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Are you homeless or at risk of homelessness?

Contact an organization in your regional neighborhood who can assist.

Find Homeless Assistance

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

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Housing Assistance

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

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless provider in your community.

  • Find regional neighborhood development and inexpensive housing contacts.
  • Search justshelter.org to find community organizations working to maintain budget friendly housing, avoid eviction, and minimize family homelessness.

    Renters: Find an Affordable Unit

    - Find economical 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 systems in backwoods.
  • Find budget friendly units in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.

    Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

    - Find information about tenant rights and duties.
  • Find renter rights by state.
  • View state laws concerning security deposits.
  • View 10 suggestions for tenants.
  • View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.

    Homeowners

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

    Fair Housing

    - File a housing discrimination complaint.
  • File a Housing Choice Voucher complaint by 1-800-955-2232 or sending an email to Public Housing's Customer care at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.

    Food

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

    Find out more about other offered food programs.

    Health and Safety

    - Locate an University Hospital near you, consisting of Health Care for the Homeless Programs.
  • Locate a Diaper Bank near you that distributes diapers to families in need. Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Hotline: 1-800-662-4357 for private, complimentary, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, details service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and household members dealing with mental health and/or compound utilize conditions. This service offers recommendations to local treatment centers, support system, and community-based organizations.
  • Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, including substance abuse, psychological health, and veteran services.
  • Locate Early Serious Mental Disorder Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs supplying medication, therapy, family and peer support, and other support for those looking for treatment for a current beginning of serious mental disorder such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar condition, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is offered 24/7 to confidentially offer therapy services at a crisis center in your area.
  • Locate HIV/AIDS care services near you. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 is readily available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anybody experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or info, or questioning unhealthy elements of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is readily available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing kid abuse, looking for resources or information, and recommendations to countless emergency, 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 need of crisis assistance. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 offers assistance to at-risk youth and their households 24 hours a day through phone, email, 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 available 24/7 to confidentially provide aid to victims of human trafficking.

    Disasters

    Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 offers crisis therapy and assistance to individuals experiencing psychological distress associated to natural or human-caused disasters.
  • Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone personally for assistance or details. To discover a center near you, use the DRC Locator or text DRC and your postal code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: DRC 01234. (Standard text rates use.).
  • Look 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 closest shelter or find your regional Red Cross.
  • Find your closest medical facility, use the U.S. Hospital Finder.
  • Request support on DisasterAssistance.gov.
  • Search on FEMA.gov for current info on Presidentially stated catastrophes and discover how to get support.
  • Visit Ready.gov for detailed guidance on how to get ready for emergency situations and disasters.
  • Visit Project Porchlight to access complimentary monetary recovery counseling and tailored help for catastrophe survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, used by Finance International (MMI), a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling firm.

    Employment and Job Training

    - DOL's Employment and Training Helpline: 1-877-872-5627 provides details for job applicants, workers, and employers on employment and training. Workforce Development Board Locator provides local task centers where task seekers can get work info, find out about career advancement training opportunities and link to various programs in their area.
  • The American Job Center Finder offers regional job centers that help task candidates discover jobs, training, and respond to other employment associated concerns.
  • DOL's Employment Training page offers a short-term training finder, an education and training finder, a Certification Finder, links to Apprenticeship programs, monetary help, and far more. Unemployment Benefits Finder offers info about filing for joblessness advantages by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 offers information about this education and training program that assists youths learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep an excellent job.

    Veterans

    Help for Homeless Veterans Helpline: 1-877-424-3838 offers 24/7 access to VA's services for homeless and at-risk Veterans. Veteran's Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 is offered 24/7 to talk confidentially with veterans in crisis (and their households and pals). Veterans.gov supplies employment chances for veterans consisting of task postings, local career centers, and online self-assessments.
  • Locate a VA Medical Center for treatment.
  • Locate a Community Resource and Referral Center near you that supplies Veterans who are homeless and at danger of homelessness with one-stop access to community-based, multiagency services to promote irreversible housing, health and mental healthcare, career advancement and access to VA and non-VA benefits.