
A lack of affordable housing and the limited scale of housing assistance programs are the primary causes of homelessness. The growing gap between the number of affordable housing units and the number of people needing them has created a housing crisis for poor people. Click HERE for facts and statistics!
Click on any links below to learn more about issues surrounding chronic homelessness, affordable housing, and health care. These links will help locate resources in your area for housing assistance, shelters, job search and skills assistance, childcare programs, and public health programs, transportation, and services for veterans.
- Nat'l Coalition for the Homeless
- Habitat for Humanity
- Job Service North Dakota
- ND Dept of Human Services
- Public Health Agencies
- Dept of Veterans Affairs
- County Social Services Offices
- ND Dept of Public Instruction
- Community Action Agencies in ND
- ND Domestic Violence Crisis & Support Res
- Homeless Information in ND--HUD
- HIV Clinics, Screenings, Programs
- Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
- Minnesota coalition for the Homeless
- North Dakota Fair Housing Council
- US Dept of Health and Human
Services - HOMELESS
- US Dept of Housing and Urban Dev.
- SHARE Network
Publication and Media Resources:
Click
HERE
for an example of a Quick and Easy Cost-Benefits Analysis distributed by Charlene Flaherty from the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Click HERE for background information on the state coalition's direction to end chronic and long-term homelessness.
Click HERE for a Glossary of "Homeless" terms.
Contact
regional coalitions for
2007 Homeless in the Heartland video
Dept of Public Instruction 701-328-3264
Videos: Homelessness Can Happen to Anyone...Even You
Lost In the Shuffle: Homeless Children in Our Schools, Fly Away Home,
Street Life: Invisible Family, A Place to Call Home
Books:
Cooper's Tale, Our Wish,
Living in a Box: The Hopes and Fears of children Facing Homelessness