Your Guide To Stability & Identifying Resources During a Transitional Stay

The real challenges of transitional living don’t stop at finding a place to stay. Many people face challenges like maintaining their identity, access to resources, and their dignity during an uncertain period. Begin your journey toward stability and reformation with our resource guide below.

Why Transitional Resources Matter Beyond Housing

Experiencing homelessness or instability means facing barriers beyond just shelter. There will be difficulties like keeping track of important documents, mailing addresses, and community access, which are equally critical. Rebuilding your life after experiencing trauma might feel unbearable. But with a stable place to live, even temporarily, you can begin to build the life you’ve always wanted.

Economy Hotel designed this resource hub to help anyone struggling to find their footing in the real world. This guide will provide resources for people experiencing homelessness or a crisis in life. These resources will help support you during your journey. Take charge of your destiny with our transitional resources below.

Community Resources For Low-Income Families Across the U.S.

Locating community resources for low income families can be challenging when you don’t know where to start. The Economy Hotel resource guide will provide you with access to a network of resources to give you a jumpstart toward an established life. 

Needs always vary by state and location, and this hub is structured to reflect that. We’ll provide several types of community resources throughout Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, and Kansas.

Explore community resources for low income families below, including: 

• Housing & Shelter Programs
• Basic Needs & Crisis Intervention
• Health & Wellness
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Essential Resources For Homeless Adults & Young Adults Starting Over

Transitioning from a child into a young adult is a confusing time, especially when you’re thrust into homelessness. Emerging into adulthood while the cost of living continues to rise might drive many people into isolation and depression. Some might even lose direction for their future. 

Many adults have lived for several years on the streets, or found themselves suddenly there with nothing to their name. Older adults have to shoulder responsibility for years and then find themselves without a job or money. With nothing left but debts owed and nothing to look forward to, psychological strain will take over. It’s not too late to make a change and grab the reins of your life. Take a look at our list of resources for homeless adults and young people below.

Explore our most important guides to begin your journey toward a secure lifestyle:

The USPS PO Box Guide & The ID Recovery Guide.

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Resources By State: Find Support Where You Are

Transitional resources vary by location, and Economy Hotel has organized each one for easier access. 

Explore the resources below based on your state:

Georgia

Housing & Shelter Programs

• Coordinated Entry: Provides an assessment and refers anyone in need to appropriate housing resources.
• Hope Atlanta: Offers services for those facing homelessness or at risk of it.
• The Salvation Army: Provides emergency shelter services across Georgia.

Basic Needs & Crisis Intervention

• Atlanta Community Food Bank: Provides walk-in pantries throughout Georgia. Statewide food bank locators are also managed by Feeding Georgia.
• Midtown Assistance Center: Assists in working with low-income households facing utility disconnection and evictions.
• St. Vincent de Paul Georgia: Call the hotline at 678-892-6163 to enter your zip code and request mortgage, rent, or utility funds.

Health & Wellness

• Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL): This resource is available 24/7. Call 1-800-715-4225, and this free line will connect you with behavioral health professionals for mental health, substance use, and developmental disability crises.
• Mercy Care: Offers comprehensive healthcare for the homeless. This includes adult primary care, integrated behavioral health, dental, vision, and care for infectious diseases at various Atlanta-area clinics and mobile units. Choose from our various locations on the Mercy Care Grantee Directory.
• Our House: Provides free medical, mental health, and wellness services for individuals experiencing homelessness or low-income uninsured adults. 

Alabama

Housing & Shelter Programs

• Waterfront Rescue Mission: Provide showers, meals, clothing, and connection to resources.
• HUD Assistance: Provides long-term housing solutions. This platform provides direct points of contact for regional homeless coalitions and Public Housing Authorities across the state.
• Firehouse Ministries (Birmingham): Offers a safe place to recover for medically fragile individuals discharged from hospitals.

Basic Needs & Crisis Intervention

• AltaPointe Health: operates dedicated homeless housing programs and intensive, community-based care teams.
• Martha's Hope Center (East Alabama): Offers a low-barrier emergency shelter, crisis intervention, and empowerment coaching to connect unhoused individuals with healthcare and housing.

