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Community Health :: Public Health and Safety
Affordable and Low Income Housing :: Housing
Homelessness :: Poverty
Streetkids :: Youth
Salvation Army :: Holiness
Missions :: Christianity
Rescue :: Organizations

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Sites:

Kitchen: MarthaÂ’s Village & Kitchen with a dedicated corps of 50 staff and 300-plus volunteers tend to the needs of valley residents, serving 250,000 meals each year and providing clothing, emergency shelter and health care for children.

AfterShare Kids: A Volunteers of America Chesapeake program for formerly homeless kids and their families who volunteer at the Homeless Prevention Center in Woodbridge, VA. The site includes pictures, writings, projects, awards, and links.

Alexandria Homeless Services Coordinating Committee: Coalition of public and private organizations serving and coordinating a continuum of care for homeless individuals and families in Alexandria, Virginia. Includes committee and member information.

Barrett Foundation: Albuquerque, New Mexico nonprofit providing emergency shelter, housing and supportive services to women with children and women with chronic mental illness through Barrett House, Casa Milagro, Casa Verdi and Bridges programs. Includes events, programs, donation needs, newsletter and information a...

Bean's Cafe: Provides meals, day shelter and support services in Anchorage, Alaska. Includes donation needs and volunteer opportunities.

Bethlehem House Transitional Living Center: Conway, Arkansas nonprofit providing shelter and support services to homeless individuals and families. Includes program information and needs list.

Beyond Shelter: Founded in 1988, Beyond Shelter's mission is to combat chronic poverty, welfare dependency and homelessness among families with children, through the provision of housing and social services and the promotion of systemic change.

Boulder Shelter for the Homeless: Provides cold weather shelter and transitional services for adults in Boulder, Colorado. Includes how to help, events, virtual tour, newsletters and information on homelessness.

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS): BOSS - Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency is dedicated to ending poverty and homelessness in our community

Care of Poor People: Kansas City, Missouri organization that works to feed and clothe the homeless. Includes information on local homelessness-related events.

Casa de los Niños: Focused on the prevention and intervention of child abuse in Tucson, Arizona, through shelter care for children aged infant to 11 years old and services for families and abused, neglected or homeless children. Includes information on programs and events, links, parenting tips, and bibliography of...

Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS): Nonprofit providing shelter and supportive services to homeless adults and families. Runs the largest shelter and service center in Arizona. Includes job and volunteer opportunities, and events.

Central City Hospitality House: Shelter, drop-in center, employment program and community arts studio located in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. Includes information on programs, helping and events.

Christmas in the City: Christmas in the City is an all-volunteer non-profit organization founded by Sparky and Jake Kennedy dedicated to supporting and mentoring homeless families in Boston.

CityTeam Ministries: CityTeam Ministries is a non-profit organization serving the poor and homeless in San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, Philadelphia and partnerships in over 7 other countries around the world. Since 1957, CityTeam has provided life-saving food, shelter, clothing, recovery progr...

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless: Homepage Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Colorado, Homeless, Advocacy, Homelessness, Homepage, Donate, Charity, Donation, Nonprofit, Denver

Comic Relief: Comic Relief 2006 - Mission: Hurricane Katrina - In its 20th anniversary year, Comic Relief will put on an effort to help raise funds for Hurricane Katrina victims.

Common Ground Community: New York City nonprofit creating and managing affordable, supportive housing and employment programs for homeless, disabled, elderly and low income people. Includes program descriptions, news and how to help.

Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan: Provides a variety of human services including shelter and food to the residents of Barry, Branch, Calhoun and St. Joseph counties. Includes services listed by type and county, and employment opportunities.

Community Partnership for Homeless: Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that is the private sector partner of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust. Our mission is to operate two Homeless Assistance Centers and to raise the private funding necessary to assist in the implementation of t...

Community Rebuilders: Provides emergency shelter for families, supportive housing for homeless people with disabilities, affordable housing, housing rehabilitation, community organizing and homelessness prevention services in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Community Voice Mail: Community Voice Mail - Free 24 hr voice mail access to people in need. Supported by grants and donations.

Cornerstone Messianic Chapel and Ministries: Marietta, Ohio nonprofit providing emergency shelter and support services. Includes photos, slide show, links and news.

Doe Fund, Inc.: The Doe Fund has worked to develop programs to empower formerly homeless and low-income individuals. Our Ready, Willing & Able program includes services for Individuals with HIV and AIDS, a Welfare-to-Work initiative, permanent affordable housing projects and a new criminal justice program.

Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC): The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) of Seattle serves disabled and vulnerable homeless adults, and are one of the largest multiservice centers for homeless adults in the Pacific Northwest.

