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Contact a company in your regional community who can help.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local companies supply a series of services, including food, housing, health, and security. Contact a national 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 agency in your area or call 800-569-4287.

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless company in your neighborhood.

• Find regional neighborhood development and budget-friendly housing contacts.
• Search justshelter.org to discover community companies working to maintain economical housing, prevent eviction, and decrease household homelessness.
  
  Renters: Find an Affordable Unit
  
  - Find affordable 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 units in rural locations.
• Find inexpensive units in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.
  
  Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities
  
  - Find info about renter rights and responsibilities.
• Find tenant rights by state.
• View state laws regarding security deposits.
• View ten pointers for occupants.
• View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.
  
  Homeowners
  
  - Search for a HUD home to acquire 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 problem.
• File a Housing Choice Voucher problem by calling 1-800-955-2232 or sending out an email to Public Housing's Customer Service at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.
  
  Food
  
  - Find your regional Food Bank.
• Request WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
• Request SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.
  
  Discover more about other offered food programs.
  
  Health and wellness
  
  - Locate an University Hospital near you, consisting of Health Care for the Homeless Programs.
• Locate a Diaper Bank near you that disperses diapers to families in requirement. Substance 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 relative facing mental health and/or substance use conditions. This service provides referrals to local treatment centers, support 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, treatment, family and peer support, and other help for those looking for treatment for a recent onset of serious mental disorder such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar condition, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is available 24/7 to in complete confidence 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 offered 24/7 to talk confidentially with anybody experiencing domestic violence, looking for resources or information, 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 details, and recommendations to countless emergency, social service, and assistance resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is available 24/7 to talk confidentially with anybody experiencing sexual violence and in need of crisis support. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 supplies assistance to at-risk youth and their families 24 hr 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 readily available 24/7 to confidentially supply help to victims of human trafficking.
  
  Disasters
  
  Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 supplies crisis counseling and assistance to people experiencing psychological distress associated to natural or human-caused disasters.
• Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone in person for assistance or information. To discover 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.).
• 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 closest shelter or find your local Red Cross.
• Find your closest health center, utilize the U.S. Hospital Finder.
• Look for assistance on DisasterAssistance.gov.
• Search on FEMA.gov for updated information on Presidentially stated disasters and discover how to get help.
• Visit Ready.gov for thorough assistance on how to get ready for emergency situations and catastrophes.
• Visit Project Porchlight to access complimentary monetary recovery counseling and individualized support for catastrophe survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, provided 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 information for task seekers, employees, and employers on employment and training. Workforce Development Board Locator offers local job centers where can get work information, learn about profession advancement training chances and link to numerous programs in their location.
• The American Job Center Finder provides regional task centers that help task seekers find jobs, training, and address other work associated questions.
• DOL's Employment Training page provides a short-term training finder, an education and training finder, a Certification Finder, links to Apprenticeship programs, monetary help, and much more. Unemployment Benefits Finder supplies information about declaring unemployment benefits by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 offers details about this education and training program that assists young individuals learn 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 available 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with veterans in crisis (and their friends and families). Veterans.gov provides job opportunity for veterans consisting of job postings, local career centers, and online self-assessments.
• Locate a VA Medical Center for healthcare.
• 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 permanent housing, health and psychological health care, career advancement and access to VA and non-VA benefits.