2013-12-11

strugglingtobeheard:

marchoftigers:

QPoC Housing Resources and Initiatives: an incomplete list

Hello everyone! This is an incomplete list of LGBTQ shelters/initiatives that provide housing as well as assistance to LGBTQ PoC/ QPoC. If there are any shelters/initiatives I have left off please add them to this list, and then please let me know. While this list covers all 50 states in the U.S., please feel free to add the ones from your country, territories, or place of origin. We need as much as we can get. Thank you.

List of states in the U.S. and all Shelters (Please add more):

•Alabama

http://www.glbtays.org/

HUNTSVILLE HOST HOME PROGRAM

•Alaska

COVENANT HOUSE

http://www.identityinc.org/

•American Samoa

•Arizona

EON

TUMBLEWEED - GREEN HOUSE PROJECT 

HOMELESS YOUTH PROJECT (HYP)

•Arkansas

LUCIE’S PLACE

•California

SUNBURST YOUTH HOUSING CENTER

JEFF GRIFFITH YOUTH CENTER

HOMELESS YOUTH ALLIANCE

LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES

THE ARK OF REFUGE
Phone: 415-861-6566
Email: info@arkofrefuge.org

The Ark of Refuge runs a 15 person transitional living facility specifically targeting LGBTQ young adults in San Francisco.

www.laglc.convio.net

www.thecentersd.org

www.bienestar.org/eng/page/114/LGBT-Youth.html

www.thecentersd.org/programs/youth-services/hillcrestyouth-

center.html

•Colorado

TWO-SPIRIT SOCIETY OF DENVER

URBAN PEAK COLORADO SPRINGS

RAINBOW ALLEY

www.glbtcolorado.org

LA GENTE UNIDA

La Gente Unida is an organization serving the needs of

LGBTQ Latinas and Latinos in the Denver and Colorado

Area.

PO Box 11714

Denver, CO 80211

Phone: 303-831-6086

www.twospiritnce.net

•Connecticut

THE CONNECTICUT COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS

•Delaware

MINISTRY OF CARING

SEXUAL MINORITY YOUTH ASSISTANCE LEAGUE (SMYAL)

www.sunserve.org

www.zebrayouth.org

•District of Columbia

http://www.wandaalstonhouse.org/About-Us.html

www.smyal.org

www.amplifyyourvoice.org

•Florida

ALSO OUT YOUTH (SARASOTA)

•Georgia

http://lostnfoundyouth.org/

CHRIS KIDS RAINBOW PROJECT (ATLANTA)

UNION MISSION

THE RAINBOW PROGRAM

•Guam

•Hawaii

HALE KIPA, INC

•Idaho

THE COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.

www.yadiversity.org

•Illinois

EL RESCATE

http://projectfiercechicago.org/ (read more about them here)

BROADWAY YOUTH CENTER

THE NATIONAL RUNAWAY SWITCHBOARD

OPEN DOOR YOUTH CENTER (BLOOMINGTON)

TEEN LIVING PROGRAMS

www.affinity95.org

•Indiana

INDIANA YOUTH GROUP (INDIANAPOLIS)

http://www.1800runaway.org/ (National Runaway Switchboard)

•Iowa

IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS (DES MOINES)

UNITED ACTION FOR YOUTH (GLBTQ&A YOUTH GROUP) (IOWA CITY)

www.ozonehouse.org

•Kansas

Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City

•Kentucky

THE RUTH’S HOUSE

•Louisiana

COVENANT HOUSE

DROP-IN CENTER

•Maine

SHALOM HOUSE INC.

•Maryland

Fellowship of Lights: Runaway and Homeless Youth
Phone: (410) 285-7496
Email: info@fellowshipoflights.org

Fellowship of Lights provides emergency housing and supportive assistance for foster care involved and homeless and runaway youth, ages 12-17 in two shelter facilities, and operates after school programs for elementary and middle school aged children and youth in Baltimore City.

•Massachusetts

WALTHAM HOUSE

JUSTICE RESOURCE INITIATIVE-HEALTH

YOUTH ON FIRE

•Michigan

RUTH ELLIS CENTER (HIGHLAND PARK)

OZONE HOUSE (ANN ARBOR)

•Minnesota

YOUTHLINK: PROJECT OFFSTREETS DROP IN CENTER (MINNEAPOLIS)

YOUTHLINK: YOUTH HOUSING MINNEAPOLIS)

DISTRICT 202 (MINNEAPOLIS)

AVENUES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH

THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH

CRISIS CONNECTION

FACE TO FACE 

shadesofyellow.org/

•Mississippi

HATTIESBURG SAFE PLACE

VICKSBURG SAFE PLACE

WEST POINT SAFE PLACE

•Missouri

RAINBOW HOUSE

OZARKS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

SYNERGY SERVICES: EMERGENCY SHELTER

•Montana

WESTERN MONTANA COMMUNITY CENTER

Montana Gender Alliance

•Nebraska

RAINBOW OUTREACH METRO OMAHA GLBT CENTER, GLBT CENTER YOUTH PROGRAM 

•Nevada

STREET TEENS

NEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH

•New Hampshire

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS

TRANSGENDER NEW HAMPSHIRE (TG-NH)

Manchester Outright

Concord Outright

•New Jersey

ANCHOR HOUSE

CROSSROADS PROGRAMS, INC

www.pridecenter.org

www.aaogc.org/programs

•New Mexico

YOUTH SHELTERS AND FAMILY SERVICES

•New York

THE ALI FORNEY CENTER (AFC) HEADQUARTERS

GREEN CHIMNEYS CHILDREN’S SERVICES, INC

HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE

THE DOOR (MANHATTAN)

MCCNY HOMELESS YOUTH SERVICES

STREETWORK PROJECT 

HEALTH AND EDUCATION ALTERNATIVES FOR TEENS (BROOKLYN)

PRIDE FOR YOUTH

THE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT

www.alp.org

The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People

of Color community organizing center, focusing on the

New York City area.

