Shelters for Adults
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What are shelters for adults?
Shelters for adults offer emergency shelter and meals to homeless men and women without children. Most offer counseling and other support services. Most shelters for adults do not have income limits or documentation requirements. Help is given on a first come first served basis.
You can refer yourself or be referred by other agencies. Some shelters are for men only, some only for women. Most adult shelters do not take people with active alcohol or drug abuse problems.
Am I eligible?
These shelters are for adult homeless men and women. You must be at least 18 years old. At all shelters other than the PIP shelter (Worcester People in Peril), you must be sober and drug-free.
How do I apply?
Call or visit the shelter to see if there is space available. You do not have to be referred by DHCD or another agency to go to these shelters.
Shelters for adults in the Worcester area
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Massachusetts Veterans, Inc. Homeless Shelter
Address: 69 Grove Street
Worcester, MA 01605 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-791-5348 or 508-791-1213
Office hours: 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Web site: Massachusetts Veterans, Inc.
Eligibility: Male or female veterans
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Jeremiah's Inn (community beds)
1059 Main Street
P.O. Box 30035
Worcester, MA 01603 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-755-6403
Office hours: 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Web site: Jeremiah's Inn
Eligibility: Homeless men only, 18 years of age or older, maximum of 7 days
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St. Francis & St. Therese Catholic Worker House Hospitality
52 Mason Street
Worcester, MA 01610 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-753-3588
Eligibility: Homeless women and men; must be sober
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Worcester People in Peril (PIP) Shelter
Address: 695-701 Main Street
P.O.Box 17078
Main Street Station
Worcester, MA 01610 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-757-8332 or 508-757-0103
TTY: 508-797-9549
Office hours: 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Eligibility: Homeless men and women, age 18 or older; with or without substance abuse problems
Are there shelters for adults with substance abuse problems?
The Worcester People in Peril (PIP) shelter accepts adult men and women with substance abuse problems:
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Worcester People in Peril, Inc. (PIP)
695-701 Main Street
P.O. Box 17078
Main Street Station
Worcester, MA 01610 Map and directions
Telephone: 508-757-8332
Office hours: 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Eligibility: Homeless men and women, age 18 or older; with or without substance abuse problems
The Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services has a 24-hour hotline at 1-800-327-5050 for information, referral and counseling. The hotline staff will help locate a detoxification center where you may go for treatment, support services or transitional housing. For more information, see the Substance Abuse Helpline web site.
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