CareerOneStop
CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored website offering free, comprehensive career planning, training, and job search resources. It provides career assessments, salary data, education requirements, and local job finder tools for job seekers, students, and employers. It is a reliable, data-driven platform designed to help people make informed economic decisions.
Buy Nothing Project
BuyNothing offers people a way to give and receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through a worldwide gift economy network in which the true wealth is the web of connections formed between people. We believe that communities are more resilient, sustainable, equitable, and joyful when they have functional gift economies.
FoodPantries.Org
Over 16,687 food pantries, soup kitchens, and food banks listed nationwide searchable by state and zip code.
Cooking Matters
Cooking Matters provides resources to help parents and caregivers develop their skills when shopping for and cooking healthy foods on a budget.
Just Between Friends
Just Between Friends (JBF) is a popular consignment event chain specializing in gently used children's clothing, toys, baby gear, and maternity items at 50–90% off retail. Operating over 150 popup locations in the U.S., these community sales allow families to buy high-quality items and sell outgrown items for profit.
Dream Makers Project
Dream Makers Project is a nonprofit (based in Windsor, CO) dedicated to supporting youth aged 18–29 who are aging out of foster care without stable support. They connect donors directly to the needs of these young adults, fulfilling specific "dreams" ranging from education and career tools to essential items like, beds and, laptops.
- https://www.dreammakersproject.org/
- 1540 Main St. Unit 218 #331, Windsor, CO 80550
Foster My Education: Stability
Children’s Rights and foster care alumni across the country are “schooling” the nation on the challenges youth in care face while simply trying to GRADUATE high school! Check out our video and join @Childrensrights in the fight for = educational opportunities for youth in foster care. FosteringTheFuture.com
iFoster
iFoster.org serves as a national non-profit resource hub providing children, youth, and families in the foster system access to technology, education, and employment opportunities. Through a, personalized, and 24/7 digital platform, it connects over 45,000 members to resources designed to foster self-sufficiency and bridge support gaps.
Dondiego Family Youth Scholarship Fund
The National Foster Parent Association (NFPA) Dondiego Family Youth Scholarship provides competitive $500 awards to high school seniors or GED recipients (ages 17–21) connected to foster care. Applicants must have a parent/guardian who is an NFPA member. Eligible youth include those in foster, kinship, or adoptive care, as well as biological children of foster families.
- 800-557-5238
- info@nfpaonline.org
- https://nfpaonline.org/resources/scholarships/
- Hagerstown, MD 21740
Brianna Lee Foundation
Our mission is to bring light in a time of sorrow. To provide a teddy bear as a reminder of your little angel and to let you know that you are not alone, but accompanied by the thoughts and prayers of everyone who has shared in this emotion.
- 616-481-3727
- info@briannaleefoundation.org
- https://briannaleefoundation.org/
- PO Box 212 Jenison, MI 49429-212
Community Tool Box
The Community Tool Box is a free, online resource for those working to build healthier communities and bring about social change. It offers thousands of pages of tips and tools for taking action in communities. Want to learn about community assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, advocacy, and other aspects of community practice? Then help yourself to over 300 educational modules and other free tools. Under continuous development since 1994, the Community Tool Box is widely used in teaching, training, and technical support. Currently available in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Farsi, and with millions of user sessions annually, it has reached those working in over 230 countries around the world.
Futures Without Violence
Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is a prominent non-profit organization dedicated to ending domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and stalking. Founded in 1980 as the Family Violence Prevention Fund and renamed in 2011, the organization works globally to create safe homes, healthy families, and communities free from violence through innovative programs, public education campaigns, and policy advocacy.
- 866-678-8901
- health@futureswithoutviolence.org
- info@futureswithoutviolence.org
- https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/
- 100 Montgomery Street, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129
Hand to Hold
Hand to Hold® is dedicated to providing early-intervention mental health support before, during, and after a NICU stay, ensuring that all NICU families thrive.
- 855-424-6428
- mediainquiry@handtohold.org
- store@handtohold.org
- https://handtohold.org/
- 12325 Hymeadow Dr., Ste.4-102, Austin, TX 78750
The One Love Foundation
The One Love Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating young people about healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors, aiming to prevent relationship abuse. Founded in memory of Yardley Love, it uses film-based workshops, such as "Escalation," to teach, empower, and train students to recognize warning signs and foster safer relationships.
- 844-832-6158
- info@joinonelove.org
- http://www.joinonelove.org
- P.O. Box 69589 Baltimore, MD 21264-9589
Lifeline Support
Lifeline is a federal program that lowers the monthly cost of phone or internet service.
Social Security Administration
The official U.S. government site for managing retirement, disability, survivor, and family benefits. It allows users to apply for or replace Social Security cards, estimate future benefits, manage existing payments, and enroll in Medicare. The site also provides resources on Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors
The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors was created by survivors for survivors. As a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit, we provide online healing support and other services for people who are coping with devastating loss to suicide. Our online forum operates like a 24/7 support group. Our website contains support resources and information on the survivor experience.
- 847-868-3313
- https://allianceofhope.org/
- PO Box 7005, Evanston, IL 60204
Bridget’s Cradles
Christ-Centered Comfort, Hope, and Healing as You Grieve a Baby in Heaven
- info@bridgetscradles.com
- https://www.bridgetscradles.com/
- PO Box 316 Kechi, KS 67067
griefHaven
griefHaven (aka The Erika Whitmore Godwin Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to providing grief support and education to those who have loved and lost, those who want to know how to support someone who is grieving, and professionals who work within the arena of death and dying.
- 310-459-1789
- hope@griefHaven.org
- https://griefhaven.org/
- 2450 Colorado Blvd. Suite 100E Santa Monica, CA 90404
GriefShare
GriefShare groups and events meet weekly at thousands of locations around the world—both in person and online. While everyone’s response to loss is unique, people facing loss and grief will experience many of the same challenges. The weekly GriefShare topics provide valuable tips, encouragement, and direction regarding common struggles such as loneliness, fear, anger, regrets, relationships and hope. You are welcome to join a group anytime during the 13-week cycle.
- 800-395-5755
- info@griefshare.org
- https://www.griefshare.org/
- PO Box 1739, Wake Forest, NC 27588-1739