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Are you homeless or at threat of homelessness?

Contact an organization in your local neighborhood who can help.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local agencies 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 lethal emergency, please dial 911.

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Housing Assistance

Contact a housing therapy firm in your location or call 800-569-4287.

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless service supplier in your community.

• Find local neighborhood development and economical housing contacts.
• Search justshelter.org to find neighborhood companies working to protect cost effective housing, prevent eviction, and reduce family homelessness.
  
  Renters: Find an Affordable Unit
  
  - Find economical rental housing near you.
• Find HIV/AIDS housing and services near you.
• Find State Housing Finance Agencies with budget friendly rental residential or commercial properties.
• Find subsidized systems in rural locations.
• Find affordable 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 regarding down payment.
• View 10 tips for renters.
• View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.
  
  Homeowners
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  - Look for a HUD home to buy on HUDhomestore.com.
• Get support with home enhancements.
• Find help 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.
• Make An Application For WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
• Look For SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.
  
  Learn more about other readily available food programs.
  
  Health and Safety
  
  - Locate a Health Center near you, consisting of 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, info service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and member of the family dealing with psychological health and/or compound use disorders. This service provides recommendations to regional treatment facilities, assistance groups, and community-based companies.
• Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, consisting of compound abuse, mental health, and veteran services.
• Locate Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs supplying medication, treatment, household and peer support, and other support for those looking for treatment for a recent onset of serious psychological disease such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar condition, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is offered 24/7 to confidentially supply therapy services at a crisis center in your location. - Locate HIV/AIDS care services near you. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 is available 24/7 to talk confidentially 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 confidentially with anybody experiencing child abuse, looking for resources or info, and referrals to thousands of emergency situation, social service, and assistance resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is offered 24/7 to talk confidentially with anybody experiencing sexual violence and in need of crisis support. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 offers support to at-risk youth and their families 24 hr 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 offered 24/7 to in complete confidence offer aid to victims of human trafficking.
  
  Disasters
  
  Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 offers crisis therapy and assistance to people experiencing psychological distress associated to natural or human-caused disasters.
• Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone personally 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 rates use.).
• Look 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 healthcare facility, use the U.S. Hospital Finder.
• Get support on DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Search on FEMA.gov for updated info on Presidentially stated disasters and learn how to get support.
• Visit Ready.gov for detailed assistance on how to get ready for emergency situations and catastrophes.
• Visit Project Porchlight to access complimentary financial recovery counseling and personalized assistance 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 supplies information for job applicants, workers, and companies on employment and training. Workforce Development Board Locator provides regional task centers where job hunters can get work information, find out about profession development training chances and connect to numerous programs in their area.
• The American Job Center Finder supplies regional job centers that assist job seekers find tasks, training, and answer other employment related 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 far more. Welfare Finder offers details about applying for joblessness advantages by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 offers info about this education and training program that helps young individuals discover a career, make a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep an excellent task.
  
  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 in complete confidence with veterans in crisis (and their friends and families). Veterans.gov offers job opportunity for veterans consisting of job postings, regional career centers, and online self-assessments.
• Locate a VA Medical Center for medical care.
• Locate a Neighborhood 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 long-term housing, health and psychological health care, career development and access to VA and non-VA advantages.