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This is a list of notable organizations that provide
services Service may refer to: Activities * Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty * Civil service, the body of employees of a government * Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
or work on issues related to homelessness.


A–B

* 100,000 Homes Campaign, a US program with the mission of placing 100,000 chronically homeless people in stable housing. *
Abahlali baseMjondolo Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM, , in English: "the residents of the shacks") is a socialist shack dwellers' movement in South Africa which organises land occupations, builds communes
, a popular, entirely non-professionalized and democratic mass movement of shack dwellers and other poor people in
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
* Acting for Life * Ali Forney Center * Anti-Poverty Committee, an organisation based in
Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
,
British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
, that campaigns against poverty and homelessness * Association of Gospel Rescue Missions * Back on My Feet, an American urban homeless outreach organization based in
Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...
,
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, centered on overcoming homelessness through
running Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
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Barefoot Foundation Barefoot Foundation ( es, Fundación Pies Descalzos) is a Colombian charity founded by pop artist Shakira in 1997, with the aim of helping poor and impoverished children. The Barefoot Foundation mission statement is "The Barefoot Foundation work ...
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Barnabus Manchester Barnabus is a Manchester-based Christian charity that offers support to homeless and vulnerable people through its drop-in centre. The charity has a small team of staff including support workers and around 70 volunteers. History Barnabus began i ...
* The Big Issue Foundation * Bill Wilson Center * The Booth Centre * Breaking Ground Top of page


C–D

* Caretakers Cottage * Carrfour Supportive Housing, established in 1993 to end homelessness in
Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
* Casa Alianza, a
charity Charity may refer to: Giving * Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons * Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing * C ...
and
NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...
whose aims are the rehabilitation and the defence of
street child Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids or street child; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and polic ...
ren in Guatemala, Honduras,
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, and
Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...
* Catching Lives * Catharsis (organization) *
Catholic Charities The Catholic Church operates numerous charitable organizations. Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted through the corporal and spi ...
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Centrepoint (charity) Centrepoint is a charity in the United Kingdom which provides accommodation and support to homeless people aged 16–25. The Prince of Wales has been a patron of the organization since 2005; his first patronage. His mother Diana, Princess of Wales, ...
* Church penitentiary * Citizens for Public Justice * Coalition on Homelessness, a homeless advocacy and social justice organization that focuses on creating long-term solutions to homelessness, poverty, and
housing Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether i ...
issues in
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
, California * Coast Shelter * Common Ground (Seattle) *
Community of Sant'Egidio The Community of Sant'Egidio ( it, Comunità di Sant'Egidio) is a lay Catholic association dedicated to social service, founded in 1968 under the leadership of Andrea Riccardi. The group grew and in 1973 was given a home at the former Carmelit ...
* Compass Family Services *
Covenant House Covenant House is a large, Catholic, privately funded agency in the Americas, whose primary purpose is to promote Catholicism. It provides shelter, food, immediate crisis care, and other services to homeless and runaway young people. Covenant Ho ...
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Crisis (charity) Crisis is the UK national charity for people experiencing homelessness. The charity offers year-round education, employment, housing and well-being services from centres in East London, Newcastle, Oxford, Edinburgh, South Yorkshire, South Wales ...
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Dans la Rue Dans la Rue (formerly known as Le Bon Dieu Dans la Rue ) is a secular non-profit operating in English and French to meet the immediate needs of homeless and at-risk youth in the Centre-Sud area of Montreal. History Dans la Rue was founded by i ...
* Detour House * Dignity Village * Dome Village *
Downtown Emergency Service Center The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington, providing services for that city's homeless population. The organization was founded in 1979 to aid men and women living in a state of chronic homele ...
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Emmaus (charity) Emmaus (french: Emmaüs, ) is an international solidarity movement founded in Paris in 1949 by Catholic priest and Capuchin friar Abbé Pierre to combat poverty and homelessness. Since 1971 regional and national initiatives have been grouped un ...
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Empowerment Plan The Empowerment Plan is an American humanitarian organization, located in Milwaukee Junction, Detroit, Michigan. The organization works to address homelessness by providing jobs to homeless women, and by manufacturing a coat that is given to homel ...
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Empty Homes Agency The Empty Homes Agency was established in 1992 by Antony Fletcher with assistance from Serge Lourie as a registered charity in England that works to help people create homes from empty properties and campaigns for more empty homes to be brought ...
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Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco Episcopal may refer to: *Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church *Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese *Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name ** Episcopal Church (United State ...
* Family Promise * FareStart * FEANTSA, the only major European network that focuses exclusively on homelessness at European level and receives financial support from the
European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...
for the implementation of its activities * First Step Back Home * Florence House * Freight Train Riders of America *
Frontline Foundation Raymond Jay Castellani (February 13, 1933 – October 18, 2021) was an American character actor. As a former alcoholic, he founded the Frontline Foundation, which serves meals to the homeless on the Los Angeles' Skid Row. Castellani was born ...
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G–I

