeeding support, and referrals for eligible pregnant women, postpartum women, infants, and children under 5.
Call: 800-522-0874.
FOOD & ESSENTIALS
Need groceries, meals, or help stretching your food budget?
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana connects people in Lake and Porter counties with free grocery partners, mobile food distributions, SNAP outreach, and other food-assistance options.
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana
6490 Broadway, Merrillville
219-980-1777
You can also call 211 or 866-211-9966 to find nearby food pantries, meal programs, and other essential resources.
GRIEF & LOSS
Grief can feel isolating, but you do not have to carry it alone.
VNA Hospice NWI — Phoenix Center for Grief offers free grief support for adults, children, teens, young adults, and families. Programs include peer support groups, grief education, remembrance events, and referrals for additional support.
219-462-5195
griefsupport@vnanwi.org
All Phoenix Center grief programs are free and open to the community.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SAFETY
If home does not feel safe, you deserve support and options.
St. Jude House provides free, confidential support for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, including emergency shelter, safety planning, advocacy, case management, and support for children and families.
24-Hour Crisis Line: 800-254-1286
General Inquiries: 219-662-7066
Emergency shelter and crisis-intervention services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
JOBS & CAREER SUPPORT
Looking for work, changing careers, returning to the workforce, or trying to build new skills?
WorkOne Northwest Indiana offers job-search support, career planning, training opportunities, workshops, adult learning, youth services, and veteran services. Their staff can also help connect you with employers and in-demand career paths.
WorkOne – Gary
504 Broadway, 4th Floor
219-981-1520
WorkOne – Hammond
5209 Hohman Ave.
219-933-8332
MENTAL HEALTH & SUPPORT
You do not have to wait for a crisis to ask for help.
Mental Health America of Northwest Indiana offers mental-wellness resources, early intervention, family support, education, and programs for adults, parents, and children.
219-937-7733
connect@mhanwi.org
Most programs are provided at no cost, and their team can help connect you with the right support or resource.
CAREGIVERS & FAMILY SUPPORT
Caring for someone you love can be rewarding, exhausting, and overwhelming. You deserve support too.
CoAction — Area Agency on Aging helps older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers in Northwest Indiana with information, care planning, in-home services, nutrition, transportation connections, caregiver support, and other community resources.
Main Office: 219-794-1829
Toll-Free: 800-826-7871
CoAction’s Aging & Disability Resource Center can help families understand available services and find the right support.
FOR WOMEN VETERANS
You served. You earned support. You deserve to know what is available to you.
The Women Veterans Call Center can help women Veterans understand VA health care, benefits, eligibility, employment, education, home loans, and local services.
Call or text: 855-829-6636
Available Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–10:00 PM ET, and Saturday, 8:00 AM–6:30 PM ET.
Need crisis support?
Call 988, then press 1, or text 838255 for the Veterans Crisis Line.
WHEN YOU NEED HELP RIGHT NOW
If you are in immediate danger or need police, fire, or emergency medical help, call 911.
Mental health, suicide, emotional distress, or substance-use crisis:
Call or text 988 for 24/7 support from a trained crisis specialist.
Domestic violence or sexual assault:
St. Jude House 24-Hour Crisis Line: 800-254-1286
Free shelter and crisis-intervention services are available 24/7.
Need help finding local food, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, or other services?
Dial 211 or 866-211-9966, or text your ZIP code to 898-211.
Immediate Emergency (911)
Call for any situation requiring immediate police, fire, or medical response.
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (988)
Confidential support for anyone in emotional distress or suicidal crisis.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT
St. Jude House
24-Hour Crisis Line
800-254-1286
Free, confidential crisis support and emergency shelter.
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