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Verified means a RiseAid volunteer confirmed hours and intake within 12 months. Everything else is source-seeded; call ahead.

NationwideVerified Oct 2026

Lifeline free phone program

FCC Lifeline

Free or discounted phone and service for people on Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, or low income. Apply online or through a carrier.

Phone & transportation
San Diego, CASource-seeded · not yet verified

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.

Shelter & housingFoodHealth & medicationJobs & training
619-233-8500Day Center 7am–3pm daily; Joan Kroc Center front desk Mon–Fri 8–12:45 and 1:15–4:30; public lunch Mon–Sat 11–12:30, Sun 9:30–11:30
Sacramento, CASource-seeded · not yet verified

Sacramento Loaves & Fishes

Survival services campus for unhoused adults and children in Sacramento with a daily noon meal, showers and clothing, a women's daytime shelter, free mental health counseling, a legal clinic, and a jail visitation program that gives bus passes and toiletry kits after release.

FoodShelter & housingMental health & counselingLegal help
916-446-0874Dining room open 7 days a week, 364 days a year for a noon meal; Mercy Clinic weekdays 7:30am–3pm; Wash House weekdays
Jacksonville, FLSource-seeded · not yet verified

Ready4Work

Operation New Hope

Jacksonville reentry program with a 4-to-6-week career development course, case management, life coaching, job placement, a JTA bus pass for class days, interview clothing and a year of follow-up support. Open to adults with non-violent, non-sexual charges in Duval, Clay, St. Johns or Nassau County.

Jobs & trainingPhone & transportation
904-425-6002
MISource-seeded · not yet verified

Michigan 211

Free statewide information line that connects anyone in Michigan to local help with housing, food, utility bills, transportation, and clothing. Dial 211 or text your ZIP code to be matched with programs near you.

Shelter & housingFoodBenefits & cashPhone & transportation
844-875-921124 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
NCSource-seeded · not yet verified

NC 211

United Way of North Carolina

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.

Shelter & housingFoodBenefits & cashHealth & medication
888-892-116224 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Raleigh, NCSource-seeded · not yet verified

Transition Services, Rehabilitation and Reentry

North Carolina Department of Adult Correction

State office that funds and oversees North Carolina's 20 Local Reentry Councils (26 counties) and runs transitional housing and other reentry programs for people coming home from prison. Councils help with housing, jobs, transportation, documents, and substance use referrals; contacts for each council are linked from this page.

Shelter & housingJobs & trainingID & documentsPhone & transportation
919-733-2126
Raleigh, NCSource-seeded · not yet verified

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.

Shelter & housingFoodHealth & medicationMental health & counseling
984-344-9599Mon–Fri 9–5; Sat–Sun 9–6 for weekend meals (side entrance). Care coordinators Mon–Fri 9–3, Wed until 1
Raleigh, NCSource-seeded · not yet verified

InterAct of Wake County

Wake County's domestic violence and sexual assault agency, with a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter and housing program, counseling, court support, and weekday walk-in hours. Crisis counselors can arrange transportation when you set up an appointment.

Safety & protectionShelter & housingMental health & counselingLegal help
919-828-7740Crisis line 24 hours; walk-in Mon–Fri 9–5; main office 919-828-7501
Charlotte, NCSource-seeded · not yet verified

Center for Community Transitions

Charlotte nonprofit serving people with criminal records through LifeWorks!, a job-readiness and job-search program at the Goodwill Opportunity Campus, and the Center for Women, a 30-bed residential reentry program for incarcerated women. Reach LifeWorks! directly at the Goodwill campus or call the administrative office.

Jobs & trainingShelter & housingFamily & kidsPhone & transportation
704-494-0001
Bronx, NYSource-seeded · not yet verified

Osborne Association

Serves people and families affected by the criminal legal system from offices in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Troy, Newburgh, and White Plains, with career and education support for young adults and free bus rides to state prisons for visits. Contact the nearest office for current programs.

Jobs & trainingFamily & kidsPhone & transportation
718-707-2600
Salt Lake City, UTSource-seeded · not yet verified

Weigand Homeless Resource Center

Catholic Community Services

Daytime drop-in center in downtown Salt Lake City where people experiencing homelessness can get out of the heat or cold. Next door, the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall serves more than 2,000 hot meals a day.

Shelter & housingFoodPhone & transportationID & documents