good luck....I hope the shelter is an OK one. Do you have someplace to leave any valuables? Keep asking and asking and there are people in town who know the resources better than us far away and can put you in touch with people who can help. You have so much going for you, youth and ambition and marketable skills already...once your physical needs are better met, you will zoom toward the top of your profession. And start hanging around one of those community colleges. They can offer medical help, a dental plan, certificates in programs that will help with jobs, work study employment, housing in at least one of them, plus all sorts of counselors whose joy in life is seeing people like yourself succeed. mg