Does the United States have programs to help the homeless?

Question

Like people to give them a temporary home and help them find jobs.

Answer 1

it does offer some chapter 8 type help with affordable housing

Answer 2

The Salvation Army does alot of great work to help homeless people...And other charities and churches have shelters and food pantrys, soup kitchen etc...

The US govt doesn't do much to help anyone who is homeless...

Answer 3

well, we pretend to at least. we never address the cause, we just try to eliminate the symptom.

Answer 4

Each city has different government and nonprofit services to help the homeless with temporary shelter, permanent housing, jobs and mental health care.

Answer 5

Of course, but Canada has a much better program.

Answer 6

Not that I know of.

My sister was homeless.

She did get to stay in a  couple of ratty looking places with drunk people trying to hold it togeather and different street people.

1 night only there was no gurantee of an opening. Useually full.

To find a job you need an address.

then you need clean clothes

showers

food

warmth

sleep

Where are they giving that out in the USA.

Answer 7

It depend on the city they are living in.