Being of service creates a foundation for social transformation. We may not all be experiencing the same human circumstances / encounters, yet we are all connected through the web of our humanity. Let’s live, learn, laugh, and love as we give, serve and connect while we continue to build healthy communities.
Below you will find a list of some of the resources available for unhoused and newly rehomed relatives within the Sacramento area.
Resource Assistance
Loaves & Fishes is dedicated to providing warm meals, essential survival supplies and services for nearly 1,000 adults and children daily.
1351 N C St, Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 446-087
As Sacramento’s oldest, continuously-serving food bank, our mission is to alleviate hunger in Sacramento County by providing healthy emergency food and other assistance, offering referrals and promoting self-sufficiency through a variety of programs. From seniors to children, from the homeless to the working poor, we assist all struggling individuals and families in Sacramento County.
1800 28th St, Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 446-2627
We envision a Sacramento in which all community members enjoy safe permanent housing, resources, power, and dignity, in which all of us act consciously to create and sustain a just, equitable and liveable society.
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Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services
As the largest nonprofit provider of basic human needs in Sacramento County, we take our mission one-step further by offering educational opportunities and family support services that allow people who seek support to shape their best tomorrow. We are a place for hope and prosperity, a place where women and men, children and elders, are offered the tools they may need—food, clothes, education, technology, or just plain kindness—as they move toward a path of financial independence and self-sufficiency.
3333 3rd Ave, Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 456-1980
Since November of 2013 Feed Sacramento Homeless has successfully and consistently served the community on a monthly basis. As of January 8th of this year we have served over 2000 people in Sacramento. In October of 2014 we have officially been declared a non-profit organization and expanded our services beyond food to include clothing, toys for children, and hygiene products. All of our materials have been donated from people and businesses throughout Sacramento. We are growing every month and what we have accomplished in such a short time is due to the dedication, compassion and generosity of our public supporters, volunteers, and board members.
(916) 470-7349
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The Coalition for BREAD is a group of nonprofit agencies providing mobile resources for the homeless and hungry in the Sacramento Region. Coalition for BREAD is a culturally diverse team that values honesty, integrity, and loyalty in our compassionate delivery of meals, daily essentials, and resources. We are committed to promote and inspire the growth and well-being of our staff, volunteers, and the communities we serve. We are committed to promote and inspire the growth and well-being of our staff, volunteers, and the communities we serve.
(916) 470-7349
​Warming Centers and Housing
Warming Center for South Sacramento
6701 Lemon Hill Ave, Sacramento, CA 95824
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Dedicated to assisting our community's unhoused to maintain affordable, safe, and permanent housing. This can be difficult in today's housing market. Our Solution: Shared Housing
(916) 341-0593
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Emergency Shelter: VOA has a variety of different temporary emergency shelters in the Sacramento area for individuals, families, the elderly and other populations experiencing homelessness. Supportive Housing: Supportive, temporary accommodation that is meant to bridge the gap from homelessness to permanent housing by offering structure, support, life skills, education, etc. Affordable Housing Communities: Different affordable housing for families, seniors, veterans, and those with disabilities located in Auburn, Sacramento, Roseville, Rocklin, and North Highlands.
3434 Marconi Avenue Sacramento, CA 95821
(916) 448-5507
We are based out of Sacramento, California. We believe that every person has the right to safe and healthy housing. Our focus is on bettering our community by reaching out to those in need and providing resources in the way of food, tangible items, or information to services.Our goal is to assist every homeless person in the Sacramento community in securing safe and secure housing and providing a sense of dignity and self-worth. In the interim, we remain proactive in the community by continuing to be a liaison between those in need and the many services offered in the greater Sacramento County.
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El Hogar Community Services, Inc. has been in existence since 1977, originally created under the auspices of the Sacramento Concilio to provide mental health services to the Latino community. It is from these beginnings the agency took its name, which translates to “The Home” in Spanish. Over the years, El Hogar has expanded its services beyond its original client base and has evolved to address the needs of our diverse cultural and ethnic community. Our Mission: To provide services that contributes to the mental health and emotional well-being of individuals and families in the community.
600 Bercut Dr, Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 440-1500
Specific Services
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CLAP - Community Lead Advocacy Program
We provide community reach-outs, resource assistance, advocacy support for the Sacramento Community. We encourage community members and organizations to subscribe through our website: clapsac.com. For community members who have even more specific needs please complete the CLAP Connect Form so we can get an idea where the support is needed.
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Mercy Pedalers are bicyclers and tricyclers reaching out to men and women experiencing homelessness on the streets. It is a ministry of presence and action based on the “Works of Mercy” and emphasizing “Welcoming the Stranger”.
2419 L Street #6. Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 879-5581
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How to Get Your $1,400 Stimulus If You Are Homeless Right Now
Sacramento Regional Coalition To End Homelessness
To dignify our homeless community in the Sacramento region through policy analysis, community education, civic engagement and collective organizing.
