Douglass Community
Douglass Community711 Grand Avenue, Hannibal MO 63401 ~ (573) 221-3892
Building Stronger Communities by
Helping People Help Themselves
Voluntary Self-Identification Form
Emergency Food Pantry, Monthly USDA Commodities, Douglass Clothing Store, Financial Assistance with Rent/Utilities/Mortgage/Home Repair, Glad Tidings Christmas Program, Children's Free Summer Lunch Program, and Summer Work Camps
Head Start serves eight counties in Northeast Missouri that offers several program options to accommodate families' changing needs. Children (3-5) participate in classroom experiences, and families are visited in the home several times during the year by Head Start staff. Early Head Start is a program serving pregnant women, infants, and toddlers (0-3) in Marion County. Early Head Start has both combination program and center based
services for children and families.
The Healthy Families Project currently serves 4 counties in Northeast Missouri. This project focuses on helping individuals learn to assess the health
of their own marriage and/or relationship and develop strategies for strengthening it. Additionally, adolescents ages 10 – 16 have access to
relationship workshops to learn about healthy relationships, stress and anger management, communication skills, and connecting with their families.
Court Appointed Special Advocate
Court Appointed Special Advocates are specially trained community volunteers appointed by a judge to speak for the best interests of children who come to the attention of the court for reasons of abuse and neglect.
Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
The RSVP program is designed to recruit and place senior adults as volunteers with not-for-profit organizations and community projects, where they can use their life skills and talent to volunteer.
Kids In Motion (KIM) is a pre-employment/life success training program for at risk youth between the ages of 12-15. The mission of our program is to teach teens and pre-teens to value work, value their community, and to value their future.
