Homelessness: Websites

See the programs AUW supports to end and prevent poverty and homelessness. See also the AUW Homelessness Initiative for programs and progress.

The Alliance works with state and local public, private, and nonprofit sectors to develop programs and policies to help homeless individuals and families.

The goal of Family Promise is to use existing community resources to assist homeless families with children.

Compiled by the Homeless Programs Office, Dept. of Human Services, State of Hawaii. Includes shelters and service agencies.

IHS provides shelter, meals, outreach and referral services and life coaching to Hawai‘i's homeless.

The Office of Housing is responsible for policies, planning, and programming to address homelessness.

PIC is a coalition of representatives from service organizations, government, business, housing providers, and homeless and previously homeless people.

Includes the annual Point-in-Time Counts (PIT) and Homeless Service Utilization Reports (HSUR).

From the Homeless Programs Office of the Benefit, Employment & Support Services Division, Dept. of Human Services, State of Hawai‘i. Includes point-in-time counts and reports, and programs, shelters, and agencies.

Provides services to homeless and at-risk U.S. veterans:
Barber's Point
Waianae

Drop-in medical and social services and safe haven for homeless teens and children.

Organizations in Hawai‘i, compiled by Gwen Sinclair, UH Mānoa Library.

Provided by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

Report to the State Legislature, 2014

Statistics of homelessness for each state, plus contact information for government agencies. From the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.

From the Homeless Programs Office of the Benefit, Employment & Support Services Division, Dept. of Human Services, State of Hawai‘i. Includes point-in-time counts and reports, and programs, shelters, and agencies.

The Alliance is committed to preventing and ending homelessness through developing cost-effective policies and increasing building capacity.

The goals of the Coalition is to prevent and end homelessness, meet the immediate needs of homeless persons, and protect their civil rights.

Federal programs and services for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Articles, videos, links, and research compiled and presented by the MacArthur Foundation.

The NAEHCY is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of homeless children and youth.

Does research about family homelessness.

The NCHV links and supports services and support for U.S. veterans.

USICH coordinates federal agencies and programs and coordinates with state, local, and private programs.

Strives to end hunger and homelessness in the U.S. by "educating, engaging, and training students to directly meet individuals' immediate needs while advocating for long-term systemic solutions."

Portraits of and interviews with homeless persons about how they use public libraries in Sacramento, San Jose, and San Francisco, California

Since 2010, UH Mānoa Professor Monique Chyba and her math students have presented Be A Scientist Night at the Institute for Human Services annually, with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics activities for K–12 students,

The MacArthur Foundation conducted a nationwide survey April-May 2016. Findings include: 81% of Americans believe that affordable housing is a major problem in the U.S.

Examines the consequences of the "sit-lie" ban on homeless persons in A‘ala Park, Kaka‘ako, and along the Kapālama Canal. By Tai Dunson Strane and Sarah Soakai, Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, UH Mānoa.

ALICE=Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. This report, commissioned by Aloha United Way, showed that 48 % of Hawai'i households are ALICE and below, and 11% are below the poverty level.

A research study on on homeless and runaway youth in Hawaiʻi, by the UH Mānoa Center on the Family, Waikīkī Health and Hale Kipa. Youth are at a higher risk of becoming homeless than adults, and older youth (aged 18-24) are among the fastest growing homeless populations.

Annual profiles of homeless people in Hawai‘i who receive shelter and outreach services. From the UH Center on the Family.

This landmark study by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was designed to collect information about providers of assistance to homeless people and characteristics of the people who use these services. The complete report, chapter by chapter is available here.

Proposed by the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

This comprehensive report analyzes key issues of homelessness for families with children and highlights successful state and local programs and practices. From the Institute for Children, Poverty, & Homelessness.

Describes the progress in the national plan to end chronic homelessness and presents statistics on homelessness nationwide, and by states. By the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.