Getting Help (Updated 10/12/21 @ 9:15 am)

FOOD

• Our Daily Bread (701 E. 12th) - Monday shopping hours 1-3:30 pm, Tuesday drive through 3-6 p.m.; Thursdays shopping 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 3rd Saturday shopping 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Bring an ID and proof of Payne County residence (if different than what's on your ID)
• Salvation Army (1101 S. Lowry) - Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. - Food boxes, call for pick up time 405-372-1554
• Serving free dinner meals for children 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday Lunch truck distributing meals to Stillwater and surrounding communities.
• Mobile Meals - Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Continues to provide lunches to current clients. Volunteers are also providing groceries to clients. No new volunteers are being accepted
• First Methodist Church Community Dinner (400 W. 7th) - Thursdays, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Get meals to go. 
• Presbyterian Brunch (524 Duncan) - Saturdays at 11 a.m. Get meals to go. Check their calendar.
• Oklahoma Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - Monthly benefit to buy food based on the size of household, income, and expenses. Click here to apply.

RENT & MORTGAGE

• Eviction Moratorium has expired but some assistance is still available.
• Community Cares Partners offers rental and utility assistance to those adversely affected by Covid-19
• Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency - Accepting applications for rental assistance.
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - In partnership with the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development have resources to help homeowners and renters during COVID-19
• Freddie Mac - Get info about assistance to homeowners & renters facing financial hardships due to COVID-19
• Fannie Mae - Access their COVID-19 portal for homeowners and renters
• City of Stillwater - appropriated $150,000 from the CARES Act funding to assist citizens who are having a hard time making utilities, rent or mortgage payments due to direct results of COVID-19. The second round of this has started. Check here for more information. 

UTILITIES

• City of Stillwater - Customers should call customer service at (405) 742-8245 to set-up payment plans.
• Community Cares Partners offers rental and utility assistance to those adversely affected by Covid-19
• Oklahoma Natural Gas - has a list of available resources.
• Central Electric Cooperative - If you have utility services through Central Electric Cooperative and have been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, you can call the office at 405-372-2884 to discuss assistance options. 
• Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECAP) - OK Dept. of Human Services has made changes to their program to help eligible Oklahomans pay their utility bills. Apply and get more info at OKDHSLive.org.

• Low cost internet options - A chart of reduced price internet options for low income subscribers
• Emergency Broadband Benefit - financial help for accessing internet for those affected by covid-19
• Lifeline - Offers discounted phone and broadband internet service to eligible low-income subscribers. 
• Other companies like T-Mobile, US Cellular, Cricket, Boost Mobile, Verizon are expanding data, waiving activation fees, offering payment plans, and providing a variety of other services.