Homeless Shelters

District Liaisons provide information and services to county juvenile probation departments, legislators and county elected officials, school district officials, and the community. The liaisons assist in developing alternative interventions, prevention and diversion programs to keep youth from being committed to state custody and to speed the transition back to the community after treatment. District liaisons analyze and make recommendations to address a variety of complex cases and issues.

REGION 1 & 2
Coeur D'Alene, ID (208)769-1449
Fax Number (208) 666-6734

REGION 3&4
Nampa (208) 465-8443
Fax number (208) 465-8484

Region 5
Twin Falls, ID (208) 736-4776
Fax number (208) 736-4778

REGION 6 & 7
Pocatello, ID (208) 236-6395
Fax number (208) 236-6422

Emergency Shelter, Community Programs, Emergency Assistance, Homeless Prevention, Warming Center, Community Dining Hall, Case Management, Housing for Veterans, Veterans Counseling & Service Center, Career Counseling, Housing First, Parent Information Resource Center, Youth Mentoring, Agency Networking

Provides Food, shelter, clothing, counseling, job search assistance and recovery programs for men, Women and Children in need.

In Boise, the "Finally Home" program was established in fall 2012 to help families with children and single individuals obtain permanent housing and become self-supporting. Local emergency shelters refer eligible families and individuals to the program, where a licensed professional social worker helps them find apartments and basic furnishings.
Finally Home provides weekly case management with professional social workers including weekly goal setting for saving money and securing employment, among others. Client accountability is emphasized. Social skills groups teach budgeting, nutrition, child care and self-esteem building.

Homeless Connect creates a front door to Idaho’s many providers working to end homelessness for
single adults, youth, and families.

*Emergency Men and Women's Shelters - Space is available on a first come first serve basis. These are drug free and alcohol free facilities. They also offer information and referral to other agencies that are able to help with their problems.

*Social Service Office - This program offers emergency items from their Thrift Store, emergency financial assistance (rent, utilities). First come first serve as long as funds are available. Gas Voucher Assistance, but must show proof of Car Insurance. Hours 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.

Sub 20 degree weather will activate the 2 St Vincent de Paul Warming Centers. The Warming centers will be open Friday, December 3, Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5 with the outlook of being open Monday night a very real possibility depending on the temperature.

The Post Falls Shelter located at 202 W. 7th Street in Post Falls, behind the Post Falls St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, in the Kamps Apartment basement. And the Coeur d’Alene Shelter located at 117 E Walnut. Between the 2 sites St Vincent de Paul is able to shelter 62 individuals and will have available sleeping bags, blankets, gloves, stocking caps, coats, a full bathroom, warm food and drinks..

Because of the need St Vincent de Paul is needing donation of warm food at both locations.

The Warming Center will be open from 7pm-7am as long as the weather falls below 20 degrees or a 20 degree wind chill. If you are able to help or donate please contact Warming Center Coordinator Joe Hutchinson at 208-699-7886.

An apartment based transitional living program teaching independent living and job seeking skills to homeless young people ages 18-21. This program is administered by the Bannock Youth Foundation, a private, non-profit organization that has been providing a variety of intervention, treatment, and support services to youth and families in Bannock County since 1978.

Mission: to save the lives of young people in Idaho, fostering connectedness and resilience throughout Idaho school communities to prevent youth suicide.

We support our mission by maintaining and enhancing school well-being statewide. We help schools implement comprehensive, evidence-based suicide prevention and wellness programs. We train school staff how to recognize suicide warning signs and respond appropriately. We offer schools evidence-based resources and support as well as provide post intervention assistance for any sudden death in a school community.

ILP is a joint project of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) and the State Department of Education. The project is funded by the state of Idaho.

Transitional housing for families and single adults. Must be verified homeless, have some income and be committed to eliminating circumstances that caused homelessness (i.e. taking savings, budgeting classes). This program requires case management, parenting classes and life skills classes.

*Job Councilor - Ask for Richard, Hours 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Angel Arms Program

Homeless shelter for men, women and child, and families, transients. Social services. Give out clothing, beds, household items. Phone is available to those who need to make calls.

Housing to homeless individuals and families and services for self-sufficiency and recovery.

Agency is not clinical and does not provide evaluations, diagnoses, counseling, medication management, IBI or PSR services.

Agency provides support, information and training for parents of children with mental health diagnoses. Help with navigating systems such as Health and Welfare, Juvenile Justice and Education. Statewide clearinghouse for respite care; provide training to respite care providers. Support group; opportunities for youth involvement including youth volunteer and youth advocate program.

MK Place provides drug/alcohol evaluations, intensive outpatient treatment, family education, family therapy, drug court programs and residential treatment to adolescents who are seriously and harmfully involved with alcohol and drugs.

This program is administered by the Bannock Youth Foundation, a private, non-profit organization that has been providing a variety of intervention, treatment, and support services to youth and families in Bannock County since 1978.

Boise Girls Academy helps up to 20 teen girls, ages 13-17, who come with a variety of at-risk behaviors. Our desire is to help teen girls learn how to make better choices and also value themselves, their families, and others.

We are a therapeutic boarding school and licensed by the State of Idaho. Additionally, we are affliated with Pacific Northwest Adult and Teen Challenge centers. We are also accredited by Teen Challenge USA. Think of us as an "early intervention" - we want to help girls NOW before they become adults who have regret over bad decisions they made for years and years.

