Homeless shelters in local communities including near you.
Find a homeless shelter that may be near where you live. There are charities, churches, non-profits and government affiliated organizations that provide a free place to stay. The locations will offer emergency overnight housing to the unhoused, including in the cold or hot weather, in almost every city, county, town, and community. Locate a homeless shelter to stay in your local area. Local shelters will give people, teens (or even families) a free, safe place to go to sleep for a night or more as well as provide basic needs. There are homeless shelters for women, men, veterans, as well as people who need to get out of the cold or that need a place to cool down during a summer heat wave. The shelters not only help people who are going through a hardship but they also provide the “unhoused” (who just can’t afford a place to live) a place to stay. Many churches also will give immigrants, migrants and asylum seekers emergency shelter.
Emergency homeless shelter programs for unhoused families or individuals
The goal of a charity or non-profit that operates a homeless shelter is to provide people both a safe place to stay tonight as well as help them access mid-to-long term social services, such as information on rapid rehousing, budgeting, legal, and other resources. Some organizations, such as Salvation Army or Catholic Charities, may also provide emergency motel or hotel vouchers in partnership with the government as part of case management. The service from a homeless shelter is combined with other temporary housing . The overall goal of most programs is long term stability. Therefore they often operate transitional housing or apartments for people as the homeless person (or family) starts to move onto a path of more stable living arrangements. Or they provide free vouchers for the homeless to move into while other programs are applied too. Find free emergency motel vouchers online near you . In addition to having a place to sleep for a period of time, many homeless shelters also provide free stuff . They may serve free hot meals, provide clothes, sleeping bags, tents, or personal toiletries. Or a center will have a mailbox or showers/laundry service, computer lab and help the homeless in other ways. Many shelters also try to help clients find a place to work.
- homeless shelter near you may focus on housing certain individuals as well offering them other assistance, including
income based apartments with no waiting list . Women who were living a violent or unsafe situation or facing abuse may be given free legal counsel, vets may learn about VA programs, and many other social services may be offered. Some homeless shelters even support alcohol or drug abusers and work to rehabilitate them.
Local charity organizations with a homeless shelter for single people or families
In addition to the local free emergency homeless shelters that may be near you and are listed below, there are some national organizations as well. Each of these has some form of temporary, short term housing program for homeless families or single people. Everything from the disabled to seniors, veterans, or even people leaving jail can get a place to stay today.
Catholic Charities
near you is an option. The charity made up of various local churches. The locations have emergency housing as well as shelters for the homeless including single moms, immigrants, and refugees. They also help women that are facing abuse, and locate housing programs from Catholic Charities . HUD homeless shelters are available locally, in partnership with non-profits and other organizations. The federal government Housing and Urban Development has a goal of preventing homelessness. There are shelters, programs such as Housing First to get people in a permanent home and more. Locate HUD housing resources from the government .
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)
is a faith-based charity that helps anyone in need, regardless of their religion. The charity (often called Family Promise) operates low cost housing, financial aid programs, pantries, and homeless shelters as well as other resources. Learn about housing assistance from Interfaith Hospitality Network .
Public Housing Authorities
(PHAs) provide free or low cost public housing and/or homeless shelters. In addition, the government affiliated agencies can help the low income apply for section 8 vouchers, low income housing, or emergency accommodations. More on section 8 assistance for the homeless .
The YWCA
helps women, teenager moms as well as single mothers, homeless females. The non-profit gives food, a place to sleep, referrals and many other services. Find details on YWCA assistance programs for women . Emergency shelters from Volunteers of America, help adults, parents, and kids. VOA provides programs ranging from homeless shelters, low-cost apartments and transitional housing to the homeless, mentally ill, disabled as well as veterans among others. The nationwide charity has many locations that provide a free place to stay for people with no money or that were evicted. Continue with homeless shelters from Volunteers of America . There are many other places to turn to for assistance near you. The Salvation Army (listed below by state ) provides shelter, free vouchers for motel rooms, financial assistance and free basic needs to hundreds of thousands of people per year. The Salvation Army near you may also have meals, bag lunches for the homeless, or operate cold weather shelters or “cooling stations” during the summer. HUD helps arrange shelters for the unhoused . The government organizations, formally known as Housing and Urban Development, has a number of emergency and long term programs for people or families that need a place to live. Whether chronically homeless, or unhoused as unable to afford rent, HUD programs as listed here may help. https://www.hud.gov/findshelter .
Local homeless shelters and places to stay near you
- number of charities, churches, and non-profits operate emergency homeless shelters that may be in your community. Find a county or city below. In addition, the Salvation Army (which is also listed below by state) often has short term housing resources available. These include “seasonal”, cold weather shelters and also housing for a natural disaster.
