Are you homeless or at threat of homelessness?

Contact an organization in your regional community who can assist.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local companies 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 situation, please dial 911.

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Housing Assistance

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

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless service company in your neighborhood.

• Find regional neighborhood development and inexpensive housing contacts.
• Search justshelter.org to find neighborhood organizations working to protect affordable housing, avoid expulsion, and minimize household homelessness.
  
  Renters: Find a Cost Effective Unit
  
  - Find cost effective rental housing near you.
• Find HIV/AIDS housing and services near you.
• Find State Housing Finance Agencies with cost effective rental residential or commercial properties.
• Find subsidized units in rural locations.
• Find cost effective units in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.
  
  Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
  
  - Find details about renter rights and duties.
• Find tenant rights by state.
• View state laws concerning security deposits.
• View ten suggestions for tenants.
• View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.
  
  Homeowners
  
  - Search for a HUD home to buy 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 complaint.
• File a Housing Choice Voucher complaint by calling 1-800-955-2232 or sending an email to Public Housing's Customer Service at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.
  
  Food
  
  - Find your regional Food Bank.
• Make An Application For WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
• Make An Application For SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.
  
  Discover more about other offered food programs.
  
  Health and Safety
  
  - Locate an University Hospital near you, including 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 personal, totally free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, info service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing psychological health and/or compound utilize disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations.
• Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, including drug abuse, psychological health, and veteran services.
• Locate Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs providing medication, treatment, household and peer assistance, and other help for those looking for treatment for a recent beginning of major mental disorder such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is offered 24/7 to in complete confidence offer counseling services at a crisis center in your area.
• Locate HIV/AIDS care services near you. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 is available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anybody experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or details, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing child abuse, looking for resources or information, and referrals to countless emergency, social service, and support resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is offered 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anybody experiencing sexual violence and in need of crisis support. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 supplies support to at-risk youth and their families 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 offered 24/7 to confidentially provide assistance to victims of human trafficking.
  
  Disasters
  
  Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 provides and assistance to people 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 discover a center near you, utilize the DRC Locator or text DRC and your zip code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: DRC 01234. (Standard text message rates apply.).
• 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 discover your regional Red Cross.
• Find your closest healthcare facility, utilize the U.S. Hospital Finder.
• Look for help on DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Search on FEMA.gov for current details on Presidentially stated catastrophes and discover how to get help.
• Visit Ready.gov for extensive guidance on how to prepare for emergency situations and disasters.
• Visit Project Porchlight to access free monetary recovery therapy and customized support 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 offers info for job hunters, workers, and companies on work and training. Workforce Development Board Locator provides local task centers where job applicants can get employment info, discover career development training opportunities and connect to different programs in their area.
• The American Job Center Finder supplies local job centers that assist job seekers discover tasks, training, and address other work associated concerns.
• 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 much more. Unemployment Benefits Finder offers information about declaring joblessness benefits by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 provides details about this education and training program that helps youths discover a profession, earn a high school diploma or GED, and discover and keep a great 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. Veteran's Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 is offered 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with veterans in crisis (and their friends and families). Veterans.gov supplies job opportunity for veterans consisting of job postings, local career centers, and online self-assessments.
• Locate a VA Medical Center for medical care.
• Locate a Community Resource and Referral Center near you that provides 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, profession advancement and access to VA and non-VA advantages.
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