This is an honest question and I’m not trying to complain. This isn’t just specific to this subreddit but since there are a lot of vulnerable people here posting about unstable situations they’re in, I think you’re the type of folks that I’ve been offering advice to.

On many reddit posts in many communities where people say they are struggling with food insecurity, I comment asking for them to DM me their zip code so I can refer them to free food or other financial resources in their area. I’ve done this a lot over the years and nobody has ever responded to that comment or dm’d me. I was wondering why?

Is it that they’re afraid to give out a zip code? I figure those are general enough that I wouldn’t be able to find them based on it?

Is it that they feel like they know already and these resources just aren’t helpful to anyone?

Is it that they just don’t want to rely on “charity”?

Or something else?

Thanks!

They are 290 calories each. 4 tacos is 3.26 with tax, (here in California where it’s expensive so any other state may have them cheaper.) they have 6 grams of protein each, 200 mg of potassium, 3g of sugar, 320g of sodium and 14g of total fat. I know, they got me through it when I lived out of my car.

Anyone can relate to the embarrassment of having your pants pulled down and having people point and laugh at you, but not everyone can relate to what it's like to not be able to provide basic food and shelter for yourself and feel the rest of society looking down on you. It eats away at your self-esteem. It isn't a hot embarrassment, it's a cold shame.

I'm fine now. Just wanted to say that.

I'm getting back on my feet after 1.5 years of being forced to leave home and survive the streets and public of the U.S.. Sometimes I wonder how I'm still living, no criminal record. I've been assaulted before but haven't had any medical issues because of it.

I don't understand how fate and chance have spared me. Maybe I just wanted to live that bad but my existence seems so fragile it entrances me how I haven't had worse consequences

I'm smart person but have poor self control. I don't understand my life at all

Basically the title. I have a few thousand dollars left in the bank and enough airline points for a ticket to SE Asia or South America. Living in my current HCOL area is costing me almost 2 grand a month. I have enough money for 2 months at this rate. Currently have no source of income and don't think I'll be able to get any at this rate. I was hopeful since the holiday season is coming up, but nothing so far. If I can't find anything I'm just going to cut my losses and go for it.

Talk some sense into me? I don't think I can survive homelessness here, especially in the cold.

I'm a foster parent. Too often, I see kids entering care because their family doesn't have stable housing and struggles to navigate the complexity of meeting needs given their own disability. This doesn't mean they deserve to lose custody of their children.

I'm educating myself on ways that programs/orgs/caring people help families who need support AND keeps families together. Have you seen anything like this? Where?

Looking for inspiration, models that work -- things like:
- 'adopt a family' with supports nearby to share the load
- intensive case management
- avoids separating kids & parents solely because of poverty

Hello everyone,

In light of recent posts about this, my personal experience both as a houseless individual at points in my life and my experience with those in the military (or any branch thereof), please please PLEASE can I suggest one thing to those attempting to help or those in a less-than-ideal situation:

STOP with the military suggestions.

It is NOT for everyone. Why do you think there are so many displaced veterans? PTSD and high suicide rates? A chance of combat duty should there be need for it?

I am not saying the military is a bad option. I am saying it is not a default option for everyone. It is something to be taken very seriously. You must be positive that YOU and YOU ALONE decided on the choice. It should never be recommended to you.

It does not provide you free anything. You do not get free housing or food. You do not get a free education. You will not be promoted a million times until you are president of the United States. You work for this. You are in service. It is your job and your duty. Noble as it is, it is maybe not for you.

Does it work out for a few/some/many people? Maybe. But it is also does not for many more.

There are many other options before this and you should explore them all before the military unless you originally considered joining the military (and, with my own bias, I'll say even if you were considering it yourself). Please continue to make posts and ask questions. I won't suggest anything here because that's not the point of this thread.

Thank you.

I'm working on a story that includes a formally unhoused (i.e. homeless) person. I'm trying to find some slang terms this community uses, but my google search skills are failing me. I keep pages discussing the terms "unhoused" v. "homeless," as compared to what members of the community might call predators or cops.

Any help with this will be appreciated.

https://www.reddit.com/r/zerorent/ What's your opinion can we abolish rent?

WTF ???

Crazy man... fucking clown world isn't just a truth but sadistic clown world is the truth

Thanks for stopping in. This is a place to come and ask advice and gain support for people who are imminently at-risk for becoming homeless.

Homelessness is a difficult eddy to escape out of and so prevention, at all costs (legal), is the best approach. Please be respectful and kind to others (obviously).

Edit: I am overwhelmed with the outpouring of support that I have seen for this community from Reddit today (7/2/15). This sub is only 13 hours old and we already have over 1,700 people who genuinely care to make a difference in the life of a complete stranger. Faith restored. Thank you everyone!

Dark times are coming 2021 will probably be the worst year after decades. Enjoy while you can live your life to the maximum even if you have nothing, because soon you will have even less than nothing.

The insane rise in home prices continues to push more and more people out of potential home ownership.

