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Contact an organization in your regional community who can assist.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local companies offer a range of services, including 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 firm in your location or call 800-569-4287.

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless service company in your neighborhood.

• Find local neighborhood development and cost effective housing contacts.
• Search justshelter.org to find community companies working to preserve cost effective housing, prevent eviction, and decrease household homelessness.
  
  Renters: Find an Inexpensive Unit
  
  - Find cost effective rental housing near you.
• Find HIV/AIDS housing and services near you.
• Find State Housing Finance Agencies with inexpensive rental residential or commercial properties.
• Find subsidized systems in rural locations.
• Find budget-friendly systems in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.
  
  Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
  
  - Find details about tenant rights and responsibilities.
• Find tenant rights by state.
• View state laws relating to security deposits.
• View 10 tips for tenants.
• View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.
  
  Homeowners
  
  - Look for a HUD home to buy on .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 grievance.
• File a Housing Choice Voucher complaint by calling 1-800-955-2232 or sending out an e-mail to Public Housing's Customer Service at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.
  
  Food
  
  - Find your regional Food Bank.
• Request WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
• Make An Application 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 households in need. 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 people and relative facing psychological health and/or compound use disorders. This service supplies recommendations to regional treatment centers, support system, and community-based organizations.
• Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, consisting of drug abuse, mental health, and veteran services.
• Locate Early Serious Mental Disorder Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs offering medication, treatment, household and peer assistance, and other assistance for those looking for treatment for a recent beginning of major mental disorder such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar condition, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is available 24/7 to in complete confidence provide 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 offered 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing domestic violence, looking for resources or details, or questioning unhealthy elements of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anybody experiencing child abuse, seeking resources or details, 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 confidentially with anybody experiencing sexual violence and in need of crisis support. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 provides assistance to at-risk youth and their families 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 available 24/7 to confidentially supply assistance to victims of human trafficking.
  
  Disasters
  
  Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 supplies crisis therapy and assistance to individuals experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused catastrophes. - Visit a Catastrophe Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone personally for guidance or info. To discover a center near you, utilize the DRC Locator or text DRC and your zip code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: DRC 01234. (Standard text 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 use.).
• Locate the closest shelter or find your local Red Cross.
• Find your closest health center, use the U.S. Hospital Finder.
• Look for assistance on DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Search on FEMA.gov for up-to-date information on Presidentially declared disasters 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 totally free financial healing counseling and customized help 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 supplies information for job applicants, workers, and companies on work and training. Workforce Development Board Locator provides regional job centers where task candidates can get employment information, learn about career advancement training opportunities and link to different programs in their location.
• The American Job Center Finder provides regional task centers that assist task seekers find tasks, training, and address other work associated questions.
• DOL's Employment Training page supplies a short-term training finder, an education and training finder, a Certification Finder, links to Apprenticeship programs, monetary aid, and much more. Welfare Finder provides information about applying for unemployment advantages by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 supplies information about this education and training program that helps youths learn a career, make a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a great job.
  
  Veterans
  
  Help for Homeless Veterans Helpline: 1-877-424-3838 supplies 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 in complete confidence with veterans in crisis (and their families and pals). Veterans.gov offers employment opportunities for veterans including task posts, regional 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 permanent housing, health and mental health care, career advancement and access to VA and non-VA advantages.