DuPage P.A.D.S., Inc.: DuPage P.A.D.S., Inc. provides safe and hospitable shelter, support services, and advocacy to homeless or at risk individuals and families of DuPage County, Illinois.

Emergency Housing Consortium: A network of shelters in Silicon Valley that provides emergency shelter options. Includes donation needs, volunteer and career opportunities, information on homelessness and events.

Enta Training People: training provider offering career advice and guidance, job training, hundreds of courses including NVQ, woodwork, computer maintenance, business administration, confidence building, also offers work placements and employee training including stress management to employers, offers dyslexic screeni...

Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO): FESCO - the Family Emergency Shelter Coalition - serves homeless and very low income families in Alameda County, CA. FESCO is a nonprofit organization comprised of 26 churches, plus community members, in the Hayward, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, San Leandro area.

FareStart: FareStart has provided nutritious meals to those in need and helped homeless and disadvantaged men, women and their families in the Seattle area.

Father Bill's Place: Father Bill’s Place offers shelter and ancillary services such as meals, showers, access to clothes, medicine and other very basic services. The most important service is the provision of case management services.

Foothill Family Shelter: Foothill Family Shelter is a nonprofit organization founded in 1984 which houses homeless families with children for a period of up to 90 days, free of rent and utility charges.

Franciscan Outreach Association: The Franciscan Outreach Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to serving the poor and homeless in Chicago. It operates the largest homeless shelter in the city that is open 365 days a year, and maintains a soup kitchen at another central location that feeds poor and homeless f...

Frontyard Youth Services: Frontyard helps young people who are homeless or in need of support. It is now the biggest service centre of its type in Melbourne's central business district, containing eight co-located services within the one building.

G.T. Outreach, Inc.: A non-profit, faith-based organization serving the needy, currently providing meals, food boxes, transportation and referrals to community services.

Good Shepherd Services: Orlando, Florida nonprofit providing transitional housing and support services to women experiencing domestic abuse or economic crisis and their children. Includes donations wish list, links, photos and client stories.

Goodwill Inn Homeless Shelter: Goodwill works not only to house, disadvantaged, and homeless persons in the most appropriate setting, but also to provide a wealth of services designed to ease a resident's transition back into independent living.

Greensboro Interfaith Hospitality Network: Coalition of 23 faith communities providing overnight shelter for families on a rotating basis in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless: Organization formed by seven Harwich, Maine churches to serve homeless families. Provides prevention services, emergency shelter and low cost child care. Includes information on programs and helping.

Homeless Link: The home page for Homeless Link's web site detailing what is new on the site.

Homeward Bound: Marin County, California program providing residential and support services to homeless men, women and children. Includes programs, opportunities for involvement, and newsletters.

Hope Street: Hope Street offers justice, compassion and hope for marginalised people, a home for homeless people, a safe place for sex workers, employment training for the long-term unemployed, community development, counselling for problem gamblers, general counselling, urban education all linked with releva...

Horizons for Homeless Children: The mission of Horizons for Homeless Children is to improve the lives of homeless children and their families. We provide homeless children in Massachusetts with the nurturing, stimulation and opportunities for early education and play that all children need to learn and grow in healthy ways. To ...

I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless: Jacksonville, Florida. Emergency shelter for homeless individuals and families providing health, dental, and vision care, case management, mental health services, children's program and other support services free of charge.

Inner City Christian Federation: Grand Rapids based, nonprofit housing corporation providing emergency shelter, rental housing and home ownership support to families in Kent County, Michigan. Includes programs, how to help, events and newsletter.

Inter-Faith Council for Social Service: The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service is dedicated to discovering, appraising, and publicizing the unmet human needs of the community whether the needs are of individuals or groups.

Interfaith Council for the Homeless: Provides direct service, housing, education and advocacy for Chicago's homeless with funding and volunteer support from the religious community.

Interfaith Hospitality Network of the South Hills: IHN combats homelessness by providing shelter, meals, and social services to homeless families in Pittsburgh and Washington, PA

Interfaith Shelter Network: San Diego County based collaboration of religious, social service, and government entities providing shelter hosted rotating congregations and transitional housing for homeless victims of domestic violence and their families. Includes how to help and where to get help.

Interreligious Fellowship for the Homeless: Coalition of local religious communities providing shelter, meals, child care, homelessness prevention, support services and community education in Bergen County, New Jersey. Includes information on helping, local chapters, homelessness and events.

Kalamazoo Housing Resources: Provides family shelter, transitional housing for families, homeless prevention services, affordable housing and information and referral in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Includes programs, how to help and information on the Walk for the Homeless.

La Puente Home: The La Puente Home endeavors to serve the homeless and impoverished populations of the San Luis Valley, by offering shelter, meals, assistance with rent and utilities, and more.