* HabiJax * Habitat for Humanity * HomeAid * HomeGround Services * Homeless Workers' Movement, an urban social movement that fights for low-income housing rights in
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
* Homes for the Homeless * Homes Not Jails * HOPE Atlanta * Horizon House *
Hospitality House Hospitality House (aka Central City Hospitality House) is a house of hospitality-type center that serves the homeless and poor of San Francisco, specifically those of the Tenderloin district of the city, where it is located. At a drop-in day cente ...
* Hotel de Gink *
Housing Justice Housing Justice is a charitable organization, charity based in London formed in 2003 when the Catholic Housing Aid Society (CHAS) (founded in 1956) and the Churches' National Housing Coalition (CNHC) (founded in 1991) merged. It helps churches u ...
* Huckleberry House * I Have A Name Project *
Interagency Council on Homelessness The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is an independent federal agency within the U.S. executive branch that leads the implementation of the federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. USICH is advised by a Co ...
, a US federal program and office created by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1986White House statement on the ICH
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International Brotherhood Welfare Association The International Brotherhood Welfare Association (IBWA) was a mutual aid society for hobos founded in 1905–1906. It was the second largest after the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). It was started by James Eads How who had inherited a for ...
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J–L

* Jesuit Volunteer Corps * Joe Hill House * The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation * Karluk Manor *
LAMP Community LAMP Community (originally the Los Angeles Men's Place) is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization located in Skid Row that seeks to permanently end homelessness, improve health, and build self-sufficiency among men and women living with severe ...
* Lighthouse Wien * Long Beach Rescue Mission Top of page


M-N

* Mad Housers *
Manila Reception and Action Center The Manila Reception and Action Center (RAC) is a government-run shelter for street children in Manila, Philippines. The facility is located on Arroceros Street in the central district of Ermita. In October 2014 it was the subject of news reports al ...
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Midnight Mission The Midnight Mission is a human services organization in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row.
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Milwaukee Normal School-Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High School Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High School is a historic school complex located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which housed the Milwaukee Normal School from 1885 to 1909 and the Girls' Trade and Technical High School from 1909 to 1954. The complex ...
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Mission Australia Mission Australia is a national Christian charity that provides a range of community services throughout Australia. It has its roots in the Brisbane Town and Country Mission (1859) and Sydney City Mission (1862), but was only officially establish ...
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Museum of Homelessness The Museum of Homelessness (abbreviated to MoH) is a community-driven social justice museum, based in London, and created and run by people with direct experience of homelessness. The museum was established in 2014 by husband and wife team Matt ...
* Najidah (Australia) * National Alliance to End Homelessness, a nonprofit organization which promotes measures to end
homelessness in the United States Homelessness in the United States refers to the issue of homelessness in the United States, a condition wherein people lack a fixed, regular, and adequate residence. The number of homeless people varies from different federal government accou ...
* National Coalition for Homeless Veterans * The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty *
New York City Department of Homeless Services The New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is an agency within the government of New York City that provides services to the homeless, though its ultimate aim is to overcome homelessness. The guiding principles of the department were ...
* Notting Hill Housing Trust Top of page


O–P

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Old Brewery Mission The Old Brewery Mission is a resource for homeless men and women in Quebec, Canada. History The Old Brewery was founded in 1889 by two women, Mina Douglas and Eva Findlay, who started serving hot meals to Montrealers in need. In the early 20th ...
* Operation Safety Net *
Outside In (organization) Outside In is a medical and youth service nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon which provides primary care and "wraparound services" for low income and homeless clients. It also has several other programs such as Needle exchange programme ...
* Ozone House *
Pacific Garden Mission Pacific Garden Mission is a homeless shelter in the Near West Side section of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1877 by Colonel George Clarke and his wife, Sarah. Nicknamed "The Old Lighthouse", it is the largest homeless shelter in Chicago and amon ...
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Palladia (social services organization) Palladia, Inc. is a social services organization in New York City, working with individuals and families challenged by addiction, homelessness, AIDS, domestic violence, poverty and Psychological trauma, trauma. Founded in 1970, Palladia was known as ...
* The Passage (charity) *
Pathways to Housing Pathways to Housing is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1992 by Dr. Sam Tsemberis.McCarroll, Christina."Pathways to Housing the Homeless" The Christian Science Monitor, May 1, 2002. It is the mission of Pathways to Housing to transform indi ...
, a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to provide housing for the mentally-challenged homeless of
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
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Peachtree-Pine shelter The Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter was located at 477 Peachtree Street NE, at the corner of Pine Street in the SoNo subdistrict of Downtown Atlanta, just south of Midtown. It was officially closed on August 28, 2017 after many years of poli ...
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Poor People's Alliance The Poor People's Alliance is a network of radical grassroots movements in South Africa. It was formed in 2008 after the Action Alliance, formed in December 2006, was expanded to include two more organisations. The following organisations are ...
* Poverello Center * Project Compass * Project HOME *
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Created under the McKinney-Vento Act, The PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) Program, is a formula grant program that funds the 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and four U.S. Territories to support service d ...
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Q–R

