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Local Shelters

AIDS Alabama

AIDS Alabama offers several housing options for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families as well as people who are homeless regardless of their HIV status. We believe that stable, affordable housing is a vital component in halting the spread of HIV.

Alabama Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries

Family Care ministry provides safe and stable homes to help struggling mothers and their dependent children to get back on their feet. This program provides a mother and her children transitional housing while she gains or maintains employment, saves money, receives counseling, and learns life skills such as budgeting and healthy parenting techniques. Depending on their commitment to the program, mothers may stay for up to one year.

Brother Bryan Mission

Brother Bryan Mission is the oldest rescue mission in Birmingham, founded in 1940. Men come to BBM at the lowest point in their lives. They need help meeting their most basic needs. Once accepted into one of our programs, they begin to learn how much God loves them and wants to restore them to a meaningful and productive life.

Changed Lives Christian Center

Changed Lives Christian Center (CLCC) is a Christ-centered ministry managed by and in partnership with The Foundry Ministries, that offers transitional housing for men who desire to break the cycle of homelessness in their own lives, whether from the economic recession or other personal issues such as substance abuse and/or mental illness.

Church of the Reconciler

Mission

Church of the Reconciler sponsors a day program for the homeless, providing shelter, a place to rest, and access to telephones for 175 people every Tuesday - Friday.

Contact

112 14th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35202
(205) 324-6402

Family Promise of Birmingham

Mission

Family Promise of Birmingham is one of only 2 shelters in North Central Alabama that serves families consisting of:
•Husbands and wives with children
•Men with children
•Women with children- one must a be a male child 10 years or older
•Guardians with children

Contact

1016 19th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 531233
Birmingham, Alabama 35253
(205) 918-0246

Firehouse Ministries

Mission

Contact

1501 3rd Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 252-9571

First Light, Inc.

Mission

Emergency shelter for homeless women and women with children.

Contact

2230 Fourth Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 323-4277

Jessie's Place of the Jimmie Hale Mission

Mission

Jessie’s Place is a 24-hour residential program that houses up to 35 women and children for three to six months.

Contact

2305 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203-3407
(205) 323-0170

Jimmie Hale Mission

Mission

The Shepura Men’s Center, the oldest of the Jimmie Hale Mission ministries, includes an emergency shelter for homeless men ages 18 and over.

Contact

3420 2nd Avenue North
Birmingham, AL
(205) 323-5878

Pathways

Mission

Pathways serves to meet the needs of homeless women and children in the Birmingham area. Pathways operates a downtown day center and three transitional shelters in downtown Birmingham, Southside, and Woodlawn.

Contact

409 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd N
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 322-6854

Project Hope

Mission

Project Hope operates a drop-in day shelter and a street outreach program to help address the needs of at-risk, runaway and homeless children and teens in Birmingham. It is one of many projects carried on by the Alabaster, Alabama based Family Connection.

Contact

1321 7th Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
(205) 252-4673

Safe House of Shelby County

Mission

Safe House is a full-service domestic violence and sexual assault center that provides emergency shelter and comprehensive support services to victims.

Contact

P.O. Box 620
Columbiana, AL 35051
(205) 669-1877

Salvation Army

Mission

The Salvation Army provides emergency shelter and transitional housing for men, women, and families.

Contact

2100 11th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35234
(205) 328-2420

Three Hots and a Cot

Three Hots and A Cot is a 501(c) (3) organization located in Birmingham, Alabama. It was formed by veterans to help veterans – to serve our brothers and sisters who need our help. Their primary mission is to assist homeless military veteran’s transition from life on the streets into a self-sustained lifestyle.

YWCA

Mission

YWCA Central Alabama’s Housing Department is committed to providing excellent housing and supportive programming for women, children and families within Central Alabama. We work every day to ensure equal and fair access to a variety of housing types to accommodate multiple needs, and we strive to uphold the dignity of each person we are privileged to serve. YWCA Central Alabama has a variety of temporary and permanent housing options for individuals and families.

Contact

309 North 23rd Street
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 322-9922

Local Support Services

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers

Mission

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers (ADATC) operates three different facilities in Birmingham that help men and women recover from alcoholism and chemical dependency.

Contact

2701 Jefferson Avenue SW
Birmingham, Alabama 35211
(205) 923-6552

Aletheia House

Mission

Aletheia House is a community-based organization that has been providing substance abuse treatment and prevention services to low-income individuals, and the communities in which they live, since 1972. It is one of Alabama’s largest providers of substance abuse treatment, substance abuse/HIV prevention, employment services and affordable housing.

