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Are you homeless or at danger of homelessness?

Contact a company in your regional community who can help.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local firms provide a variety of services, consisting of food, housing, health, and security. Contact a nationwide hotline or locate an organization near you. If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please dial 911.

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Housing Assistance

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

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless service supplier in your community.

  • Find local community development and budget friendly housing contacts.
  • Search justshelter.org to find community companies working to protect economical housing, avoid expulsion, and reduce family homelessness.

    Renters: Find a Cost Effective Unit

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

    Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

    - Find info about renter rights and responsibilities.
  • Find occupant rights by state.
  • View state laws regarding security deposits.
  • View ten pointers for occupants.
  • View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.

    Homeowners

    - Search for a HUD home to purchase 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 problem.
  • File a Housing Choice Voucher complaint by calling 1-800-955-2232 or sending an e-mail to Public Housing's Customer Service at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.

    Food

    - Find your regional Food Bank.
  • Apply for WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
  • Obtain SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.

    Find out more about other offered food programs.

    Health and Safety

    - Locate a Health Center near you, consisting of Health Care for the Homeless Programs. - Locate a Diaper Bank near you that disperses diapers to households in requirement. Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Hotline: 1-800-662-4357 for private, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, info service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members dealing with psychological health and/or substance use conditions. This service offers recommendations to local treatment facilities, support system, and community-based companies.
  • Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, including drug abuse, mental health, and veteran services.
  • Locate Early Serious Mental Disorder Treatment near you, including evidence-based programs supplying medication, treatment, household and peer support, and other assistance for those looking for treatment for a current onset of severe psychological illness such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar condition, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is available 24/7 to confidentially supply counseling services at a crisis center in your location.
  • Locate HIV/AIDS care services near you. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 is readily available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or info, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is readily available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing kid abuse, seeking resources or info, and recommendations to countless emergency situation, social service, and support resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is readily available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing sexual violence and in requirement of crisis support. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 supplies support to at-risk youth and their families 24 hr 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 offered 24/7 to confidentially supply help to victims of human trafficking.

    Disasters

    Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 offers crisis counseling and assistance to individuals experiencing emotional distress associated to natural or human-caused disasters.
  • Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone personally for assistance or details. To find a center near you, utilize the DRC Locator or text DRC and your postal code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: DRC 01234. (Standard text message rates use.).
  • Search for open shelters near you by texting SHELTER and your postal code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: Shelter 01234. (Standard text message rates apply.).
  • Locate the nearby shelter or find your regional Red Cross.
  • Find your closest health center, utilize the U.S. Hospital Finder.
  • Look for assistance on DisasterAssistance.gov.
  • Search on FEMA.gov for updated info on Presidentially declared catastrophes and find out how to get support.
  • Visit Ready.gov for comprehensive assistance on how to get ready for emergencies and disasters.
  • Visit Project Porchlight to access free financial recovery counseling and customized help for catastrophe survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, offered by Money Management International (MMI), a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling agency.

    Employment and Job Training

    - DOL's Employment and Training Helpline: 1-877-872-5627 supplies details for job hunters, workers, and employers on employment and training. Workforce Development Board Locator supplies local job centers where task candidates can get employment info, discover out about career development training opportunities and connect to various programs in their area.
  • The American Job Center Finder supplies regional job centers that help task applicants discover tasks, training, and address other employment related questions.
  • DOL's Employment Training page provides a short-term training finder, an education and training finder, a Certification Finder, links to Apprenticeship programs, financial assistance, and far more. Unemployment Benefits Finder provides details about declaring welfare by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 provides information about this education and training program that assists youths find out a profession, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep an excellent task.

    Veterans

    Help for Homeless Veterans Helpline: 1-877-424-3838 supplies 24/7 access to VA's services for homeless and at-risk Veterans. Line: 1-800-273-8255 is readily available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with veterans in crisis (and their households and friends). Veterans.gov supplies employment chances for veterans consisting of job postings, regional career centers, and online self-assessments.
  • Locate a VA Medical Center for healthcare.
  • Locate a Neighborhood Resource and Referral Center near you that provides Veterans who are homeless and at threat of homelessness with one-stop access to community-based, multiagency services to promote permanent housing, health and psychological healthcare, career advancement and access to VA and non-VA benefits.