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Homeless services

According to a report issued in February 2007 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 754,000 people in America are living in emergency shelters, transitional housing and on the streets on any given night.

Families with children accounted for one-third of those who sought emergency shelter or transitional housing between February and April 2005, the most recent period studied.

A Sacramento-area study by the Community Services Planning Council for the same period, reported 2,145 to 11,109 homeless people in Sacramento County, with 1,140 to 2,200 of that number considered "chronically homeless."

Unemployment, low wages, a shortage of available housing, domestic disputes, mental illness, drug abuse and financial problems all contribute to the problem.

Volunteers of America is committed to seeking solutions to homelessness, including housing referrals through our Housing Assistance Program, and substance abuse outreach counseling.

For immediate needs, Volunteers of America operates several shelters.

 Transitional and permanent supportive housing programs also are available.
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Homeless services
Housing Assistance Program
Substance abuse counseling
Homeless shelters
Bannon Street Shelter
A Street Shelter
Open Arms
Winter Shelter
Treatment & recovery services
Options for Recovery [treatment]
Alcohol Treatment Center
Substance abuse counseling
Residential Treatment Center
Mental health services
Community Outreach Service
Halcyon Place
Senior services
Senior Safe House
Affordable housing coordination
Transitional housing
Mather Community Campus
Independent Living Readiness
Options for Recovery [transitional]
Former foster youth housing
Transitional Housing for Women
Transitional Housing for Families
Permanent supportive housing
Hope House
Nova House
Omega Project
Halcyon Place
Youth services
Former foster youth housing
Children's Emergency Shelter