Contact

• Men's Services
201 Finley Avenue West
Birmingham, AL 35204
(205) 324-6502

• Women's and Wellness Services
700 37th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35222
(205) 279-3999

• Employment Training Programs
2631 Ensley Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35208
(205) 788-5122

• Administration/Housing/Other
Services
201 Finley Avenue West
Birmingham, AL 35204
(205) 324-6502

Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program - Homeless Help Desk

Mission

Helping homeless clients obtain identification so they can work and helping with other legal needs is a priority of the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program.

Project Homless Connect: Monthly Legal Help Desk
First Tuesday of every month, 8:30 am – Noon
Cooper Green Hospital, 5th Floor
1515 6th Ave South
Birmingham, AL 35233

Contact

http://vlpbirmingham.org/index.php/contact/

Committee to Protect the Homeless

Contact

4411 Richard M. Scrushy Pkwy
Fairfield, AL 35064
(205) 862-3485 or (256) 763-0762

Mission

The Committee to Protect the Homeless (CPH) is a grassroots organization created for the homeless by the homeless to bring justice and dignity to the homeless and indigent in Metropolitan Birmingham. Through advocacy, education, and the effective dissemination of information, CPH seeks to make social services more readily available to the homeless by improving coordination among service providers and informing the wider community of the complexity of the issues surrounding homelessness.

Community Kitchens of Birmingham

Mission

Community Kitchens of Birmingham is a nonprofit organization dedicated to feeding anyone who is hungry.

Contact

1024 South 12th Street
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 251-3569

Cooper Green Mercy Hospital

Mission

Cooper Green Hospital offers a complete range of health care services including primary care, outpatient, and specialty services for the residents of Jefferson County through the Health First Program.

Contact

1515 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
(205) 930-3200

The Crisis Center

Mission

The Crisis Center provides 24-hour, 365 day per year support, crisis and suicide intervention, community information and referrals through telephone counseling. Specialized programs include: 24-hour Crisis & Suicide Line, Rape Response, Kids’ Help Line, Teen Link, Senior Talk Line, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Facility, The Mental Health Association, and Representative Payee Program.

Contact

3600 8th Avenue South
Suite 501
Birmingham, Alabama 35222
(205) 323-7782

Equal Access Birmingham

Mission

Equal Access Birmingham (EAB) is a student run-initiative in the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education of the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Through EAB, students engage in co-curricular service experiences with the underserved and vulnerable populations of Birmingham, AL. Services offered by EAB include health screenings, community health education initiatives, and free medical clinics.

Contact

Volker Hall
1670 University Blvd
Birmingham, AL 35294
EqualAccess@uab.edu

The Foundry Rescue Mission and Recovery Center

Mission

The Foundry, located in Bessemer, Alabama, is a residential and recovery program for men and women suffering from alcohol and drug abuse.

Contact

1804 Sixth Avenue North
Bessemer, AL 35020
(205) 424-4673

Gateway

Mission

Gateway is a multi-service agency for at risk families and youth. Services offered include family counseling, debt counseling and consolidation, domestic violence intervention and prevention, residential therapeutic foster care, and transitional living programs for children and young adults.

Contact

5201 Airport Highway
Birmingham, AL 35212
(205) 510-2600

Family Connection

Mission

Through a variety of crisis prevention and intervention programs, Family Connection is dedicated to building positive futures for the community’s most vulnerable population. Each year, Family Connection serves children, teens and families through it's residential youth shelter, school counseling and family support groups, community crisis assistance for youth, day shelter and homeless outreach, and drug prevention education.

Contact

2 Walker Run
Alabaster, AL 35007
(205) 663-6301
(205) 664-2273 (24-Hour Help Line)

Greater Birmingham Ministries

Mission

Greater Birmingham Ministries offers a variety of assistance programs for those in need. Programs include a food pantry, clothes closet, emergency financial assistance, pro bono legal assistance, and referrals to other agencies.

Contact

2304 12th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35234
(205) 326-6821

King's Home

Mission

King’s Home serves youth, women, mothers and children seeking refuge, hope and help from abuse, neglect, abandonment, homelessness and other extreme and difficult circumstances. The program operates 18 Christ-centered homes in Jefferson, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa County.

Contact

P.O. Box 162 or 221 Kings Home Drive
Chelsea, Alabama 35043
(205) 678-8331

The Lovelady Center

Mission

The Lovelady Center provides transitional housing and support services for women and children. The center also operates two thrift stores that are open to the public.

