Utilities/Rent
CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF OKLAHOMA CITY
405-523-30001232 N. Classen Blvd., OKC, OK 73106
Call for hours. www.catholiccharitiesok.org
Supports central and western Oklahoma. Serves all regardless of race, religion, ability to pay, or national origin.
- Adoption and pregnancy services - Provides support and counseling for birth parents and adoptive parents
- Offers counseling, support and education program that provides professional outpatient counseling services for families, children and individuals needing short-term professional help
- Disaster services – immediately following a disaster, may provide emergency assistance funds for food, shelter, clothing and other basic necessities
- Emergency rent and utility assistance - developed to be a stopgap for clients that have found themselves in a crisis and need assistance with housing or utility deposits, or with a housing or a utility payment (gas, water, or electric). Assistance can only be provided once a year
- HOPE – a family support service with a long-term case management program
- Homeless services
- Sanctuary Women’s Development Center provides a safe, secure, empowering environment for at-risk women and their children
- Holy Family Home provides supportive transitional housing in a residential setting for homeless women and children
- Housing services – Opportunity for affordable housing to low-income families or individuals
- Villa Isenbart is sponsored by Catholic Charities, is an affordable housing development for people who are 62 years and older and who meet specific income requirements as required by HUD
- Trinity Gardens is designed for persons who are 62 years of age and older and of specific incomes
- Immigration legal services
- Refugee services
COMMUNITY CARES PARTNERS
COVID-19 Relief for Renters
Community Cares Partners (CCP), a program of Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, is making a difference for Oklahomans by assisting individuals and families facing housing crisis and eviction as a result of lost wages or hardship from COVID-19. A public-private partnership, CCP distributes Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) allocated by the State of Oklahoma, City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, and Cleveland County to help our neighbors maintain housing stability. Our program applies to households that rent their home. Homeowners are not eligible to receive assistance through ERA funds.
COMPASSIONATE HANDS
405-354-9591119 S. 6th St., Yukon, OK 73099
Call for hours. www.compassionatehandsyukon.com
- Serves zip code: 73099
- Referrals to community resources
- Utility assistance
- Housing and emergency shelter
- Transportation for elderly
RENTAL/HOUSING OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE
www.needhelppayingbills.com/index.html
SALVATION ARMY CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
405-246-11001001 N. Pennsylvania Ave., OKC, OK 73107 www.salvationarmyokcac.org
- Emergency financial assistance for utilities (depends on availability of funds), Department of Human Services (DHS) - Call individual offices for information on assist, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), benefits to help low-income elderly and disabled persons with heating fuel and utility bills (gas and electric only)
- Transitional housing
- Emergency shelter for men
- Emergency family and women’s shelter
- Red Shield Diner & Kitchen serves meals free to the community
- Transportation
- Senior programs
- Boys and girls club program provides children with meals, homework assistance, character-building activities and recreation activities at the center, located at 2808 S.E. 44th and 201 S. Bickford in El Reno, 73036
- Disaster programs
- Serves Oklahoma, Canadian and Cleveland Counties
SHEPHERDS OF LOVE MINISTRY
405-348-5195P.O. Box 5043, Edmond, OK 73083
Mon - Fri, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. www.shepherdsoflove.org
Offers financial assistance for utility bills. Have bills in hand when calling. (No rent or rent deposit.)
YUKON SHARING
405-354-94564 North 6th,Yukon, OK 73099
Open third Thurs. of each month from 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The agency provides help with utilities and rent if a cut-off notice or eviction notice has been received, for Yukon residents. A clothes closet, food bank, and aid with obtaining prescription drugs are all available. Eviction or cut off notice required. Eastern Canadian county for utilities and rent. Food, prescriptions, and clothes. Yukon only.
