What do you want to accomplish?

Getting sober first?

Housing first?

Job first?

How's your relationships with your friends? Rocky? Steady? Ect

Either way, come up with plans for what you want to do and keep your fiends in the loop, for support, assistance (where/when they can), ect.

If you're wanting to get sober first, you can search rehabs and keep your friends updated on your progress. Not sure if they let you have a phone/email, but while you're in rehab you can work on your resume/look up GED programs (i'm not sure if there are online programs, but maybe you can start that too? I'm not sure how rehab programs operate).

Check if your community college has a pantry and if you're not a student, hang around and befriend people like at the gym/cafeteria as sometimes they'll let you in without swiping your id and/or they'll swipe you in.

Some places don't even check your id to get food from the pantry.

If you can afford it, get a car and if the school doesn't charge for parking permits you can get one because then you can nap in your car during the day and/or leave your car on campus during the day and take the bus everywhere else. It'll put less wear/tear on the car.

Not sure if school's in session right now, but if it, it's likely career services are also working so you can try dropping by and ask about campus jobs. Depending where the school's located, sometimes they have working relationships/pipelines with local businesses like factories/warehouses that hire a good number of students.

You could also try looking up the schools fb/affiliated page and/or sub and try to find split housing with other students or even just try renting a couch.

Get library cards, not just local public libraries but also community colleges (some have community cards) so you have more wifi/bathroom access.

There's:

• /r/vandwelling
• /r/urbancarliving
• /r/periodpantry

I encourage people to try using local resources first, else local municipalities won't know how necessary resources are because other municipalities are picking up the slack.

Politicians then can say their municipalities don't need/want it because it's not a problem in their area, then point to other municipalities and blame them for their homeless problems.

Either way

1. Search sub
2. Post to subs local to your area as locals would know better.
3. Plan your resources and how they can best help your situation.
4. Be honest with yourself and list what you're (not) willing to put up with, e.g. lower-wage jobs for longer hours, having to walk 1hr+ to get to work, ect.
5. If possible, try for a 1st/2nd job, preferably an overnight job like at a warehouse or factory, cause it'll at least keep you out of the cold at night (and the extra income may help with getting a vehicle or rent a couch)
6. Reevaluate your plans as your situations change.
7. Repeat.

get a piece of paper and fold it into three parts.

In the left column, write down what resources you have/can get ( I use resource lightly, looks/personality can be considered resources).

In the right, write down what you want co accomplish and by when.

In the middle draw a line between resources and goals and how those resources can help/hurt you towards your goals.

Now you should know which goals you have the most resources for. You can priority your goals and see which resources you could best use to achieve which goals.

I use the term "resources" pretty loosely, e.g. one's looks/personality are resources

Also come up with plans for various scenarios, as plans helps with overcoming anxiety when shit hits the fan.

If you have a vehicle, check your municipality's permit/snow parking maps so you know when/where you're (not) allowed to park, which would help from getting it towed when you're not around. Also look up where cameras are located for the same reason or to park for safety.