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HOMEAID MISSION: To build dignified housing where homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives. WHO WE ARE: HomeAid is the largest nationwide provider of transitional housing in America. Established in 1999, HomeAid Northern California, a non-profit organization supported by the Home Builders Association of Northern California, was established to build or renovate shelters for temporarily homeless individuals, or families. Owned and operated by non-profit care providers, these shelters typically include counseling and job training as core components of their programs – ultimately offering “a hand up, not a hand out.” HomeAid Northern California Successes - More than $5,000,000 in donations and in-kind contributions to date
- East County Family Transitional Center:
20 apartment units offering 100 beds, in partnership with SHELTER, Inc.
Total budget $3,000,000; HomeAid in-kind contribution $1,300,000. - Shepherd’s Gate in Livermore: five two-bedroom cottages for women and children. Total budget: $498,909; HomeAid in-kind contribution $302,660.
- Banyan House:
renovated existing uninhabitable structure into 8 family apartments,
operated by Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO). HomeAid in-kind
contribution was 86% of total project budget. - Shepherd’s Gate Residence Hall II: houses 40 women and their children. Total budget $2,500,000; HomeAid in-kind contribution $1,600,000.
- James F. Boccardo Center:
located at the Emergency Housing Consortium (EHC) in San Jose, a
renovation of their current administrative offices allows for training
and other client services to 10 families in the new transitional units.
HomeAid in-kind contribution was 88% of total project budget. - Aston Avenue Apartments
in Santa Rosa: a ten-unit apartment complex for homeless families
operated by Community Action Partnership (CAP) of Sonoma County.
HomeAid in-kind contribution $2,000,000.
Why Help HomeAid? On any given night, more than 3 million Americans are without a home; 1 million are children. Over 80% of the total homeless population is temporary, or transitional, homeless individuals and families who experience a life-altering event. Causes of transitional homelessness include poverty, domestic violence, job loss, mental illness, death of a parent or spouse, abandonment, chemical dependency, lack of affordable housing, natural disasters or other catastrophes. HomeAid has provided housing for more than 75,000 individuals who have been rendered temporarily homeless due to circumstances beyond their control. Northern California Homeless Statistics: - 40,000 people in the Bay Area community have no place to call home
- In Contra Costa County more than 70% of the homeless population is families
- In Alameda County, there are an estimated 10,500 people homeless on any given night, with 50% of those being families
- In Solano County there are more than 4,000 people homeless on any given night
- In Marin County there are over 2,200 homeless people, and more 700 are children
- In Santa Clara County more than 7,200 people are without a home
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