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On the Web
- Homeless Link - A membership body for organisations and individuals working with homeless people around the UK. It was formed out of two charities Homeless Network and National Homeless Alliance.
- Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve - Demographic portrait of homeless individuals and families based upon 1996 survey of 11,909 homeless programs and 4,207 clients.
- Humble Harv's Homeless Handbook - A guide for coping with and surviving homelessness. Written by a homeless person for persons who are or are about to be homeless. Offers insights and facts about homelessness.
- Homelessness and Attempting to Work While Homeless - Information and opinions, based on personal experience, about homelessness, attempting to work while homeless, and what it takes to make the transition out of homelessness.
- SL Streets - Salt Lake City homeless and low-income news and resources. Daily updates on national and local homeless issues and news. Articles written by homeless and homeless advocates.
- Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston - Texas. Aims to promote health, hope, and dignity for Houston's homeless through accessible and comprehensive care. Includes description of programs and services, history, research, and clinic locations.
- Crisis - A homeless charity focussing on hidden homelessness, working to help single homeless people. Its mission is to help marginalised and homelessness people.
- Public Homeless Blog - Weblogs by homeless and those facing homelessness as well as links to other sites.
- Homelessness: Building a Larger Community - Articles on homeless issues, hosted by online "liberal 'alternative' newspaper", The Great Speckled Bird.
- Homeless Policy Academies - Technical assistance material for policy makers from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. Materials focus on homeless families and people who are "chronically" homeless.
Wikipedia Articles
- United Homeless Organization - The United Homeless Organization is a charity based in New York City, formed in 1987, that advocates for the homeless and solicits money at tables located in various locations in Manhattan. More than three quarters of the workers are homeless, and all are currently or have been homeless at one time.
- National Coalition for the Homeless - The National Coalition for the Homeless is a non-profit organization providing direct assistance for homeless people with a variety of needs which include shelter, food, affordable housing and opportunities to work and earn a living wage. The Coalition also acts as an advocacy group on behalf of the homeless to protect their rights as citizens and human beings.
- Homeless World Cup - The Homeless World Cup is an international football (soccer) tournament, where teams made up entirely of homeless people compete. The event is held annually and, as of 2007, is in its fifth year.
- Homeless shelter - Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people. Usually located in urban neighborhoods, they are similar to emergency shelters.
- Homeless Management Information Systems - Homeless Management Information System (HMIS)' is the term used to describe a class of database applications used to confidentially aggregate data on Homeless populations served in the United States.