The Service Scout

Person to Person provides assistance to meet critical needs as well as summer camperships for school-aged children and college scholarships and mentorships.

Mon, Fri 9am-1pm | Tues, Wed, Thurs 9am-3pm | Certain Sat 9am-12pm

76 South Main Street Norwalk, CT 06854

Requirements: CT resident and meet income guidelines: https://p2phelps.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/TEFAP-Verbal-Attestation-in-English-rev-with-updated-hyperlinks-to-NDS-....pdf

Additional information: Registration required

Open Doors is a housing and homeless service organization that provides resources for individuals and families on the path to housing stability.

Mon-Fri 9:30-11:30am

4 Merritt Street Norwalk, CT 06854

Requirements:

Additional information: Registration required, Daily Breakfast: 6-8am, Dinner: 3-4:30pm

Head Start programs provide high-quality pre-kindergarten education for children of eligible families who are 3 years old until they enter kindergarten at no cost.

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm | Application Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm

Greater Norwalk Office: 11 Ingalls Ave. (Ely Center), Norwalk, CT 06854

Requirements: Poverty guidelines: https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines

Additional information: No cost to eligible families with limited closures for holidays and staff professional development during the school year

ElderHouse, a not-for-profit adult day center, serves seniors in Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.

Mon-Thurs 8:30am-3:30pm

7 Lewis Street, Norwalk, CT 06851

Requirements:

Additional information: Brochure with information to schedule compatability visit: https://www.elderhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ElderHouse-Brochure.pdf

SLS empowers low-income people in Connecticut to obtain justice by providing tools to address their civil legal needs.

Apply online anytime or, in emergency, call 1-800-453-3320 from Mon-Fri 9am-12pm and 1-2pm

Requirements: Legal Help Finder: https://ctlawhelp.org/en/legal-help | At or below 125% of federal poverty level

Additional information: Use the link to get more information about your issue

The St. Philip Food Pantry is a parish food pantry run by the Saint Philip Church to help provide food for those who need it

Fridays 8:30 am to 11:00 am

1 Father Conlon Place, Norwalk CT 06851

Requirements:

Additional information:

This website was created and designed by Julia Berg. It is supported using a Node.js server to populate the application with information stored in a database, Redis. It is intended to improve access to important community services such as food pantries, shelters and childcare and to serve as a prototype to expand more broadly to other cities, large and small. The process involved learning how to web design and use redis, pug, express, node.js and Amazon Lightsail.