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Verified means a RiseAid volunteer confirmed hours and intake within 12 months. Everything else is source-seeded; call ahead.
SAMHSA National Helpline
Free, confidential treatment referral for substance use and mental health. Finds local programs that take your insurance or none.
Transition to Adult Living (TAL)
DCFS program for youth leaving Utah foster care. Aftercare support can cover rent, bills, housing deposits, vehicle costs, and crises; education and employment funds, counseling, and medical and substance use supports are also available. Start with your assigned TAL coordinator, or email the coordinator team if you do not know who that is.
Odyssey House of Utah
Adult residential and outpatient substance use treatment in Salt Lake City, including a residential program where parents keep their children with them and a criminal justice track. Free for low-income Salt Lake residents; takes in-network insurance and offers cash rates. Walk-in residential screening weekday mornings.
Davis Behavioral Health
Davis County's public behavioral health provider with clinics in Layton, Bountiful, and Syracuse. Outpatient and intensive outpatient substance use treatment, medication-assisted therapy for opioid use, mental health outpatient and residential care, medication management, a crisis receiving center, and a 24-hour crisis line. Care is available regardless of ability to pay.
211 California
Network of county 211 call centers covering housing, food, utility help, health care, and mental health referrals across California. Use the Find Your 211 page to reach the center for your county, which can be called or texted.
Refugee Programs Bureau
State office that coordinates resettlement support for refugees and other eligible newcomers through counties, resettlement agencies, and community organizations, and connects people to refugee health and regional immigrant legal hubs.
Downtown Women's Center
Day center for women and survivors of violence on Skid Row with daily meals, showers, mail, case management, mental health care, a women's health clinic, and permanent supportive housing. No formal intake is needed to visit.
Homeboy Industries
Los Angeles program for formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people offering free tattoo removal, GED and education classes, substance use referrals, limited legal help, workforce support, and court-mandated classes. Most services start by walking into the office during business hours.
St. Anthony Foundation
Tenderloin service center serving more than 1,000 free meals a day, with a free clothing program, medical clinic, and the Father Alfred Center, a free year-long residential recovery program for men with limited resources.
Father Joe's Villages
San Diego's largest homeless services campus with a daily day center, public lunch, showers, mail, a health clinic, detox and MAT, family shelter intake, and employment help. Show up in person before 11am on a weekday to be scheduled for an assessment.
MyACCESS Public Benefits
Florida's single application for SNAP food assistance, Medicaid, Temporary Cash Assistance and the Refugee Services Program. The MyACCESS self-service portal is open around the clock; a customer call center handles questions and case changes.
Extended Foster Care and Aftercare Services
Florida lets young people stay in foster care until 21 and offers Aftercare to anyone who turned 18 in DCF custody, with help available until the 23rd birthday. Aftercare covers mentoring, mental health and substance use support, life-skills and parenting classes, job training and temporary financial aid; a separate tuition exemption runs through age 28 and Medicaid through 26.
Camillus House
Miami's long-running provider for people who are poor and homeless, with an overnight shelter on NW 7th Avenue and Camillus Health on NW 5th Street. Serving South Florida since 1960.
Sulzbacher Center
Jacksonville's largest provider of homeless services, with men's housing downtown on East Adams Street and women's and family housing at Sulzbacher Village in Springfield. Offers street outreach, daily meals, emergency and permanent housing, the Duval Family Health Center, veteran services and job placement.
United Way 211 Greater Atlanta
Free, confidential referral line staffed around the clock that points Atlanta-area callers to rent and utility help, food pantries, shelter beds, and other services. The team also handles web chat and a texting option for people who cannot talk.
Georgia Refugee Program
The State Refugee Coordinator's office coordinates resettlement agencies, job placement and Refugee Cash Assistance for newly arrived refugees across Georgia. It also explains how refugees apply for SNAP, Medicaid, TANF or RCA through Georgia Gateway or a county DFCS office.
International Rescue Committee in Atlanta
Resettles refugees arriving in metro Atlanta and helps them find housing, enroll children in school, reach health care and start work. The office also offers low-cost immigration legal help, youth programs for ages 5 to 24, and career development for asylees and SIV holders.
Gateway Center
Downtown Atlanta's main front door for people without housing. It runs coordinated entry for the city, an engagement center with day services, and residential tracks for men including the Upward addiction-recovery program and a two-year veterans program.
Old Savannah City Mission
Faith-based mission on Bull Street offering three hot meals a day, overnight beds, showers and clothing at no charge, plus a residential recovery program for men coming out of homelessness and addiction. A free medical clinic runs Monday afternoons.
