Homeless Services & Shelters

This page lists information on other shelters in Wake County. Please view the list below and contact the appropriate agency if you are in need of shelter. Be sure to call as information may change since this was published.

Community Voice Mail Program
The Raleigh/Wake Community Voice Mail Program provides FREE voicemail service to people without phones seeking jobs, housing, healthcare or safety.


Cornerstone Center
The Cornerstone Center, at 220 Snow Ave. in Raleigh, offers information and referrals, mental health services, employment counseling, shower facilities and more.

Shelters:

The Healing Place of Wake County is a rescue, substance abuse recovery and rehabilitation facility for Wake County residents. Individuals with substance abuse issues can enter the program to regain sobriety or can stay only one night in the emergency overnight shelters. Overnight guests are transported to and from pick-up sites listed below. Walk-ups are not permitted. The Web address is www.hpowc.org. Call 919-838-9800 for additional information.

Men's facility – Pick up overnight guests at 4 p.m. at South Wilmington St. Center.
Women's facility – Pick up overnight guests at 3:30 p.m. at Women's Center, Hargett and Blount streets

Salvation Army (Women, Women with Children, families)
215 S. Person St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-834-6733

South Wilmington Street Center (1420 S. Wilmington St., Raleigh)
In 2001, the County opened a newly renovated emergency and transitional shelter for homeless men that changed the way we offer services to the homeless population. The South Wilmington Street Center provides a tier of services both on- and off-site that are designed to lead men to self-sufficiency. The shelter provides some short-term emergency dorms with overnight shelter only, while other dorms offer longer-term shelter to men who engage in services over a six-month period. Those services range from case management, budgeting and credit counseling, mental health/substance abuse treatment and referrals to other programs. The goal is to provide safe shelter while the men develop realistic plans for moving out of the shelter, and into employment and housing of their own.

For more information, call the shelter at 919-857-9428.

Community Voice Mail Program
The Raleigh/Wake Community Voice Mail Program provides FREE voicemail service to people without phones seeking jobs, housing, healthcare or safety. Click here to learn more.

Raleigh Rescue Mission
(Men, Women, Families)

6 p.m. check-in for emergency shelter
314 E. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC  27601
919-828-9014 (men)
919-828-4980 (women)

Helen Wright Center (Single Women Only)
401 W. Cabarrus St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-833-1748

Interact (Victims of Domestic Violence)
Domestic Violence 919-828-7740
Rape Crisis 919-828-3005

Volunteer Families for Children (Birth-18 yrs)
Suite B, 7406 Chapel Hill Road
Raleigh, NC 27606
919-852-5700

Wake Family Entry – Pan Lutheran Ministries (Families)
501 New Bern Ave.
919-833-3545

Women's Center of Wake County (Women's Day Shelter)
128 E. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-829-3711

Wrenn House (Youth Under 18 years)
908 W. Morgan St.
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-832-7866