Homeless Shelters and Emergency Housing in Marshall County, AL
25 programs for shelters, emergency housing and homeless intake in Marshall County, Alabama, including 14 local options. Phone numbers, who qualifies and what to bring. Call first: funding opens and closes.
Local in Marshall County (14)
Alabama Rural Coalition for the Homeless (ARCH) - RACAS coordinated entry
Local · 37 Alabama counties
24/7 Rural Alabama Coordinated Assessment System call center for shelter/housing referral.
Daytime warm space in cold events: Albertville Library (200 Jackson St, M-F 8:30-5:30), Senior Center (709 S Broad St), Sand Mountain Park Rec Center, First Baptist (309 E Main St), FUMC (204 Madison St), Martling Senior Center, Mt. Vernon Baptist (2650 Pine St).
Daytime warm space in cold events: Arab Recreation Center (761 N Main St), Library (325 2nd St NW), Senior Center (800 N Main St), Arab Church of Christ, FUMC Arab.
Seasonal: opens only during declared cold events; sites/hours change each event. Source: Alabama EMA warming list (Jan 2025). Library 256-586-3366; Senior 256-586-6960; Church of Christ 256-586-8158; FUMC 256-586-5792.
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. Culturally specific services for foreign-born survivors, statewide; based in Huntsville area.
Seasonal: opens only during declared cold events; sites/hours change each event. Source: Alabama EMA warming list (Jan 2025). Library 256-593-3000; Senior Ctr 256-593-1107.
Seasonal: opens only during declared cold events; sites/hours change each event. Source: Alabama EMA warming list (Jan 2025). Douglas Senior Center 256-840-1440 (256 Today 2025).
Daytime warm space in cold events: Guntersville Library (1240 O'Brig Ave), Senior Center (1503 Sunset Dr), First Baptist (1000 Gunter Ave), St. William Catholic (929 Gunter Ave, to 8pm), Church of the Epiphany, Lake City Assembly of God.
Seasonal: opens only during declared cold events; sites/hours change each event. Source: Alabama EMA warming list (Jan 2025). Phones: Senior Ctr 256-505-3000; FBC 256-582-5141; St William 256-582-4245; Epiphany 256-582-4897; Lake City 256-582-8509. Daytime only.
Received ESG funds in 2022, 2024 and 2025 (ADECA). No public phone or address found. Ask ARCH (334-273-0668) or Room in the Inn Marshall County for a referral.
Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries - Huntsville
ABCH
Local · Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan 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.
Office location; county coverage is approximate (office county and neighbors) - call to confirm. Huntsville number as listed on ABCH site (251 area code). Statewide info line 1-888-720-8805 (2005 source).
Child-placing agency (foster and private adoption), Davidson Farms girls' cottage community (ages 10-19), KTECH job training and scholarships for foster youth, emergency assistance, Christmas and back-to-school help.
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.