Lighthouse Community Services: The Lighthouse Community Services, Inc. was founded in 1981 to address the needs of the homeless and hungry in Newark, New Jersey.

Loaves and Fishes Ministries: A homeless shelter for men, women and children.

Long Beach Rescue Mission: Long Beach Rescue Mission exists to serve the greater Long Beach area by improving the quality of life for those in need by sharing the saving grace of Jesus Christ through the provision of food, shelter, clothing, and recovery.

MainSpring Coalition for the Homeless: We are a community-based organization led by a volunteer Board of Trustess that provides essential services to meet the needs of homeless individuals and families. It is the only homeless individual and family service provider in all Southeast Massachusetts. Each year MCH serves over 1000 adu...

Meeting Ground Homeless Community: Maryland based, Christian nonprofit providing emergency and transitional housing at Clairvoux Farm, Wayfarer's House and George Potter House, and homelessness prevention services. Includes newsletters, art and photo galleries, current needs and volunteer opportunities.

Midnight Run: Midnight Run

Minnesota State Listing of Homeless Programs and Services: Department of Children Family and Learning Office of Economic Opportunity listing of state and federally funded homeless programs. Includes agencies providing transitional housing, emergency shelter and support services as well as a quarterly shelter survey.

Mission Services of London: Mission Services of London is an independent, faith-based, charitable organization located in London, Ontario, with five service branches: the Men's Mission and Rehabilitation Centre, Quintin Warner House addictions treatment centre, Rotholme Women's and Family Shelter, the Mission Store, and Com...

Mustard Seed Ministries: About Mustard Seed Ministries

My Father's House Community Shelter: Gresham, Oregon nonprofit providing shelter and support services for families. Includes information on volunteering, events, wishlist and online store.

National Alliance to End Homelessness: homelessness solutions policy research

National Coalition for the Homeless: National advocacy organization working to end homelessness. Provides information on homelessness and related issues, as well as links to local and state organizations.

New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans: The Mission of the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans is to extend a helping hand to homeless men and women veterans who are addressing the challenges of addiction, trauma, severe and persistent mental illness, and/or unemployment and who will commit themselves to sobriety, non-violence, a...

New Haven Ministries: Nonprofit providing family shelter, food and clothing in Mineral Wells, Texas.

New Hope Housing: Website description

Noon Day Ministry: Noon Day ministry provides meals, support and spiritual sustenance to the homeless and poor in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes program descriptions and volunteer opportunities.

NY Coalition for the Homeless: Provides advocacy, youth services, housing, mobile soup kitchen, crisis intervention, voice mail and job training in New York. Includes information on programs, donating and homelessness.

Operation Safety Net: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania nonprofit providing street-based medical care and outreach with teams of formerly homeless and medical volunteers. Includes photos, programs, opportunities for medical students and residents, and donation needs.

Ottawa Innercity Ministries: Ottawa Innercity Ministries - a Christian urban ministry helping the homeless and needy since 1988.

Ozanam Family Shelter: Evansville, Indiana nonprofit providing shelter to homeless families and single women. Includes services and how to help.

People Serving People: As one of the largest temporary and emergency shelters in Minnesota, People Serving People (PSP) helps up to 100 families a day by providing food, shelter and supportive services. By providing these necessities, PSP continues its mission of 'Helping Families Find Their Way Home.'

Perspectives Family Center: St. Louis Park, Minnesota nonprofit providing transitional housing and support services to homeless and at risk families. Includes events, information on employment and volunteering, donation needs and newsletters.

Pike County Outreach Council of Churches: The mission of the Pike County Outreach Council is to minister to the spiritual, economic, and social needs of Pike County residents in the context of Christian service.

Pine Street Inn: Pine Street Inn is a not-for-profit organization committed to homeless men and women in need of shelter, housing, sustenance, and the basic moral and material supports necessary to lead a dignified and stable life.

Resource Information Service: London based charity collecting, analysing and publishing information to enable better service delivery to people in need. Includes information on Internet and information systems for helping homeless and other clients, publications and links.

Rosie's Place: Rosie's Place, founded by Kip Tiernan, provides shelter and social services for homeless women in Boston

Ryandale Shelter for the Homeless: Ryandale Shelter for the Homeless

Salt Lake Community Action Program: Nonprofit providing a variety of services aimed at helping low income people reach self-sufficiency, including homelessness prevention, transitional housing, employment services, food bank, Head Start and affordable housing referrals. Includes housing listings, programs, poverty data and welfare ...

Save the Family Foundation of Arizona: Save the Family is a non profit that provides transitional housing,case management and supportive services to homeless families with children.