Chatham Savannah Authority for the Homeless
The lead homelessness agency for Savannah and Chatham County. Its street outreach team meets people where they are six days a week and connects them to shelter and housing, and it operates an Access Center for triage at Union Mission's day center on Fahm Street.
CARES Warm Line
Peer-staffed call-or-text line for anyone in Georgia who wants to talk about substance use recovery without a crisis. The parent organization trains peer recovery coaches and supports a statewide network of Recovery Community Organizations, including centers in Atlanta, Savannah and Columbus.
Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL)
The state's single number for mental health and addiction emergencies and for getting into publicly funded treatment. Counselors talk people through a crisis, send mobile crisis teams, locate open detox or crisis beds anywhere in Georgia, and book urgent appointments with state-funded providers.
Georgia Gateway
The state's online portal for applying for SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, Refugee Cash Assistance, WIC and childcare assistance, and for the Pathways to Coverage Medicaid option for adults 19–64. Applications are available in other languages and free interpreters are offered by phone.
211 Illinois
Free information and referral line for every Illinois resident needing non-emergency help with housing, utilities, food, mental health, or health care. Dial 211 or text your zip code any time of day.
The Night Ministry Youth Housing
Overnight emergency shelter (The Crib), interim housing up to 120 days, and long-term programs for Chicagoans ages 18 to 24, including a track for pregnant and parenting youth 16 to 22. Separate numbers for short-term beds and long-term programs.
Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances
Round-the-clock confidential state line for anyone affected by opioid or other substance use, including family members. Specialists connect callers to treatment and recovery support services near them.
Live4Lali Recovery Community Organization
Peer-run recovery and harm reduction group in the northwest suburbs. Offers free naloxone and safer-use supplies by delivery or mail, peer support meetings in person and online, and grief support for substance-related loss.
Rockford Rescue Mission
Shelter, meals, a free medical and dental clinic, and residential Life Recovery programs for men and women in Rockford. Shelter check-in is open at any hour, with separate entrances for men and for women with children.
Remedies Renewing Lives
Rockford agency combining a 24-hour domestic violence shelter and hotline with outpatient substance use and mental health treatment. Survivors call the hotline; people seeking treatment call the addiction line.
ABE – Application for Benefits Eligibility
Illinois's portal and call center for SNAP, cash assistance, and Medicaid. Apply online or by paper form IL444-2378B; applications are reviewed at a local Family Community Resource Center, and emergency SNAP can be ready within five days.
Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care (Foster Care Age 18-21)
Lets young adults who were in Michigan foster care stay in care voluntarily until 21, with continued foster care payments, a caseworker, health coverage, counseling, and independent living training. Contact your local MDHHS office and ask for the Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care Liaison.
Office of Global Michigan
The state refugee coordinator's office. Its Refugee Services team funds and oversees resettlement, employment, and health programs for refugees and other newcomers across Michigan and can direct you to the resettlement agency serving your area.
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
Operates more than ten sites in Detroit and Highland Park offering overnight emergency shelter with meals, showers, and clothing, plus withdrawal management, substance use treatment, transitional housing for men in recovery and women with children, and job training.
Cass Community Social Services
Detroit nonprofit with food programs, affordable housing, health services, job training through its Green Industries, and a warming center. Also hosts a CAM walk-in access point for shelter referrals.
Detroit Recovery Project
Detroit behavioral health agency focused on substance use and co-occurring mental illness, with prevention, treatment, and recovery support services at east and west side offices, a wellness space, and a 24-hour crisis line.
Alternatives For Girls
Detroit agency for homeless and at-risk girls and young women, including trafficking and domestic violence survivors. Street outreach teams offer food, clothing, and hygiene kits; the Crisis Resource Center connects survivors to shelter, health care, and workforce programs.
Mel Trotter Ministries
Grand Rapids' largest shelter provider, serving individuals and families with meals, emergency shelter, medical care, permanent housing support, and job training through its Next Step of West Michigan division. First-time guests start with a phone triage call.
Grand Rapids Red Project
West Michigan harm reduction organization offering free recovery coaching, naloxone kits with overdose response training, sterile supplies through CleanWorks, HIV and hepatitis C case management, and a mobile health unit that rotates sites during the week.
MI Bridges
Michigan's online portal for applying for food assistance (SNAP), Medicaid, cash assistance, child care, and emergency relief, and for reporting changes on an open case. A help desk supports the website; Medicaid questions go to the beneficiary help line.
NC 211
Free, confidential information line that connects North Carolinians to verified help with housing, utilities, food, health care, and transportation. Dial 2-1-1 from any phone in the state and choose your language when prompted.
North Carolina Refugee Assistance Program
Administers cash and medical assistance for the first 12 months after arrival plus employment services, case management, English classes, and immigration help for refugees, asylees, trafficking victims, and SIV and parolee populations. Applications are taken at county DSS offices rather than the state office.
