Our Programs

The Sitka Homeless Coalition provides free shower and laundry services twice weekly on Monday and Thursday 8:00am to 11:00am at the Sitka Laundry Center (906 Halibut Point Road). 

The Sitka Homeless Coalition provides donations of clothing and shoes, sleeping bags, tents, reusable hand warmers, winter gear, blankets, cell phones, and other resources. Please inquire if in need. Please message us if you have gear to donate.

For the first time in over 25 years, there was a consistent emergency shelter in Sitka. In partnership with the Sitka United Methodist Church, the Sitka Homeless Coalition was able to open a shelter from Jan 2024-March 2024.  We opened the shelter for 78 nights with an average of 7 persons per night. In total, the shelter was utilized 550 times by 19 unique individuals. 

We are planning to open a shelter again this winter operating every night from December 1st until March 31st, again at the United Methodist Church of Sitka.

In partnership with AC Lakeside, the Sitka Homeless Coalition provided meals to anyone experiencing housing insecurity from 4-5pm every Monday-Friday at the AC Lakeside Deli Department from November 2023 to March 2024.  We served over 2500 meals to over 200 Sitkans!

We will be operating the dinner program again this winter!  The program will operate from December through March during shelter operation. We are still in the process of finalizing details of what the program will look like this winter, but we are dedicated to providing Sitkans access to food services, especially because food insecurity and housing insecurity are so deeply connected.

The Sitka Homeless Coalition is partnered with a number of local service providers. We connect individuals in need with organizations that provide nutritional support, medical services, bus passes, emergency rental support, housing opportunities, and more. Please reach out to us through our website if you are in need of connecting to resources or visit us at office hours at the library on Tuesdays from 1-4pm to speak to staff directly!