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Welfare Services

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.

211 New Hampshire

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