Tuscaloosa Local Assistance Programs

This page lists local organizations in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that provide free legal help, food and social services. Statewide programs are described on the Alabama page.

Legal aid

Legal Services Alabama	Free civil legal aid
Website	legalservicesalabama.org
Call center, English	866-456-4995
Call center, Spanish	888-835-3505
Call center hours	Monday through Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Legal Services Alabama provides free civil legal help to low-income Alabamians, including help with housing, domestic violence, public benefits and consumer problems. Its Tuscaloosa office serves Tuscaloosa County. Call the central intake line to apply.¹

University of Alabama School of Law Domestic Violence Law Clinic	Free legal help with domestic relations cases²
Website	law.ua.edu
Phone	(205) 348-4960
Address	101 Paul Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

The Domestic Violence Law Clinic offers free legal help to people in the Tuscaloosa community, with a preference for survivors of interpersonal violence and people with limited financial resources. Law students handle protection orders, divorce, child custody, visitation, child support and uncontested adoptions under faculty supervision.²

Food

Community Soup Bowl	Free hot meals³
Website	communitysoupbowl.org
Phone	205-752-2421
Address	1711 23rd Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

The Community Soup Bowl serves free hot lunches to neighbors in need in Tuscaloosa, and asks nothing of anyone who walks through the door. In 2025 it served over 110,000 meals.³

Table of Grace	Client-choice food pantry⁴
Website	togpantry.org
Phone	205-469-7811
Address	201 Hargrove Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Hours	Tuesday, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM; Thursday and Friday, 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Table of Grace is a nonprofit food pantry run by Grace Presbyterian Church. Neighbors shop the market shelves and pick the food items they need. It opened in 2023 as West Alabama’s first client-choice, market-style food pantry.⁴

Temporary Emergency Services	Emergency help with food, clothing and bills⁵
Website	temporaryemergencyservices.org
Phone	(205) 758-5535
Address	1705 15th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Temporary Emergency Services helps Tuscaloosa County residents in crisis with food bags, clothing, baby items and personal hygiene products. It offers money for utilities, birth certificates, tooth extraction and certain prescriptions. Utility help is limited to Tuscaloosa County residents, with appointments scheduled each Monday from 9 AM.⁵

Community Service Programs of West Alabama	Community action agency⁶
Website	cspwal.com
Phone	(205) 752-5429
Address	601 Black Bears Way, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Community Service Programs of West Alabama is the community action agency for Tuscaloosa County. It offers housing counseling, rental help, utility assistance and other support for low-income families across ten west Alabama counties.⁶

Sources & notes

Data and figures on this page come from the sources and notes below:

Legal Services Alabama, Home page . ↩
University of Alabama School of Law, Domestic Violence Law Clinic and Law Clinics . ↩ ↩²
Community Soup Bowl, Home page . Address and phone as given in the organization’s own description and confirmed in the City of Tuscaloosa food assistance guide, Food Services . ↩ ↩²
Table of Grace, Home page and Product Procurement Associate posting . Hours from Grace Presbyterian Church flyers posted on Instagram, September 2026. ↩ ↩²
Temporary Emergency Services, Home page . ↩ ↩²
Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Home page . ↩ ↩²

Tuscaloosa Local Assistance Programs

Legal aid

Food

Social services

Footnotes