Welcome to The New Orleans Women's Shelter 

The New Orleans Women's Shelter (NOWS) provides transitional housing for homeless women and children in the New Orleans area to assist them in establishing an independent and self-supporting lifestyle.

Download PDF Letter from the Directors.


Want to help RIGHT NOW? Download our current wish list here straight to you from the Shelter.


Need help RIGHT NOW? Download our 43 page resource guide here with help for everything from Food Stamps to doctors to child care.


NOWS operates as a family-style transitional women and children's home with a focus on:

• Helping women stabilize
  
  
• Providing assistance in establishing goals
  
  
• Obtaining proper medical treatment and other locally available social services
  
  
• Enrollment of children in school and day care
  
  
• Registering for job training classes
  
  
• Securing employment
  
  
• Developing and managing a budget
  
  
• Locating affordable permanent housing
  
  
• Completing a move on to successful independent living