Roof Above
Charlotte's largest homeless services provider, with a Day Services Center offering showers, laundry, mail, lunch, a nurse, and help getting ID, plus emergency shelters that do not require photo ID. Call the help line for a phone assessment or walk into a Coordinated Entry site to get on the list for shelter and housing.
Oak City Cares
Wake County's multi-service hub for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness, with care coordinators, weekday showers and laundry, weekend meals, on-site medical and behavioral health, and rides to other providers. It is a Coordinated Entry access site, so this is where to walk in for shelter and homelessness-prevention referrals.
Recovery Hub Charlotte Peer Support Center
Free, peer-run center where people in recovery or emotional distress can drop in for groups, one-to-one peer support, resource navigation, classes, and a cafe. A peer respite line runs around the clock, and the statewide peer warmline can be called or texted at any hour.
Recovery Hub Raleigh Peer Support Center
Downtown Raleigh peer support center offering free peer-led groups, sign-up one-to-one support, workshops, and wellness activities for people navigating recovery and mental health challenges. Hours are mornings most days with a longer Thursday.
Project FIGHT
Statewide anti-trafficking program offering crisis intervention and long-term case management for trafficking survivors, including safety planning, food, shelter, medical and dental care, help replacing identification, immigration and legal referrals, and ESL. Reach the program by its dedicated hotline or email.
211 New York
Free, confidential information and referral line covering food, housing, utilities, health and mental health, and substance use anywhere in the state. Dial 211 or text your ZIP code; a guided online search is at search.211newyork.org.
NC Medicaid Application
North Carolina expanded Medicaid in December 2023, so most adults with low income can get coverage. Apply online through ePASS (listed as Medical Assistance), by phone or walk-in at your county DSS, or by mailing a signed application; decisions take up to 45 days, 90 for disability.
Re-Entry Services
County-run voluntary case management for people returning to Mecklenburg County from state or federal prison or a local jail sentence, with partner help for ID, treatment and medication, job training, work supplies, medical and dental care, housing, and peer support. Referrals can be submitted before release.
DOCCS Re-Entry Operations
The state prison system's reentry unit coordinates release planning and referrals for housing, medical and mental health care, and ID, Medicaid, and Social Security applications, partly through County Re-Entry Task Forces. Find your regional office through the DOCCS office locator; there is no single public phone line.
HOPEline
Statewide call-or-text line staffed around the clock by counselors trained in addiction and crisis support. They assess risk, help with crisis intervention, and connect callers to treatment, recovery groups, and peer or family support regardless of ability to pay.
The Fortune Society
One-stop reentry center in Long Island City with housing, employment training, education, outpatient substance use and mental health treatment, hot meals, family services, and benefits enrollment for people with justice involvement. Walk in during business hours or call to get started.
The Bowery Mission
Three meals a day at 227 Bowery with no ID or questions, plus showers, clothing, free mobile medical care, and up to seven nights of emergency shelter at the Tribeca campus. Longer residential recovery programs are available by walking in to speak with an Ambassador.
ROCovery Fitness
Peer-run recovery community in Rochester built around fitness and sober social activities. Programs are free for anyone with at least 48 hours of continuous sobriety; fill out the membership questionnaire online or stop by the Dewey Avenue outreach center.
Capital City Rescue Mission
Downtown Albany shelter with beds for men and women, three meals a day, free clothing, a medical clinic, and residential recovery and transitional living programs. Walk in any time with no appointment or ID; shelter check-in is before 5:30 PM.
Friends of Recovery – New York
Statewide recovery advocacy organization headquartered in Albany that supports the network of Recovery Community and Outreach Centers, 24/7 Open Access Centers, youth clubhouses, recovery coaches, and family support navigators across New York. Contact them to be pointed to recovery community resources near you.
Ohio 211
Free information and referral line for housing, food, utilities, health care, recovery, and legal help across Ohio. Dial 211 from any phone or use the online chat; coverage is expanding to all 88 counties.
Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS)
Central Ohio's independent refugee resettlement agency since 1995. Offers immigration legal services, employment placement, ESL and citizenship classes, health and wellness programs, and case management for refugees and immigrants.
Migration and Refugee Services
Resettles refugees admitted through the federal Refugee Admissions Program in the Cleveland area and welcomes asylees. Provides initial resettlement, English classes, vocational training, mentoring, affordable immigration legal services, and access to the Ohio Center for Survivors of Torture.
Refugee Services
Dayton's refugee resettlement program. Case managers handle job placement, ESOL referrals, medical and mental health connections, school enrollment, and self-sufficiency planning for newly arrived refugees.