Our school is 15 months in length. Enrollment can take place at any time of the year.

We offer an on-line and interactive curriculum through Alpha Omega Academy. Alpha Omega Academy is accredited through AdvancED. Each girl has a specialized lcurriculum which includes both electives and core classes. We have certified teachers in the classroom to answer questions and make sure students are progressing in their work. It is a priority that our students are able to continue with their education.

We also offer counseling through our licensed on-staff counselor, a therapeutic curriculum, and group sessions. Parents are involved through regular phone calls, letter writing, and Parent Weekends (1 weekend - every other month). We have scheduled physical activity through membership to a local gym, free time, and special events monthly/quarterly/yearly. We also attend church off-campus twice weekly and have chapel services here on our campus.

Project Safe Place is a network of safe locations throughout the community where youth victims, youth at risk or youth in danger can turn for help. The Safe Place locations have trained individuals who participate in the Safe Place program. They will assess the situation and make the appropriate referral or contact. Safe Place Sites are limited to business locations and public buildings. Currently, there are 85 businesses and public buildings that are Safe Place locations in Pocatello, Chubbuck, Inkom, American Falls, Fort. Hall, Lava, Downey, and McCammon.

*Baby Steps 234-1122 ext 15 Contact Candice Camper.

Hotline is staffed 24 hours per day by volunteers. Provides a variety of intervention, treatment and support services to youth and families in Bannock County.

Family Counseling Program provides crises intervention, individual and family counseling, mediation services and competency building on an outpatient basis to at risk youth and their families. Program includes the following components: Child Custody & Family Mediation; Victim Assistance Counseling; Victim/Offender Mediation; Testing & Assessment; Social Skills/Anger Management; Competency Building.

Out of Home Placement Program provides 8 out of home placements for young people in the custody of the State under Child Protection or Childrens Mental Health. Out of care is provided in the following two settings:
**Transitional Group Care Project - structured group care for adolescents in the custody of the State of Idaho.
**Treatment Family Program - a professional foster care program providing community based and family centered treatment to young people in State custody.

Bannock House provides emergency shelter, counseling and aftercare services to runaway & homeless youth and their families.

Runaway Homeless Youth Project provides emergency shelter only for adolescents. Counseling and aftercare services to runaway and homeless. They can house 13 youths, co-ed from ages 10-1.

Programs are administered by the Bannock Youth Foundation, a private, non-profit organization that has been providing a variety of intervention, treatment and support to youth and families in Bannock County since 1978.

Private, non-profit agency which serves the low income senior citizens and families and handicapped people by responding to their specific needs, enabling them to become self-sufficient and reach their full potential through individual, social, and educational development.

Services may include, but are not limited to, emergency food, energy assistance, clothing, family development programs, Other community programs may be available, call your local office for details.
handyman: senior citizen and disabled. and citizen ---- in home services..

Thrift shop - open 8 am - noon and 1 pm - 4:30 pm

Health and Welfare applications available for Food Stamps, Cash Assistance, and Medicaid.

Also will email or scan documents for customers.

Facebook group page - WICAP of Valley County

Private, non-profit agency which serves the economically and socially disadvantaged by responding to their specific needs, enabling them to become self-sufficient and reach their full potential through individual, social, and educational development.

Services may include, but are not limited to, food commodities, emergency food, energy assistance, limited financial assistance dependent upon funding sources, family development programs, special housing programs, disaster services and telephone assistance. Other community programs may be available, call your local office for details.

Private, non-profit agency which serves the economically and socially disadvantaged by responding to their specific needs, enabling them to become self-sufficient and reach their full potential through individual, social, and educational development.

Services may include, but are not limited to, food commodities, emergency food, energy assistance, limited financial assistance dependent upon funding sources, family development programs, special housing programs, and telephone assistance. Other community programs may be available, call your local office for details.

IDA stands for Individual Development Accounts. IDAs are matched savings accounts that can only be used to save for a certain asset goal. To get more information ask to speak to an account manager.

Private, non-profit agency which serves the economically and socially disadvantaged by responding to their specific needs, enabling them to become self-sufficient and reach their full potential through individual, social, and educational development.

Services may include, but are not limited to, food commodities, emergency food, energy assistance, clothing, limited financial assistance dependent upon funding sources, family development programs, special housing programs, and telephone assistance. Other community programs may be available, call your local office for details.

IDA stands for Individual Development Accounts. IDAs are matched savings accounts that can only be used to save for a certain asset goal. To get more information ask to speak to an account manager.

Child Find of America brings missing children home. Prevents child abduction and locates missing children through investigation, photo distribution, mediation and public information, at no fee.
A location service for missing, abducted or runaway children. Will take siting phone calls. They will mediate child custody cases when a parent has abducted the children. Prevention and other materials are available at no charge.
If parental abduction, they need certified copies of the custody papers, a notarized registration form and a picture of the missing children.

Services Include
•Location Services: Information and assistance for locating missing children.
•Parent Help: Child Find’s Parent Help program offers free, confidential, telephone-based services to parents in conflict, helping fragile families explore safe, legal options and available support systems. Parent Help Crisis Line: 800-716-3468
•Prevention, Education & Training: Trainings and workshops, including at conferences. Educational resources and handouts.