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Overview

For people experiencing homelessness, there are resources to help you find housing services in your community:

• Contact your local Continuum of Care (CoC) program for homeless assistance. Visit the HUD Exchange website for a contact list:
• For a map of HUD Resources, visit:
• The Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program is the only Federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. Under the HOPWA Program, HUD makes grants to local communities, States, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. For more information, visit the HOWPA website:

Housing and homelessness resources

• HUD Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAPS, the office that covers homelessness) resources:
• For resources and assistance to support HUD's community partners, visit HUD Exchange:
• HUD Annual Homeless Assessment Reports to Congress:
• Housing and Services Resource Center:
• Homeless & Housing Resource Center:
• National Health Care for the Homeless Council resources:
• National Alliance to End Homelessness resources:
• Homeless Veterans, visit the Veterans Affairs (VA) website for resources:
• U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration:

Public health resources

• Webpage: Achieving Health Equity Around Overdoses
• Webpage: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Webpage: Homelessness as a Public Health Law Issue
• Webpage: Public Health Considerations for Shigellosis Among People Experiencing Homelessness
• Webpage: TB Risk and People Experiencing Homelessness
• Toolkit: Big Cities Health Coalition:
• Toolkit: University of California Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative:
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• Toolkit: Utah Department of Health and Human Services:
• Training:
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• Report:
• Other: Dear Colleague: HIV Outbreaks Among People Experiencing Homelessness and Housing Instability, a letter from the director of obÌåÓý's National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, deputy assistant secretary of HUD's Office of Special Needs, and associate administrator of HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau.