If you need help tonight.
This page is a list of places in Charlotte and Winston-Salem that can give you a bed, a meal, a doctor, or a way out. Nothing on it asks you for anything.
A medical emergency, or someone in immediate danger.
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Call or text. Free and confidential, 24 hours a day.
United Way's referral line for food, shelter, heat, rent and medical help anywhere in North Carolina. A person answers. If this page has gone out of date, they will not have.
We are not a shelter. We are the people who come out to where you already are.
Watchmen of The Streets carries food, water, blankets, hygiene kits and shoes into camps, under bridges and onto the street. We cannot give you a bed. What we can do is bring you something tonight and help you get to the people on this page who can.
If you cannot reach anyone else, call us and a person will answer or call you back.
CALL 336-661-5182Roof Above · Coordinated Entry
The way into emergency shelter in Mecklenburg County. Start here rather than at a shelter door.
Their website (opens in a new tab)Roof Above · Tryon Street Campus
Coordinated entry in person, and men's emergency shelter beds.
Roof Above · Day Services Center
Lunch, showers, laundry, mail, help getting an ID, and a nurse on site.
Salvation Army Center of Hope
Emergency shelter for women, children and families. Three meals a day.
Bethesda Center for the Homeless
Day shelter and emergency night shelter for men and women.
Their website (opens in a new tab)Samaritan Ministries
The Samaritan Inn shelter and a soup kitchen, open every day of the year.
Their website (opens in a new tab)City with Dwellings
Low-barrier overflow shelter through the cold months.
Loaves & Fishes · Friendship Trays
Groceries and delivered meals across Mecklenburg County.
Roof Above · Day Services Center
Lunch every day, no appointment needed.
Samaritan Ministries Soup Kitchen
A hot meal, 365 days a year.
Watchmen of The Streets
We carry meals out to the camps and the streets rather than serving from a building. If you know where we park, we will be there.
Crisis Assistance Ministry
Help with rent and utilities for Mecklenburg County residents, plus free furniture and clothing.
Their website (opens in a new tab)NC 211
Rent, heat, water and medical assistance programmes anywhere in the state.
Charlotte Rescue Mission
Free residential recovery programmes. Rebound for men, Dove's Nest for women.
Their website (opens in a new tab)SAMHSA National Helpline
Free and confidential treatment referral, 24 hours a day, every day, in English and Spanish.
Their website (opens in a new tab)
Safe Alliance · Greater Charlotte Hope Line
Domestic violence and sexual assault. Shelter, advocacy and help through court.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Call, or text START to 88788. 24 hours a day.
Their website (opens in a new tab)National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call, or text 233733. Confidential, 24 hours a day.
Their website (opens in a new tab)
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
Free, 24 hours a day, for veterans who are homeless or about to be, and for their families.
Their website (opens in a new tab)Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 and press 1, or text 838255.
CALL FIRST.
Beds fill. Hours change. Funding ends and programmes close. Every detail on this page was checked against each organisation's own information, and any of it can be out of date by the time you read it. Phone ahead if you can, and if a number does not work, call 211. They are staffed around the clock and they will know what is open tonight.