Free, confidential statewide information line connecting Granite Staters to health and human services — food, housing, utility help, and behavioral health referrals. Available 24/7.

NH's federally-funded PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) program provides outreach, mental health services, and housing assistance to unsheltered individuals with serious mental illness. Street-level outreach workers connect to treatment and permanent housing statewide.

Eligibility: Unsheltered individuals with serious mental illness who are homeless

New Hampshire's 211 helpline connects callers to housing, shelter, food, and mental health resources across the state. Available 24/7 by phone and online search. Trained specialists help individuals navigate the full range of community services including emergency shelter and mental health referrals.

NH's largest violence prevention and support agency, serving survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. Offers a 24-hour confidential hotline, safe shelter, housing assistance, trauma support groups (including Trauma Sensitive Yoga), and advocacy for women, men, and people of all gender identities.

The NH Coalition to End Homelessness is the statewide network connecting people experiencing homelessness to shelter, housing, and services. The Coalition maintains the NH 2-1-1 housing resource network and advocates for housing-first approaches that integrate behavioral health support. Contact 2-1-1 to reach local housing resources.

Eligibility: Anyone in NH experiencing homelessness or housing instability

NH Department of Health and Human Services administers statewide programs addressing homelessness including Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), Continuum of Care coordination, and housing for persons with serious mental illness. Oversees PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) program statewide.

Eligibility: NH residents experiencing homelessness with mental health conditions

NH's Protection and Advocacy organization for people with disabilities, including mental illness and developmental disabilities. Provides legal advocacy, rights education, and systemic advocacy for individuals navigating psychiatric hospitalization, guardianship, SSI/SSDI, housing, and employment. Free services to eligible individuals.

Eligibility: NH residents with disabilities including mental illness; income-qualified

Statewide authority administering rental assistance, emergency housing support, and connections to permanent affordable housing for New Hampshire residents. Mental health is among the identified priority populations for housing assistance programs.

Eligibility: NH residents meeting income guidelines; priority for persons with disabilities including mental illness

Phoenix House New England comprehensive addiction treatment facility in Keene (Monadnock region) offering medication-assisted detox, stabilization, residential/partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment for adults, with specialized tracks for men, women, and young adults.

Statewide organization of recovery community organizations and peer recovery coaches across NH. Connects individuals in recovery from substance use and mental health conditions with peer support, recovery housing, and community resources.

Program of Easterseals NH providing critical clinical and social services, financial assistance, help accessing VA and state benefits, housing navigation, and counseling for veterans and their families across New Hampshire. Bridges gaps when VA services fall short.

Statewide nonprofit empowering people of all ages. Programs include foster care, adoption, Youth Navigator (ages 12-24 housing crisis), runaway/homeless youth services, mental health counseling, early intervention, parent education.

Peer-run recovery community center serving Lakes Region residents. Certified peer recovery support specialists provide individual coaching, transportation to appointments, help with benefits navigation, and connection to housing and employment resources. All free.

Eligibility: Anyone in recovery; free

Peer-run recovery community center serving Lakes Region residents. Certified peer recovery support specialists provide individual coaching, transportation to appointments, help with benefits navigation, and connection to housing and employment resources. All free.

Eligibility: Anyone in recovery; free

Community-based nonprofit developing and managing affordable rental housing and providing financial education, homeownership counseling, credit and foreclosure counseling, and homelessness/poverty programs across Coos and northern Grafton counties.

The only family-centered shelter in Belknap County, providing year-round 24/7 safe shelter for families with children, plus educational programming and customized case management to help families reach housing independence.

Emergency shelter and transitional living for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Grafton County, with information and referral, food, job training, and aftercare. Maintains a special commitment to homeless veterans, who are never turned away.

Crisis center serving southern Hillsborough County (Nashua, Milford, and surrounding communities). Provides free, confidential 24/7 crisis support, emergency shelter, safety planning, legal advocacy, support groups, and transitional housing for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Liberty House is Catholic Charities NH's residential recovery and mental health program for NH veterans. Supports veterans managing PTSD and co-occurring substance use disorders using peer mentorship and a structured recovery program. Transitional housing with clinical support.

Nonprofit community action agency (est. 1965) providing emergency shelter assistance, long-term housing supports, and an Emergency Assistance prevention program (rent, utility, and car-repair help) along with senior independence services, energy assistance, and child development programs across Belknap and Merrimack counties.

Designated area agency for developmental services in Strafford County (Seacoast NH). Provides individualized supports for adults and children with intellectual disabilities, autism, and acquired brain disorders, including residential services, day programs, and family support center. Also houses community mental health services for Strafford County.

Operates the Concord Homeless Resource Center providing showers, laundry, meals, case management, on-site medical clinic, Veterans services.

Resource center, outreach, and housing supports for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in the Concord area.

