Salvation Army hotel or motel vouchers

The Salvation Army will provide free motel and/or hotel vouchers to single people or families in a crisis. Find details on applying, phone numbers and online applications as well. The Christian, faith based charity has over 7,000 locations across the US, and most of them provide temporary hotel vouchers to people in a crisis. Learn more about free motel as well as hotel vouchers from a Salvation Army near you below, as well how to apply.

In general, this form of assistance is for short term needs and extreme situations. Examples include the following:

Women, including single moms, who need a safe place to live and are leaving a domestic violence situation will often be given a hotel voucher for themselves and/or their kids.
The elderly or disabled who are in health risk, such as extreme cold or hot weather, can be placed into a shelter or, if they are full, provided a free emergency motel or hotel voucher.
The Salvation Army gives away hotel vouchers for people or families impacted by a disaster, either man-made or natural. A hotel room can be found online for people impacted by a fire, flood, hurricane, wild-fire or another disaster.
If/when other homeless shelters are full, free motel vouchers will be given to families who need a place to stay for a night or short term stay.

Other criteria can be met as well. Find locations, by state below and then county near you, to learn more about who to call or apply at online for free Salvation Army hotel vouchers. This form of emergency housing is generally a last resort.

Get hotel vouchers over the phone or online

Salvation Army centers have limited resources. Every effort will be made to first place a family, or individuals, into a homeless shelter or transitional housing program first. When that is not possible, apply for a Salvation Army hotel voucher by calling a center near you. Each locations offers different services and some will have waiting lists – other will have no wait.

Proof of income, hardship, identification and other criteria will need to be met to get a hotel voucher. Most of this documentation will need to be processed in person or it can sometimes be sent online. The hotel rooms will be more low-cost units and “budget” locations. Similar to the Salvation Army free motel vouchers – these will be for sparse accommodations-budget rooms.

The Salvation Army partners with discounted or cheap motel as well as hotel chains, government agencies as well as corporations for hotel rooms and other groups. Government grants, or funds from donations or the United Way, will help the Salvation Army pay for a hotel room for a client. Thus, resources are limited for people apply for a free voucher or grant.

Emergency housing for the homeless or families in crisis

Hotel vouchers are only one program from the Salvation Army. The goal is to help the person gain mid to long term financial as well as housing stability. This form of assistance is combined with case management, budgeting, referrals to rent as well as security deposit assistance and even additional help for transient people.

Many of these resources from the Salvation Army can be accessed from phone consultations. This will allow a homeless person to get a place to stay using a motel or hotel voucher, then meet with case managements on other transitional housing programs or low-income apartments. These programs, including free hotel vouchers from the Salvation Army, are offered for people ranging from families to single moms or the chronically homeless among others. Get Salvation Army hotel vouchers

Find Salvation Army hotel vouchers near you

Each state will many Salvation Army Social Service Centers. They need to be contacted to determine the status of a motel or hotel vouchers. The phone numbers to apply at for hotel vouchers at near you can be found by state below. Then select a county or city from that page. The Salvation Army hotel voucher programs will sometimes have online applications too.

As noted, this form of assistance is a last resort. The homeless, people in an emergency financial hardship or unsafe living environment will often be giving priority for the motel and hotel vouchers from the Salvation Army.

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