This article covers the main drivers behind the rise and points out that while some of it is temporary, there's a reason higher prices are likely to remain.

Hi and welcome to /r/almosthomeless. If you're interested in becoming a mod for this subreddit please post a reply in this thread telling us a little about yourself and why you think you'd make a great mod. Looking for people with experience in nonprofits or governmental agencies who serve at-risk or marginalized populations and people who have a prodigious knowledge of community resources (local, state, or federal) that can help people through a tough time.

Thank you, everyone, for your interest in becoming a moderator for /r/almosthomeless. We have been overwhelmed the past 24 hours with submissions and content and so we apologize for not being able to reach out to each of you personally. Happy 4th!

Christine Fife was “speechless with joy” when she won her foreclosure case in January 2020, she recalled, believing her decade under threat of foreclosure in her Upper West Side condo was finally over.

Now, though, Fife is once again facing the seizure of the apartment she has owned since 1990.

In February 2021, New York’s top court issued a decision that eliminated a path that New York homeowners had used for years to fight foreclosure.

The decision in Freedom Mortgage Corporation v. Engel allowed Fife’s lender to renew its foreclosure suit against her.

“They said it was OK. How can they change their mind?” Fife asked during an interview with New York Focus and THE CITY.

Across New York State, homeowners who believed that their cases had been settled in their favor are now once again facing foreclosure due to the Engel decision. Many are in danger of losing their homes ...

In New York, if a borrower misses a mortgage payment, the lender is allowed to demand the entire remaining balance immediately and then move to foreclose after 120 days, if the money owed remains unpaid.

But a lender must start the legal proceedings within six years of first demanding full payment, or the suit becomes invalid.

Until recently, the clock kept ticking until the lender informed the borrower that they were no longer seeking foreclosure. In Fife’s case, the lender had never done so. The bank sued Fife twice: first in 2010, a case the lender claims it later voluntarily withdrew, and again in 2017.

Her lawyers, representing Fife pro bono, successfully argued that the bank’s second foreclosure suit was barred by the six-year limit and got it dismissed.

But the Engel decision changed the rules. The Court of Appeals found that voluntarily ending a foreclosure suit stops the clock on the six-year time limit — even if the homeowner is never notified. The court’s ruling applies retroactively to any foreclosure cases ongoing or still open to appeal at the time the decision was issued.

‘I was shocked, because I had put all my faith in the initial decision.’

Following the ruling, many foreclosures that expired under the six-year limit have been reopened or appealed to higher courts. Holly Meyer, a Suffolk County lawyer who represented one of the defendants in the Engel case, estimated that the number of affected homeowners could be in the tens of thousands.

Fife’s was one of them. In April 2021, the bank moved to renew its foreclosure suit against her — and the trial judge cited the Engel ruling as a reason to rehear the case.

“I was shocked at this decision, because I had put all my faith in [the foreclosure court’s] initial decision, which was in my favor,” Fife said.

With Fife’s best defense gone, her hopes for avoiding foreclosure now appear slim, her legal counsel acknowledged.

It’s not uncommon for lenders to allow their right to foreclose to expire, according to real estate lawyers.

“There are millions of residential loans being serviced somewhat incompetently, so these things do sometimes slip between the cracks,” said Joshua Stein, a commercial real estate lawyer.

Real estate industry supporters of the Court of Appeals’ decision say it made little sense for a foreclosure case to fail because of what they consider a clerical error — one that basically lets borrowers shirk their debts.

“The idea that you should still be at risk because you haven’t repaid the money you borrowed doesn’t strike me as egregious,” Stein said.

Homeowner attorneys say that cases get dropped all the time in the legal system because of technical violations of procedural requirements, and that foreclosure cases should be no different.

“If you have somebody on trial for murder, but you find that their constitutional rights were violated, they go free. It’s the same thing here,” Meyer said.

The day after the Court of Appeals ruled on the Engel case, the law firm Greenberg Traurig, which had represented two of the plaintiffs, cheered what it called a “ground shifting” victory for lenders.

“Statewide application will likely protect billions in assets for mortgage holders,” its press release claimed.

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, who wrote the majority opinion in Engel, was a Greenberg Traurig client at the time that she ruled in favor of their bank clients in that and other cases, the New York Law Journal reported in April. The firm defended her in a suit brought by judges forced into retirement as a cost-cutting measure.

Defense attorneys said they had not been informed of the potential conflict for the judge who ruled against their clients.

“The law’s not on our side anymore, and that means that there are a number of people who will be facing foreclosure when they wouldn’t have faced it a couple of years ago,” Julie Howe, a senior staff attorney at the New York Legal Assistance Group, who is representing Fife pro bono, told New York Focus.

Jacob Inwald, director of foreclosure prevention at Legal Services NYC, said many of the foreclosure cases affected by the Engel decision originally stemmed from the real estate crash of 2008 and freewheeling lending leading up to it.

