Sacramento has many shelter programs available for those without housing.

Shelters by clientele or focus

AIDS/HIV

• Open Arms

Family Shelters

• Bannon Street Shelter
• Family Center VOA
• Family Promise
• Francis House Center
• Lutheran Social Services
• Sacramento Area Emergency Shelter

Male Shelters

• North A Street Shelter
• Union Gospel Mission VOA

Mental Health

• Turning Point - Homeless Intervention Program

Native American Shelters

• California Indian Manpower Consortium

Single Men or Women Shelters

• Salvation Army Shelter
• Adult Shelter VOA

Women and Children Shelters

• My Sister's House
• St. John's Shelter Program for Women and Children
• Women's Refuge

Youth Shelters

• Diogenes House
• National Runaway Switchboard
• Project TEACH
• Sacramento Crisis Nurseries
• WIND: Hope for Homeless Teens

Miscellaneous Shelters

• River City Food Bank
• Shelter Plus Care call (916) 440-1390
• Volunteers of America
• Robinhooding for the Homeless (Shelter resources) - http://www.robinhoodingforhomeless.com

Shelters by time of year

This section does not contain all the shelters - see the "Shelters by clientele or focus" section, above, for all the shelters

Year-Round Shelters

• Bannon Street Shelter
• North A Street Shelter
• River City Food Bank
• Salvation Army
• St. John's Shelter Program for Women and Children
• Sacramento Area Emergency Shelter
• WIND: Hope for Homeless Teens
• Women's Refuge

Winter Housing

• Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center
• Salvation Army
• Volunteers of America

There are also many resources available for parents and children to ensure their wellbeing.