CARE – Financial, Food, and Household Goods
Clothing and Household Goods
Birthline is a pregnancy support center and provides maternity clothing, newborn clothing and linens, and diapers.
Address: 1511 East 11th Street, Suite 160
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970)663-2671
Website: http://www.birthlineloveland.org/
Homeward Alliance, they help individual and families who face homelessness to survive, move forward and thrive. the services range from critical survival gear, to employment services, to homelessness prevention.
Address: 242 Conifer St.
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Phone: (970) 658-9878
Website: https://www.homewardalliance.org/
House of Neighborly Services provides assistance with food, clothing, transportation, emergency motel vouchers, prescription, and utility assistance for residents of Loveland and Berthoud.
Address: 1511 E 11th St.,#100
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970) 667-4939
Address: 531 8th St.
Berthoud, CO 80513
Phone: (970) 667-1597
Website: http://www.honservice.org/
Junior League of Fort Collins, is an organization of women committed to improve our community, some of the services they provide are the junior league career closet and the hunger initiative.
Address: PO BOX 271803
Fort Collins, CO. 80527
Phone: (970) 482-0594
Kid’s Closet provides gently used clothing for children size newborn-16 to community members at no charge.
Address: 1005 Stover St.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: (970) 482-2436
Salvation Army provides rent assistance on a limited basis for those who qualify. Clothing and limited furniture is available in disaster circumstances.
Address: 3901 S. Mason St.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone: (970) 207-4472
Website: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
Financial Support Services
On Campus
Employee Assistance Program is an employee benefit program that provides guidance and resources to employees through ComPsych’s Guidance Resources.
Phone: 1 (800) 497-9133
Website:http://guidanceresources.com
Emergency Hardship Loan Fund Program that offers emergency loan to employees, the emergency grants through the state of Colorado and Working Together Foundation and the State of Colorado Employee Assistance Program Fund
Commitment to Campus (C2C) is a list of resources available to CSU employees.
Leave-sharing Bank provides partial income protection to eligible state classified employees who are absent from work for a prolonged period of time, but who have inadequate paid time-off accumulated to cover the absences.
Website: http://www.hrs.colostate.edu/benefits/timeoff-leave-bank.html
Community
Colorado Lifeline offers wireless or landline telephone bill discounts for low-income individuals. $10 discount on monthly bills and $30 discount on installation.
Phone: 1 (800) 782-0721
Website: http://www.lifelinesupport.org/
Fort Collins Rebate Program provides rebates on property tax or rent, utility charges, and sales tax for individuals with disability or individuals aged 65 and over. Also offers rebate on food taxes to low-income residents during the application time-frame. Program takes applications from August 1 to October 31 each year.
Address: 215 N. Mason St.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone: (970) 416-2304
Website: www.fcgov.com/rebate
Larimer County Department of Human Services administers federal- and state-funded social services programs such as food stamps, temporary financial assistance (Tanf)
Address: 1501 Blue Spruce Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: (970) 498-6300
Address: 205 E. 6th St.
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970) 498-6300
Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) is designed to help low-income households with winter home-heating costs and weatherization. It is not intended to pay the entire cost of home heating.
Address: 1501 Blue Spruce Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: (970) 498-6302 – Emergencies
1 (866) 432-8435 – To set up an appointment
Website: http://co.larimer.co.us/humanservices/assistance/leap.htm
Food Assistance
Community Kitchen in Loveland is an interfaith program that provides lunch.
Address: 437 N. Garfield Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970) 278-1726
Website: www.lovelandcommunitykitchen.org
FOCO Café is a nonprofit restaurant in Fort Collins with a pay-what-you-can setting. Hours 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Monday – Saturday.
Address: 225 Maple St.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Website: http://www.fococafe.org/
FOCO Food Assistance is a website that provides information about affordable nutrition in Northern Colorado
website: https://zestnutrition.wixsite.com/focofoodassistance
Food Bank of Larimer County provides free food to those in need through community partnership and hunger-relief programs across Larimer County.
Address: 1301 Blue Spruce Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Phone: (970) 493-4477
Address: 2600 N. Lincoln Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970) 744-4600
Website: http://www.foodbanklarimer.org/
House of Neighborly Services provides assistance with food, clothing, transportation, and more to Loveland and Berthoud residents.
Address: 1511 E. 11th St., #100
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970) 667-4939
Address: 531 8th St.
Berthoud, CO 80513
Phone: (970) 667-1597
Website: http://www.honservice.org/
Larimer County Department of Human Services administers federal- and state-funded social services programs such as food stamps.
Address: 1501 Blue Spruce Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80523-8100
Phone: (970) 498-6300
Address: 205 E. 6th St.
Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970) 498-6300
Salvation Army provides free boxes of food. Available Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Address: 3901 S. Mason St.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Phone: (970) 207-4472
Vindeket Foods Vindeket Foods partners with local grocers to rescue food for the Vindeket Market, where you pay what you can, or volunteer for groceries.
Address: 1239 E. Drake Road
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Website: https://www.vindeketfoods.org/
For Children
Kids Café provides free meals for kids ages 3-18. Parents can eat with their children for $2.
Website: https://foodbanklarimer.org/child-nutrition/kids-cafe/
Fort Collins:
Boys and Girls Club (5-5:45 p.m.)
Address: 1608 Lancer Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Loveland:
Boys and Girls Club (5-5:45 p.m.)
Address: 2500 E. 1st St.
Loveland, CO 80537
Wellington:
Boys and Girls Club (4:30-5:15 p.m.)
Address: 3815 Harrison Ave.
Wellington, CO 80549
Website: https://www.begreatlarimer.org/
Northside Aztlan Community Center (5-5:45 p.m.)
Address: 112 E. Willow St.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
The Matthews House offers programs with dinner for kids.
Address: Community Life Center at Fullana
220 N. Grant Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Community Life Center at Genesis Project
400 S. Link Lane
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: (970) 449-5191
Women, Infants and Children provides supplemental nutritious foods and medical screenings to pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to 5 years.
Address: Larimer County Health Department
1525 Blue Spruce Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: (970) 498-6700
Website: http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/women-infants-and-children-wic
For Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities
Elderhaus Adult Day Program offers direct care, nutritional meals, and snacks, and community-based activities.
Address: 605 S. Shields St.
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Phone: (970) 221-0406
Website:http://www.elderhaus.org/
Meals On Wheels delivers noon meals to homebound people who are unable to prepare and eat an adequate diet.
Address: 1217 E. Elizabeth St., Unit 11
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: (970) 484-6325
Address: 437 N. Garfield Ave.
Loveland, CO 80539
Phone: (970) 667-0311
Website: http://www.fcmow.org/