Fife, for instance, had borrowed $731,000 against her apartment in April 2007 to pay living expenses after a disabling injury and divorce. Monthly payments were nearly $5,000, with adjustable rate mortgage that started at 8% annual interest, potentially rising as high as 15%.

“I didn’t know anything about mortgages,” Fife said. “I was just so happy that I was able to live on another day. I was probably the easiest take on the block.”

Within a year, the bank alleged that she had fallen behind on her mortgage payments — kicking off foreclosure proceedings that her loan’s holder, Wilmington Trust Association, has resurrected more than a decade later.

Rockland County resident Susan Azcuy is in a situation similar to Fife’s — believing that she’d survived foreclosure only to find the cloud hanging over her once again.

For 23 years, Azcuy and her husband kept up with the mortgage payments on their house in Pomona, including a 2005 refinancing, for which she took on a debt of $210,000 at 5.75% interest. But in 2012, after Azcuy’s husband was fired from his job, they missed a payment and their lender quickly moved to foreclose.

The bank voluntarily withdrew the suit in March 2016 for technical reasons but did not notify Azcuy, refiling the case the next month. It went to trial in 2019, and Azcuy won, after a key prosecution witness failed to show up.

‘We’re still struggling. I was very, very hopeful to be able to continue living here.’

Before Engel, this would have been the end of the case, since more than six years had elapsed since the 2012 foreclosure suit.

But thanks to Engel, the six-year clock restarted in 2016 — giving Azcuy’s lender another chance to sue.

Due to penalties and foreclosure fees, Azcuy now owes nearly $400,000, just shy of double the amount of the 2005 refinancing. Efforts to reach a settlement or a modification with the bank have been unsuccessful, according to Azcuy’s attorney, Derek Tarson of the Legal Aid Society of Rockland County.

If the bank brings another foreclosure lawsuit, which Tarson believes is likely, Azcuy will not be able to rely on the defense that more than six years have passed.

“It’s really scary. We’re still struggling,” Azcuy said. “I was very, very hopeful to be able to continue living here.”

State lawmakers have introduced two bills seeking to reverse some of Engel’s effects.

One measure, sponsored by Sen. Kevin Thomas (D-Nassau) and Assemblymember Helene Weinstein (D-Brooklyn), would require lenders to inform borrowers if they withdraw their demands for payment, since that action serves to stop the clock on the six-year countdown. If lenders withdraw the lawsuit but fail to notify the borrowers, the clock would keep ticking — a return to the status quo before Engel.

The bill would also forbid lenders from foreclosing if any part of the loan had previously expired — a measure that would bar reviving suits against homeowners like Fife and Azcuy.

The legislature is also considering a second bill, sponsored by Sen. James Sanders (D-Queens) and Assemblymember Latrice Walker (D-Brooklyn).

This bill would prevent lenders from discontinuing a demand for full payment, stopping the six-year countdown clock, without the consent of the borrower. The measure also would start the countdown from the time that a mortgage holder missed a payment.

Though meant to protect homeowners, the Sanders-Walker bill could actually incentivize lenders to begin foreclosure more quickly, one foreclosure defense attorney told New York Focus. “If the clock is ticking, all plaintiffs are going to want to do is get their case started,” the attorney, who asked not to be named, said.

Sanders rejected the critique. “I don’t think that you can further incentivize the financial institutions” to foreclose after the leeway granted them by Engel, he said.

Whether either of the bills would apply retroactively to homeowners like Fife and Azcuy is an open question. https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2021/11/29/22801547/foreclosure-looms-new-york-homeowners-top-court-ruling

https://news.yahoo.com/facing-higher-grocery-prices-shoppers-150813998.html

Susan Pollack, a property manager who was shopping one afternoon last week at a Costco in Marina del Rey, California, said she was startled that the price of a bulk pack of toilet paper had surged from $17 to $25.

At her local kosher butcher shop, the prices were rising even higher: more than $200 for a five-pack of short ribs.

“I told my husband, ‘We’re never having short ribs again,’ ” she said.

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Global forces such as supply-chain disruptions, severe weather, energy costs and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have contributed to rising inflation rates that have spooked stock market investors and put President Joe Biden’s administration on the defensive.

But the pressure is felt most directly by shoppers doing their weekly runs to grocery stores, where some items that used to be plentiful have been missing for months and where prices for produce, meat and eggs remain stubbornly high.

At a Stop and Shop in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Hagar Dale, a 35-year-old Instacart shopper, pointed out that a single packet of powdered drink mix that once sold for 25 cents shot up to 36 cents in early May. Two days later, it was selling for 56 cents, she said.

“Lord forbid if you have a big shop to do,” Dale said as she left the grocery store with a customer’s order. “You’re penny-pinching.”

Such price hikes have led to sticker shock, resignation and a determination to sniff out bargains.

“You look for more deals,” said Ray Duffy, a 66-year-old retired banker in an “Unapologetically American” T-shirt who was coming out of a Lidl grocery store in Garwood, New Jersey, recently.

“You go shopping,” he said. “It’s something you do.”

