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THE START HERE RESOURCE DIRECTORY(a 48-page booklet in print format) and this website provide general information, street addresses, phone numbers and website addresses for dozens of agencies, shelters, employment resources, food pantries and other organizations throughout the St. Louis area. To obtain a copy of the directory in print, call 314/726-2092 or send an email from the contact page on this website.

The links on the left side of this page will take you to the listings under each category.

To view a NATIONWIDE REENTRY DIRECTORY, click here.

Click here to see the resources on VINCENT'S LIST on the St. Vincent de Paul Criminal Justice Ministry website.

For information about ST. PATRICK CENTER, the area's largest provider of homeless services, click here.

For a listing of resources in JEFFERSON COUNTY, click here.

NEW LISTINGS!!!
We've added many new resources in PDF format. Click on the categories below to read or print as needed.

EYE CARE/VISION
TRANSPORTATION
MORE PANTRIES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES
DENTAL CLINICS

SOCIALSERVE.COM
An extensive listing of available rental housing.

STAR: STL Alliance for Reentry
A new consortium of local agencies

St. John's Mercy
Neighborhood Ministry

3600 Gravois Ave. 63116
314/865-0927

Provides access to health care services and other resources.

The START HERE RESOURCE DIRECTORY is now available in PDF format. This will allow users to print some or all pages as needed. Permisson is NOT needed to print from the website or from the attached pdf. Feel free to send comments or updates using the CONTACT US page.

On our contact page, you can also send us comments and information that you think would be useful for us to add. Or tell us about an organization that we've missed.

Agencies and organizations are welcome to contact us with updates and changes to the information that's listed here.

DropInCenters

HORIZON CLUB
202 North 23rd Street (Between Olive & Pine,
one block East of Jefferson)
314/436-1733

The safe haven called the Horizon Club is open 24/7, provides showers, bathrooms, laundry, lounge, beverages, snacks, lockers, computers, and movies. It offers an opportunity for homeless people to get off the streets and to receive some basic services that previously didn't exist in the downtown area.

THE BRIDGE
(Formerly Centenary Cares)

1610 Olive 63103
314/421-3136

Permanent mailing address, hygiene items, referrals to other agencies.
Birth certificates and state ID' - Tuesdays, 8am - 12:30pm.
The Bridge also provides 3 meals a day, the use of restrooms, phones to make loccal calls, social work services and spiritual services.

ST. LOUIS EMPOWERMENT CENTER
3024 Locust 63103
314/652-6100 Friendship Line: 866/525-1442

A drop-in center for the mentally ill. Open 365 days a year. A consumer-run, self-help, drop-in program for people who are either suspicious of the behavioral health system or who feel that they were victimized by it. Tv, books, pool table.
Open M-F 9 - 5, weekends 7 - 3.
Lunch daily. Open 9 - 5 weekdays. Weekends 7 - 3.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES provide computers and computer labs that give immediate access to the internet. And you can get an e-mail address there.