KEY RESOURCES
- National Coalition for the Homeless – Provides a listing of helpful resources for folks on the verge or experiencing homelessness throughout the USA. Check it out here.
- Shelter listings.org – A listing of housing and shelter resources from across the America can be found here.
- Pielink – This UK website is the online home of a rapidly growing community of practice. Their aim is to connect people involved with addressing the psychological and emotional issues that go with homelessness, and particularly in the development of ‘psychologically informed environments‘ – PIEs.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- National Healthcare for the Homeless Council – information on Healthcare services, research, best practices
- PATH Outreach Program Information – Learn about PATH, as well as state and federal funded programs within your state for helping people without homes in your area. PATH stands for Projects for Assistance in Transitions from Homelessness –
- National Homeless Resource Center – Great Library of references on Homelessness and related issues. You can also join their online community of people addressing homeless issues http://homeless.samhsa.gov/
- National Coalition for the Homeless – Social Justice Organization and Grass Roots Advocacy to promote policy for positive change. – http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
- National Alliance to End Homelessness – Stay up to date on policy, upcoming events, state of the art programs, research and literature regarding homelessness. http://www.endhomelessness.org/
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD
- U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs – Homeless Veteran Resources includes VASH and SSVF initiatives
- Veterans–Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Claims Center
MASSACHUSETTS
FOOD & AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCES
NATIONAL LISTING OF SENIOR CARE RESOURCES
- HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES
- SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES
- ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
- ADULT DAY CARE CENTERS
- NATIONAL ADULT DAY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
- National Council for Aging Care
- Transportation Options for Elders
- Senior Care Referral Service
- Senior Resources – Referral/Search
- Medication Management for Seniors
- Meals on Wheels
FAIR HOUSING, BUYING A HOME & HOUSING RESOURCES
- Fair Housing – It’s Your Right
- Fair Housing Act | U.S. Department of Justice
- Home Affordability – Mortgage Calculator
- Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP)
ADDICTION RESOURCES
- Detox Local
- Live Another Day
- Information on Addiction and Homelessness
- More Information on Addiction and Homelessness
- US-Addiction Resource Information
- Drug Rehab Connections
- Homelessness and Addiction Blog
- Information on Substance Abuse and Homelessness
- UK-Addiction Centers
- UK’s Addiction Treatment Helpline
Other Resources
- College Resources for people who are unhoused
- Housing Insecurity and College
- Assistance for College Students who experience Homelessness
- Financial Help for Single Moms
- Grants for Women in Need of Assistance
- Grants for Native Americans
- Financial Assistance for Single Mothers
- Homeless Students & Education
- Prevention Resources – Meeting Basic Needs
- Pets for the Homeless – Information and Resources
- More on Homelessness and Pets – Information and Resources
- Transportation resource guide for people with Disabilities and Seniors
- Solutions to Homelessness-Helpful Resource Guide
***Check out my Pinterest board for a variety of interesting and informative websites from around the globe on homelessness!
This list of links for homelessness is helpful. As we have all observed, there is indeed a growing gap between available affordable housing units and the people that needs them. With this, it has actually created a housing crises not just for poor people but to people with low income as well. It has also been observed that even renting fees has already soared, thus putting housing out of reach for many people. Thus information like these are very helpful.
I also found mortgageloan.com/affordable/ and felt that it is very helpful and tackles low income housing, affordable housing and even homelessness issues. I hope more people are made aware with the issues of homelessness because having a home is one of the most basic necessitates that we should all have.
Hi,
So, I am not sure if you are aware of this but gettingfoodstamps.org ranks all across “foodstamp” related keywords in google, yahoo, and msn. Which is great for you— except that Project Bread focuses only on the state of Massachusetts. The unfortunate truth is: most states don’t have a project bread and many state governments make finding information about SNAP related services next to impossible to find. (For example— try researching online who qualifies for EBT benefits in Utah or Montana). Anyway, through a recent acquisition our company acquired the domain name “Foodstamps.org” and we put our staff of researchers and writers to work collecting all the information they could about SNAP programs across the country. It is more a labor of love than it is a business venture.
Anyway, I thought since GettingFoodstamps.org currently ranks so well you are probably getting a number of confused visitors and having a single place for them to get information could be a huge benefit and that you could link directly to foodstamps from your resources section.
Here is a sample of the pages we create (the Mass one specifically): http://www.foodstamps.org/massachusetts-food-stamp-program They are still a work in progress and as we add new features to the website we will add more detailed information on each state.
Thank you,
Mike Gordon
Manager, Partnerships
FoodStamps
A First Impression Interactive Site
877-764-3477
Thanks Michael! Your valuable information on food stamps is now posted under Helpful links.