If you live in Northwest Missouri or Northeast Kansas and your family would like to receive help this season:
- Applications are available three ways:
- Applicants can use the fillable form found here through Dec 6th and submit through email at adopt@helpmenow.org. (Be sure to return to the main Adopt-A-Family page to pay the processing fee; your application will NOT be processed until the fee is paid.)
- Applicants can also print applications here and either submit through email at adopt@helpmenow.org or bring a physical copy to the agency.
- Paper applications can be picked up at the office, located at 1203 N 6th St. in St. Joseph, through Dec 6th. (We are located in the white metal building, with green trim, on the east side of the street.) No applications will be available at the office November 28th through 29th.
- Applications will be accepted through Monday, December 9, 2024.
- Phone applications are limited, and ONLY for those who cannot apply online or are unable to stop by or send someone to our office. Acceptable reasons for phone applications are determined at staff’s discretion.
- You may be asked to provide the documentation listed below. All documents must be for current or previous month.
- Social Security cards for each member of household
- Proof of all income – TANF, child support, SSI, social security, and/or earned wages, etc.
- Utility bills – lights, gas, water, phone, sewer, trash, etc.
- All other expenses – food, credit cards, prescriptions, etc.
- Rent or mortgage receipt showing your name and address, and your landlord/mortgage company’s name and phone number
- For any Spanish-speaking individuals, phone applications will be taken by appointment only. Call Maria at 408.796.9512 to make an appointment.
- After the application has been returned, agency staff will call applicants to complete their application. APPLICATIONS are NOT complete until applicants have heard back from agency staff. All applicants need to be sure to answer any unknown calls they many receive as it could be agency staff calling to complete their application.
Applicants should complete the application and return it to the agency NO LATER THAN Monday, December 9th.