Homeless Shelters and Emergency Housing in Coffee County, AL
19 programs for shelters, emergency housing and homeless intake in Coffee County, Alabama, including 8 local options. Phone numbers, who qualifies and what to bring. Call first: funding opens and closes.
Victims/survivors of domestic violence and their children; free and confidential
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ACADV member program. Shelter address is confidential; call the crisis line. Statewide DV hotline 1-800-650-6522 also routes to local program. Culturally specific services for foreign-born survivors, statewide; based in Huntsville area.
Victims/survivors of domestic violence and their children; free and confidential
Good to know
ACADV member program. Shelter address is confidential; call the crisis line. Statewide DV hotline 1-800-650-6522 also routes to local program. Dothan. ACADV lists 8 counties; Covington added because ACADV lists no program for Covington and House of Ruth announced services there (Andalusia Star-News, 2013) - verify.
Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Dothan
ABCH
Local · Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston Counties, AL
Christian foster care agency (and campus foster care), homes for single moms, College Care for youth from care, Pathways Counseling; supplements state board payments.
Free meals three times daily (7:30am, 11am, 4pm), food pantry, limited emergency shelter, help with rent/eviction, utilities and heart/BP/insulin meds, clothing and household goods; office Mon-Fri 8:30-11:45am and 1-5pm.
Alabama DHR - Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) Housing Vouchers
Statewide (AL)
Time-limited (up to 3 years) Housing Choice Voucher for youth leaving foster care who are homeless or at risk, referred by DHR to the local housing authority.
Christian family-style ranch homes for at-risk teens: Baldwin County Boys Ranch, St. Clair County Boys Ranch, FAME Colbert County Girls Ranch, Tallapoosa Girls Ranch; school help, college program, independent-living skills.
Foster care/therapeutic foster care, adoption support, Independent Living for older foster youth, Project Independence housing for young homeless mothers, EPIC parenting classes, summer camps.
Foster care licensing/support, family preservation, Independent Living (to 21), Higher Education housing for youth from care, Support for Success (ETV/Fostering Hope help), Babies First home for young mothers in care, Headland Boys Home.
Service locations also in Florence, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Headland, Dothan, Andalusia and Mobile (addresses not listed). Older UMCH line 334-386-5354.
Talladega campus: Moderate Care home for teen girls referred by DHR, Transition to Adult Living (women 19-24), Secure Dwellings housing for homeless children with female caregivers, Family Bridges reunification, therapeutic foster care.
Free, 24/7 referral line. Finds the smaller church and community funds near their address that open up week to week. Also 1-888-421-1266, or text a ZIP code to 898-211.