Helping Hands -
a Resource Guide

🏠 Shelter, Housing & Emergency Assistance
Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter (NSKS)
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Provides emergency shelter (single adults, women, families) and client support services. Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter
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Pantry services: perishable & nonperishable food, personal care items, showers, laundry for unsheltered persons. Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter
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Address / Contact: 2 Quincy Street, Nashua, NH | (603) 889-7770 Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter
Front Door Agency — Housing Stability Program
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Financial assistance for rent, utilities, heating fuel to prevent eviction or shutoff. frontdooragency.org
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Security deposit / first month’s rent assistance & re-housing support. frontdooragency.org
City of Nashua Welfare Department
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“Interim assistance” for residents facing financial hardship. Supports with rent, food, utilities, medication, and limited burial/cremation help. Nashua NH
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Address: 18 Mulberry Street, Nashua, NH | Phone: 603-589-4555 Nashua NH
Homeless Resources — City of Nashua
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A webpage listing local shelters and transitional housing: Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter, Southern NH Rescue Mission, Harbor Care, Safe Haven, etc. Nashua NH

💡 Utility / Energy / Fuel Assistance
Electric Assistance Program (EAP) — via CAPHR / Community Action / State of NH
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Discount on monthly electric bills for eligible low-income customers.
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You contact the local Community Action agency to apply.
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Helps with heating costs (oil, propane, wood, etc.) for income-eligible households. Benefits don’t have to be repaid.
Southern New Hampshire Services / 2-1-1
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Administers LIHEAP / fuel & utility assistance programs in Hillsborough County (includes Nashua) navigateresources.net
New Hampshire Electric / Liberty Utilities assistance programs
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Offer discount / payment assistance / charitable funds for utility customers.

Recipes and Budget Friendly Sites
Budget Friendly Family Meals
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Facebook Group
Budget Friendly Family Meals & Ideas
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Facebook Group
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Over 1200 easy and delicious budget-friendly recipes to keep you full and happy! Dinner recipes, slow cooker recipes, vegetarian recipes, breakfast recipes, and more. Filter and search recipes here.

🍎 Food Pantries / Food Assistance
Corpus Christi Food Pantry & Assistance
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Located at 3 Crown Street, Nashua. Provides food, toiletries, cleaning supplies. Parish of the Resurrection
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Also offers financial guidance / referrals for eviction, utility shut-offs, transportation, etc. Parish of the Resurrection
Tolles Street Mission (Food Pantry)
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Pantry hours: Mondays 12–2 PM, Thursdays 12–2 PM (no appointment)
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Provides free food for those in need.
Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter — Pantry Services
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Food boxes, perishable & nonperishable items. No identification required.
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Also offers personal care items, diapers, showers, laundry.
Christian Bible Church (Nashua) Food Pantry
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Supplies food “fixings” for traditional family meals.
Salvation Army Nashua — Alleviate Hunger Program
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Food pantry / grocery assistance for families and individuals. The Salvation Army USA
Other Partner Pantries (via United Way Greater Nashua)
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Nashua Church of Christ Food Pantry
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Heritage Baptist Church Food Pantry
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SHARE Outreach
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Grey Nuns Thrift / assistance programs

📞 Helpful Resource Lines & Programs
2-1-1 NH / NavigatorResources
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Dial 2-1-1 (or use their website) to find help for food, shelter, clothing, legal aid, crisis help in multiple languages.
Community Action Partnership of NH (CAPNH)
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Helps with food, housing, utility, weatherization, rent, and more. https://www.capnh.org/
Jobs Sites and Help Wanted