Almost Home, Inc.
1100 Bellevue Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63117-1883
314/768-1744
Almost Home is a transitional living home for homeless young women who are primarily teenage. The young women may or may not be pregnant, or may have one or two children. The program is nine months and may be extended. Clients must be homeless, drug- and alcohol-free, and willing to participate in structured, goal-oriented programs. They must be willing to utilize counseling; seeking to live a functional, independent life in appropriate or permanent housing; and willing to change unsatisfactory living patterns. Clients will attend classes in budgeting, parenting, and child development.
Berea Homeless Shelter
3010 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
314/533-3270
The Berea Homeless Shelter provides sleeping and showering facilities for homeless men, and provides a hot breakfast. When clothing is available, this is also supplied. The shelter operates October 15 to April 15 each year.
Berean House Christian Care Center
1849 Cass Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/421-2487
Berean House Christian Care Center is an emergency shelter and soup kitchen. Its services include: health care information, substance abuse counseling, career assistance, and clothing distribution. Berean House opens at 7:00 P.M. for overnight shelter for homeless men, women, and children.
Christian Service Center: Sanctuary
1000 North 19th Street
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/231-1515
The Sanctuary operates a 24-hour safe haven for homeless men with a capacity of 25 individuals. This program is especially for those persons who cannot access traditional men’s shelters or programs.
Christian Service Center, Inc.
1000 N. 19th Street
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/231-1515
The Christian Service Center is a 60-day, 24-hour shelter for 100 low-income or near-homeless single women and mothers with children. Services provided include basic shelter services, casework, adult basic education, family strengths group, living skills, self-esteem, medical care, emergency assistance, tutoring, and after-school programming. Counseling, food pantry, clothing distribution, limited financial aid, employment referrals, housing leads, and other services as needed are available.
Community Support Systems
1501 Locust Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63103
314/241-9810
Community Support Systems is a combination of three long-term case management teams and a shelter outreach team for people who are homeless and mentally ill. Services include crisis intervention, support, advocacy, and linkage to services for immediate and long-term needs. Long term case management services are accessed through the shelter outreach program and through the St. Louis Mental Health Center. Other services include education and consultation with various community organizations involved with homeless persons who are mentally ill, and ongoing outreach and consultation with shelter staff and residents regarding mental illness symptomatology and crisis response.
Department of Human Services--Homeless Services
634 North Grand Blvd.
7th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63103
314/ 658-1168
http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/dhs/
The Homeless Services Network Board Program of St. Louis is a unique community-based process coordinated by the Department of Human Services, Homeless Services Division, that provides a comprehensive response to the different needs of homeless or at-risk individuals and families in the City of St. Louis. The Homeless Services Network Board Program has several important functions, which include development, coordination, and monitoring of new and existing service programs to meet the needs of the homeless and/or at-risk population.
Fortress Outreach
P.O. Box 2115
Florissant, MO 63032
314/389-6100
Fortress Outreach offers emergency shelter for women and their children who are victims of domestic violence. Counseling, food, clothing, life skills, and housing assistance are included.
Good Samaritan Center
2108 Russell
St. Louis, MO 63104
314/772-7720
The Good Samaritan Center offers stabilization and resettlement services for homeless families coming out of the shelter system. Services include transitional housing, case work training, support groups, life skills, follow-up, and referrals. Clients must be at least 18 years of age, have a family or children living with them, employable, and willing to work at their resettlement.
Grace Chapel Ministries
1230 California
St. Louis, MO 63104
314/995-5013
Grace Chapel Ministries provides emergency and transitional housing for men, food pantry, clothing for homeless, permanent housing assistance, job placement, and transportation assistance for health services. The services are for adult male homeless clients with no serious chemical dependency problems.
Grace Hill Neighborhood Services: MORE Transitional Housing Program
3815 North 20th St.
St. Louis, MO 63107
314/539-9659
Grace Hill provides transitional housing and emergency assistance (when funds are available) for single women and mothers. Clients must meet several criteria, including 1.) being homeless or in imminent danger of becoming homeless; 2.) having no more than two small children; 3.) having income or being eligible to receive income assistance; and 4.) being willing to participate in self-help activities (i.e., employment, training or GED classes).
Haven of Grace
1133 Benton St.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/621-6507
Haven of Grace assists homeless, pregnant women with shelter, goal-setting, education, employment, parenting, household management, and permanent residence.