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Quarriers Quarriers is a Scottish social care charity based in Quarrier's Village, Inverclyde. It provides care and support for people with a disability, children and families, young people, young homeless people, people with epilepsy and carers. In F ...
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Raphael House Raphael House is a shelter in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, that provides transitional housing and support programs for parents and children who are experiencing homelessness. Established in 1971 at Gough and McAllister Streets, Rapha ...
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Restaurants du Cœur The Restaurants du Cœur (literally ''Restaurants of the Heart'' but meaning ''Restaurants of Love''), commonly known as the Restos du Cœur, is a French charity, the main activity of which is to distribute food packages and hot meals to those ...
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Rosewater Limited Liability Company Rose water ( fa, گلاب) is a flavoured water made by steeping rose petals in water. It is the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals, a by-product of the production of rose oil for use in perfume. Rose water is also used to flavou ...
, a homeless advocacy organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio * Rosie's Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women located in Boston, Massachusetts * Rough Sleepers Initiative *
Rowton Houses Rowton Houses was a chain of hostels built in London, England, by the Victorian philanthropist Lord Rowton to provide decent accommodation for working men in place of the squalid lodging houses of the time. George Orwell, in his 1933 book ''D ...
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Ruth Ellis Center The Ruth Ellis Center is a Detroit area social services agency that serves the needs of runaway, homeless and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Among their services are a drop-in center, Street Outreach Program, fo ...
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S

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Safe Horizon Safe Horizon, formerly the Victim Services Agency, is the largest victim services nonprofit organization in the United States, providing social services for victims of abuse and violent crime. Operating at 57 locations throughout the five boroug ...
* Saint Francis House, a daytime shelter for the homeless and poor in downtown Boston, Massachusetts *
Saint Joseph's House of Hospitality (Pittsburgh) St. Joseph's House of Hospitality is a home for homeless men in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1937 by the Catholic Radical Alliance on the principles of the Catholic Worker Movement, and is named for St. Joseph the Worker. As a hou ...
* Salvation Army *
SAMU Social A SAMU Social is a municipal humanitarian emergency service in several cities in France and worldwide whose purpose is to provide care and medical ambulatory aid and nursing to homeless people and people in social distress. This is partially acc ...
, a
municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
emergency service in several cities in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
whose purpose is to provide care and medical aid to homeless people *
San Antonio Housing Authority The San Antonio Housing Authority is a housing authority located in San Antonio, Texas and is the largest housing authority in Texas determined by number of housing units. It is the only Moving to Work Housing Authority in Texas, a designation by H ...
* Sanyukai, an NGO operating in the
San'ya is an area in the Taitō and Arakawa wards of Tokyo, located south of the Namidabashi intersection, around the Yoshino-dori. A neighborhood named "San'ya" existed until 1966, but the area was renamed and split between several neighborhoods. It ...
district in Tokyo, Japan which offers free services to the homeless * The Scott Mission *
Seaton House Seaton House is the largest homeless shelter in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 339 George Street in the Garden District neighbourhood. The facility provides temporary lodging, food, clothing, medical care, for single men and also att ...
* Seattle Youth Garden Works * Second Harvest Toronto *
Second Presbyterian Church (Chattanooga, Tennessee) Second Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 700 Pine Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, affiliated with Presbyterian Church USA. The Gothic Revival building, designed by Reuben Harrison Hunt, was built in 1890. It is the oldest building d ...
* Self-Master Colony *
Shelter (charity) Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns for tenant rights in Great Britain. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people and lobbies government and local authorities for new laws and policies. It works in partnership with Shelter ...
, a registered charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in England and Scotland * Shelterhouse *
The Shoebox Project for Shelters The Shoebox Project for Shelters (French: Opération boîte à chaussures) is a Canadian registered charity based in Toronto, Ontario. It is nationally supported by Dream. It collects and distributes shoeboxes filled by volunteer donors with essenti ...
* Single Homeless Project *
So Others Might Eat So Others Might Eat (SOME) is a nonprofit organization that provides services to assist those dealing with poverty and homelessness in Washington, D.C. The organization provides affordable housing, job training, counseling and other healthcare ...
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The Society for the Relief of the Homeless Poor The Society for the Relief of the Homeless Poor is one of the oldest homeless shelters in London, dating back to 1820 when it was set up to respond to individuals left destitute after the Napoleonic War. One of the founders and the first Chairma ...
* Society of St James * South Park Inn * Southern Youth and Family Services * St Mungo's (charity) * St Patrick's Church, Hove * St. Anthony Foundation *
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Chattanooga, Tennessee) St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a downtown congregation of the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church. It is one of the largest congregations in the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee. Early history The con ...
* StandUp for Kids * Street Medicine Institute * Street Outreach Program * Streetlife (charity) * Sheltersuit Foundation *
Sulzbacher Center The Sulzbacher Center is the only comprehensive homeless facility in Jacksonville, Florida where the average stay is two months. A case manager works with every client to develop a plan to transition back into the community. Roots I.M. Sulzbacher ...
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Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In most Western countries, Sunday is a day of rest and a part of the weekend. It is often considered the first day of the week. For most observant adherents of Christianity, Sunday i ...
* Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Top of page


