What makes BACS special – so that more neighbors have housing instead of living on the streets, so that more people get the mental health care they need – is our incredible team. The 430+ people who leave their homes and show up to work everyday to do ‘whatever it takes’ for the community we [Read More…]

Individual needs when BACS was founded in 1953 – like help with housing or mental health care – have become community crises today. Healthcare and housing are systemically hard to access, and we see the results on our streets every day. BACS stays on the front lines – responding to new needs as they emerge [Read More…]

The NET Growth Movement is helping former foster youth transition into adulthood with the financial stability, personal strength, and community backing they need to thrive. Designed and founded by adults with experience in Alameda County foster care, powered by BACS, the NET Growth Movement provides a guaranteed income pilot ($1,000 per month for up to [Read More…]

The data confirms – BACS is reducing Hayward homelessness. The Point-in-Time Count carried out across the Bay Area on Feb. 23 found 381 people experiencing homelessness in Hayward — with 114 of these individuals unsheltered—figures that were DOWN 22% and 28% respectively from the last Point-in-Time Count in January 2019. This is the trends our [Read More…]

Nearly 100 neighbors in Oakland and Berkeley – currently living on the street or in emergency housing – will soon have permanent, private, and dignified housing thanks to two Homekey awards for BACS projects: Golden Bear Homes and Piedmont Place. “Today, right now, you have neighbors on the street. Community members who are not different, [Read More…]

Kids living at the SHARE Center now have access to a play structure, provided by the community and built by volunteers, where they can get exercise and play outdoors! Our society makes it too easy to think of people without housing as a problem, and to consider the bare minimum that should be provided. At [Read More…]

BACS is excited to announce the grand opening of Delta Landing in Pittsburg, providing low-barrier, interim housing services focused on rapidly transitioning participants into permanent housing with intensive aftercare supports – doing “whatever it takes” to help them stabilize and remain in their housing. Delta Landing is a 172-unit interim housing site in BACS’ signature [Read More…]