Homelessness Resources

One Neighborhood

One Neighborhood is a coalition, a collaboration, and a community of all those involved in creating, developing and implementing solutions to solve homelessness in Philadelphia. Its purpose is to foster discussion, information sharing, collaboration, and resource development for and among those involved with and concerned about homeless people in Philadelphia.

Network of Care and Supports for Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services

This site is a portal to more than 500 service providers in our area. It is also a place where you can get the latest breaking news in the field, such as important news findings published in medical journals. The site also offers a way for you to get your voice heard in policy debates in Harrisburg and Washington.

A listing of statistics on homeless children and youth in America done by the National Coalition for the Homeless.

The National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients that the Federal Interagency Council undertook between the October 1995 to November 1996.

A guide to housing and mortgages for people with disabilities. Covers terminology, the process of buying a house, financial assistance and more.

This site includes both a comprehensive study done on the homeless in the mid 1990s, and Former President Clinton's plan to fight the homeless problem in America.

SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.

The National Law Center's mission is, "The mission of the Law Center is to advocate effectively to protect the rights of homeless people and to implement solutions to end homelessness in America. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. To amplify the work of its small staff, the Law Center relies on interns, volunteers, and the pro bono assistance of the private bar."

Human Right Fact Sheet Series was published by the United Nations Centre in Gevena, Switzerland. They deal with human rights that are actively under consideration. No. 21 of this series deals with the human right for adequate housing.

A Great Site for information Dealing with the Homeless, Government Policies Toward the Homeless, and Facts About the Homeless

The Homeless Program Committee of the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition offers this "Blueprint to End Homelessness in Philadelphia" with the beliefs that there are solutions to the problem of homelessness and solving homelessness is critical to the overall economic development and health of the city. The Blueprint offers a set of concrete recommendations of how the city can make substantial progress in significantly reducing homelessness.

A community of concerned citizens with a shared belief in the equality, dignity, and worth of every person

One of the Philadelphia region’s largest and most trusted not-for-profit social service providers. The social service agency of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Episcopal Community Services has continuously served people of all faiths for over 130 years.

Providing permanent solutions to homelessness and poverty through housing, education, employment, health care, and the revitalization of a low-income community.

A follow up on the National Survey of Homeless Assistance and Clients done by independents in 2000. They provide estimates of the homeless population which the previous survey did not include.