The C4 Food Pantry is open from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. one Saturday a month to "those in need" to shop for groceries, hygiene products and household supplies. The only requirement for those using the pantry is to live in Chase County and to complete a short application form that is used for statistical purposes by the Kansas Food Bank. The Food Pantry does have an outreach program. Individuals who are not able to make it to the pantry to shop may request an Outreach Box by calling the pantry manager at 620-412-3015. Boxes are delivered Saturday morning before the pantry opens. Distribution dates and times are posted on the website, posters at local businesses and on Facebook (The C4 Food Pantry).

The Good Samaritan Fund is a program that provides emergency financial assistance for utility bills, home catastrophes and those facing significant health issues. Applications can be picked up at and returned to the Chase County Health Department. The address for the Health Department is 301 Walnut, Cottonwood Falls.

In January of 2025 Chase County Care and Compassion received a Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant. The grant is aimed at improving health lifestyles and creating healthy places using a community-wide approach and will run through the end of 2026. We are working with local partners to create a community where people can be active, live well, come together, and ultimately improve quality of life now and for future generations.

Friday Foods is our backpack program for the students of Chase County Pre-K through 12" grade. At the beginning of the school year, social workers at our local schools provide us with the number of bags requested. Each week volunteers fill bags with breakfast and lunch items, fruit, snacks and shelf stable milk, when available. On Fridays the bags are delivered to CCES and CCJSHS to be distributed to students backpacks by school officials. If your student is not receiving a Friday Foods bag and you would like them to contact your school social worker.

Each year, the Adopt-A-Child team works with the Chase County Health Department, local schools and the Department of Children & Families to provide gifts to Chase County children who may not have Christmas, without our help. In October each year applications are sent out for families to request assistance and to individuals and groups who want to volunteer to adopt-a-child. Applications are also available at the Chase County Health Department.