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Contact an organization in your local neighborhood who can help.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local agencies provide a range of services, consisting of food, housing, health, and security. Contact a national hotline or find a company near you. If you are experiencing a deadly 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 provider in your neighborhood.

• Find local neighborhood development and budget friendly housing contacts.
• Search justshelter.org to discover neighborhood companies working to maintain affordable housing, prevent expulsion, and minimize family homelessness.
  
  Renters: Find a Cost Effective Unit
  
  - Find inexpensive 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 systems in rural areas.
• Find cost effective systems in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.
  
  Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
  
  - Find information about tenant rights and responsibilities.
• Find tenant rights by state.
• View state laws regarding security deposits.
• View ten tips for occupants.
• View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.
  
  Homeowners
  
  - Search for a HUD home to acquire on HUDhomestore.com.
• Get help with home improvements.
• Find help 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.
• Obtain SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.
  
  Learn more about other readily available food programs.
  
  Health and wellness
  
  - Locate a Health Center 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 personal, complimentary, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, info service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and household members dealing with mental health and/or compound utilize disorders. This service offers referrals to local treatment centers, assistance groups, and community-based companies.
• Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, including drug abuse, mental health, and veteran services. - Locate Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs supplying medication, therapy, family and peer support, and other assistance for those looking for treatment for a recent start of severe psychological disease 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 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, looking for resources or info, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing child abuse, seeking resources or info, and referrals to countless emergency situation, social service, and support resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anybody experiencing sexual violence and in requirement of crisis assistance. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 supplies 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 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 provide help to victims of human trafficking.
  
  Disasters
  
  Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 supplies crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress associated to natural or human-caused disasters.
• Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone face to face for assistance or information. 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 apply.).
• 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 nearby shelter or find your regional Red Cross.
• Find your closest health center, use the U.S. Hospital Finder.
• Apply for help on DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Search on FEMA.gov for current information on Presidentially declared disasters and learn how to get assistance.
• Visit Ready.gov for comprehensive assistance on how to prepare for emergency situations and disasters.
• Visit Project Porchlight to access totally free monetary recovery therapy and tailored support for disaster survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, provided by Finance International (MMI), a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling firm.
  
  Employment and Job Training
  
  - DOL’s Employment and Training Helpline: 1-877-872-5627 offers information for task candidates, employees, and employers on work and training. Workforce Development Board Locator offers regional job centers where job seekers can get work info, discover out about profession development training opportunities and connect to different programs in their area.
• The American Job Center Finder supplies regional job centers that assist task hunters find tasks, training, and address other employment 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, financial assistance, and a lot more. Welfare Finder provides details about applying for unemployment advantages by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 provides info about this and training program that assists youths find out a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and discover and keep a great job.
  
  Veterans
  
  Help for Homeless Veterans Helpline: 1-877-424-3838 provides 24/7 access to VA’s services for homeless and at-risk Veterans. Veteran’s Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 is readily available 24/7 to talk confidentially with veterans in crisis (and their friends and families). Veterans.gov offers job opportunity for veterans consisting of task postings, local profession 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 irreversible housing, health and psychological health care, profession advancement and access to VA and non-VA benefits.