Food and Housing

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This page provides resources for anyone experiencing food or housing insecurity.

Resources for Everyone

Food Insecurity

Live Better Idaho

• Help Paying for Food
• Help Getting Food

Housing Insecurity

CATCH program—Charitable Assistance to Community’s Homeless serves Ada and Canyon Counties in Idaho

Emergency and Transitional Housing Providers lists from Housing Idaho

Homelessness Services Programs from the Idaho Housing and Finance Association help provide:

• Continuum of Care to rehouse individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation
• Emergency Solutions Grants helps with the first steps of moving toward independent, stable housing
• Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS HOPWA fulfills the housing and/or service needs of people living with HIV/AIDS.

National Alliance to End Homelessness offers resources, factsheets, and toolkits.

Safe Passage supports Idaho community members dealing with domestic and sexual violence. They provide 24hour crisis intervention for adults and children.

SafeLink Wireless provides free wireless phone service to eligible households.

Shelter Listings and Supporting Housing in Idaho cities

Women’s Shelters has listings of shelters, transitional housing, residential treatment centers, and women’s residential services in Idaho cities.

Resources for Library Workers

Library Services for Patrons Experiencing Homelessness

ALA’s “Poor and/or Homeless Library Patrons” toolkit

Hunger, Homelessness, & Poverty Task Force’s Resources Page fro the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association

“Library Service to the Homeless” 2013 article from Public Libraries Online