Are you homeless or at risk of homelessness?

Contact an organization in your local community who can help.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local firms offer a variety of services, consisting of food, housing, health, and security. Contact a nationwide hotline or find 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 location or call 800-569-4287.

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless service provider in your community.

• Find local neighborhood advancement and affordable housing contacts.
• Search justshelter.org to discover community organizations working to protect economical housing, prevent eviction, and reduce household homelessness.
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  Renters: Find a Budget-friendly Unit
  
  - Find cost effective 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 areas.
• Find budget-friendly units in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.
  
  Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
  
  - Find info about tenant rights and responsibilities.
• Find tenant rights by state.
• View state laws relating to security deposits.
• View 10 suggestions for renters.
• View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.
  
  Homeowners
  
  - Search for a HUD home to purchase on HUDhomestore.com.
• Get assistance with home enhancements.
• Find support 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 grievance by calling 1-800-955-2232 or sending out an e-mail to Public Housing's Customer care at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.
  
  Food
  
  - Find your regional Food Bank.
• Obtain WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
• Request SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.
  
  Learn more about other offered food programs.
  
  Health and Safety
  
  - Locate a Health Center near you, consisting of Healthcare for the Homeless Programs.
• Locate a Diaper Bank near you that disperses diapers to families in requirement. Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Hotline: 1-800-662-4357 for private, totally free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for people and family members facing mental health and/or substance utilize conditions. This service provides referrals to local treatment centers, support system, and community-based companies.
• Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, consisting of abuse, psychological health, and veteran services.
• Locate Early Serious Mental Disorder Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs offering medication, treatment, household and peer support, and other assistance for those seeking treatment for a recent onset of severe psychological illness 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 supply 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 anyone experiencing domestic violence, looking for resources or information, or questioning unhealthy elements of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is offered 24/7 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing kid abuse, seeking resources or details, and referrals to thousands of 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 anybody experiencing sexual violence and in requirement of crisis support. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 offers assistance to at-risk youth and their households 24 hr a day through phone, email, and live chat.
• Locate a Runaway and Homeless Youth Program near you for emergency situation 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 in complete confidence supply aid to victims of human trafficking.
  
  Disasters
  
  Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 offers crisis counseling and support to people experiencing psychological distress related to natural or human-caused disasters.
• Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone face to face for assistance or information. 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 message rates apply.).
• Look for open shelters near you by texting SHELTER and your postal code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: Shelter 01234. (Standard text rates use.).
• Locate the nearby shelter or discover your local Red Cross.
• Find your closest medical facility, utilize the U.S. Hospital Finder.
• Apply for assistance on DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Search on FEMA.gov for updated information on Presidentially declared catastrophes and discover how to get help.
• Visit Ready.gov for detailed assistance on how to get ready for emergency situations and catastrophes.
• Visit Project Porchlight to access complimentary monetary healing therapy and customized help for disaster survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, offered 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 task candidates, workers, and employers on employment and training. Workforce Development Board Locator supplies regional task centers where job applicants can get work details, learn about career advancement training chances and link to different programs in their location.
• The American Job Center Finder supplies local job centers that assist job hunters discover jobs, training, and respond to 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 help, and a lot more. Unemployment Benefits Finder provides info about filing for joblessness advantages by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 offers info about this education and training program that assists youths find out a profession, make a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep an excellent 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 confidentially with veterans in crisis (and their friends and families). Veterans.gov offers job opportunity for veterans consisting of task posts, regional profession centers, and online self-assessments.
• Locate a VA Medical Center for medical care.
• Locate a Community Resource and Referral Center near you that supplies Veterans who are homeless and at risk of homelessness with one-stop access to community-based, multiagency services to promote irreversible housing, health and psychological healthcare, profession development and access to VA and non-VA benefits.
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