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.

Donate

Volunteer

In-Kind Giving

WHAT'S NEW

The Aging Homeless Population: Our Elders Are Our Responsibility

The percentage of older homeless adults is growing at an alarming rate. In the Bay Area, the representation of homeless adults older than 50 has gone from 11% in 1990 to 23% in 2003 and is currently estimated at 50%. We have been seeing this reflected in the population we serve as well. In 2016, 23% of those BFHP served were over the age of 55. In 2018, 36% of our clients were over the age of 55.

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