Homeless Resource Bank
1000 N. 19th St.
St. Louis, MO 63106-3515
314/231-1515
The Homeless Resource Bank provides in-kind contributions received from public free-of-charge to shelters and support agencies, solicits volunteers, and matches volunteers with specific shelters and agencies according to their needs. The Resource Bank provides some direct seasonal services to homeless persons. Shelters and support agencies receiving assistance through this program must be active members of the Homeless Services Network or the St. Louis County Service Providers.
Hope House
1611 Hodiamont Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63112
314/382-3801
Hope House offers 50 transitional housing apartments for homeless families, comprehensive social services, family development, vocational and educational counseling, housing placement assistance, on-site living skills classes, and day care center. Clients must be prior St. Louis City residents and in a shelter for 15-30 days or referred by Housing Resource Center. After completing a comprehensive screening, the average stay is 12 months.
Housing Resource Center
2627 Ohio St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
314/771-2273
The Housing Resource Center provides centralized, comprehensive housing assistance for families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The focus is on prevention, but when prevention is not possible, emergency shelter placement and post-shelter placement is provided. Services include intake, assessment, and screening. Clients must be City residents (based on last permanent address).
Mobile Outreach c/o St. Patrick Center
1200 N. 6th St.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/621-1259
The Mobile Outreach is a crisis intervention van that patrols the streets in an effort to contact homeless persons and connect them to long-term services.
Municipal Information Systems, Inc.
2665 Scott Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103
314/533-2320
http://www.misi.org
This company develops technology-based solutions for the nonprofit community. It developed software used by the City to operate its automated homeless intake and assessment system.
New Life Evangelistic Center (NLEC)
1411 Locust
St. Louis, MO 63103
314/421-3020
NLEC provides Christian outreach ministry to meet mental, physical, and spiritual needs of the City’s endangered residents. Among its services are: 24-hour hotlines, counseling, overnight emergency shelters at three locations (singles, men only, women only and families), rental/mortgage assistance, women’s services, utility assistance, transitional housing programs and shelters.
Olive Branch
5029 Vernon Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63113
314.367-7676
Olive Branch provides 24-hour maternity shelter care for homeless/pregnant adolescents. Mother and baby may stay for up to three months after birth.
Our Lady’s Inn
1050 Julia
St. Louis, MO 63104
314/241-6050
The Inn is an emergency shelter for homeless pregnant women. Clients must be pregnant, 18 years old or older, and City or County residents.
Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc. Emergency Shelter/Transitional Housing
1920 South 8th Street
St. Louis, MO 63104
314/621-5520
Peter & Paul Community Services assists homeless and near-homeless single men in several ways: a 50-bed year-round emergency shelter, a 20-bed year-round transitional program, meals, showers, lockers, medical referrals, living skills classes, and case management. Federal poverty guidelines apply and clients must be City residents and 18 years or older. Candidates for the transitional program must be sober and drug-free for a minimum of 30 days and have a willingness to continue treatment.
Salvation Army Family Haven
3744 Lindell
St. Louis, MO 63108
314/534-1250
Family Haven offers shelter for homeless families (including single fathers with children and families with teenage boys) and single women, follow-up after housing assistance, casework, life skills, education, healthcare, and spiritual programs. A substance abuse counselor and developmental specialist are on staff.
Salvation Army Harbor Light Center
3010 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103
314/652-3310
The Harbor Light Center provides meals, shelter, medical referrals, and referrals to Vocational Rehabilitation and the Social Security Administration. Also provides substance abuse treatment for men (except for alcohol) and referrals to clinics and ConnectCare for emergency medical needs.
Salvation Army Transitional Housing Program-Bond Center
4100 Snow
St. Louis, MO 63120
314/389-9293
The Bond Center offers 30 transitional housing apartments for homeless families in recovery. The center also accept homeless families that are not in drug recovery program and willing to work in our program. Families must have been in a shelter for 30 days prior to a referral being made.
Shelter the Children, Inc.
2801 Itaska
St. Louis, MO 63111
314/351-8306
Shelter the Children provides emergency and long-term (12-24 months) transitional housing to prepare single women ages 16 to 21 for independent living. Services include individual counseling, family therapy and group counseling. Clients are homeless, single women 16 to 21 years old who need residential care and skill training to live independently, and are willing to comply with program activities and structure.
