Children's Developmental Services Agencies (CDSA)

Local Children's Developmental Services Agencies (CDSAs) are available to help families, caregivers, and professionals serve children with special needs through our Infant-Toddler Program.

Project Enlightenment

Project Enlightenment is an early childhood education and prevention program of the Wake County Public School System, serving teachers and parents of young children, ages birth through kindergarten.

Passage Home

Passage Home serves adults, families, children, and veterans living in Wake County who live near or below the Federal Poverty Level and are looking to break their cycle of poverty. Services include:

• Housing Stabilization
• Family Navigation
• Workforce Development

StepUp Ministry

"StepUp Ministry's Employment Academy offers a two-day Employment Academy Bootcamp six times yearly or you can attend our ENER-G classes every Tuesday evening.

Eligibility: Participants must have a valid ID and Social Security Card, have no pending charges, be 30 days clean and sober, and be 45 days removed from domestic violence and NOT listed on the Sex Offender Registry."

Work First

Work First is an employment program that helps families that are in a temporary financial crisis. The Work First program provides a wide range of supportive services to aid families in reaching self-sufficiency.

Dorcas Ministry

"At Dorcas Ministries, we help our neighbors thrive by providing financial and food assistance, training and coaching, client advocacy, a platform for people to make a difference, and a best-in-class thrift shop for our community.

Eligibility requirements:
Applicant must be a permanent resident of Cary or Morrisville, OR have a child in the home who attends a Cary or Morrisville public K-12 school, OR is homeless with a most recent permanent address in Cary or Morrisville."

NC Works Career Center

The NCWorks Career Center is a central place to access tools and resources to help with your job search. Their employment team can assist in searching for a job, improving your skills or developing a career plan.

Wake Connections

Wake Connections is a coordinated intake and referral system that connects families with high quality home-based and parent group programs. The Wake Connections system links you to services for pregnant women, first-time moms, infants, toddlers and young children who have not yet started Kindergarten.

Wake Connections

Wake Connections is a coordinated intake and referral system that connects families with high quality home-based and parent group programs. The Wake Connections system links you to services for pregnant women, first-time moms, infants, toddlers and young children who have not yet started Kindergarten.

Wake Connections

Wake Connections is a coordinated intake and referral system that connects families with high quality home-based and parent group programs. The Wake Connections system links you to services for pregnant women, first-time moms, infants, toddlers and young children who have not yet started Kindergarten.

Wake Connections

Wake Connections is a coordinated intake and referral system that connects families with high quality home-based and parent group programs. The Wake Connections system links you to services for pregnant women, first-time moms, infants, toddlers and young children who have not yet started Kindergarten.

Wake Connections

Wake Connections is a coordinated intake and referral system that connects families with high quality home-based and parent group programs. The Wake Connections system links you to services for pregnant women, first-time moms, infants, toddlers and young children who have not yet started Kindergarten.

Wake Up And Read

WAKE Up and Read is a community coalition of 30+ agencies in Wake County committed to ensuring that all children across Wake County read proficiently by the end of 3rd grade. As the local affiliate of the National Campaign for Grade Level Reading, we focus on three key areas: school readiness (birth-5), learning opportunities (K-5), and engaged families.

Advance Community Health

Advance Community Health offers the following health services:

• Primary Care
• OB/GYN
• Pediatrics
• Dental
• Behavioral/Mental Health
• Nutrition
• Pharmacy

Oak City Cares

Oak City Cares is a hub for connecting individuals and families, who are at risk of, or are experiencing homelessness, to coordinated services that create a path to stable housing and renewed hope.

Urban Ministries of Wake County

Urban Ministries of Wake County provides food, healthcare, shelter, medication refills and referrals to other vital services in the community.

Urban Ministries of Wake County

Urban Ministries of Wake County provides food, healthcare, shelter, medication refills and referrals to other vital services in the community.

Urban Ministries of Wake County

Urban Ministries of Wake County provides food, healthcare, shelter, medication refills and referrals to other vital services in the community.

Passage Home

Passage Home serves adults, families, children, and veterans living in Wake County who live near or below the Federal Poverty Level and are looking to break their cycle of poverty. Services include:

• Housing Stabilization
• Family Navigation
• Workforce Development

Catholic Parish Outreach - Catholic Charities

The Catholic Parish Outreach Food Pantry serves those in need in our community by feeding the hungry and providing clothing.

Regional Food Pantries through Wake Network of Care

This pdf provides a list of current food pantries in Wake County.

The Green Chair Project

The Green Chair Project provides essential resources to individuals overcoming homelessness, crisis, or disaster, whose fresh start in stable housing is stalled by a lack of resources to make their house a home.

Wake County Human Services Utility Bill Assistance

Wake County Human Services has utility bill assistance program that help with heating, cooling and water.

Diaper Bank

Diaper Bank of North Carolina provides essential products to help families thrive at all stages of life.

Diaper Train

Diaper Train's mission is to provide diapers, equipping families with a necessary tool to increase their mental and physical health and wellbeing. A diaper CAN change a life. Diaper Train is committed to a future where every family in Wake County has access to this basic need.

Clothing Closet - The Salvation Army of Wake County

The Salvation Army of Wake County issues clothing vouchers to 35 different families each week. Families/individuals are able to shop for each person in their household at The Salvation Army Family Store. Only Wake County residents are eligible.

Legal Aid of NC

Legal Aid of North Carolina provides support to North Carolinians who are unable to afford an attorney.

Apex Immigration Services

AIS is a service ministry that seeks to fill a growing, unmet need for a trusted source of information and low cost, high-quality immigration legal services for low-income immigrants and refugees.

They serve Raleigh, Cary, and Apex as well as Wake County.

Wake County Public Libraries

Child Care Subsidy

The Wake County Child Care Subsidy Program provides financial assistance for parents and their child care needs. You may be eligible to receive child care assistance if one or more of the following situations apply to your family:
- You are working
- You are in school or in a job training program
-Your child is receiving child protective services
- Your child needs care to support child welfare services or if your family is experiencing a crisis; or
- Your child has developmental needs

Wake ThreeSchool

"Wake ThreeSchool is a free early learning program for eligible Wake County three-year-olds. Eligible families have a gross household income that is at or below 75% of State Median Income for the family size and/or meets one or more of the following criteria:
- Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
- Limited English Proficiency
- Chronic Health Condition
- Developmental or Educational Need
- Child of eligible military family
***Please note that eligibility does not guarantee placement in the Wake ThreeSchool program."

Child Care Subsidy

"The Wake County Child Care Subsidy Program provides financial assistance for parents and their child care needs. You may be eligible to receive child care assistance if one or more of the following situations apply to your family:
- You are working
- You are in school or in a job training program
-Your child is receiving child protective services
- Your child needs care to support child welfare services or if your family is experiencing a crisis; or
- Your child has developmental needs"

Wake Pre-K

Wake Pre-K is a group of three preschool programs, NC Pre-K, Title I, and Head Start, that are free for eligible children in Wake County turning 4 by August 31 of the current program year. NC Pre-K and Telamon have income eligibility requirements, while Title I is for children that show an academic and/or developmental need.