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Are you homeless or at threat of homelessness?

Contact an organization in your local community who can assist.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local agencies provide a variety of services, including food, housing, health, and security. Contact a nationwide hotline or locate a company near you. If you are experiencing a life-threatening 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 provider in your community.

• Find regional community development and affordable housing contacts.
• Search justshelter.org to find neighborhood companies working to preserve cost effective housing, avoid expulsion, and minimize household homelessness.
  
  Renters: Find an Economical Unit
  
  - Find budget-friendly 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 units in backwoods.
• Find inexpensive units in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.
  
  Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
  
  - Find information about occupant rights and duties.
• Find tenant rights by state.
• View state laws regarding security deposits.
• View 10 tips for occupants.
• View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.
  
  Homeowners
  
  - Look for a HUD home to buy on HUDhomestore.com.
• Get help with home improvements.
• Find support 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 an e-mail to Public Housing's Client service at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.
  
  Food
  
  - Find your regional Food Bank.
• Request WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
• Obtain SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.
  
  Find out more about other readily available food programs.
  
  Health and Safety
  
  - Locate a Health Center near you, including Healthcare 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 confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, details service, in English and Spanish, for people and family members facing mental health and/or compound utilize disorders. This referrals to regional treatment facilities, support system, 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, therapy, household and peer support, and other support for those looking for treatment for a recent start of serious mental disease such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar condition, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is available 24/7 to confidentially 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 readily available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anybody experiencing domestic violence, looking for 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 confidentially with anybody experiencing kid abuse, looking for resources or info, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing sexual violence and in requirement of crisis assistance. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 supplies 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 readily available 24/7 to confidentially provide 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 people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused catastrophes.
• Visit a Catastrophe Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone face to face for assistance or details. To find a center near you, use the DRC Locator or text DRC and your zip 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 rates apply.).
• Locate the nearby shelter or find your local Red Cross.
• Find your closest healthcare facility, utilize the U.S. Hospital Finder.
• Obtain support on DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Search on FEMA.gov for current info on Presidentially stated catastrophes and find out how to get support.
• Visit Ready.gov for detailed guidance on how to prepare for emergencies and disasters.
• Visit Project Porchlight to access free financial healing counseling and individualized support for disaster survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, used 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 provides details for task seekers, employees, and employers on work and training. Workforce Development Board Locator offers regional job centers where task seekers can get work information, discover out about profession advancement training opportunities and connect to numerous programs in their area.
• The American Job Center Finder offers local job centers that assist task hunters discover tasks, training, and address other employment associated concerns.
• DOL's Employment Training page offers a short-term training finder, an education and training finder, an Accreditation Finder, links to Apprenticeship programs, financial assistance, and much more. Unemployment Benefits Finder supplies info about submitting for welfare by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 supplies information about this education and training program that helps young people discover 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 in complete confidence with veterans in crisis (and their friends and families). Veterans.gov provides job opportunity for veterans including task posts, local profession centers, and online self-assessments.
• Locate a VA Medical Center for healthcare.
• Locate a Community Resource and Referral Center near you that offers 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, profession advancement and access to VA and non-VA advantages.