Sherwood Forest Camp
2708 Sutton Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63143
314/644-3322
Sherwood Forest Camp provides an intensive parenting skills retreat for families in homeless shelters or transitional housing. Also provides residential camp for 120 campers in summer.
Someone Cares Mission
1301 Benton St.
St. Louis, MO 63106
621-6703
Someone Cares Mission is a men’s shelter providing two meals a day (breakfast and dinner), showers, laundry, and free clothing. A transitional shelter is offered for intact families (four people) that must be looking for work or working, and obey rules and contract; free food, shelter, utilities, and clothing are provided.
St. Louis Transitional Hope House
1611 Hodiamont Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63112
314/382-3801
St. Louis Transitional Hope House provides housing and a wide range of support services to homeless families.
St. Martha’s Hall
P. O. Box 4950
St. Louis, MO 63108
314/533-1313
St. Martha’s Hall is a confidential shelter for abused women and their children. Services include individual and group counseling, legal advocacy, information, referral, and follow up. Clients must be female victims of domestic violence, 18 years old and up. The Hall does not admit males older than 13 years of age.
St. Patrick Skill Center
1200 N. 6th St.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/621-1283
The Skill Center provides home living skills training and open market housing for individuals referred by agencies within the Homeless Services Network. Casework, employment training, child care, GED, and vocational referrals are available. The Center provides furniture and supplies to graduates of homeless and at-risk people referred by a member of the Homeless Network Board.
St. Phillipine Emergency Shelter
1015 Goodfellow Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63112
314/454-1012
St. Phillipine offers families with children 60-day shelter, providing hot meals, laundry and bathing facilities, referrals to transitional housing to women and children, medical referral, and access to City of St. Louis Homeless Services classes.
St. Vincent de Paul Society
4141 Forest Park Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
314/531-2183
St. Vincent de Paul assists with transportation for the homeless. Service needs to an out-of-town location would be referred to Mullanphy Travelers Aid, and local needs would be provided by the Society via bus and MetroLink passes. Serves families and individuals facing homelessness in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jefferson County, and St. Charles.
Sunshine Mission
1520 N. 13th St.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/231-8209
Sunshine Mission offers a men’s emergency shelter, men’s long term rehabilitation program, women’s emergency services, food pantry, and youth programming. The men’s shelter is first-come, first-served.
The Salvation Army
10704 Page
St. Louis, MO 63132
314/423-7770
This Salvation Army program is a year-round 50-bed shelter for County families who are homeless. Life skills training, legal assistance, child care, GED, and assistance into permanent housing are available for homeless families and abused women and children.
United Methodist Metro Ministry Shalom House
1040 S. Taylor
St. Louis, MO 63110
314/534-1010
Shalom House is a 90-day shelter, which provides medical and dental services through Grace Hill Neighborhood Services, mental health services through St. Louis Mental Health Center, and a drug/alcohol day program through BASIC, D.A.R.T., or C-STAR programs. Clients are females (predominately mentally ill) aged 18 and older only.
Veterans Affairs Homeless Veterans Program Healthcare for the Homeless
915 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/289-6547
The veterans’ program provides intake, assessment, referral, counseling, consultation for rehabilitative services, and residential placement through the program contract. The program serves honorably discharged veterans homeless for at least 30 days.
Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA)
400 S. 18th St.
St. Louis, MO 63103
314/342-1171
The VA interviews homeless veterans for service-connected disability or pension benefits, if eligible. Job referral service is available through the Missouri State Employment Service. If mentally ill or chemically dependent, clients are referred to VA Hospital Homeless Program. The office provides referrals to Veteran agencies, shelters, and employment services.
Women’s Safe House
P.O. Box 63010
St. Louis, MO 63163
314/772-4535
The Women’s Safe House is a shelter for battered women and their children. Services include legal advocacy, community speaking and education, housing referrals, support groups, children’s programs, and limited transportation.
YWCA-Phyllis Wheatley
3820 West Pine Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
314/533-9400
The facility provides housing for single women (up to two years). Personal and career development services include: Case Management Services, GED Certification, Educational and Vocational Assessment, Counseling, Job Readiness Training, Job Search and Referrals, Life Skills. Clients are single women, homeless or about to become homeless, 18 and older, and employed a minimum of 20 hours per week or with current written verification of income.