Short answer
Churches United for the Homeless is a Fargo–Moorhead organization providing emergency shelter and housing-related services. Availability, intake times, and requirements change, so contact the organization or call 211 for current information. In a life-threatening situation, especially in extreme cold, call 911.
The facts, in one place
- Provides emergency shelter and housing services.
- Availability and intake change. Call to confirm.
- In dangerous cold, call 911 first.
- 211 can help find current options.
When this is the right call
Nowhere to sleep tonight. Facing the loss of housing. Needing shelter in dangerous cold. These are the situations where an organization with beds, staff, and a process is the only real answer. A neighbor can keep you company while you call, but only the organization can tell you whether a bed is open tonight, and 211 can confirm what else is available across the metro.
Winter urgency
Fargo–Moorhead winters make exposure a genuine emergency, not a discomfort. If someone is outside in dangerous cold and cannot get warm, that is 911 first and shelter second. Do not route it into a help app.
Where Help Me fits
Shelter is a service, not a favor. Help Me points you to the organization built for it.
Helpers can apply to be reviewed by our team. Help Me does not run background checks. Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.
Questions people actually ask
Contact the provider directly or call 211. Availability changes daily and no static page can be accurate about it.
No. It is everyday non-emergency help between neighbors, and this page exists to point at the real option instead.
Contact the organization directly. It runs its own volunteer process.
Keep going
- housingHomeless services — call official programs, not a neighbor appOfficial shelter and housing help in Fargo–Moorhead: 211, Churches United, New Life Center, Gladys Ray, YWCA. Help Me is not a shelter.
- winterWinter shelter — official beds, not an app pinCold-weather shelter in Fargo–Moorhead: call 211 first. Churches United, New Life Center, Gladys Ray, YWCA. Hours change. Help Me is not a shelter.
- 211211 in North Dakota — FirstLinkDial 211 in North Dakota for food, shelter, heat, and referrals. FirstLink answers 211 at myfirstlink.org or 701-235-7335. Not Help Me.
- seasonThirty below changes the mathAt thirty below, cars fail together and exposure is measured in minutes. What neighbors can help with, and when a warming center or 911 is the answer.
- Not 911Help Me is not an emergency serviceHelp Me is for small favors in Fargo-Moorhead. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. Here is how to tell the difference.
- resourcesOfficial help, listed on purposePolice, 911, 211, campus safety, food, shelter, and county services in Fargo, Moorhead, and West Fargo. Help Me is not these pages.
Help Me is a community app for adults in Fargo–Moorhead. It is not a K–12 student program, not a youth chat, and not campus police.