WHERE TO FIND SHELTERS

GENERAL SHELTERS

  • Guma San Jose – Catholic Social Service

    This facility provides 15 – 22 beds for families and/or individuals who are in need of emergency shelter due to unusual circumstances; live in inadequate or have no fixed, regular night-time residence; live in a temporary, public or private place not designated for sleeping; or in places not fit for human habitation. They also provide temporary protective shelter for overnight emergency housing stay, sixty (60) day stay, and extended stay up to 180 days.

  • Housing First Rental Assistance Program by Guam Housing & Urban Renewal Authority (GHURA)

    Permanent housing program for homeless with disabilities. Provide rental and utilities assistance. Program participants are provided support services based on their needs.

  • Guma Hinemlo’ by Guam Behavioral Health & Wellness Center

    Guma Hinemlo’ is a 24 hour permanent supportive housing for adult individuals who are homeless/ chronic homeless with severe mental illness.The program supports recovery from mental illness, assisting each individual to develop interpersonal and practical living skills within the structured residence that will prepare them to live independently.

  • Global Dorm Maite by Managed by Catholic Social Service

    Global Dorm Maite is a temporary non-congregate shelter opened by the Government of Guam and managed by Catholic Social Services. The shelter has a minimum of 40 units and provides case management services to support families and individuals who become rehoused and gain employment.

VETERAN SHELTERS

  • Veteran – The Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF)

    SSVF helps veteran families obtain and maintain stable housing, whether they are currently homeless or on the verge of becoming homeless. General programmatic services include outreach, case management, connection to VA/Veteran resources, connection to mainstream/public resources and temporary financial assistance.

  • I Guma-Ta Program by WestCare Pacific Islands

    I Guma-ta is a five (5) unit housing that WestCare Pacific Islands manages from Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority. These houses are for Veteran and their families who experience either homelessness or at risk of homelessness. I Guma-ta provides a permanent home structure. Services include light touch case management to assure Veteran and families continue to reside at I Guma-ta.

YOUTH SHELTERS

  • Youth – Basic Center Program by Sanctuary Incorporated of Guam

    BCP is a short-term program that provides crisis care to runaway and homeless youth (RHY) and victims not already receiving services from the child welfare or juvenile justice systems. The program provides shelter and other services to youths aged 12 to 17. The main goal for this program is to reunite youths with their families, whenever possible. If reunification is not an option, then we try to locate alternative placements.

  • Youth – Transitional Living Program

    Transitional Living Program is an 18-month program designed for teens between the ages of 16-22 who are homeless, victims of crimes, or pregnant/parenting teen mothers with up to three (3) dependents, ages 0-9.

SHELTERS FOR THOSE FLEEING ABUSE

  • Project Na’ Fan Såfo

    Provides outreach services to unsheltered homeless, homeless prevention assistance for households at risk of becoming homeless for income-eligible households and rapid re-housing of income-eligible homeless individuals with targeted focus on families with young children, individuals with disabilities, and the elderly.

  • Victim Service Project by Victim Advocates Reaching Out (VARO}

    VARO provides safety planning, emotional support, advocacy, emergency shelter, emergency meals, emergency clothing or personal care items, transportation, accompaniment to agencies or organizations, assistance with filling out needed forms including pro se protective order forms.

  • Gai Animas by CSS / VARO / Manelu

    Provide emergency shelter for victims of family violence, sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence, child abuse, or elder abuse.

I AM BEING EVICTED

  • Emergency Rental Assistance – Department of Administration

    Eligible households may receive up to 18 months of assistance, plus an additional 3 months if the grantee determines the extra months are needed to ensure housing stability and grantee funds are available. The payment of existing housing-related arrears that could result in eviction of an eligible household is prioritized. Assistance must be provided to reduce an eligible household’s rental arrears before the household may receive assistance for future rent payments.

    Once a household’s rental arrears are reduced, grantees may only commit to providing future assistance for up to three months at a time. Households may apply for continuance of assistance for additional relief support at the end of the three-month period if needed and the overall time limit for assistance is not exceeded.

  • Family Services Center – The Salvation Army

    Provide homelessness prevention assistance to households who would otherwise become homeless—many due to the economic crisis—and to provide rapid rehousing assistance to households who are homeless.

