Homelessness Internet Resources

The Internet contains abundant information and resources on homelessness and organizations that help the homeless. HUD's Web site has a page on homelessness that offers information on housing, food, job training, and health care for the homeless, including resources directed specifically to homeless veterans and children. In addition, the site provides links to local homeless assistance agencies through the following link: http://www.hud.gov/homeless/hmlsagen.cfm.

Interagency Council on Homelessness coordinates18 federal agencies in the delivery of housing and services to reduce and end homelessness across the U.S.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public, and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness. The Web site offers key facts on homelessness and its causes, information on policy and legislation, success stories of organizations that help the homeless, publications and resources, links to other sites, and ideas for individuals to join the fight against homelessness.

The National Coalition for the Homeless has a mission of ending homelessness through grassroots organizing, public education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, and partnerships in the areas of housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil rights. Its Web site provides information and resources both for the homeless themselves and for homeless advocates, including recent articles relevant to the current homeless situation and a directory of local homeless service organizations.

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is a membership organization whose mission is to help bring about reform of the health care system by advocating for universal health care and for the improvement of current systems intended to serve people who are poor and homeless; by researching critical issues; by training and organizing health care providers, service agencies, and homeless people themselves to improve care; by publishing newsletters, monographs, action alerts, policy statements, training videos and books; and by collaborating with a broad range of public and private entities interested in the problems of health care and homelessness.

American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty is a 13-member commission of attorneys and lay people devoted to fostering the development of legal pro bono homeless programs and educating the law profession and the public about the legal problems of the very poor.

Beyond Shelter is a private, nonprofit agency whose mission is to combat chronic poverty, welfare dependency, and homelessness among families with children through the provision of housing and social services and the promotion of systemic change.

Corporation for Supportive Housing supports the expansion of permanent housing opportunities linked to comprehensive services for persons who face persistent mental health, substance abuse, or other chronic health challenges and are at risk of homelessness.