Hygiene program

{{Short description|Hygiene services for people experiencing homelessness}}

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Hygiene programs provide basic hygiene facilities to people experiencing homelessness. Some are stand-alone hygiene centers{{cite web|url=http://khon2.com/2015/02/02/city-opens-new-hygiene-center-for-homeless-in-chinatown-2/|author=Brigette Namata|title=City opens new ‘hygiene center’ for homeless in Chinatown|access-date=November 30, 2017|date=February 2, 2015|publisher=KHON-TV|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041004/http://khon2.com/2015/02/02/city-opens-new-hygiene-center-for-homeless-in-chinatown-2/|url-status=dead}} while others are at locations that also provide additional kinds of services.{{cite web|url=http://www.gracemission.net/services/weekly-schedule.aspx/|title=Grace Mission Episcopal Church|access-date=June 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803064848/http://www.gracemission.net/services/weekly-schedule.aspx|archive-date=August 3, 2015|url-status=dead}} Schedule of services provided by an organization in Tallahassee, Florida that includes hygiene and other services. They are a response to addressing homelessness, alongside things like basic homeless shelters that just provide a bed and toilet for the night, or soup kitchens which often do not have places for patrons to wash their hands.

They may have a toilet, wash basin, and a shower, and many have other amenities, such as a mirror to assist with shaving and applying cosmetics, a diaper-changing station, electric outlets for appliances such as irons, private dressing stalls, laundry facilities, or hygiene supplies such as soap, toothpaste, tampons, pads, or condoms.

Such facilities also offer people experiencing homelessness an alternative to using restrooms in libraries and other public buildings.