Home and Job Assistance
- New Hampshire Division of Family Assistance: (603) 433-8300
Food stamps, Medicaid, Old Age Assistance, Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled, TANF. - New Hampshire Housing Authority: 1-800-439-7247
Section 8 low-income housing - Job Assistance: (603) 436-3702
For assistance with finding and keeping employment. - Heat and Fuel Assistance: (603) 436-3896
Priority is given to the elderly, handicapped, and families with children under the age of 3. - Homeless Emergency Services: 1-800-852-3388
New Hampshire Helpline available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. - Military Family Assistance Center: Seacoast Location - (603) 715-3106
- The Way Home: (603) 627-3491
Provides interest free loans to assist with security deposits for income eligible families and individuals.
Food Pantries
- Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish: (603) 929-4427
Call for an appointment. - Salvation Army: (603) 929-1729
Call for an appointment. - First Baptist Church: (603) 926-3200
Monday 10:00am to12:00 noon - United Methodist Church: (603) 926-2702
Wednesday 10:30am to 12:30pm
Prepared Food for the Elderly
- Brentwood - Rockingham Nutrition: (603) 679-2201 or 1-800-298-6006
- Epping - Epping Community Church: (603) 679-4696
- Exeter - Exeter Senior Center: (603) 778-8196
- Hampton - United Methodist Church: (603) 929-1108
- Newmarket - Recreation Service: (603) 659-8581
- Portsmouth - Gosling Meadows: (603) 431-0561
- Portsmouth - Portsmouth Senior Center: (603) 610-4433
- Seabrook - Seabrook Community Center: (603) 474-2139
Homeless Emergency Shelters
- Crossroads: (603) 436-2218
600 Lafayette Rd., Portsmouth, NH 03801 - My Friends Place: (603) 749-3017
368 Washington St., Dover, NH 03820 - Emergency Shelter: 1-207-324-1137
York, ME - Homeless Outreach: (603) 431-2911
- New Generations (Single & Pregnant): (603) 436-4989
568 Portsmouth Ave., Greenland, NH 03840
Medical Care
- Families First Health Care Van: Various locations around the Seacoast
1-888-922-0005 - The Greater Seacoast Medication Bridge Program: (603) 772-8119
Medication Bridge is a program to help eligible uninsured and underinsured patients of all ages receive needed prescription medications.
Every major pharmaceutical company has a patient assistance program that provides prescription medications to eligible patients at no cost or a small copayment.
SeaCare Health Services will work with your provider to apply for these medications. - SeaCare Health Services
- NH Senior Discount Program (NH Residents ages 65+): 1-888-580-8902
- Veterans Prescription Program (For eligible veterans and certain dependents and survivors of veterans): 1-800-892-8384 ext.3199
- The Medicine Program: 1-800-694-3893
- Medication Connection: (603) 527-7011
- Partnership for Prescription Assistance: 1-888-477-2669
Child Abuse and Neglect / Sexual / Domestic Violence
Financial Help Guide for Low Income Individuals and Families