Research Guides: Unhoused: Websites

Shasta College Resources

Student Services List of organizations that provide services to the homeless.

Local Resources

CalWORKs Homeless Assistance CalWORKs Homeless Assistance is available to families with children who are currently enrolled in (or eligible for) a CalWORKs program. The purpose is to remove the barriers of homelessness so participants can get and keep employment.
Food Assistance List Food Banks and Food Assistance in Shasta County
Good News Rescue Mission (GNRM) Services available to those in need of emergency subsistence services such as food, clothing, and shelter. All residents staying at the Good News Rescue Mission are offered formal recovery programs that can include over 6 months of residency-based programming teaching addiction recovery, basic life skills, money management, GED completion, work skills, and healthy families. Also, continued housing, aftercare, and other supportive services are available as necessary. These programs are offered free of charge to our neighbors in desperate need.
Shasta Community Health Center: HOPE program HOPE: Health Outreach for People Everywhere Our HOPE Program is a continuum of care for our unsheltered community. The program operates through our system of community health centers in Redding, Anderson, and Shasta Lake which provide medical, dental, vision, mental health, and substance use disorder services, as well as case management and referrals.
Redding’s Homeless Ride a Wave of Very Tough Love. Capital and Main. 5 Feb. 2020. Nieves, Evelyn. Redding’s Homeless Ride a Wave of Very Tough Love. Capital and Main. 5 Feb. 2020. Newsletter article.
Shasta Community Health Center The Health Outreach for People Everywhere (HOPE) provides comprehensive primary health care, case management, street/shelter outreach, and referral services for individuals who are homeless or at-risk through Shasta Community Health Center in Redding.
Shasta County, CA Homeless Shelters, Supportive Housing, Halfway Housing, Transitional Housing, Day Shelters Shelter Listings is dedicated to serving the homeless and low-income. We have listed out the shelters and services we have in Shasta County, CA below. This list has homeless shelters, halfway houses, affordable housing, etc. The database consists of over 4,000 listings and includes emergency shelters, homeless shelters, day shelters, transitional housing, shared housing, residential drug alcohol rehabilitation programs and permanent affordable housing.
NorCal Continuum of Care NorCal Continuum of Care (CoC) is a consortium of individuals and organizations with the common purpose of planning a housing and services system for people who are homeless. The CoC serves as a convening entity tasked with ending homelessness in the City of Redding and the counties of Shasta, Lassen, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Del Norte, and Modoc. The CoC is responsible for managing Housing & Urban Development funds for homelessness and is uniquely positioned to identify system needs and take steps to address them with the collaboration and partnership of community stakeholders. Questions related to the CoC can be emailed or called our office using the contact information listed.
Pathways to Housing Pathways to Housing is a 501(c)(3) California Charitable Organization dedicated to helping individuals experiencing homelessness off the street through supportive housing. We work closely with case workers, governmental agencies, and other nonprofit organizations to provide support and create opportunities for those in need in Shasta County.
New Life Discovery Project New Life Discovery Project is a life development community. Our vision is to provide the most powerful, whole life development services to those who feel alienated from family, community, and society because of bondage to addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and other life challenges that are preventing them from experiencing a positive, purpose filled life.
Unsheltered Adult Homeless Assistance Program The Unsheltered Adult Homeless Assistance Program is for adults without children who are currently homeless.

National Resources and Information

HOMELESS AND RUNAWAY YOUTH What Are States Doing. Federal Policy. Additional Resources. About This NCSL Project. National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Homeless Veterans VA is committed to ending homelessness among Veterans.
Housing Not Handcuffs: Ending the Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities Provides an overview of criminalization measures in effect across the country and looks at trends in the criminalization of homelessness, based on an analysis of the laws in 187 cities.
HUD Report on Homelessness
The National Alliance to End Homelessness A nonpartisan organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. DESPITE LONG-TERM PROGRESS, HOMELESSNESS UP IN 2017. The Center for Evidence-based Solutions to Homelessness. Homelessness in the Most Populous U.S. Metro Areas, 2016 – Interactive Map. Unsheltered Homelessness: Trends, Causes, and Strategies to Address.
The National Coalition for the Homeless National network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission: To prevent and end homelessness while ensuring the immediate needs of those experiencing homelessness are met and their civil rights protected.
Proven Solutions Housing-Based Solutions.
Redding’s Homeless Ride a Wave of Very Tough Love Nieves, Evelyn. Redding’s Homeless Ride a Wave of Very Tough Love. Capital and Main. 5 Feb. 2020.
THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA HOMELESSNESS STATISTICS in the United States.
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2016). Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless Assistance Programs Homeless Populations and Subpopulations Reports provide counts for sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons by household type and subpopulation, available at the national and state level, and for each CoC.