SEARCH Homeless Project: Houston, Texas, nonprofit providing outreach, day shelter, health care, education, job training and housing programs. Includes program descriptions, how to help and events.

Shelter Association of Washtenaw County: Shelter of Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor provides supportive services to the homeless.

Shelter Network: Nonprofit providing housing and support services for families and individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes success stories, newsletter, how to help, and employment opportunities.

Shelter of Flint: Flint, Michigan program providing emergency shelter, transitional housing and outreach services. Includes programs, news, events and career opportunities.

Shelter Scotland: Part of Shelter, UK, providing housing advice, support for homeless families, support for rural communities, and advocacy. Includes housing advice, campaign information, how to help, jobs and programs.

Simpson Housing Services, Inc.: Provides shelter, transitional housing and support services to individuals and families in Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota. Includes information on programs, volunteer opportunities, donation needs and homelessness.

SolePurpose: Collects shoe donations for the homeless in Thousand Oaks, California. Includes background, hot to help and drop off sites.

Solutions at Work: Solutions at Work is a non-profit organization in Cambridge MA that helps homeless people permanently regain self-sufficiency.

St. Anthony Foundation: San Francisco nonprofit providing shelter, housing, meals, medical care, clothing and furniture, rehabilitation services, and senior services. Includes information on jobs, volunteering and donating.

St. Vincent de Paul Village: St. Vincent de Paul Village provides a comprehensive continuum of integrated services to impact the immediate needs of the homeless and poor, and to assist in breaking the cycle of homelessness while respecting the dignity of the person.

Stockton Shelter for the Homeless: Stockton Shelter for the Homeless, Located in Stockton california

The After Christmas Crowd's Outdoors Package Project: The Beit Yonah Community - Formed in October 2005 by the merger of three area chavurot (West Hartford's Chavurah Or LaOlam, Branford's Chavurah Or Shalom and Westchester's Chavurah Kol Yaakov), Beit Yonah's membership encompasses a wide range of religious styles. We cherish our common legacies, t...

The House of Bread: The House of Bread provides food pantries, shelters, temporary and permanent housing, support programs and love to the Greater Hartford Connecticut area

The Inn Between of Longmont, Colorado: Innbetween Inn Between Longmont Colorado transitional housing homelessness Student Incentive Program case management shelter human services social self-sufficient independent

The Institute for Human Services: 24 hour emergency shelter with support services for men, women, and families with children in Oahu, Hawaii. Includes program descriptions, donation needs, and volunteer opportunities.

The Jeremiah Program: Provides transitional housing and support services to single mothers and their children in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes information on services, and applying, volunteering.

The Mad Housers: The Mad Housers is an Atlanta-based nonprofit group engaged in direct action to shelter the homeless.

The Urban Ministries of Raleigh: Provides food, shelter, medical and dental care, emergency assistance, counseling and support services in Wake County, North Carolina. Includes program descriptions.

Toiletries from Travel: Providing toiletries to those in need that have been collected by travelers from hotels and airlines.

Transition House: Transition House provides a range of services, from shelter and essential needs, to permanent housing and self-sufficiency for homeless families with children in Santa Barbara. Through its step-by-step program, Transition House is an effective means to ending family homelessness.

Transition Projects, Inc.: Homelessness Information and Programs from Transition Projects, Inc. (475 NW Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97209) including homeless services, homelessness links and more.

Union Station Foundation: California nonprofit providing shelter, meals, supportive housing and support services to homeless and poor adults and families in Greater Pasadena and western San Gabriel Valley. Includes program descriptions, events, newsletter, donation needs and information on homelessness.

Urban Pathways: Urban Pathways is a not-for-profit, community-based human services agency pioneering the use of basic and therapeutic services to respond to the problems of the homeless community through a continuum of care.

Warm Wishes, Inc.: WarmWishes is a non-profit charitable organization based in San Francisco that accepts donations which help us purchase and deliver clothing to the homeless during the holiday season.

Weingart Center Association: The Weingart Center Association delivers high quality human services and provides leadership and innovative solutions to help break the cycle of homelessness, and includes the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty.

Welcome House of Northern Kentucky: Welcome House of Northern Kentucky provides services for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

Women In Need, Inc.: homeless families, homeless & disadvantaged women with children shelters. Programs for transitional housing for families. A nonprofit organization that shelters homeless & disadvantaged women with children.

Women's Daytime Drop-In Center: Berkeley, California nonprofit providing meals, referral, and other support services for homeless women and children. Includes volunteer and contact information.

Youth Without Shelter: Provides emergency shelter, day shelter, art program and support services for youth ages 16-24 in Etobicoke, Ontario. Includes how to get help, newsletter, programs and donation needs.