Crisis Assistance
Call or text 988 - for individuals in crisis to connect with mental health counselors and suicide prevention.
American Red Cross
Central and Northern Missouri Chapter
431 E. McCarty St, Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-635-1132 Toll Free: 866-815-2738, Fax: 573-635-8621
Dave Griffith - Chapter Executive Director
Kath Mayne - Disaster Program Manager
Service Area: Putnam, Shuyler, Scotland, Sullivan, Adair, Knox, Macon, Linn, Shelby, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe, Howard, Boone, Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery, Osage, Cole, Moniteau, Cooper, Morgan, Miller, Maries, Camden, Pulaski, Phelps, Crawford, Dent Counties
Provides aid to victims of minor and major disasters, including home fires. The Chapter meets disaster-caused immediate needs for food, shelter, clothing and referral to additional services to meet further needs.
Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri
2201 West Main, P.O. Box 104626, Jefferson City, MO 65110
(573) 635-7719 Fax: (573) 635-7721
Hours: 8 am to 4:30 pm
amarlow@cccnmo.org
Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (CCCNMO), an entity of the Diocese of Jefferson City, responds to the needs of people in 38 counties regardless of faith, culture, or situation. This includes services for refugees and immigrants, those with food insecurity, mental health needs, health and nutrition education, and disaster preparation and response. Through the Health and Nutrition Services program, CCCNMO partners with the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri to facilitate the Senior Food Box and Buddy Pack programs. To learn more about these and other programs, visit https://cccnmo.diojeffcity.org./
Central Missouri Community Action - Osage County Family Resource Center
305 E. Main Street, Linn, MO 65051
573-897-3523
Central Missouri Community Action Services: Early Head Start, Head Start, Resource Coordinators, Financial Coaching, Skill-Up Program, Health Care Advocates, Community Organizing, Energy Assistance, Family Success Coaching, Foster Grandparent Program, The BRIDGE, Home Weatherization, ShowMe Healthy Relationships, Housing Choice Voucher (formerly Section 8), and Housing Development.
DeafLEAD (formerly The L.E.A.D. Institute)
2505 W. Ash, Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: Voice/TTY (573)445-5005 Videophone: (573) 303-5604
Missouri Crisis/Text Line: (573)445-5035 or 888-761-4357 or text HAND to 839863
Deaf Crisis Line: 321-800-3323 or text HAND to 839863
FAX: 573-445-5088
drlogan@deaflead.com
Hours: 9:00-5:00 Monday-Friday, Crisis Line 24 hours
Services: Provide education, advocacy, crisis intervention, counseling, and other direct services for deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind, and late-deafened individuals and families; Missouri Crisis Hotline/Text Line; Deaf Crisis Videophone Hotline, sign language classes for all ages; deaf culture training to agencies; Teen Institute (camp for deaf and hard of hearing youth) teaches alcohol and drug abuse prevention, HIV/AIDS awareness, and other issues facing youth; free counseling for hearing and deaf individuals and their families who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, incest and child abuse, free 24-hour crisis interpreting for Deaf victims of crime.
Fee: Sign language classes – call for current fee
Eligibility: Services provided as needed
Emergency Notification System in Osage County
Andrea Rice - Osage County Emergency Management Director
PO Box 192, 205 E. Main, Linn, MO 65051, 573-897-3561 (office)573-897-0911 24/7/36, 573-897-0379 (fax)
Osage County uses an emergency notification system for emergency situations. Residents can expect messages during emergency situations such as hazardous weather, natural disasters, crisis notifications or any other extreme public safety incident.
Osage County Family Support Division
Linn Resource Center
63 Progress Ln, Linn, MO 65051
573-897-3670, Fax 573-897-9869
Hours: Mon - Fri 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Services: Childcare subsidies, SNAP (food stamps), Temporary Aid TANF Children’s Division: Assistance to abused/neglected children and their families.
Investigate abuse/neglect, license foster, kinship and adoptive homes, services to families and children surrounding abuse/neglect.
Osage County Special Services
1006 E. Jefferson Street, Linn, Mo. 65051
573-897-2991, Fax: 573-897-4760
Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
To provide services and supports to help persons with developmental disabilities. To be eligible for services from Osage County Special Services, an individual must have a developmental disability that:
• Began before the age of twenty-two;
• Is likely to continue indefinitely; and,
• Results in substantial limitations with two or more of the following: -living and working independently -written or verbal communication -self direction
learning -mobility -self-care
Osage Center for Women's Ministries
1016 E Main St, Linn, Mo 65051
573-897-332
Hours: Tues &Thurs 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Free Counseling with a spiritual emphasis but not affiliated with any church denomination and they are not a church, help women and teens by just listening, comforting, encouraging, and supporting. They refer those that need professional help.