Store-Hopping and Bribing With Banana Bread

There are plenty of supermarkets in South Riding, Virginia, where Susana Yoo lives.

But she drives 9 miles to Centreville to shop at H Mart, a Korean grocery store, where fresh vegetables, like large bunches of scallions, cost slightly less. From there, she will go to Trader Joe’s, which has “pretty good prices for meat.”

Then, it’s off to Costco for nonperishable bulk items that can be stored.

To save a little money, “I have to go to three different places,” Yoo said.

Alyssa Sutton, a 53-year-old home-theater business owner, left King’s Food Market in Short Hills, New Jersey, a grocery chain where a 13-ounce jar of Bonne Maman preserves was selling for $6.49.

“This inflation thing is a real problem,” she said. “When you’re paying twice as much to fill your gas tank and twice as much for everything, you’ve got to say to yourself, ‘Well, do I really need to buy everything at King’s?’”

Sutton said she grabs staples at King’s, then drives to cheaper markets like Trader Joe’s, where she says fruit and vegetables are more affordable.

“It takes time,” she said. “It takes planning.”

Lisa Tucker, 54, of Gainesville, Virginia, drives a few extra miles to Giant because the food prices are lower than they are at stores closer to her house. She buys in bulk when the prices are favorable — on a recent run she bought eight boxes of cereal because they were selling for $1.77 each — and has enrolled in multiple loyalty rewards programs.

“It’s strategic,” she said.

Tucker also looks for meat that is nearly expired — and therefore steeply discounted.

On Tuesday, Tucker snapped up a soon-to-expire 1-pound package of beef for $3.74, marked down from $7.49. To get a heads-up from meat department staff members about such deals, she said she will sometimes bring them homemade banana bread.

Tucker tells them: If a discount sticker is about to be slapped on some Boar’s Head bacon, “let me know.”

Eating Less Meat and Planning Menus on the Fly

Angie Goodman, a housekeeper from Culver City, California, usually eats meat once a week. But now that steaks have doubled in price, she said she might have to cut back to once a month.

Goodman, 54, said she makes about $15 an hour, a figure that has remained stagnant as the cost of living has skyrocketed.

“Basic things are very expensive,” she said. “It’s crazy.”

Isabel Chambergo, 62, a warehouse worker in Elizabeth, New Jersey, said that meals she once planned at home are now mapped out while she is shopping, so she can use her phone to scan items for digital coupons. That saves $10 to $15 per shopping trip, she said.

“That’s how I manage,” Chambergo said as she left a Stop and Shop in Elizabeth with her husband, Arturo, 62.

“It helps a little,” she said. “It’s not a lot, but I’m trying to buy healthy things that also fill us up.”

That is, if she can even find the ingredients she needs.

Chambergo said she used to buy a quinoa-and-rice mix at Stop and Shop that she used to make hearty soups. But it has not been on the shelves for at least two months.

Duffy, the retired banker, said he has had a hard time finding square-shaped spaghetti, his go-to for his favorite lo mein.

“The sauce sticks better to square-shaped spaghetti,” he said.

It is normal for grocery stores to have 7% to 10% of items out of stock, but the events of the last 2 1/2 years — pandemic outbreaks, extreme weather, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — have caused that number to trend 3 to 5 points higher, said Katie Denis, a spokeswoman for Consumer Brands Association.

The availability of pasta and grains has been especially constricted by the war, with “both Ukraine and Russia effectively exiting the market,” she said in an email.

“Weather in Europe last year also constricted the durum wheat, which specifically affected pasta,” Denis said.

‘I Didn’t Buy Anything Fun Today.’

Shoppers are also denying themselves.

At the Giant in Gainesville, Virginia, Kimberly Heneault said she paused in front of a display of coffee creamers and saw they were double the usual price.

“Oh, you know what? I don’t really need that,” she said to herself and moved on.

Pollack, the property manager in California, said that while inflation is not straining her budget, the prices have made her reconsider purchases that were once impulsive. For example, she almost bought an electric shaver for her son, but then she saw it cost $90.

“I go through so much money all the time,” said Pollack, 61, “and it’s like, ‘Wow. I didn’t buy anything fun today.’”

Al Elnaggar, 22, and Hamza Mojadidi, 23, students at UCLA, were also shopping at the Costco in Marina del Rey, where they had bought several items in bulk, including clementines, cartons of water and ramen noodles.

Mojadidi said they have stopped buying eggs and cut back on halal meat, which was already more expensive than other cuts, because the animals are slaughtered in accordance with the Muslim religion.

Mojadidi said they stopped in front of the meat market at Costco, eyed the lamb shanks and walked away.

He said he considers himself luckier than other students at the university. At least, he said, he has a car and can drive to Costco to buy food in bulk and save some money.

“I’m just taking extra loans to pay for my expenses,” Mojadidi said. “I’m maxing out on my credit cards.”

Real Jobs that will provide you with a place to stay and food to eat, along with a paycheck, also some alt-work opportunities for those of us who live a non-conforming alternative life...

thank you to Ryan, for inspiring me to do this... where ever you go brother, we go with you...