Brooklyn

85 S. Oxford Street

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Phone: 718-596-0342

Manhattan

147 W. 24th Street, 3rd floor

New York, NY 10011-1911

Phone: 212-463-0342

Email: alpinfo@alp.org

www.bronxpride.org

www.homelessyouthservices.org

SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT

www.srlp.org

Sylvia Rivera Law Project provides free legal services to

transgender, intersex and gender nonconforming lowincome

people and people of color. It represents and

advises clients in a variety of contexts.

147 West 24th Street, 5th floor

New York, NY 10011

Phone: 212-337-8550

Toll Free: 866-930-3283 Fax: 212-337-1872

Email: info@srlp.org

•North Carolina

WRENN HOUSE

www.angelfire.com/nc/nclambda/

www.havenhousenc.org

•North Dakota

Youthworks (Bismarck-Mandan Area)

Phone: 701-255-6909 (24-hour Crisis Line)

1 877 837 1801 (toll-free)

Email: youthworks@midconetwork.com

Youthworks is a resource for homeless youth in North Dakota. The Bismarck location has a peer mediation program, a cultural achievement program, and a Turnabout program for those at risk.  They also provide services to runaway and homeless youth including individual, family counseling and mediation; group counseling; attendant care; juvenile diversion; transitional housing; support groups; emergency food, clothing and shelter; advocacy; crisis intervention and emancipation preparation

YOUTHWORKS(Fargo-Moorhead Area)
Phone: 701 232 8558 (for 24-hour Crisis Line, press 2 during message)

1 877 897 1213 (toll-free)

Email: youthworks@ideaone.net

Youthworks is a resource for homeless youth in North Dakota, with drop in-hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  They also provide services to runaway and homeless youth including individual, family counseling and mediation; group counseling; attendant care; juvenile diversion; transitional housing; support groups; emergency food, clothing and shelter; advocacy; crisis intervention and emancipation preparation.

•Northern Marianas Islands

•Ohio

HUCK HOUSE

KALEIDOSCOPE YOUTH CENTER

•Oklahoma

YOUTH SERVICES FOR OKLAHOMA COUNTY, INC.

POSITIVE TOMORROWS

•Oregon

OUTSIDE IN

•Pennsylvania

THE HARVARD SQUARE HOMELESS SHELTER

ATTIC YOUTH CENTER 

FOYER

THE VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE

THE LEHIGH VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE

THE VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE SHELTER – BUCKS COUNTY

BURROWES STREET YOUTH HAVEN

www.lcfsinpa.org

•Puerto Rico

•Rhode Island

CROSSROADS

RHODE ISLAND COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS

•South Carolina

SEAHAVEN

TIME OUT YOUTH

•South Dakota

HELPLINE CENTER

CENTER FOR EQUALITY

•Tennessee

SAFE HAVEN

JUST US

OASIS CENTER

•Texas

LIFEWORKS

PROMISE HOUSE

•Utah

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH’S HOMELESS YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER

HOMELESS YOUTH RESOURCE CENTER

DIXIE CARE AND SHARE

•Vermont

SPECTRUM Youth & Family Services

RU12 COMMUNITY CENTER

•Virginia

GAY COMMUNITY CENTER OF RICHMOND 

VIRGINIA COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS

•Virgin Islands

•Washington

LA-BA-TE-YAH YOUTH HOME COMMUNITY

YOUTH CARE

LAMBERT HOUSE (SEATTLE)

•West Virginia

DAYMARK

RAINBOW COMMUNITY CENTER

•Wisconsin

YOUTH SOS WISCONSIN

PROJECT Q (MILWAUKEE)

•Wyoming

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING RAINBOW RESOURCE CENTER

WYOMING COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS

WIND RIVER COUNTRY INITIATIVE FOR YOUTH

Wind River Country Initiative for Youth is an alliance of

LGBTQ and allied people of Native American and

Caucasian ancestry who work to address multiple

oppressions at the local level.

Email: info@uglw.org

Insert Name of Country and Shelters Below:

Tumblrs dedicated to LGBTQ Housing.:

http://queerhousing.tumblr.com/

Source Citations Page and Additional Readings, Master posts, etc.

Note: These resources are lengthy and span all corners of LGBTQ homelessness. If you feel that these resources aren’t comprehensive enough, or if you would like to add your own, please let me know.

http://pinkessence.com/page/transgender-friendly-homeless-shelters

http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/HomelessYouth.pdf

http://www.aliforneycenter.org/?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1001

http://www.lambdalegal.org/sites/default/files/publications/downloads/fs_resources-for-lgbtq-youth-by-state_1.pdf

boost please. this is an incredibly useful list and hopefully some people might find it useful.

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