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Are you homeless or at threat of homelessness?

Contact a company in your local community who can assist.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local firms offer a variety of services, consisting of food, housing, health, and security. Contact a nationwide hotline or locate a company near you. If you are experiencing a deadly emergency, please dial 911.

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Housing Assistance

Contact a housing counseling company in your location or call 800-569-4287.

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless company in your neighborhood.

  • Find regional neighborhood development and budget friendly housing contacts.
  • Search justshelter.org to discover community organizations working to preserve affordable housing, prevent eviction, and decrease family homelessness.

    Renters: Find a Budget-friendly Unit

    - Find budget friendly rental housing near you.
  • Find HIV/AIDS housing and services near you.
  • Find State Housing Finance Agencies with economical rental residential or commercial properties.
  • Find subsidized units in rural locations.
  • Find affordable systems in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.

    Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

    - Find details about occupant rights and duties.
  • Find renter rights by state.
  • View state laws concerning down payment.
  • View 10 ideas for tenants.
  • View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.

    Homeowners

    - Look for a HUD home to acquire on HUDhomestore.com.
  • Get help with home improvements.
  • Find assistance to avoid foreclosure near you or call the Making Home Affordable hotline 888-995-4673.

    Fair Housing

    - File a housing discrimination grievance.
  • File a Housing Choice Voucher problem by calling 1-800-955-2232 or sending an email to Public Housing's Client service at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.

    Food

    - Find your regional Food Bank.
  • Look For WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
  • Make An Application For SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.

    Discover more about other readily available food programs.

    Health and wellness

    - Locate a Health Center near you, including Health Care for the Homeless Programs.
  • Locate a Diaper Bank near you that distributes diapers to households in need. Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Hotline: 1-800-662-4357 for confidential, totally free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, info service, in English and Spanish, for people and relative dealing with mental health and/or substance utilize conditions. This service supplies recommendations to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based companies.
  • Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, consisting of substance abuse, mental health, and veteran services.
  • Locate Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs providing medication, therapy, family and peer support, and other assistance for those looking for treatment for a recent onset of severe mental disorder such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar condition, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is readily available 24/7 to in complete confidence offer therapy services at a crisis center in your location.
  • Locate HIV/AIDS care services near you. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 is available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anybody experiencing domestic violence, looking for resources or info, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is offered 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing kid abuse, seeking resources or information, and referrals to countless emergency situation, social service, and assistance resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing sexual violence and in requirement of crisis assistance. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 provides support to at-risk youth and their households 24 hours a day through phone, e-mail, and live chat.
  • Locate a Runaway and Homeless Youth Program near you for emergency shelter, transitional living program, or street outreach program for runaway or homeless youth. National Human Trafficking Resource Center: 1-888-373-7888 is readily available 24/7 to confidentially provide help to victims of human trafficking.

    Disasters

    Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 provides crisis therapy and support to individuals experiencing emotional related to natural or human-caused catastrophes.
  • Visit a Catastrophe Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone personally for guidance or details. To find a center near you, use the DRC Locator or text DRC and your postal code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: DRC 01234. (Standard text rates apply.).
  • Search for open shelters near you by texting SHELTER and your postal code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: Shelter 01234. (Standard text rates apply.).
  • Locate the nearest shelter or find your regional Red Cross.
  • Find your closest hospital, utilize the U.S. Hospital Finder.
  • Request support on DisasterAssistance.gov.
  • Search on FEMA.gov for up-to-date information on Presidentially stated catastrophes and discover how to get help.
  • Visit Ready.gov for detailed guidance on how to prepare for emergency situations and disasters.
  • Visit Project Porchlight to access free financial recovery counseling and personalized assistance for disaster survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, used by Finance International (MMI), a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling agency.

    Employment and Job Training

    - DOL's Employment and Training Helpline: 1-877-872-5627 offers details for job seekers, workers, and companies on work and training. Workforce Development Board Locator supplies local task centers where job hunters can get employment info, learn about profession advancement training opportunities and link to different programs in their location.
  • The American Job Center Finder provides local task centers that assist task hunters discover jobs, training, and address other employment related questions.
  • DOL's Employment Training page supplies a short-term training finder, an education and training finder, a Certification Finder, links to Apprenticeship programs, financial assistance, and far more. Welfare Finder provides information about filing for welfare by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 provides details about this education and training program that assists youths find out a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and discover and keep a good task.
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    Veterans

    Help for Homeless Veterans Helpline: 1-877-424-3838 provides 24/7 access to VA's services for homeless and at-risk Veterans. Veteran's Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 is available 24/7 to talk confidentially with veterans in crisis (and their families and pals). Veterans.gov provides job opportunity for veterans consisting of task posts, local profession centers, and online self-assessments.
  • Locate a VA Medical Center for healthcare.
  • Locate a Community Resource and Referral Center near you that offers Veterans who are homeless and at risk of homelessness with one-stop access to community-based, multiagency services to promote long-term housing, health and mental healthcare, profession advancement and access to VA and non-VA advantages.