In Pain, Out of Work and Can't Pay the Bills
A Resource Directory for People With CRPS

Service and Faith-Based Organizations

American Red Cross
American Red Cross chapters provide services that help targeted groups within the community be safer, healthier, and more self-reliant. Some programs include:

• transportation to medical appointments and other essential trips
• food pantry and hot lunch programs
• homeless shelters and transitional housing services
• food and rental assistance
  

Contact your local American Red Cross chapter to find out the community services they offer. If they do not offer the services you need, they may be able to refer you to other local agencies that provide the service.

American Red Cross Homeless Shelters
In addition to a clean bed and a hot meal, some shelters offer life skill development assistance including budget development, parenting classes, counseling, and support groups. Transitional housing programs allow for more in-depth assistance, for periods of up to a year.
Contact:
American Red Cross National Headquarters
2025 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202.303.4498

Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Goodwill Industries is North America’s leading nonprofit provider of education, training, and career services for people with disadvantages, such as welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities.
Contact:
Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
15810 Indianola Drive
Rockwill, MD 20855
Tel: 301.530.6500
E-mail: contactus@goodwill.org

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
AARP volunteers educate older persons with limited incomes and resources about federal, state, local and private benefits programs and services. To see if there is an AARP chapter in your town, use the online chapter locator.

AARP Tax-Aide is the nation's largest free, volunteer-run tax assistance and preparation service available to taxpayers with low- and moderate-income, with special attention to those age 60 and older.

Contact:
AARP Community Networks
601 E St. NW
Washington, DC 20049
Toll free: 888.687.2277
E-mail: chapters@aarp.org

Faith-Based Organizations

Catholic Charities USA
Catholic Charities USA is the nation's largest private human service network. Its agencies and institutions nationwide provide vital social services to people in need, regardless of their religious, social, or economic backgrounds. Your local chapter can provide services such as rent and mortgage assistance, food, and other services.

If you are looking for individual assistance, or have questions about programs, services, jobs, or volunteer opportunities at Catholic Charities agencies, contact your local Catholic Charities agency.

Contact:
Catholic Charities USA
Sixty-Six Canal Center Plaza, Suite 600
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703.549.1390
Fax: 703.549.1656
E-mail: info@catholiccharitiesusa.org

Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization that leads men and women to grow spritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Sevices include food programs, emergency financial assitance, rent/mortgage assistance, help with low-cost housing, help with low-cost or free prescription drugs.

To secure assistance, contact the nearest Catholic Church in your community and ask if they have a Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference in their parish or know of one in the vicinity. Or, look for "Society of St. Vincent de Paul" in your local White Pages. To find the District or Diocesan Council closest to you, click here.

Lutheran Services in America (LSA)
LSA is an alliance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and their related social ministry organizations, and their nearly 300 health and human service organizations. Together, these organizations touch the lives of more than six million people—one in 50 Americans each year.
Contact:
LSA National Headquarters
700 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230-3850
Tel: 800.664.3848
Fax: 410.230.2710
E-mail: lsa@lutheranservices.org

Introduction
Assistive Devices
Caregiver Resources
Clinical Trials
Disability Resources
Government Assistance Programs
Health Services/Insurance
Independent Living Centers
Legal Aid
Living Expenses
Patient Assistance Programs
Service, Faith-based, and Private Organizations
Transportation
Veterans
Workers Compensation

Appendices:
Federal Poverty Guidelines
Finding Free Clinics

Updated December 14, 2009