Go to one of the following places:

D.C. Partnership-funded Women's Shelters:

Calvary Shelter: (25 beds), 928 5th Street NW 20001, 783-6651(Intake: For first time guests, must sign up for wait list at 7:00 pm.  If currently a guest, check-in at 7-8 pm nightly; curfew is 7:00 pm)  Generally filled;

House of Ruth – Madison: (64 beds), 651 10th Street NE 20002, 547-2600; 667-7001  (Intake: walk-ins ok; check-in time is 4:30 pm; check-out time is 8:45 am);

Open Door Shelter: (New Hope Ministries) (126 beds), 425 2^nd St., NW, 639-8093 (Intake: walk-ins ok; check-in time is 7 pm; check-out time is 7 am);

John Young Center: (Catholic Charities) (100 beds), 2^nd & D Streets, NW (check in is 7:00 p.m., check-out is 7:00 a.m.; walk-ins okay);

D.C. Partnership-funded Men's Shelters:

Blair: (Coalition for the Homeless) (100 beds) 635 Eye St NE 20002, 727-2832 (main #); 727-3863 (shelter #) This shelter no longer has any emergency shelter beds - all of the beds are 24-hour beds as part of a 6 month recovery program. Apply at the shelter;

Crummel: (New Hope Ministries) (144 beds), 1901 Kendall St NE, 269-4668. Intake: walk-ins ok; check-in time is 7 pm; check-out time is 7 am. (54 of the beds are 24-hour beds with services; the remainder are overnight emergency shelter);

Emery House: (Coalition for the Homeless) (150 beds), 1725 Lincoln Road, NE 20002, 635-1041; Intake: walk-ins ok; check-in is 6:30 pm; check-out is 7 am.  (25 of the beds are 24-hour "program" beds; 125 are emergency shelter); fax: 635-0203;

Martin Luther King Shelter: (Catholic Charities) (108 beds), 2700 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE (grounds of St. Elizabeth’s hospital) 889-7634. Intake: walk-ins ok; check-in time is 7 pm; check-out time is 7 am.(108 emergency shelter beds; 18 24-hour beds);

La Casa: (Coalition for the Homeless) (90 beds), 1436 Irving Street NW 20010, 673-3592; FAX: 462-5669;

Randall Shelter: (Catholic Charities) (170 beds), 75 Eye Street, SW, 20024, 479-0016, 479-4076. Intake: walk-ins ok; check-in time is 7 pm; check-out time is 7 am.  (25 of the beds are 24-hour with services; the remainder are emergency  overnight shelter)

(NOTE:  The District government has proposed closure of the Randall Shelter.  The closure is supposed to happen once replacement shelter beds have been made available.  The timing is uncertain).

New York Avenue Shelter:  (200 beds), 1355-1357 New York Ave., NE, 832-2359 Intake: walk-ins ok; check-in 7:00 pm, check-out 7:00 a.m.).

The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington publishes a Directory.  You can get the Directory at www.ifcmw.org.

The nongovernment shelters include for men:

                    Central Union Mission

                    1350 R Street, NW

                    (202) 745-7118

                    Gospel Rescue Ministries

                    810 5^th Street, NW

                    (202) 842-1731

     For women:

                    Luther Place Night Shelter

                    1333 N Street, NW

                    (202) 939-2083 or

                    (202) 387-5464 (after 4 p.m.)

     For men and women:

                    Community for Creative NonViolence (CCNV)

                    425 2^nd Street, NW

                    (202) 393-1909