We have identified eight shelters in our surrounding community that provide much-needed shelter and care to families in crisis.

The goal of The Salvation Army Family Crisis Center is not only to help families through difficult times, but also to enable them to find permanent housing and learn how to live productive and fulfilling lives. They can provide families with a variety of resources that will help get them back on their feet. For example, they provide families with counseling and instruction on daily living skills. They also help families and individuals schedule appointments for housing, employment, job training, public assistance and school. In addition, they will provide families with three nutritious meals per day, as well as snacks for children throughout the day. Click here to visit The Salvation Army Family Crisis Center website

Womanspace East, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 by a small group of women who saw a need for emergency shelter in the Pittsburgh area. The organization provides temporary emergency housing services for homeless women and their dependent children who are in crisis. Alternative or permanent housing is also provided to some individuals and families. The shelter also operates a 24 hour hotline service which provides crisis intervention, prevention, information, and referral services to 190 persons within the City of Pittsburgh who telephone the hotline. Income management services, such as budgeting, parenting, legal aid, financial assistance, food, furniture, rental, and utility assistance to residential and non-residential clients, are also available.

Hearth stands for Homelessness Ends with Advocacy, Resources, Training, and Housing. Their vision is that every family and individual should be able to live in safe, affordable housing and their mission is to create a continuum of care that empowers families to become independent, self-sufficient, and adequately housed. They offer the following two programs: Benedictine Place – A transitional housing program for homeless women with children designed to support them while they work to become economically self-sufficient; and Community Housing Development Initiative – Hearth's committment to developing mixed income rental developments that include below market rate options to meet the needs of families in the northern suburbs. Click here to visit the Hearth website.

Healthy Start House is a multi-faceted residential program in Duquesne. Healthy Start House's mission is to provide a safe environment and supportive services to homeless women and their infants and children to help them prepare for independent living. Healthy Start House provides bridge housing for up to 18 months for pregnant women and mothers of young children (10 years old or younger) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and education and support programs for women who are pregnant, mothers of young children, their partners and families. Click here to visit the Healthy Start House website.

Bridge to Independence, Inc. serves homeless women, children and large intact homeless families from Allegheny County – primarily the Mon Valley. BTI began in the fall of 1985 in response to concerns for single parents, the homeless and poor in Braddock and surrounding areas. Click here to visit the Bridge to Independence, Inc. website.

Primary Care Health Care – Supportive Housing Program – Children’s Service is located in the Homewood section of Pittsburgh.

Sisters Place, Inc. is a supportive housing community committed to assisting single parent families who are homeless in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Sisters Place has served over 130 different families to date. In 2006 an incredible 78% of the families who left their program moved on to independent housing. Click here to visit the Sisters Place, Inc. website.

Womansplace has been providing essential support and services to women and children whose lives have been shattered by domestic violence since 1976. Helping domestic violence victims to cope and survive in a new world of opportunities is Womansplace's ultimate goal. Click here to visit the Womansplace website.