  • Project Na’ Fan Såfo – Catholic Social Services

    Provides outreach services to unsheltered homeless, homeless prevention assistance for households at risk of becoming homeless for income-eligible households and rapid re-housing of income-eligible homeless individuals with targeted focus on families with young children, individuals with disabilities, and the elderly.

I NEED FOOD

  • Emergency Food & Shelter Program (EFSP)WestCare Pacific Islands, The Salvation Army, Guma Mami, Oasis Empowerment Center, Sanctuary, Inc.

    The EFSP was established by the United States Congress in 1983, in response to the 1982 Recession, which brought to light that public and charitable institutions at the state and local levels could not adequately respond to the nation’s homeless and food insecurity crises without Federal support. The program funds can be used for a broad range of services, including mass shelter; mass feeding; food distribution through food pantries and food banks; one-month assistance with rent or mortgage payments, and/or utility payments, to prevent evictions; and transition assistance from shelters to stable living conditions.

I AM FLEEING AN ABUSIVE PARTNER

  • Victim Service Project – VARO

    VARO provides safety planning, emotional support, advocacy, emergency shelter, emergency meals, emergency clothing or personal care items, transportation, accompaniment to agencies or organizations, assistance with filling out needed forms including pro se protective order forms.

  • Gai Animas – VARO, Catholic Social Services

    Provide emergency shelter for victims of family violence, sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence, child abuse, or elder abuse.

  • Disability Law Center – Guam Legal Services

    GLSC-DLC Disability Law Center (DLC) is Guam’s Protection and Advocacy agency mandated to promote and protect the legal and human rights of individuals with physical and/or mental disability.

    GLSC-DLC assists victims with legal issues that focus on helping victims in the immediate aftermath of crime and continuing to support them as they rebuild their lives.

  • Public Defender Service Corporation

    Provides civil legal representation to individuals who cannot afford an attorney for (1) legal guardianship (minors and adults) and (2) petitions for release of remains/body.

I NEED TRANSPORTATION

  • Please contact any of our members for a referral for on-demand transportation services with Guam Regional Transit Authority’s Ayuda Shuttle.

I NEED HELP WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR

SUBSTANCE MISUSE

  • Project LINC – Guam Behavioral Health & Wellness Center

    Project LINC is a federally funded 5-year grant that was awarded to the Guam Behavioral Health & Wellness Center by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Project LINC aims to decrease the number of youth with mental health and substance-use conditions that are experiencing homelessness by evaluating their needs using evidence-based assessment tools. Project LINC’s mission is to provide mental health & substance abuse services and link youth and their families to local housing resources and other related recovery support services.

  • Project Tulaika – Guam Behavioral Health & Wellness Center

    Project Tulaika’s goal is to create a seamless transition of youth and young adults ages 16 – 25 years with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) or Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and improve their life trajectories. This project aims to make a significant change by increasing access to effective behavioral health interventions and supports by raising awareness, enhancing screening and detection, expanding outreach and engagement, and ultimately improving the coordination of care for these individuals. Some of the services offered include orientation; intake assessment; care coordination utilizing the Wraparound approach; access to individual, group, and family therapy; and psychiatric services.

  • Lighthouse Recovery Center – The Salvation Army

    The Lighthouse Recovery Center provides Individualized Drug & Alcohol services to men and women struggling with problematic substance use. The Lighthouse Recovery Center provides residential treatment and withdrawal management for men and soon women with the building of a women’s treatment center, “Guma Famalao’an Lighthouse Recovery Center for Women.” Additionally, we provide: Outpatient/Intensive Outpatient for both Males and Females, Counseling (individual, couples, family), Case Management , Intensive Case Management, Assistance in Housing, Food assistance, Extended Social Support/Aftercare, In-House 12-step meetings, Specialized Groups: Matrix Model (Early Recovery Skills, Relapse Prevention, Family Education, Matrix Model for Criminal Offenders, Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), Adjustment Group, Helping Men/Women Recover (HMR/HWR).

  • Guma Hinemlo – Guam behavioral health & Wellness Center

    Guma Hinemlo’ is a 24 hour permanent supportive housing for adult individuals who are homeless/ chronic homeless with severe mental illness.The program supports recovery from mental illness, assisting each individual to develop interpersonal and practical living skills within the structured residence that will prepare them to live independently.

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