Resources in the community
Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska
Food, Housing & Basic Needs
Provides assistance to individuals and families experiencing financial hardship and basic-needs challenges. Services include food assistance through a food market and free meals, limited financial assistance for rent and utilities, help with prescriptions and transportation-related expenses, clothing and household items, diapers and personal-care items, and housing support for women and children fleeing domestic violence.
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster & Saunders Counties
Food, Housing, Utilities & Financial Assistance
Provides food assistance, emergency rent and utility assistance, deposit assistance, housing support, financial coaching, weatherization, and other programs designed to help individuals and families achieve greater stability.
Salvation Army
Food & Housing Assistance
Provides support to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity and housing instability. Services may include food assistance, emergency financial support, housing assistance, and connections to other community resources to help meet basic needs.
Good Neighbor Community Center
Food, Clothing & Basic Needs
Provides food and clothing assistance to individuals and families experiencing financial hardship, along with support for refugees and immigrants, transportation assistance, and other basic-needs resources.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Food, Nutrition & Basic Needs
Provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health and community resources for eligible pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and young children. WIC helps families access healthy foods and support their children’s growth and development.
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach
Food, Housing & Basic Needs
Provides free meals, food pantry assistance, housing and homelessness support, case management, SNAP assistance, showers and laundry, identification assistance, substance-use services, and connections to community resources.
Center for People in Need
Food, Employment & Basic Needs
Provides food assistance through the People's Pantry, diaper distribution, English classes, employment and resume assistance, educational opportunities, and other programs designed to help individuals and families achieve greater economic stability.
People’s City Mission Help Center
Food & Basic Needs
Provides free food, clothing, personal-care items, furniture, household goods, and other basic necessities to eligible low-income individuals and families. Baby items such as diapers, wipes, and formula may also be available.
FoodNet
Food Assistance
Provides free food to individuals and families in need through distribution sites throughout Lincoln and surrounding communities. Food typically includes fresh produce, dairy products, bread, and other perishable or prepared foods.
Food Bank of Lincoln
Food Assistance
Provides free food through community food distributions, food pantries, fresh produce programs, and youth and family food programs. Also provides SNAP application assistance and food assistance for qualifying seniors.
Community Services Division
Housing, Food & Financial Assistance
Supports community-based programs addressing housing, homelessness, food, and financial needs. Helps coordinate housing services and connects individuals experiencing homelessness with appropriate community resources.
CEDARS Youth Services
Housing & Family Support
Provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, street outreach, and independent-living support for youth experiencing homelessness or family crisis. Additional services include foster care, family support, childcare, counseling, case management, and connections to basic-needs resources.
Mercy Housing
Affordable Housing & Support
Provides affordable housing for qualifying low-income families, along with resident services that support housing stability, financial well-being, education, employment, health, and family development.
City of Lincoln Housing Authority
Housing & Rental Assistance
Provides affordable housing, public housing, and rental assistance through the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program for eligible individuals and families. Additional programs support housing stability, self-sufficiency, and homeownership.
Fresh Start Home
Housing & Support
Provides transitional housing for women experiencing homelessness who are 19 or older and do not have children in their care. Services include housing, food, clothing, case management, educational opportunities, and support toward self-sufficiency and independent living