Housing for women
Room to rebuild
A safe place to live gives a woman room to rebuild: to continue her recovery, regain stability, and decide what comes next.
We help the organizations that provide that housing find the money to open it, run it and keep it running.
What we support
Three kinds of housing work
Transitional housing
Temporary housing with support to move toward a permanent home.
Reentry housing
Housing for people returning to the community after incarceration.
Homelessness response
Shelter, rapid rehousing and prevention for women and families with nowhere to go.
Where the funding comes from
This housing is paid for in layers
These are the public programs that organizations in this field most often apply to. Each has its own rules, deadlines and reports.
| Program | Who runs it | What it pays for |
|---|---|---|
| Continuum of Care Program | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | Permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing and transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness. |
| Emergency Solutions Grants | HUD funds, awarded in Georgia by the Department of Community Affairs | Street outreach, emergency shelter, rapid rehousing and homelessness prevention. |
| Transitional Housing Assistance Grants | U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women | Transitional housing and support for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. |
| Second Chance Act programs | U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance | Reentry services for people returning from incarceration. |
| Reentry Partnership Housing | Georgia Department of Community Affairs, with the Department of Community Supervision | Short-term housing for people under parole or probation supervision who have no approved place to live. |
| Foundation grants | Private and community foundations | Operating support, and the gaps public programs leave. |
Programs and deadlines change every year. We confirm what is open before we recommend anything.
Who leads this work
Stefanie Thomson
Funding Consultant, Housing for Women
Stefanie comes from the nonprofit side, with experience in transitional housing, domestic violence services, food banks and volunteer programs. She knows what the work looks like before it becomes a grant narrative.
Her strength is the part most applications skip: building the funder relationship before the proposal lands.
Every woman deserves a future bigger than her hardest chapter.
Running a home for women, or trying to open one?
Tell us where the funding stands today. We will tell you what we would pursue first.