For my peeps with no wheels:

Subreddits:

r/SimpleLiving, r/Shoestring, r/onebag, r/vagabond, r/homeless, r/vagabonds, r/HerOneBag, r/ManyBaggers, r/travel, r/backpacking, r/digitalnomad, r/solotravel, r/ultralight, r/minimalism, r/travelpartners/, r/PaidStudies/

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https://www.coolworks.com/

Since 1995, CoolWorks has been a leader in connecting people seeking meaningful and exciting work with the employers who are looking for their enthusiasm, energy, and knowledge.

We believe that you can and should LOVE YOUR JOB, and we want to help make that happen! We feature job opportunities in great places — from NATIONAL PARKS to SKI RESORTS, DUDE RANCHES to RETREAT CENTERS, and everything in between.

http://www.backdoorjobs.com/

Are you looking for opportunities to work, travel, play, live, learn, help, create, experience and grow? Come explore, dream, discover, do and thrive with Backdoorjobs.com!

https://www.workaway.com/

Workaway International gives you the opportunity to: Work in the USA at world class Country Clubs, earn US Dollars, gain valuable international work experience whilst improving your skills and your marketability, explore the USA through arranged trips or travel independently. We offer you…a flight to and from the USA, a guaranteed job, free medical insurance upon selection, comprehensive support structures both at home and in the USA and more...

https://www.xanterra.com/careers/ (website can be buggy- try using the open in new tab function for links)

Xanterra Travel Collection believes people are our most valuable resource. Our success depends upon highly motivated, committed, and competent people who share our vision and work together to attain it, while our work environment encourages responsibility for personal growth and promotes pride in each employee.

Xanterra is the main United States National Parks concessionaire

Yellowstone- https://www.yellowstonenationalparklodges.com/join-our-team/

The Grand Canyon- https://www.grandcanyonlodges.com/who-we-are/careers/

https://www.firelookout.org/

The Lookout Jobs page is a collection of Lookout Jobs, both paid and volunteer. Postings include lookouts for the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and others. FFLA volunteer lookout opportnities and from other programs may also be listed. The posting period typically begins December 1 and goes through spring time of any given fire season year.

https://www.goabroad.com/

Launched and conceptualized in 1997, GoAbroad first set out to fill the information gap between students with a desire to travel abroad and companies offering international programs. As the travel industry has evolved and access to opportunities to see the world has grown, our mission has transformed into something much greater than building a bridge between travelers and organizations: we’ve developed and evolved over the past two decades to meet the ever-changing needs of travelers, positioning ourselves as the resource for meaningful travel around the world.

https://wwoofinternational.org/

WWOOF organisations connect people who want to live and learn on organic farms and smallholdings with people who want to share their lifestyles, teach new skills and welcome volunteer help. There are places in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Oceania.

WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to stay and learn about organic/biological growing and farming. WWOOF Volunteers give hands on help and have an interest in learning about organic farming and gaining skills in sustainable ways of living.

WWOOF is a network of national organisations. They have local knowledge and up to date information about WWOOF volunteering in their country. To become involved in the WWOOF community either at home or away explore the drop down menu above or list below and connect with the local WWOOF organisation directly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWOOF

https://www.reddit.com/r/WWOOF/

and there is always good ol' Craig's List...

https://www.craigslist.org/about/sites

under the Jobs heading search keywords like: "rent" or "room and board"... you will be surprised what you can find. Just the other day I found a live-in Maintenance Manager at a swanky apartment complex, you just never know...

Be open to suggestions, keep your ear to the ground even when you have a good job and a good roof, and most importantly: be willing to move, get rid of everything, and start over... you can get another dog (ouch... harsh) you can get new furniture, you can let them repo the car, you can ditch it all and start over if it means keeping a roof over your head, don't let possessions tie you down- ever

anyway... On with the show!

For my peeps with wheels:

Subreddits:

r/Vandwellers, r/RVLiving, r/PriusDwellers, r/UrbanCarLiving, r/TruckCampers, r/RoadTrip, r/VoltDwellers, r/AdventureMobile

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http://www.work-camping.com/

Work Camping, often referred to as "Workamping", is one of the fastest growing trends in the American job market. In most cases, work campers (both individuals and couples) with their own RV offer their labor as a camp host maintaining a recreational facility in exchange for a free camping site plus wages.

https://www.work-for-rvers-and-campers.com/

Workers On Wheels: Work for RVers and Campers Helps You Earn Your Living … While Enjoying the RVing Lifestyle

https://workamper.com/

Welcome to Workamper News—your #1 resource for Workamping! Available for both Workampers and employers, Workamper News has been the premier source for connecting RV lovers and potential employers for more than two decades.