Salvation Army Alabama
Salvation Army Alaska
Arizona Maricopa County and Phoenix homeless shelters Pima County and Tucson area homeless shelters
Salvation Army Arizona
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Little Rock AR and Pulaski County shelters
Salvation Army Arkansas
State of Arkansas homeless shelters California Alameda County homeless shelters Contra Costa County homeless shelters Fresno County homeless shelters Los Angeles County homeless shelters Orange County California homeless shelters Riverside County homeless shelters Sacramento County homeless shelters
Salvation Army California
San Bernardino County homeless shelters San Diego County homeless shelters
San Mateo County
Santa Barbara
, including the county and city Santa Clara County and San Jose homeless shelters Colorado Denver emergency shelter Jefferson County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Colorado
Connecticut Fairfield County homeless shelters New Haven County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Connecticut
Salvation Army Delaware
Florida Broward County homeless shelters Central Florida homeless shelters Duval County and Jacksonville homeless shelters Hillsborough County and Tampa homeless shelters Leon County and Tallahassee homeless shelters Miami-Dade County homeless shelters Palm Beach County homeless shelters Orange County FL and Orland homeless shelters Palm Beach County homeless shelters Polk County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Florida
Volusia and Flagler County homeless shelters Georgia Cobb, Gwinnett Clayton and DeKalb County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Georgia
Southeast Georgia homeless shelters
Salvation Army Hawaii and Honolulu County
Idaho Ada County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Idaho
Illinois Cook County and Chicago homeless shelters
Salvation Army Illinois
Salvation Army Indiana
Salvation Army Iowa
Salvation Army Kansas
Kentucky Lexington-Fayette County area homeless shelters Louisville and Jefferson County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Kentucky
Salvation Army Louisiana
Salvation Army Maine
Maryland Baltimore City and County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Maryland
Massachusetts Middlesex County MA homeless shelters
Salvation Army Massachusetts
Michigan Genesee County and Flint Michigan homeless shelters Northeast Michigan area homeless shelters
Salvation Army Michigan
Minnesota Hennepin County and Minneapolis homeless shelters
Salvation Army Minnesota
Mississippi State of Mississippi homeless shelters
Salvation Army Mississippi
Salvation Army Missouri
St Louis area homeless shelters State of Missouri homeless shelters
Salvation Army Montana
Nebraska State of Nebraska homeless shelters
Salvation Army Nebraska
Nevada Clark County and Las Vegas Nevada homeless shelters
Salvation Army Nevada
Washoe County homeless shelters
New Hampshire
New Hampshire homeless shelters
Salvation Army New Hampshire
New Jersey
Burlington County
Essex County and Newark homeless shelters
Salvation Army New Jersey
New Mexico
Bernalillo County and Albuquerque homeless shelters Santa Fe County and city homeless shelters
Salvation Army New Mexico
New York
New York City homeless shelter
Salvation Army New York
Suffolk and Nassau County NY Long Island homeless shelters
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County and Charlotte homeless shelters North Carolina homeless shelters
Salvation Army North Carolina
Wake County and Raleigh homeless shelters Wayne County and Detroit homeless shelters
North Dakota
Salvation Army North Dakota
Ohio Cuyahoga County and Cleveland homeless shelters
Franklin County and Columbus
Salvation Army Ohio
Oklahoma OKC shelter programs
Salvation Army Oklahoma
Tulsa County homeless shelters Oregon Portland and Multnomah County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Oregon
Pennsylvania Allegheny County and Pittsburgh homeless shelters Delaware County shelters for the unhoused Philadelphia County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Pennsylvania
York County homeless shelters
Rhode Island
Salvation Army Rhode Island
South Carolina
Charleston SC homeless shelters Richland and Columbia County homeless shelters
Salvation Army South Carolina
State of South Carolina homeless shelters
South Dakota
Salvation Army South Dakota
Tennessee Davidson County and Nashville homeless shelters
Salvation Army Tennessee
Shelby County and Memphis homeless shelters State of Tennessee homeless shelters Texas Bexar County and San Antonio homeless shelters Dallas County homeless shelters El Paso County homeless shelters Harris County and Houston homeless shelters
Salvation Army Texas
Tarrant County and Fort Worth area homeless shelters Travis County and Austin homeless shelters Western Central homeless shelters
Salvation Army Utah
Salvation Army Vermont
State of Vermont homeless shelters Virginia Central Virginia and Richmond area homeless shelters Fairfax County and Northern Virginia homeless shelters Hampton Roads homeless shelters
Salvation Army Virginia
Washington Clark County WA homeless shelters King County and Seattle homeless shelters Pierce County homeless shelters Snohomish County homeless shelters
Salvation Army Washington
Washington DC
Salvation Army District of Columbia
West Virginia
Salvation Army West Virginia
Wisconsin Milwaukee County and city homeless shelters
Salvation Army Wisconsin
More local shelters for homeless people
There are a wide number of other local, regional and some national organizations that give homeless people (or families) a place to stay. Many are open year round for emergencies and some are available during the winter and/or summer to help homeless people get out of the elements. Or i interested in reading what others are saying about shelters or looking for tips or their stories? Or want to ask a question? Look here for our homeless shelter thread in our forum to get local replies from across the US.