Related Resources
- Hurricanes
- FEMA's Hurricane Watch
- National Weather Service Advisories
- Nonprofits, Hunger and Homelessness
- HandsNet
- A national, nonprofit network that promotes information sharing, cross-sector collaboration and advocacy among individuals and organizations working on a broad range of public interest issues.
- National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
- Provides technical assistance, identifies and synthesizes knowledge, and disseminates information. The National Resource Center links policy makers, service providers, researchers, consumers and other interested parties to
findings from Federal demonstration and Knowledge Development and Application (KDA) projects and research on homelessness and mental illness.
- Second Harvest
- The largest hunger relief organization in the United States. Second Harvest provides nearly a billion pounds of food each year to those in need.
- Housing Assistance Council
- National nonprofit corporation created to increase the availability of decent and affordable housing for rural, low-income people.
- National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
- Presses for solutions to homelessness employing three main strategies: litigation, legislation and education of the public.
- Homeless Home Page at Communications for
a Sustainable Future
- Information on and the archives of the homeless mailing list.
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- A nationwide federation of public, private, and nonprofit organizations.
- Homeless Shelters in the United States
- A web site listing many homeless shelters across the country. In addition links to many other organizations which provide assistance to the homeless are provided.
- American Red Cross
- One of the National Board member agencies.
- Catholic Charities, USA
- One of the National Board member agencies.
- United Jewish Communities
- One of the National Board member agencies.
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
- One of the National Board member agencies.
- The Salvation Army
- One of the National Board member agencies.
- United Way of America
- One of the National Board member agencies.
- Government
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- The Federal agency responsible for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
- Interagency Council on Homelessness
- The Federal agency responsible for the development of a comprehensive Federal approach to end homelessness.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Gleaning and Food Recovery
- Includes a link to the publication, A Citizen's Guide to Food Recovery.
- FedWorld
- Provided by the National Technical Information Service to serve as a repository and electronic order window for U.S. government information.
- Thomas
- A server from the Library of Congress with the full text and history of legislation and the Congressional Record.
- GPO Gate
- A server at UCSD with the full text of many Government Printing Office publications such as the Federal Register, the Congressional Record, the Congressional Record Index, the United States Code, and others.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
- The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program's CFDA number is 83.523.
- United States Government
- The official U.S. gateway to all government information.
- The White House
- Official home page for President of the United States.
- United States Senate
- Official home page for the Senate with information on legislation and members.
- United States House of Representatives
- Official home page for the House with information on legislation and members.
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