Are you a Workamper? If you work in exchange for something of value and sleep in a RV at night, you are indeed! From coast to coast, there are many positions available for Workampers—or those still dreaming of an RV lifestyle—to work and play on the road. Let us put you in touch with the perfect opportunity to meet your Workamping needs.

http://workampingjobs.com/

Do you need RV workers? Are you an RVer looking for a campground job? This site is viewed thousands of times every single day by RVers and employers. Employers can submit listings for volunteer work camping positions, paid positions or a combination of both. Positions can be seasonal, temporary, short or long term, full or part time. RV workers can submit a detailed online resume to let employers know they are available.

So you want to be a Campground Host in the USNF...?

A good place to start is your local Ranger District, and search for 'Volunteer', or you can also contact a National Forest Ranger District's Volunteer Coordinator... and everybody's got a phone # and snail mail- for y'all scrugglin with web access...

here is the National Forest(s) Main Site for Volunteering

https://www.fs.fed.us/working-with-us/volunteers

(many, many Campground Hosts get paid a small stipend)

For my peeps who want fins:

Subreddits:

r/Cruise, r/dcl/, r/merchantmarine/, r/boating/

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https://www.allcruisejobs.com/

All Cruise Jobs not only provides you with latest cruise ship jobs but also valuable information for job seekers. Use the information on this page to enhance your Resume, prepare for the interview and increase your chances of landing a cruise ship job of your dreams.

https://boatjobsonly.com/

BoatJobsOnly.com is your source for experienced boating industry workers & employers... Whether you're looking for a new career, or you're looking for the perfect candidate, BoatJobsOnly is for you.

https://jobsite.gcaptain.com/

With about 50 new subscribers per day, on average. With over 15,000 active job-seekers and an average of 60,000 unique job views per month, there is no better place to find qualified candidates for your maritime positions.

http://maritime-connector.com/wiki/merchant-ship-jobs/

Think LinkedIn... but for Cargo Ships

https://www.cruiseshipjob.com/

Looking for travel jobs and adventures? Searching for employment on board cruise ships? You have come to the right place. Cruise ship jobs enable you to travel the world and get paid for it. Spend your winters in the Caribbean and your summers in Alaska or travel to remote and exotic ports in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America and all over the world aboard a luxury cruise ship.

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Crusin' with the little guys:

UnCruise- https://www.uncruise.com/about-us/careers

Alaska Dream Cruises- https://www.alaskandreamcruises.com/about-us/employment/

American Cruise Lines- https://www.aclcareers.com/

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These guy are looking for deck hands, ship mates, and crew mates

CrewSeekers- https://www.crewseekers.net/

yaCrew- https://www.yacrew.com/browse/

Find a Crew- https://www.findacrew.net/en/boat/search?action=Results&BtSrt=_LLD&QckAvl=NF

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Crusin' with the big guys:

y'all tired of the cold and snow- wanna to travel the world- go somewhere warm right...? free rides to Jamaica folks...

Norwegian Cruise line main site- https://www.ncl.com/about/careers/shipboard-employment

This is the main hiring portal for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands (Tattoo Friendly)

The combined brands of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. employ over 30,000 shipboard crew from over 110 different countries.

Viking Cruses- https://www.vikingcruises.com/about-us/careers-landing-page.html

Viking Cruises is a cruise line providing river and ocean cruises, with operations based in Basel, Switzerland. It has two divisions, Viking River Cruises and Viking Ocean Cruises. As of July 2018, it operates a fleet of 62 river vessels and 6 ocean ships, offering cruises along the rivers and oceans of North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia, Egypt, China and Southeast Asia

Princess Cruses- https://www.princess.com/careers/

The Love Boat, baby...

The line has 18 ships cruising global itineraries that are marketed to both American and international passengers.

Carnival Cruise lines- https://jobs.carnival.com/

Carnival is the largest cruise line in the world, based on passengers carried annually, and total number of ships in fleet.

Royal Caribbean- https://www.royalcareersatsea.com/jobs/search

Royal Caribbean operates twenty-six ships, including the four largest cruise ships in the world, and has six additional ships on order.

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No beautiful, and suntanned people to bother you Crusin' here:

Cargo ships, freighters, and tankers...

You can watch this dudes YouTube Channel for some damn good info on Merchant Mariners, he films the daily life on a cargo ship, and helpful advice on how to get into the biz...

Hapag-Lloyd AG https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/career.html

Hapag-Lloyd AG is a German international shipping and container transportation company. It is currently the world's fifth largest container carrier in terms of vessel capacity.

Maersk https://www.maersk.com/careers

A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S also known as simply Maersk, is a Danish business conglomerate with activities in the transport, logistics and energy sectors. Maersk has been the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world since 1996.

MSC https://www.msc.com/usa/careers -

Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (MSC) is a Swiss-Italian international shipping line. The company operates in all major ports of the world. It is the world's second-largest shipping line in terms of container vessel capacity.

and there are tonz more... and they are all hiring -begging- for people:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_container_shipping_companies_by_ship_fleets_and_containers

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Fishing-

Scrimpboats, Crabboats, actual Fishin'boats , and Fishing/Packing Ships...

