St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

I have a mom and two children who need assistance with the deposit on their new home. Mom left an abusive relationship recently and has been working with Safe House and other area agencies to place the family in a safe home. Mom has rent taken care of but is short on the deposit. The deposit is $775, however, since she is working, she will have $175 of it next week. Leaving her with $600 to pay. Mom has already utilized her income tax money to buy a car for them. Thank you for considering!

This is a family of 7 that need assistance w/ rent. The total rent is $1200, but they have paid $500 of it. Dad and Mom both works, but Child Support takes alot of dad's check leaving him with $160.00 per pay period, as per dad. Mom is pregnant (high risk) and has missed several days of work due to the complications at the present time. This family has never asked for any help, but Dad appeared to be desperate and wanting to take care of his family. Two of the 5 children spend half of their time with the biological mother and the youngest 3 are 2 and under (set of twins). The $700 dollars is to pay the reminder of this months rent. This is family is looking for a hand up, let try and get them the help they need.

A single mother needs bedding for her daughter's twin bed for overnight visitation. The bedding is for a twin-sized bed, and the child is on the younger side. She likes the color pink, the TV show Vampirina, and Disney princesses. The estimated cost per Walmart for a girls' twin bedding set is $30- $60.

Due to youth's disability, he is in need of a certain type of glasses frame, but insurance will not cover the frames that are needed (bendable/less breakable). The insurance will cover the lenses. The cost is $290.00. Thank you for helping assist this youth, therefore he can be able to have the glasses needed to fit his needs.

The family's mother shared pictures of her daughter's bedroom where the wall has begun to disintegrate causing a large hole. The mother disclosed that they have no extra funds at the time due to other large, important expenses. Mother has asked if there is anyone that could take a look at it and repair it. She has provided pictures that I can share as well.

Youth is placed with his mother, therefore doesn't get assistance with clothing through state voucher. Youth has grown a lot and the mother is in need of assistance with clothing for youth. Youth is male. Youth wears a Large in shorts. Youth wears xl in shirts.

If someone could help with clothing purchase or providing a gift card for them to purchase clothing, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

A youth has recently been placed with a kinship family. For this family to be licensed for this youth to remain with them they are in need of 3 smoke detectors and a 5 lb fire extinguisher. This youth hasn't been placed with someone they've personally known for over 2.5 years, and this could really help this youth toward succeeding being able to stay in their current placement.

Single female parent with two younger children. A female elementary age child is severely autistic. A little boy goes to daycare. The mother just lost her job; she was struggling to keep up. The mother does not always have childcare for the children. The front brakes went out on her 210 Ford Edge SEL van. She cannot drive the van and therefore cannot look for a job or take the little boy to daycare. Campus Auto gave her a potential estimate of $172.52. Could you take the van there, or could someone help repair the van?

This request is for an uncle who was recently able to take placement of his three teenage nieces and nephew. He secured housing in an apartment. The bedrooms are upstairs and require a secondary exit for licensing purposes. In order to meet this requirement, he will need a fire escape ladder for the upstairs bedrooms. He is also in need of a 5lb capacity fire extinguisher for licensing purposes. This uncle uprooted his life in Tennessee and moved to Missouri so that he could care for these children. He secured housing, employment, and was able to take placement of the children in under 3 months from the time he moved. He has no disposable income at this time due to paying all of the bills, driving the children back and forth to school so that his nephew doesn't have to switch schools at the end of his senior year, and not receiving his first maintenance payment from the state yet. Any help getting these items for his licensing would be very much appreciated.

This family has two of their four children at home. The children have been in care for 15 months, and they have exhausted most of their savings from paying for rentals to visit their children in Rolla. The courts have ruled that the other two children, who have numerous medical appointments, require a reliable vehicle. On top of this, their apartment is being sold, and they are being forced to move, which is clearing out the rest of the money they have coming in. To have a reliable working vehicle, it would need a new windshield. The estimated cost to fix it is $295. Additionally, there are late fees and titling fees of $200, as well as property taxes of $91. Any help in getting this car fixed and made legal would be greatly appreciated, as it would help reunite this family. Any help would be greatly appreciated for this family that has just reunited.