Philadelphia County Resource Guide

The Salvation Army offers the Red Shield Family Residence which provides emergency intake shelter site for families, available during after hours (nights, weekends, and holidays).

Homeless Advocacy Project provides free legal services to homeless individuals and families.

House of Passage is emergency intake shelter site for single women, available during after hours (nights, weekends, and holidays).

Outreach Coordination helps homeless individuals with advice and assistance (24 hours a day).

Victory Shelter Program Inc. is licensed home care agency/registry program that provides in home care and supportive healthcare to individuals living with severe disabilities. Emergency housing is also offered as a service to individuals going through transition.

Families Forward offers housing services such as shelter, food, healthcare, case-management and life-skills training.

Women’s Resource Center provides support to women who are in crisis or in transition through counseling, legal, and educational services (Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Bucks Counties).

SELF offers emergency shelter to men along with case management, counseling, referrals to community-based resources, life skills workshops.

Resources for Human Development provides emergency shelter for homeless, behavioral health and counseling as well as serving veterans.

PBRM provides emergency shelter and hot meals to individuals and families.

Bethesda Project is a nonprofit organization aimed at eliminating homelessness through services such as emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent supported housing, independent living and counseling.

Horizon House provides supported employment/vocational services, counseling and housing programs for individuals with mental health history or history of substance abuse.

The Achieving Independence Center is a program for youth in foster care transitioning into independent living. Services include job preparation and training, high school diploma and post-secondary enrollment assistance, housing assistance, prevention services and life skills trainings.

Dignity Housing offers transitional housing for recovering from substance abuse and domestic violence and/or with a workforce development focus. Shelter, food, case management, counseling, information and referral are provided.

Oxford House is a self-run, self-supported recovery house for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts in which shelter, food, case management, individual counseling and group support are provided.

St. Barnabas Mission serves homeless women and their children, providing not only shelter but case management and related services to address the root causes of homelessness.

Ready, Willing and Able provides housing, paid transitional employment and occupational training to program participants. Members graduate from the program when they obtain mainstream, full-time employment, secure independent housing, and remain drug and alcohol-free.

People’s Emergency Center and YSI Youth Service Inc. offers housing services to disadvantaged individuals and families such as emergency housing, transitional and permanent housing, advocacy, along with food, clothing, healthcare.

Homeless Services include prevention, shelter, supportive housing, re-housing and personal care-home and families during daytime hours.

Intercommunity Action, Inc offers services for individuals with developmental disabilities, including case management, and housing and employment services and supports.

Covenant House is a nonprofit social outreach center for homeless and at-risk youth. Services include emergency shelter for 18-21 year old in which they are provided education and job readiness programs, education support, case management, food and clothing. Programs include education and vocational opportunities and services for mothers.

ACHIEVEability provides transitional housing programs for low-income, single parent and homeless families which focus on promoting the pursuit of higher education as a means to self- sufficiency.

Elwyn provides residential services and supports for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Chester, Delaware and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania. They also provide work opportunities, case management, behavioral health deaf services and employment services.

Philadelphia Housing Authority provides public housing, housing choice voucher programs, supportive housing programs, shelter plus care, voucher homeownership programs, and family self-sufficiency programs.

Drueding Center offers job training, education, legal, child care and housing services.