Berkeley Food and Housing Project

EASING AND ENDING
THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS
IN OUR COMMUNITIES

Since 1970, Berkeley Food & Housing Project has been a provider of homeless services. We believe that everyone has a basic right to food, housing, and stability, and we work one-on-one with our clients to help them move toward independence and into safe and affordable housing as quickly as possible.

GET HELP

If you are Homeless, please call:
211
This phone line is open 24/7.
Tell them you are homeless and looking for help
If you are a homeless veterans call: 1-855-862-1804

As of November 1st, 2017 the coordinated entry system has become
a county-wide system providing services for people who are homeless
across Alameda County.

GET INVOLVED

Be Part of the Solution—help us end the crisis
of homelessness in our community.

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WHAT'S NEW

Helping Homeless Veterans Find Employment

For this story, we want to highlight a specific arm of our Roads Home program, the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP). 

Roads Home HVRP is active in the counties of Solano and Contra Costa, and is specifically focused on helping veterans find employment. The goal of this program, made possible by grant funds from the Department of Labor, is to make sure that veterans are receiving a stable income at the same time that they are receiving housing services.

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Expansion of Veteran Services in Alameda County

Berkeley Food & Housing Project is excited to announce the expansion of its rapid rehousing program for Veterans, the Roads Home Program, in Alameda County. This program will serve approximately 600 homeless veterans over the next two years, throughout Alameda County. The program expansion is made possible by $6M in additional funding from the office of Veterans’ Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program and built around a new rental subsidy initiative called ‘shallow subsidy.’

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Berkeley Food & Housing Project Announces a New Executive Director

The Board and Leadership Team of Berkeley Food & Housing Project is very pleased to announce the appointment of Calleene Egan as Executive Director, effective September 3rd. Egan joined the agency in January 2019 as Director of Programs and has already played a pivotal role in bringing BFHP’s programs and services into alignment with the changing needs of a burgeoning – and intraregional – homeless population.  She succeeds Terrie Light, BFHP’s former Executive Director, who retired on June 15th after 21 years with the agency.

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