Emergency

The American Red Cross provides service to military families & offers assistance to victims of natural disasters as well as disasters involving home fires & home flooding. Education courses including first aid, CPR, swimming lessons, & babysitting.

The Emergency Housing Assistance Fund (EHAF) agencies are a group of community organizations that are concerned about homelessness & poverty in the greater Wausau community. Its mission is to address & help alleviate problems of homelessness while maintaining the dignity of potentially homeless persons. EHAF grants may provide EMERGENCY housing assistance to area residents who would otherwise be homeless. Funds are intended for emergency rent.

16-bed emergency, temporary shelter for families, women & men who are experiencing homelessness.

Homeless shelter and transitional housing. Open 365 days a year. Check-in 7-9 pm.

The Salvation Army provides material assistance of food and shelter to eligible individuals in an emergency or in a disaster situation.

Provides individuals & families w/ shelter & extensive case management & support services.

Our Sisters’ House is a temporary homeless shelter. Men, Women, and children will stay up to three months while working to achieve their goals in order to become self-sufficient.

Safe Shelter w/an informal & supportive setting. Available to domestic abuse victims, & victims of sexual assault/survivors, human trafficking, all gender & sexual identities. Emergency food & personal items are provided. Kitchen & laundry facilities. Sheltering may last a few days or several weeks, depending on the individual’s & family members’ needs.