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Office Address:
Jim Wright, Director
Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry
703 NE 1st Street
PO Box 5494
Gainesville, FL 32627-5494
Email Address:
achomeless@yahoo.com
Phone:
(352) 378-0460
Fax:
(352) 373-4097
Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry
Member Agencies
A more complete list of these agencies and their services can be found in the Community Resource Guide by finding their names in the alphabetical index of service providers.
Alachua County Housing Authority: Provides quality public housing or rental assistance to certified clients in Alachua County.
Another Way, Inc.: Provides emergency shelter, outreach services, transitional housing, children's services, legal advocacy and community education for victims of domestic violence.
Arbor House, Inc.: Provides transitional housing, education, & support services for pregnant adult women, or adult mothers with children, in a faith-based environment.
Chrysalis Community, Inc.: A transitional community housing program for single women recovering from drug addiction and prostitution. Face-to-face counseling, follow-up, outreach, support services and referrals.
City of Gainesville: Community Development Block Grants – Works to improve the quality of life for low and moderate income residents and neighborhoods by managing the CDBG and HOME programs.
CDS Family & Behavioral Health Services, Inc.: Provides counseling for troubled youth and their families, a temporary shelter for runaway youth, and substance abuse counseling and programs.
Fire of God Ministries: Provides Christian fellowship, spiritual counseling, meals, and other basic necessities to all people, with a particular emphasis on the poor, hurting and homeless.
FloridaWorks/One-Stop Career Center: Provides free career counseling, employment workshops, resume and interview assistance, job leads, and other services for those seeking employment.
Florida Department of Children and Families: Provides food stamps, temporary cash assistance, and Medicaid assistance.
Gainesville Community Ministry: Provides a wide variety of basic necessities for low income and homeless persons in a faith based environment.
Gainesville Housing Authority: Provides quality public housing or rental assistance to certified clients in the City of Gainesville.
Gainesville Police Department: Provides law enforcement services to all citizens of Gainesville, and works closely with the homeless coalition
Helping Hands Clinic: Provides a wide variety of free health care services to the poor and homeless.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church: Provides to the homeless a breakfast on Sunday mornings and a dinner on Friday evenings.
Home Van/St. Vincent de Paul Society: Brings meals and supplies to unsheltered homeless persons twice a week.
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN): Provides shelter, supportive care, meals, and case management to homeless families and children.
Lazarus Restoration Ministries: Provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, supportive services, and case management to homeless families enrolled in the Self-Sufficiency Program.
Lee Conlee House: Provides emergency shelter, support groups, intervention programs, and children’s services for victims of domestic violence in Putnam County.
Meridian Behavioral Healthcare: Provides a wide range of mental health and substance abuse services, including the PATH and HOPE programs directed to the homeless.
North Florida Behavioral Health Partnership: Coordinates Medicaid services for mental health care.
Peaceful Paths: Provides emergency and transitional shelter and comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence in Alachua County.
Pleasant Place: Provides housing and supportive services to pregnant or parenting teenage mothers.
The Preserve: Provides a residential, independent living skills, facility for unaccompanied male youth.
Psychotherapeutic Services/FACT: Provides mental health treatment and services to persons with severe and persistent psychiatric disabilities.
St. Francis House: Provide emergency shelter for all homeless persons, case management, and comprehensive support services.
Trinity United Methodist Church: Supports and participates in local homeless ministries and agencies such as St. Francis House, House of Hope, and Interfaith Hospitality Network. Also coordinates the annual Thanksgiving Basket program.
Three Rivers Legal Services: Provides low-cost or free legal counsel in civil matters to low income individuals and families.
The United Way 2-1-1: Provides detailed information/referral for supportive social services in Alachua and surrounding counties.
VETSPACE: Provides transitional and permanent supportive housing and support services to veterans.
Volunteers of America (VOA): Provides transitional housing, case management, and support services to homeless veterans.
