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Roof Above, formerly Urban Ministry Center & Men’s Shelter of Charlotte, offers a spectrum of homeless services and housing programs.

Inspire exists to break the cycle of abuse and poverty through stable housing, education, training and mentorship of foster and homeless youth. We believe education is a key to breaking the cycle of abuse and poverty. We combine formal education, personal mentoring and life skills classes to give a well rounded education.

The Oakland Community Land Trust's (OakCLT) mission is to expand and preserve housing and economic development opportunities for Black, Latinx, Asian, other communities of color, and low-income residents of Oakland. In practice, we acquire housing, land, and other critical community-serving real estate and steward them in trust to ensure that they remain affordable forever. We create innovative shared-equity ownership structures that balance the needs of individuals and families to build wealth with the long-term goal of permanently preserving affordability. We foster leadership and build community power through an engaged board of OakCLT residents and community members to enact a vision of resident-powered development on community-owned land.

Helping people reclaim lives lost: We restore hope and dignity by offering opportunities for health and self-sufficiency.

Urban Justice Center advocates for and empowers NYC's most vulnerable residents through a combination of direct legal service, systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing. We assist our clients on numerous levels, from one-on-one legal advice, to helping individuals access housing, to filing class action lawsuits to effect systemic change.

Empowering people with disabilities to improve their housing stability, achieve better health, and reclaim their lives.

My Very Own Bed provides new beds and linens to children of families who have recently secured stable housing in the Twin Cities.

To empower independence by teaching essential life skills and offering affordable rents to transitioning foster and "at risk girls ages 18-24

Having begun in 1954, Hope Ministries provides shelter for men, women and children through our Men's Center and Family Life Center. While living at Hope Ministries, residents have opportunities to grow in their stability, recovery and faith. Three free meals are also offered every day to anyone in our community, resulting in nearly 8,000 meals each month.

To transform lives and give hope to people with serious mental illness through creating stable homes that provide lasting recovery.

For more than 25 years, WHEDco has been a leader in creating thriving neighborhoods in the South Bronx. In addition to building beautifully-designed green, affordable homes that serve as a foundation for family stability, WHEDco creates life-changing opportunities for local residents of every age through our research-driven Early Childhood and Youth Education initiatives, which set kids on a path to college; Small Business Development programs, which nurture entrepreneurship and address community needs; Family Support and Counseling services, which connect families to the critical resources they need to succeed; and Arts and Culture programming, which showcases the borough's musical legacy and supports a new generation of artists. Learn more at whedco.org.

SAMMinistries is an interfaith ministry whose mission is to help the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless attain self-sufficiency by offering, with dignity and compassion, shelter, housing and services. SAMMinistries also provides volunteers opportunities to be renewed and fulfilled as they serve.