Homelessness
 
  • FirstStep Guide to Getting Help for the Homeless.
    An interactive tool for case managers, outreach workers, and others working with people who are homeless. This site is designed to help you assist your clients to access benefits from Federal mainstream benefit programs.

  • Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve.
    A comprehensive report for the Department of Housing and Urban Development including statistics, history, program information, and more.

  • Homelessness Resource Center.
    An interactive community of providers, consumers, policy makers, researchers, and public agencies at federal, state, and local levels who share state-of-the art knowledge and promising practices to prevent and end homelessness.

  • National Alliance to End Homelessness.
    A nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has developed a Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.

  • National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE.
    A site to help educators, service providers, and families ensure children experiencing homelessness have access to educational opportunities. Includes links to local resources.

  • National Coalition for the Homeless.
    A national advocacy network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to ending homelessness through public education, policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, and technical assistance.

  • National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
    A nonprofit organization that provides emergency and supportive housing, food, health services, job training and placement assistance, legal aid and case management support for homeless veterans.

  • Planning Council.
    A free and confidential service for the people of Southeastern Virginia. Their data base of over 8,000 organizations, groups, agencies, and programs provides updated information on services for a variety of needs including homelessness, AIDS, children's services, family services, women's services, volunteer opportunities, transportation, employment, and much more.

  • Real Change Homeless Newspaper.
    From Seattle, Washington, this site includes articles on issues of homelessness and has a subject archive of over 200 stories from back issues.

  • Street Connect.
    A multi-purpose resource site focusing on homeless and street-involved youths developed through a partnership between youth service providers, youths, and researchers.

  • Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
    Program list includes links to the state's Affordable Housing Program, Emergency Home Repair Program, Child Care for Homeless Children Program (CCHP), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, and many more.

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