| Often websites are discontinued, or are simply not maintained. I try to keep up with changes and convey accurate information, but mistakes happen. If you know of more that should be listed, or if corrections should be made, please e-mail me at: clyde@homelessamerican.com |
| GENERAL barefootcharlie.net Site by a formerly homeless person care2.com/c2c/group/Homelessness Discussion Group coloradocoalition.org Colorado Coalition for Homeless craigslist.org Craigslist Search classified ads for employment and housing nationwide. Free ad posting. cvm.org Community Voice Mail (free) endhomelessness.org National Alliance to End Homelessness flacoalitionhomeless.com Florida Coalition of the Homeless guidestar.org Listing and information of non-profit organizations homelessinamerica.blogspot.com Los Angeles CA site habitat.org Habitat for Humanity idealist.org IdeaList, includes listings of assistance organizations. knowledgeplex.org Knowledgeplex A great source of information on homelessness and affordable housing including news articles from across the country. lii.org Librarians Internet Index, links mayoclinic.com Mayo Clinic, health information 1800runaway.org National Runaway Switchboard Assistance for runaway and at-risk youth. nationalsafeplace.org National Safe Place, help for youth in crisis. nchv.org National Coalition of Homeless Veterans nhchc.org National Health Care for Homeless Council nationalhomeless.org National Coalition for the Homeless nlchp.org National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty nlihc.org National Low Income Housing Coalition pinellashomeless.org Pinellas County Homeless Coalition (FL) Includes annual homeless survey results. sparesomechange.com General homeless information Stop Hate Crime Listing crimes against homeless statelocalgov.net A directory of state, county, and city government offices. street-papers.org International Network of Street Papers thehomelessheart.com links to homeless information theintermittentvolunteer.wordpress.com The Intermittent Volunteer A weblog from Dallas Texas 211.org National 211 website, free help info. dial 211 211tampabay.org 211 in theTampa Bay FL area usmayors.org U.S. Conference of Mayors Includes results of annual national survey on Hunger Homelessness |
| PROGRAMS and ORGANIZATIONS Shelter, meals, assistance & rehabilitation. annarborshelter.org Ann Arbor MI shelter asaphomeless.org ASAP Homeless Services, St. Petersburg FL baddteddy.com/homeless Listing of shelters floridaresurrectionhouse.com Resurrection House Program for homeless families in St. Petersburg FL homelessbutnothopless.org Homeless not Hopeless Inc. homelessshelterdirectory.org Listing of shelters by state. metromin.org Metropolitan Ministries, Tampa FL They provide hot meals served around the Tampa Bay area. epath.org PATH program, Los Angeles rcshelps.com RCS - Religious Community Svcs. Clearwater FL shelternetwork.org San Francisco area assistance. thestewpot.org The Stewpot, Dallas Texas. Homeless program. projecthomelessconnect.com San Francisco program svdpusa.org St. Vincent de Paul Society voa.org Volunteers of America, assistance programs. voa-fla.org Volunteers of America - Florida williampennhouse.org Washington Quaker Workcamp (see also general listings above) |
| EMPLOYMENT LISTINGS, SEARCH Many sites offer job search and resume posting for free. careerbuilder.com Listings, search, and free resume posting. craigslist.org Nationwide classifieds including jobs and housing. fillthatjob.com Listings & resume posting hotjobs.com Listings indeed.com Listings monster.com Listings, search, and free resume posting. simplyhired.com Listings jobomagic.com of job search sites |
| JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE asktheheadhunter.com Job search help. jobhuntersbible.com Information onestopcoach.org CareerOneStop websites khake.com Vocational Info. Center susanireland.com Help with resumes, letters |
| NEWS & WEATHER refdesk.com Extensive listing of links for news & information. wunderground.com Local weather forecast, radar, and more. topix.net Current and archived news articles. Search by geographic area or subject. Updated continually from newspapers, radio, and television. |
| FINDING HELP ON THE INTERNET Search engines can be of great help in finding assistance, and learning how to make the best use of them can be worthwhile. As an example, to find a local Lions Club for glasses, login on a search website and try a search like: "your city name" " lions club" glasses (use the quotes to limit results to what you really want) Some good search engines are: ask.com relatively simple to use dogpile.com multi-engine (meta) search google.com by far the most widely used search engine kartoo.com topic search with graphics yahoo.com also very popular Also try local newspaper and TV/radio websites. News search sites such as topix.net can be very helpful, and are updated continually. Your local library may have paid access to other media search sites. Keep in mind that search engines are only updated maybe once a month, so you may not find the latest information. Many groups providing assistance or active in homeless issues don't have websites, or don't update them, but yet may appear in the news ocassionally. Searching news archives can help. I've lived in the same area for several years and still keep learning of local organizations that I never knew existed. Many organizations keep hoping for donations and volunteers but the general public often doesn't even know they're there. If they want to have an active role in the community they need to let people know they're there and what they do. |
| GOVERNMENT SITES Information hud.gov/homeless HUD info. on homelessness, links myflorida.com/accessflorida FL Dept. Children and Families,on-line applications food stamps, medicaid ich.gov Interagency Council on Homelessness Developing city and county programs across the country. pinellascounty.org/socialserviced Pinellas FL soc. svcs. usajobs.gov U.S. Office of Personnel Mgmt. ( jobs ) usich.gov/funding TitleV federal surplus properties whitehouse.gov/government/fbci Faith Based Initiative |
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| Please don't get too frustrated with your search! Keep trying, help is out there. |
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| Dial 211 for free on any phone, in areas of the country where available, for community assistance information. 211.org |