At a glance
Access resources and services for people experiencing homelessness.
Access resources and services for people experiencing homelessness.
Overview
For people experiencing homelessness, there are resources to help you find housing services in your community:
- Contact your local Continuum of Care (CoC) program for homeless assistance. Visit the HUD Exchange website for a contact list: Need Homeless Assistance?
- For a map of HUD Resources, visit: HUD Resource Locator
- The Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program is the only Federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. Under the HOPWA Program, HUD makes grants to local communities, States, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. For more information, visit the HOWPA website: HOPWA: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HUD Exchange)
Housing and homelessness resources
- For information about the United States Interagency Council on homelessness, visit their website: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)
- For information on HUD Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAPS, the office that covers homelessness) resources: e-snaps : CoC Program Applications and Grants Management System (HUD Exchange)
- For resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners, visit HUD Exchange: Official Website for HUD Exchange
- For National Health Care for the Homeless Council resources visit: Understanding Homelessness (National Health Care for the Homeless Council)
- For Homeless Veterans, visit the Veterans Affairs (VA) website for resources: Homeless Veterans Resources – VA Homeless Programs
- For U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration information: Official Website of the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration
- From the Big Cities Health Coalition: A Messaging Playbook for Public Health Approaches to Drug Use, Homelessness, and Community Safety
- From the University of California Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative: A Toolkit for Creating Authentic, Effective Partnerships between Organizations & People with Lived Experiences
Public health resources
- Achieving Health Equity Around Overdoses
- Centers of Excellence in Public Health and Homelessness Toolkit for State and Local Health Departments
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Dear Colleague: HIV Outbreaks Among People Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Instability, a letter from the director of CDC’s National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, deputy assistant secretary of HUD’s Office of Special Needs, and associate administrator of HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau.
- Disaster Planning for Organizations Serving People Experiencing Homelessness
- Homelessness as a Public Health Law Issue
- Public Health and Homelessness in the United States: Findings from a Nationwide Landscape Assessment, 2023
- Public Health Considerations for Shigellosis Among People Experiencing Homelessness
- TB Risk and People Experiencing Homelessness
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