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…]

A pet is family, no matter where you live – including for families experiencing homelessness. Last week, Bay Area Community Services (BACS) and BirchBark Foundation (BBF) announced a new partnership to provide veterinary care, support services, and supplies to the pets of people on their way from homelessness to housing at the SHARE Center. The [Read More…]

The mental health system of care can be complicated – which is why BACS has started the Sacramento Crisis Navigation Program (CNP). We are supporting community members with behavioral health needs who are in the middle of a crisis, at the emergency room, by being side-by-side to help them navigate available resources to find ongoing [Read More…]

BACS has moved in the first “cohort” of un-housed residents to the brand new SHARE Center in Salinas, CA! Our team, all from the Salinas community, welcomed the first 22 clients on Memorial Day. Three families with children under 18 came indoors in our first group of residents, as well as 8 single adults. 86% [Read More…]

Bay Area Community Services (BACS) is community-based in the deepest sense of the word. In 1953, our founders heard the call of the community, and stepped up to respond to poverty and institutionalization – what held back people with mental illness and frail elders. For nearly seven decades, BACS has created community centers and employment [Read More…]

Jamie Almanza, BACS CEO, is 2020’s Woman of the Year for State Senator Nancy Skinner’s District 9! Watch the virtual award ceremony here: https://youtu.be/youW9xCUflQ?t=575 “Bay Area Community Services, if you have not heard of it, is a phenomenal organization,” said Senator Skinner. “Jamie, everyone in this district, whether they are aware of BACS or not, owes [Read More…]

We are coming to the end of 2020 – a year of great challenge that shook us all to our core – between the pandemic, civil unrest related to racism and injustice, and the ongoing housing crisis. This year did not knock BACS down, but rather built us up as an agency of the people, [Read More…]