Since 1982, provides 24/7 emergency and transitional shelter. Houses ~75 people nightly. On-site mental health counseling, primary medical care, AA/NA meetings, case management.

Emergency shelter, transitional and permanent supportive housing, and recovery housing across the Manchester area, with onsite behavioral health supports.

Statewide nonprofit preventing and breaking the cycle of homelessness. Programs include 24/7 emergency shelters, integrated case management, affordable housing, food programs, and substance use treatment.

Part of Families in Transition's broader recovery housing and support network, peer recovery specialists offer coaching, housing navigation, and reentry support for individuals in early recovery. Special focus on families, mothers with children, and justice-involved individuals.

Eligibility: Adults in early recovery; priority for families and mothers

Families in Transition operates transitional housing and recovery housing specifically for individuals and families in early substance use recovery in Manchester. Provides stable, sober housing with on-site peer support and case management. Strong focus on mothers with children and families involved in the child welfare system.

Eligibility: Adults in early recovery, families, mothers with children; Medicaid and income-based

Part of Families in Transition's broader recovery housing and support network, peer recovery specialists offer coaching, housing navigation, and reentry support for individuals in early recovery. Special focus on families, mothers with children, and justice-involved individuals.

Eligibility: Adults in early recovery; priority for families and mothers

Transitional housing program for families experiencing homelessness, providing meals, case management, career and parenting support, financial literacy, transportation assistance, and aftercare. Accepts two-parent families, single parents, and grandparents raising grandchildren.

Nonprofit providing affordable housing and behavioral-health support for people living with persistent mental illness. Partners with local community mental health centers to deliver in-home and community support that reinforces recovery and independent living.

The only permanent year-round family shelter in Merrimack County, offering 24/7 emergency shelter for families with intensive community-based case management, plus aftercare and outreach. Support includes financial literacy, employment assistance, parenting education, and life-skills training.

Granite Pathways (formerly GRS Recovery Connection) is a peer-led recovery community organization in Manchester offering peer recovery coaching, recovery housing navigation, employment support, and substance use peer support groups. Bridges gap between treatment discharge and stable community recovery. Free services.

Eligibility: Adults in or seeking recovery; free

Integrated housing, health care, and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness in the Nashua area, including veterans and those with behavioral health needs.

Nonprofit providing housing, healthcare, and veteran services. Offers permanent supportive housing, primary care, dental care, mental health and substance use treatment.

Harbor Homes provides transitional and permanent supportive housing for individuals with mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring conditions in southern NH. Integrates psychiatric case management, peer support, and housing-first services. Helps individuals transition from homelessness or institutional care to stable community living.

Eligibility: Adults with mental illness or SUD in southern NH; Medicaid and income-based

HAVEN serves Rockingham and Strafford counties (the greater NH Seacoast) with free, confidential domestic and sexual violence services. Offers 24/7 crisis line, emergency shelter, housing programs, hospital accompaniment, help with protective orders, and adult support groups. Affirming of all genders and identities.

Upper Valley substance use treatment, recovery housing, and a 24/7 helpline for people in crisis or seeking recovery support.

Peer-led recovery community center in Manchester (Friends of Recovery NH) offering free peer-to-peer coaching, telephone recovery support, recovery meetings (AA, NA, SMART, Recovery Dharma), holistic wellness, recovery training/certification, and live-in recovery support houses.

Faith-based nonprofit (founded 2014) working to end homelessness in western Rockingham County, providing food, clothing, shelter, affordable housing, life-skills training, education, and personalized case management. Operates owned/managed mobile homes and apartments; donation center and free food pantry in Salem.

Provides supported housing, residential habilitation, and community-based case management for adults with developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health needs in the Lakes Region. Works alongside Winnipesaukee-area CMHC supports.

Eligibility: Adults with developmental disabilities and/or mental illness in Belknap County

Substance-free transitional housing community for homeless and struggling veterans, with a four-step residential program, peer support, and a community pantry providing food, clothing, transportation, and basic-needs assistance. Operated by Catholic Charities NH.

The designated CMHC for Greater Manchester. A full continuum: outpatient, emergency services, assertive community treatment, supported housing, and child & family services.

Emergency homeless shelter in Dover (since 1989) for single men, women, and families, providing shelter, case management, employment and life-skills help, peer support, and counseling referrals. Also operates transitional housing units. Serves Strafford and Rockingham counties; shelter stays over 3 days require Coordinated Entry via 211.

My Friend's Place provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, and comprehensive case management for homeless youth ages 16–23 on the NH Seacoast. Services include mental health counseling, substance use support, education assistance, and housing placement. Trauma-informed, LGBTQ+ affirming.

Eligibility: Youth ages 16–23 experiencing homelessness; free

Provides meals, emergency shelter, food pantry, transitional and permanent housing, employment/education programs, social work, and Hispanic advocacy.