Health & Wellness

• Alabama 211: Call 211 or search the 211 Connects Alabama directory for 24/7, confidential navigation to local medical care, shelters, and mental wellness programs.
• Thrive Alabama: Offers primary care on a sliding-fee scale based on income.
• PATH Teams (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness): Provides street outreach and case management to link individuals dealing with mental illness and substance use disorders to housing and community resources.

Missouri

Housing & Shelter Programs

• Covenant House Missouri: Provides shelter and support to youth who are runaway, trafficked, at risk, or experiencing homelessness in St. Louis.
• Springfield – Children’s Emergency Shelter & Ozark Family Resource Center: Serving primarily children and families in the homeless community within Southwest Missouri.

Basic Needs & Crisis Intervention

• Saint Martha’s: A nonprofit that provides emergency shelter and support services to women and children experiencing domestic violence.
• Safe Connections: Provides individual and group counseling for teens and adults, and basic needs to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Health & Wellness

• Missouri Foundation for Health: Offers health policy research, community grants, and consumer education across the state.
• Love Columbia: Encourages community relationships and provides access to resources to the Columbia, MO community. 

Tennessee

Housing & Shelter Programs

• We Care Community Services, Inc.: Provides emergency shelter via Safe Haven Light in Spring City and transitional housing. 
• Youth Homeless Program: Provides a comprehensive support system for young adults facing homelessness.

Basic Needs & Crisis Intervention

• Emerging Adults: A strengths-based program that provides opportunities for young adults (18-25 years old) to pursue their goals in the areas of education, vocation, living situation, and community integration.
• Crisis Intervention- Emergency Assistance: Assists low-income individuals in an emergency situation by providing rent, utilities, mortgages, and food. 

Health & Wellness

• Ocoee Regional Health Corporation: Provides quality healthcare to rural Southeast Tennessee.
• Homeless Health Care Center: Provides physical exams, acute and chronic illness treatment, mental health referrals, addiction evaluation, and dental care.

Texas

Housing & Shelter Programs

• Quality of Life Housing Inc. Community Stabilization Program: Provides non-clinical housing navigation and resource coordination services to individuals facing housing instability.
• The Salvation Army of North Texas: Offers clean, dignified surroundings, where individuals receive meals, counseling, and assistance finding employment. Counselors may also advise the elderly and disabled on applying for Veterans Administration or Social Security benefits.

Basic Needs & Crisis Intervention

• 2-1-1 Texas: Dial 2-1-1 or text your zip code to connect with confidential local social services and your regional Local Mental Health Authority (LMHA).
• Bluebonnet Trails Community Services: Offers a comprehensive array of services strengthening individuals and families throughout a lifetime.

Health & Wellness

• Parkland Health: Operates a Homeless Outreach Medical Services (HOMES) program using mobile clinics at sites like The Bridge and The Stewpot.
• Healthcare for the Homeless: Offers integrated medical, dental, and behavioral health care.

Kansas

Housing & Shelter Programs

• HumanKind Ministries: Serves single men, women, families, and couples.
• Union Rescue Mission: Provides shelter and services for men.

Basic Needs & Crisis Intervention

• Community Crisis Center: A 24-hour resource for mental health assistance and suicide prevention.
• The Mobile Crisis Response (MCR) and Mobile Response and Stabilization Service (MRSS): Serve as the basis for implementation, process improvement, and expansion of MCR/MRSS to advance behavioral health services for Kansans across the lifespan.

Health & Wellness

• Hunter Health (Wichita): Provides care regardless of ability to pay and operates medical services directly in the community at outreach sites.
• Care Beyond the Boulevard (Kansas City Metro): Offers free care without requiring identification or documents.

Start Here: How Economy Hotel Supports Your Next Step

Economy Hotel offers affordable, extended stay, and the stability these resources are designed to support. Explore our location page and call us to book your stay today. Economy Hotel is invested in more than just accommodation. We’re dedicated to putting an end to homelessness.