A free directory of 1434 places to get help in and around Grant County, New Mexico: shelter, food, recovery, health care, benefits, legal help and more. Kept up to date by the Silver City Gospel Mission.
Found someone who may have diedUse when someone finds a person who is not moving, not breathing and may have died, at home, outside, in a car, a camp or a public place.
Grieving a death and needs supportUse when someone is grieving the death of a family member, friend, child or partner and wants comfort, a group, or counseling.
A veteran's family member needs helpUse when a spouse, child, parent or caregiver of a veteran or service member needs benefits, health coverage, counseling, money help or burial help.
NM Health Care Authority - Income Support Division (Grant County office)
State burial assistance (up to $200) for people on assistanceconfirmed October 2026
Benefits · Death and burial
The state may pay up to $200 toward funeral costs for someone who was getting state financial or medical assistance, when the estate and legally responsible relatives cannot pay and no one else will. Family or the funeral home can request it.
Where: 3088 32nd St Bypass, Suite A, Silver City, NM (map)
Who it's for: Person who died was receiving state financial/medical assistance; resources available for the funeral under $600 (counts cash, burial insurance, Social Security/VA death benefits); spouse or parents of minor unable to pay. Claims decided within 30 days.
Bring: Death certificate, funeral home bill, info on any insurance or death benefits
Support for families after a homicide or violent deathconfirmed October 2026
Mental health and crisis · Legal help, courts and re-entry · Death and burial
Free advocacy for families after a murder or other violent death: explains the police and court process, support groups (some virtual), and referrals for counseling, legal help and money help. Cannot pay for burials. English/Spanish.
Support after miscarriage, stillbirth or infant deathconfirmed October 2026
Mental health and crisis · Children, youth and families · Death and burial
Phone and email support, online support groups and chats, peer companions and free resource packets for families whose baby died during pregnancy, at birth or in early infancy. Spanish support (Esperanza).
Online support chats for parents who lost a childconfirmed October 2026
Mental health and crisis · Death and burial
Peer support after the death of a child of any age: live online chat rooms most evenings (special rooms for suicide loss, infant loss, no surviving children), private Facebook groups and free webinars. Nearest in-person chapter is Albuquerque.
24/7 support line for families of fallen military membersconfirmed October 2026
Mental health and crisis · Veterans · Death and burial
Free 24/7 helpline, peer mentors, grief support groups and casework for anyone grieving the death of someone who served in the military (any cause of death, including suicide or illness).
Who it's for: Family members, friends and fellow service members grieving the death of anyone who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, no matter how or when they died.
Free headstone, marker or medallion for a veteran's graveconfirmed October 2026
Veterans · Death and burial
VA provides a government headstone or marker (or a medallion for a private headstone) for an eligible veteran's grave in any cemetery, including private and unmarked graves. Apply with VA Form 40-1330.
Who it's for: Veterans not dishonorably discharged and service members who died on active duty (minimum service rules apply). Spouses/children only in national, state or tribal veterans cemeteries.
Bring: Copy of DD214 or other discharge papers (not originals); VA Form 40-1330
Free help with advance directives and end-of-life planningnot yet confirmed: call first
Seniors and disability · Death and burial
Free info, workshops and referrals on advance health care directives, end-of-life choices and NM's End of Life Options Act. Volunteer speakers present locally (a Silver City group held a session at the Bayard library in 2025). Not medical or legal advice.
Baca's Funeral Chapels & Baca's Silver City Crematory
Funeral home and crematory (including direct cremation)confirmed October 2026
Death and burial · 2 miles from Silver City
Silver City funeral home with crematory: traditional funerals, cremation, memorial and graveside services, and pre-arrangements. Helps families arrange military funeral honors for veterans. Ask for the price list and lowest-cost option.
Indigent burial or cremation assistanceconfirmed October 2026
Benefits · Death and burial · 2 miles from Silver City
Under NM law the county of residence pays for burial or cremation of an indigent person when no family or estate can pay (statute allows up to about $600). Does not cover viewing or funeral services. Families, funeral homes or the Office of the Medical In
Funeral home and crematory in Santa Clara (by Fort Bayard) serving Grant, Hidalgo, Luna and Catron counties. Burial, cremation, veterans services and help getting death certificates.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Fort Bayard National Cemetery
Free burial for eligible veterans and familyconfirmed October 2026
Veterans · Death and burial · 9 miles from Silver City
VA national cemetery next to Santa Clara. Eligible veterans (and spouses/dependents) get a free gravesite, opening and closing, vault/liner, headstone or marker and a burial flag; space for casket and cremated remains.
Some help people need still isn't available in Grant County, like inpatient detox, a local public defender office, and help applying for disability. See the list, and tell us if your organization can help fill one, or if you know of help we've missed.
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Kept by the Silver City Gospel Mission · 111 S. Texas St., Silver City, NM 88061 · 575-388-5071 · Updated October 28, 2026.
Information comes from the providers themselves, public sources and our staff. It is offered as a help, not a guarantee; please call ahead.