Recovery community organization offering peer recovery coaching, recovery housing navigation, and family support throughout the Lakes Region.

New Horizons is Manchester's largest emergency shelter, serving men, women, and families experiencing homelessness. On-site case managers connect residents to mental health services, substance use treatment, and housing resources. Meal programs open to the wider community. The shelter does not turn away individuals because of active substance use.

Eligibility: Adults and families experiencing homelessness in NH

Rochester Housing Authority operates Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and transitional housing programs in Rochester and Strafford County. Provides priority placement for households with mental health disabilities. Works with Greater Rochester area CMHC for coordinated services.

Eligibility: Low-income individuals and families in Strafford County; mental health disability priority

Drug- and alcohol-free emergency shelter in Laconia for single adults and families, offering emergency housing, nutritious meals, case management, and job-search assistance. Serves Belknap County.

42-bed emergency homeless shelter for single men and women in Concord. Provides a warm bed, three meals daily, toiletries, laundry, clothing, and case management; residents establish goals and participate in case management and work requirements.

As part of the Seacoast CMHC, Housing Support Services provides community-based housing case management for adults with serious mental illness. Helps clients access and maintain stable housing through ACT teams, supported housing, and Section 8 coordination.

Eligibility: Adults with serious mental illness in Rockingham and Strafford counties

Recovery community center in Concord providing peer support, recovery coaching, advocacy, and sober social events. Peer specialists with lived experience help individuals navigate treatment, housing, employment, and long-term recovery. Open to all; free.

Eligibility: Anyone in recovery or seeking it; free

Recovery community center in Concord providing peer support, recovery coaching, advocacy, and sober social events. Peer specialists with lived experience help individuals navigate treatment, housing, employment, and long-term recovery. Open to all; free.

Eligibility: Anyone in recovery or seeking it; free

Community action agency providing emergency rental assistance, homelessness prevention, and rapid rehousing across southern New Hampshire. Coordinates with mental health providers to address the intersect of housing instability and behavioral health needs.

Eligibility: Low-income households in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties

Community action agency serving Cheshire and Sullivan counties with emergency shelters (24/7/365), homeless outreach, coordinated entry, rental assistance, and Shelter Plus Care rental assistance for people experiencing homelessness whose head of household has a permanent disability. Offices in Keene and Claremont.

Nashua-area homeless outreach and shelter services including emergency shelter, day services, transitional housing referrals, and connection to mental health and substance use services. Case managers help individuals navigate to permanent housing.

Eligibility: Homeless individuals and families in Hillsborough County

Sullivan County government program providing emergency housing assistance, rental support, and connections to Claremont and Newport area mental health services for residents experiencing housing instability. Partners with CONNECT mental health center.

Eligibility: Sullivan County residents with demonstrated housing need

Homelessness-prevention and housing-stability nonprofit offering security-deposit and rent/utility assistance, rapid rehousing with six-month case management, and a Transformational Housing program for homeless single mothers (18-35) and their children.

Tri-County CAP serves Coos, Grafton, and Carroll counties with emergency housing assistance, transitional shelter, case management, and connection to behavioral health services. A critical safety net in a rural region with limited shelter alternatives. Operates emergency shelters in Berlin and Lancaster.

Eligibility: Low-income individuals and families in Coos, Grafton, and Carroll counties

Community action agency serving Coos, Carroll, and Grafton counties. Programs include health and nutrition, housing stability, economic supports, fuel assistance, weatherization.

Monadnock Region recovery community organization offering peer support, recovery coaching, and navigation services for individuals with substance use disorders. Peers help connect people to treatment, housing, and employment. Free services.

Eligibility: Anyone in or seeking recovery; all ages

Deerfield-based community organization serving Strafford and Rockingham counties with emergency food, housing navigation, financial assistance, and connection to mental health resources for individuals and families in crisis.

Eligibility: Individuals and families in Strafford and Rockingham counties

Nonprofit providing emergency shelter for families (Byrne House) and adults (Hixon House), a seasonal Lebanon NH shelter, a food shelf, educational programming, and service coordination for the NH/VT Upper Valley. Open 365 days a year and never charges for services.

Free, confidential case management, emotional support, and emergency financial assistance for service members, veterans, and their families. Covers crisis intervention, counseling, housing stabilization, military sexual trauma, substance use, and benefits navigation.

Safe, non-judgmental drop-in space for young people in Strafford and eastern Rockingham counties experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Offers counseling, case management, crisis intervention, meals, showers, hygiene and harm-reduction supplies, and serves as a Regional Access Point.

Trauma-informed residential group home (founded 1884) with 21 beds serving at-risk youth ages 8-20 who cannot remain safely at home. Provides 24/7 care, counseling, activities, and independent-living training, with goals of family reunification, foster/adoptive placement, or independent living. Licensed by NH DHHS.