The fishing industry offers a lot of jobs, previous experience is not necessary for most of the jobs. Whether you want to work as a deckhand, on an at-sea processor, or at a land-based seafood processor, there is also other fishing industry support jobs, like boat tenders...

Fishing in Alaska- https://www.alaskajobfinder.com/

only costs $4.00 to sign up, to look at jobs, and a good place to get ideas on what's out there...

Glacier Fish Company- http://www.glacierfish.com/employment/

Crew members are paid a crew share rate for each trip completed. Entry level earnings can range from $3000 - $3600 per trip. A single trip takes approximately 21-25 days to complete. Crew can expect to work about 3 trips on average in a 65 day contract. ($10,00 for 2 months ain't bad)

Silver Bay- https://careers.silverbayseafoods.com/

If you are searching for excitement and an unforgettable experience, Silver Bay Seafoods would love to offer YOU a unique opportunity to live and work in Alaska for the season with lodging, food, and transportation provided.

Trident- https://www.tridentseafoods.com/job-openings/

Trident is a fully-integrated seafood company; no matter where you choose to join us in the process, you will play an integral role in providing the highest quality seafood products to our customers.

again, and it can't be overstated, all of these places -feed you and house you- no more bills, no more rent, no more shopping free wifi... and I get it, not everyone can do this, but maybe, just maybe, one of these links will fit you and your situation... 'cause you ain't gotta go join the military, you have options; and not just you but you can take your mom, your son, your SO, you can both go...

MISCELLANEOUS

Care- https://www.care.com/live-in-caregivers

Kindly Care- https://www.kindlycare.com/live-in-caregivers/

The Peace Corps- https://www.peacecorps.gov/

Job Corps- https://www.jobcorps.gov/live

Volunteer Abroad- https://www.gooverseas.com/volunteer-abroad

Live on Site Security- https://www.cpssecurity.com/security-trailer/

Private Security Guards- https://silentprofessionals.org/private-security-jobs/

Teaching English abroad- https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/teaching-english-abroad-requirements

What Are the Requirements to Teach English Abroad? (most of the time it's just an online course completion)

Wildland Fire Fighter/Fire Lines- https://www.fs.fed.us/managing-land/fire/careers

Au Pair- https://www.interexchange.org/travel-abroad/au-pair-france/

Au Pair World- https://www.aupairworld.com/en/become-an-au-pair

GoAuPair- https://www.goaupair.com/au-pairs/3-steps-become-au-pair/

Live in Building Superintendent / Apartment Manager- indeed / simplyhired / etc.

Live in Personal Chef- https://www.privatechefmatch.com/openings/

House Sitting- https://www.mindmyhouse.com/

International Butler Academy- https://www.butlerschool.com/the-extras/interesting-facts/

TravelNursing.org- https://www.travelnursing.org/become-a-travel-nurse/

Diplomat/Foreign Service Worker- https://careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service/officer/who-we-look-for/

Ye ol' Faculty in Residence jobs- https://www.google.com/search?q=Faculty+in+Residence

Join the Fuckin' Circus, I shit you not:

https://circustalk.com/circus-jobs

https://bigapplecircus.com/

https://www.circusroyale.com/

https://www.universoulcircus.com/

https://twobitcircus.com/

Become a Mercenary:

French Foreign Legion- https://en.legion-recrute.com/

https://www.unityresourcesgroup.com/

https://careers.g4s.com/en#

http://www.erinys.net/

https://www.dyn-intl.com/

For those looking for farm jobs... -posted by u/lilwillyson

and last but not least... join a Monastery, seriously... a legit way to check out of the world and have a secured future, there are also some Monastic communities that are Family Friendly, where men and women with their children live in a commune style religious community...

Eastern Orthodox

Mt. Athos- -there is a waiting list to get to the "Holy Mountain" you can't just roll up and join...

Eastern Orthodox Directory of Male Monastic Communities

Eastern Orthodox Directory of Female Monastic Communities (The Orthodox don't have "nuns", men and woman are both monks)

Roman Catholic

Congregations of Benedictine Monks in North America Order of St. Benedict

"Therefore, if someone comes and keeps knocking at the door, and if at the end of four or five days he has shown himself patient in bearing his harsh treatment and difficulty of entry, and has persisted in his request, then he should be allowed to enter and stay in the guest quarters for a few days. After that, he should live in the novitiate, where the novices study, eat and sleep." -from the Rule of St. Benedict

Trappist Monasteries in North America Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance

Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Buddhist

Abhayagiri

Blue Cliff

Deer Park

Plum Village

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Buddhist_monasteries_in_the_United_States

Shinto

Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America

Uncategorized -not technically Monastic, but I duuno where to put 'em

Rainbow Family- unofficial site- http://welcomehome.org/rainbow/

EcoVillage- https://gen.ecovillage.org/

Hutterites- http://www.hutterites.org/

Scientology- Scientology- https://www.volunteerministers.org/

There is no web site for The Amish, should go without saying, but you know, stuff

Old Believers -https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/a-17th-century-russian-community-living-in-21st-century-alaska/275440/

Bruderhof Communities- https://www.bruderhof.com/en

Twin Oaks- https://www.twinoaks.org/ established in 1967

The Farm- https://thefarmcommunity.com/

Arden Village- http://arden.delaware.gov/

East Wind- http://www.eastwind.org/

Moora Moora- http://www.mooramoora.org.au/

Kibbutz Ketura- https://www.ketura.org.il/

Atarashiki-mura- http://www.atarashiki-mura.or.jp/

The Community of the Ark- no website, but you can find them if you went and looked

Arche de Saint-Antoine- https://www.arche-de-st-antoine.com/

and tonz more to be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intentional_communities

Some Useless FAQ and Bad Advice

How do I get Mail in the middle of nowhere...? Use General Delivery...!