Contact

The Lovelady Center
7916 2nd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35206
(205) 833-7410
(205) 836-3121

Lovelady Thrift Store - Irondale
7720 Ludington Lane
Irondale, AL 35210
(205) 951-9056

Lovelady Thrift Store - Clay
2402 Old Springville Road
Birmingham, AL 35215
(205) 683-1456

M-Power Ministries

Mission

M-Power Ministries operates a number of seasonal & short-term projects, financial assistance programs, and three major ongoing ministries: M-Power Health Center – The only free acute care medical and dental clinic in Jefferson County, M-Power Literacy – The largest adult literacy program in Alabama, and M-Power Education Center – an adult-education program that combines traditional academic and vocational instruction with a holistic resource management curriculum.

Contact

4022 4th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35222
(205) 595-5959

Oak Mountain Missions Ministries, Inc.

Mission

Oak Mountain Missions receives referrals from area churches, domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, and social service agencies. We provide food, clothing, household items, linens, furniture, and limited financial assistance (for utility bills, rent, and medical expenses).

Contact

2699 Pelham Parkway
Pelham, AL 35124
ph: 205 685-5757
fax: 205-685-5759
oakmtnmissions@yahoo.com

Oasis Women’s Counseling Center

Mission

Oasis provides high-quality, affordable, mental health counseling to women who do not have adequate resources to obtain care from private practitioners. Oasis fills a critical gap in care for these women with limited incomes who could not otherwise afford vital mental health services.

Contact

1900 14th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 933-0338

Project Access

Project Access is a physician-driven, community-wide effort designed to link uninsured patients to specialty care and diagnostic, pharmacy and care coordination services in Jefferson County. While Project Access is new to Alabama, it has a 20-year track record in Asheville, North Carolina and has been implemented in more than 40 communities across the United States. Even though these programs vary in some ways, at their core the mission is the same - to provide access to healthcare for low-income, uninsured and underserved patients.

Shelby Emergency Assistance

Mission

The mission of Shelby Emergency Assistance is to provide for the basic needs of people in crisis in Shelby County, helping them achieve self-sufficiency and empowering them to make positive contributions in their communities.

Contact

620 Valley Street
Montevallo, Alabama 35115
(205) 665-1942

Travelers Aid of Greater Birmingham

Mission

For the distressed traveler, homeless families, victims of domestic violence, crime, abandonment or exploitation, Travelers Assistance offers assessment and counseling, links to appropriate services, reconnection to family or other means of support, travel planning and financial assistance.

Contact

3600 8th Avenue South, Suite 110W
Birmingham, Alabama 35222
(205) 322-5426

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Homeless Veterans Program

Mission

The VA medical center in Birmingham offers a variety of supportive services to military veterans including individual and family counseling, mental health treatment, crisis intervention, and transitional housing.

Contact

700 South 19th Street
Birmingham, AL 35233
(205) 933-8101 ext. 6751

Urban Ministry

Mission

Urban Ministry provides emergency assistance with medical prescriptions, utility and rent bills, and referrals to other agencies. It also operates a food pantry and soup kitchen.

Contact

1229 Cotton Ave. SW
Birmingham, AL 35211
(205) 781-0517

State and Local Information Sources

Jefferson County Housing Authority - Continuum of Care program

The Continuum of Care is a program designed to provide housing and supportive services on a long-term basis for homeless persons who have a serious mental illness, chronic problems with alcohol and/or drugs, or with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or related diseases), or any combination of those disabilities, who are living in places not intended for human habitation (e.g. streets) or in an emergency shelter. The program allows for a variety of housing choices, and a range of supportive services funded by other sources, in response to the needs of the hard-to-reach homeless population with disabilities.

One Roof

One Roof began over 25 years ago as Metropolitan Birmingham Services for the Homeless (MBSH), a networking group for agencies providing services to persons experiencing homelessness. One Roof now serves as Central Alabama’s coordinating body that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) terms the Homeless Continuum of Care. One Roof also continues to advocate for the homeless, provide internal and external education and serve as a networking group.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Homeless Information: Alabama

The HUD website provides links to local and state agencies in Alabama that are engaged in activities to assist the homeless.

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness - Alabama Homelessness Statistics

The site provides state-level estimates of individuals and families experiencing homelessness, based on:

1) Community point-in-time counts conducted on a given night in January 2020, as reported by Continuums of Care to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

2) Children and youth who experienced homelessness at any point during the 2018-2019 school year, as reported by public schools to the U.S. Department of Education.