T–U

* Take Back the Land * Taldumande Youth Services * TECHO *
Tent City 4 Tent City 4 is a homeless encampment of up to 100 persons operated by homeless residents and sponsored by 501(c)(3) organizations Seattle Housing and Resources Effort (SHARE) and Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement League (WHEEL). The camp was ...
* Thames Reach *
Tipping Point Community Tipping Point Community is a grant-making organization aiming to break the cycle of poverty for people in the San Francisco Bay Area whose income level is too low to meet their basic needs. It was founded by Daniel Lurie in 2005. In addition to ...
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Toronto House of Industry In 1834, the United Kingdom passed a new Poor Law which created the system of Victorian workhouses (or "Houses of Industry") that Charles Dickens described in ''Oliver Twist''. Sir Francis Bond Head, the new lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada in ...
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Transitional Living for Older Homeless Youth In the United States, Transitional Living Programs usually refer to programs and efforts to teach independent living skills to homeless youth and help them transition to adulthood. The United States government supports a Grant (money), grant program ...
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Union Rescue Mission Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''U ...
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United States Interagency Council on Homelessness The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is an independent federal agency within the U.S. executive branch that leads the implementation of the federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. USICH is advised by a Co ...
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W–Z

* Veterans Aid *
Veterans Transition Center The Veterans Transition Center (VTC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) rehabilitation center and shelter for veterans, founded in 1998, in Monterey County, California. The VTC is located at the site of the former Fort Ord near Marina, California.VTC L ...
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Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (also known as WLCH or The Legal Clinic) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization providing ''pro bono'' legal services to those in the District affected by lack of housing and other housing ...
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Wayside Chapel The Wayside Chapel is a charity and parish mission of the Uniting Church in Australia in the Potts Point area of Sydney, Australia. Situated near Sydney's most prominent red-light district in Kings Cross, the Wayside Chapel offers programs an ...
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Weingart Center for the Homeless The Weingart Center for the Homeless is a comprehensive Homeless shelter, human services center for homeless men and women living in Skid Row, Los Angeles. It provides on-site short and long-term services including transitional residential housing, ...
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Welsh Presbyterian Church (Columbus, Ohio) The Welsh Presbyterian Church is a historic former church in Downtown Columbus, Ohio, Downtown Columbus, Ohio. Used as a church only for a few decades, the building has seen many uses over the ensuing decades, ranging from commercial to governme ...
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Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign was a non-racial popular movement made up of poor and oppressed communities in Cape Town, South Africa.
, a South African social movement struggling against evictions and other causes of homelessness * Wild Goose Café *
Wintringham Specialist Aged Care Wintringham, based in Victoria, Australia, is a secular, not-for-profit welfare company providing advocacy, support and aged care services to elderly homeless men and women, and to financially disadvantaged elderly people who are at risk of homeless ...
* Yfoundations * Youth Off The Streets * Youthcare Hervey Bay


See also

* List of tent cities in the United States


References

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