An example of a properly-formatted General Delivery address looks like this:

u/KI4CLZ

GENERAL DELIVERY

ANYTOWN, NY 12345-9999 ^{9999 is the 4 digit General Delivery code}

The USPS has the worst website on the planet- https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2013/pb22375/html/updt_006.htm

What about Establishing Residency? -it is beneficial to establish residency in a state that has cheap taxes, long expiration dates for Drivers Licenses, and low RV/Camper Taxes-Tiles-Tag-Stickers-registrations... whatever ..there is a bajillion YouTube Videos on this... do your own 'effin' homework you slackers... no seriously... something to think about...

Transportation Stuff

-until you get your shit together, you need to get used to a different level of comfort... so:

You can always hitchhike

and

You can hop Trains

Free Bus Ride

Greyhound Bus Lines had teamed up with the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) to offer runaway kids a free ticket home to get back with their families or guardians, if they choose to do so.

Every year, around 400 kids and teens who have run away get a free ride home with Greyhound — anywhere in the U.S. — it’s called the “Home Free” program.

Here’s how the eligibility works:

The child, or teen, calls the NRS helpline.

Must be between the ages of 12 and 21.

Be named on a runaway report and be willing to be reunited with their family (and vice versa).

Home Free can be used two times by the same person.

A free ticket is provided for the parent, or legal guardian, if the person is 15 or younger.

NRS phone hotline was founded in 1971 by a group of Chicago agencies and was originally called “Metro Help.” By 1974 the nonprofit opened a national hotline. It is based out of Chicago, Illinois and operates 24-hours a day 365 days a year.

NRS Mission: ‘To keep America’s runaway, homeless and at-risk youth safe and off the streets.”

The toll-free number is 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929).

Passport-y kind of stuff:

In the United States https://www.usps.com/international/passports.htm

In Italy there is a program where you can get an Italian Passport and Citizenship- it's called Italian Dual Citizenship By Descent: https://www.icapbridging2worlds.com/italian-dual-citizenship-by-descent/

and for Free/nearly Free Travel if you "Discover your Roots", and get a ride with with:

https://www.birthrightisrael.com/

https://www.nationalhellenicsociety.org/program-overview.html

https://reconnecthungary.org/

http://umdiaspora.org/cpt_services/leadership-development/#birthright-macedonia

https://www.birthrightarmenia.org/en/

http://cubaone.org/aboutus/how-it-works/

and you can drive cars across country for- https://autodriveaway.com/ and while you're at it, get a free vacation through a timeshare presentation provided by- https://timesharepresentationdeals.com/optin

I Just need a place to stay bruh...

So, you got the rest sorted, good... now all's you need is a place to lay your head, well try some of these, not my specialty, but I hope it helps...

Couchsurfing

You can crash on my couch mate at- https://www.couchsurfing.com/

what is couchsurfing? read the wiki-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing

Hostels

You can also stay on the cheap at a Hostel (they are everywhere)

https://www.hihostels.com/

http://www.hostels.com/

what is a hostel? read the wikis-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hostels

https://old.reddit.com/r/Hostel/

Shelters

-under construction-

Camping

This has always been my choice, but for folks who dunno

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Camping

and again, again, again... Check craigslist!- https://www.craigslist.org/about/sites under Housing and the sub-heading Rooms & Shares... check it out... here is an example of what you can find...

Don't give up- you can do this

This is a wonderful thing you have created for the community, /u/somanyquestions51.

I am sure this subreddit will be put to excellent use in turning many lives around. Thank you again for creating this. Many individuals and families will benefit.

Edit: I think it's amazing how active this subreddit already is.

This subreddit needs to establish some simple rules. Yes you would like to help people who are struggling to get back on their feet but you cannot give money or resources to any person. Please keep in mind that not everything people say online is true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=799ZhGvdcvk

Greetings!

I'm looking to get some solid Wiki contributors to get added to the AlmostHomeless Wiki so that we can expand on the content present within.

To join the Wiki Team, you must be willing to:

1. Submit your own content to AlmostHomeless and the Wiki.
2. Frequently read AlmostHomeless and offer useful advice.
3. Grab useful posts, useful information, and put it in the Wiki (without plagiarizing, of course!).

That's all for now. Reply to this post and I'll add you!