This month, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf came to BACS’ Henry Robinson Center for an intimate meeting with BACS participants affected by homelessness. Mayor Schaaf sat down with Miriam Martin, a local landlord, and two formerly homeless BACS participants, Fatima Washington and Christopher Riese, to hear their stories. Each was impacted by the housing crisis in […]
BACS Announces New Strategic Plan
BACS was founded in 1953 – and over the last 65 years, BACS has tailored our services to keep up with the changing needs of our community. BACS’ Strategic Plan for 2018-2020, rooted in our mission and our vision, is to focus on three solutions that aim to chip away at systematic barriers for healthy communities: […]
Give as a Gift
We are excited to announce our Give as a Gift donation option! You can now make a gift to BACS in honor of a friend or loved one, for occasions like birthdays, holidays, memorials, or ‘just because’. When you make your donation, you will have the option to print a card at home, have a […]
BACS Connections September 2017
Mayor Schaaf Visits BACS BACS is expanding our partnership with the City of Oakland! Mayor Libby Schaaf stopped by to tour our Housing Fast Support Network (HFSN), the largest program to end homelessness in Oakland. She also announced, during a KTVU panel, our newest program, the Housing Resource Center program. Over the next few months, BACS […]
Bold Strokes to End Homelessness
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was recently featured in a four-person panel on KTVU, including the Mayors of San Jose and Berkeley, and the San Francisco Director of Supportive Housing. She shared outcomes from the Housing Fast Support Network (HFSN), like that historically 80% of participants go on to permanent housing. And that this year, 87% […]
Supported Employment Program – The Model Works!
BACS’ IPS Supported Employment Program provides job placement services to help individuals with complex needs find competitive, satisfying, and sustainable employment to uplift them from poverty. BACS recently received our IPS Supported Employment Fidelity Report, which measures how closely BACS has followed the model to help our community. BACS received 113 out of 125 possible […]
BACS Connections July/August 2017
Thunder Road Joins BACS BACS is delighted to announce the official opening of Thunder Road Adolescent Treatment Center as a BACS program, as of August 1, 2017! BACS is honored to be bringing our substantial experience and expertise to ensure continuity of a critical community program. Thunder Road is the only program of its kind. Thunder […]
BACS Celebrates 10 Year Staff Anniversary
At BACS’ recent staff appreciation picnic, we celebrated Michael King’s 10 year anniversary of working with BACS! Mike says, “My favorite thing about working for BACS is assisting individuals to overcome their circumstance by doing whatever is necessary within our means. This was particularly true in the North County Senior Homeless Program which I worked with […]
BACS Connections June 2017
Non-Profit Survival Guide In the last 5 years, “BACS has transformed itself from an $8 million organization… to a $22 million organization with a clear path to strategic growth and a new partnership with the healthcare sector.” Jamie Almanza, MBA, Executive Director, wants to help other non-profits do the same, and transform into an organization that […]
BACS E.D. Jamie Almanza Publishes Non-Profit Survival Guide
Developing the Contract, Contingency Plan, and Relationship Management Plan: The community-based organization’s survival guide for moving into a managed care world How does a community-based organization go about developing contracts and contingency plans, and managing relationships to succeed in the new managed care world? In the Spring 2017 issue of American Society on Aging‘s Generations magazine (pp. […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 7
- Next Page »