(916) 889-4367
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FIVE: Gives support, confidence, and hope to individuals and families by advocating on their behalf for resources. Ensuring that people know they are valued when their world is crashing down around them. Inspiring individuals and families to survive with purpose! Empowering survivors to become stronger so they are in control of their outcome.
(916) 895-8135
We provide more than 30 support groups and/or activities every week! We believe in the principles of Recovery and Peer Support. Available to anyone residing in Sacramento County eighteen years of age or older. Membership and all groups and activities are always free! Services are based on increasing resiliency, improving problem-solving, creating and/or maintaining positive and healthy relationships and creating opportunities to build relationships. Clinical Services including psychiatry, and rehabilitation for individuals who qualify. Showers and laundry.
7171 Bowling Drive. Suite 300. Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 394-9195
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Saint John’s is for the woman who wants to make the leap. Who will fight the pervasive influence of homelessness, poverty, and abuse. Who will make an empowered decision to rise up and become a productive community member. Who understands, unequivocally, that the decision to create a better life – for herself and for her family – rests entirely on her. Transitional housing for women and children.
(916) 453-1482
Our mission is to help the homeless and displaced Sacramento community transition back into society through self-development opportunities and transitional housing. Provides temporary housing for pregnant women.
4051 4th Avenue Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 856-6331
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Established in 1962, the heart of the Union Gospel Mission ministry is to glorify Jesus Christ through the evangelization and regeneration of the urban poor while worshiping with acts of mercy. To serve these needs, the Mission provides a Christ-centered environment, clothing, food, shelter, spiritual training, and a rehabilitation program.
400 Bannon Street. Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 447-3268
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Sacramento Stand Down - Veterans
Sacramento Stand Down is a non-profit 501c3 Organization servicing homeless veterans in the Sacramento community for over 28 years. Our organization brings together State and Federal agencies as well as other non-profit service providers. We all work together to create a comprehensive support network that encourages and assists homeless veterans, high-risk veterans of becoming homeless, to include Guard and Reservists in addressing the multiple problems they face. Sacramento Stand Down provides a safe environment in which our veterans can connect with individuals who have their shared experiences and who have a singular goal of helping our veterans cultivate hope so they can rebuild their lives. This belief is embodied in our goal of providing a hand up not a handout.
McClellan Park, CA
(916) 389-8917
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HART (Homeless Assistance Resource Team)
HART was started as a way to engage the local community and bring much needed services to the suburban areas of Sacramento County. We are collaboration between community members, faith-based organizations, and local nonprofits who are striving to end homelessness. Each HART group creates its own mission dedicated to the needs of the local community. Sacramento Self Help Housing supports in helping achieve their goals. Elk Grove HART was the first HART founded in 2010. Since then, HART has expanded to eight more communities: Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Carmichael, Folsom, North Sacramento, Arden Arcade, South Sacramento, and Midtown. HART makes it possible to serve people experiencing homelessness where they are and provide services for them in the communities in which they reside
We are a drive-through, farmers market-style food distribution every third Tuesday from 10:00 am - 11:30 am at the United Methodist Church of Rancho Cordova. All are welcome.
2101 Zinfandel Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA.
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Blessings in a Backpack provides weekend food to students in elementary schools who have food insecurities when they're not in school. Most of our students are provided free breakfast and lunch Monday through Friday. We step in to help over the weekends.
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Rancho Cordova Food Locker (RCFL) is an official U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food distribution site and an IRS approved 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization (EIN #84-4865349). RCFL provides needy individuals and families in the community with a free emergency supply of food. Our patrons come from all walks of life, including the unemployed, seniors, disabled, homeless, working poor, and new immigrants.
Sacramento Self Help Housing (SSHH) in collaboration with Project Sentinel and Legal Services of Northern California(LSNC), provides telephone counseling and dispute resolution services for Unincorporated Sacramento County, City of Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Folsom, and Citrus Heights residents. The Tenant Advisors will deal directly with concerns regarding landlord-tenant disputes and help refer fair housing issues to the appropriate agency.
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Sh.O.W. U.P. - Shower on Wheels for Unhoused Patrons
Our focus is on our patrons. We provide all the necessities for our guests. We have Warm showers, clothes, food, blankets, jackets and new, clean undergarments. For the shower, we will give you a fresh towel, washcloth, body wash, and a hygiene kit.
(279) 234-1758
Showupsac@gmail.com
Bayside Midtown Church - Showers
Provides showers and lunches
2225 19th St, Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 706-2337
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To help keep pets and their people stay together and support our pet-loving community, the Sacramento SPCA is holding a twice-weekly drive thru #PAWPantry to provide free pet food to those who can’t afford food or make it to the store. Anyone can visit the drive thru #PAWPantry.
Tuesdays & Fridays: 9am – 11am
6201 Florin Perkins Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828
(916) 383-7387
Department of Social Servies
CalWORKs Homeless Assistance (HA) Program FACT SHEET
Click on the PDF button to download the fact sheet
Community Partners and Alliances
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Center for African and Peace Resolution
Spanish Community Center, New Jersey