Mercer County

Community Resources

Adult Protective Services

(419) 586-5106 

Area Agency on Aging (Elder Information & Referral)
Long - Term Care Ombudsman

1-800-653-7723
1-800-653-7778

Child Support Enforcement

1-800-207-3597

Children's Protective Services

(419) 586-5106

Crisis Line
(after hours)

1-800-523-3978

County Department of Developmental Disabilities
(formerly MRDD)
Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities

(419) 586-2369

Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
(resources following incarceration)
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction

web search only

Domestic Violence
Family Crisis Network Domestic Violence Hotline

(419) 586-1133

Emergency Shelter Homeless Men

Rescue Mission
Homeless men 21 years of age or older (Allen County location)

Family Promise
Homeless Men with Children (Allen County location)


(419) 225-6961


(419)879-4600

Emergency Shelter for Homeless Women/Children

Samaritan House (Allen County location)

Family Promise Homeless Women with sons over age 11
(Allen County location)


(419) 222-4663

(419) 879-4600

Financial/Utilities
Sources Community Network Services

(419) 584-1550

Food
Sources

1-800-826-2675

Foreclosure
Save The Dream Ohio

1-888-404-4674

Housing
Allen County Metropolitan Housing Authority

(419) 228-6065

Housing
HUD subsidized Housing

web search only

Information/Referral
Sources

1-800-826-2675

Kinship Navigator (relative responsible for care of a child)
contact Mercer County Children's Services

(419) 586-5106

Legal Aid
Legal Aid Line

1-888-534-1432

Mental Health (Alcohol, Drug, Mental Health)
Mercer, Van Wert, & Paulding ADAMH Board 

(419) 238-5464

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

1-800-NAMI (6264)

Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Mercer County Job & Family Services

(419) 586-5106

Rape
RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network)

1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

Social Security Hotline 
Social Security Administration 

1-800-772-1213

Transportation

no current listing 

Veterans Services
Mercer County Veterans Services


(419) 586-3542