During the upheaval of the last 6 months – with the pandemic and fires making the ongoing housing crisis more complex – BACS has persevered and continues to be ‘on the ground’, doing whatever it takes: All of our residential programs, community intensive programs, and houses have stayed open 24/7; In the first three months of [Read More…]
BACS Connections October 2018
Keep Oakland Housed This month, BACS launched a historic new program to address the housing crisis in Oakland – by preventing homelessness before it starts. Keep Oakland Housed (KOH) will prevent Oaklanders from losing their housing through emergency financial assistance, supportive services, and legal representation. At BACS, we receive a thousand or more calls each month from [Read More…]
BACS Connections February 2018
Results Are In: Making a Difference Each year, BACS conducts a survey of our many participants across our housing programs, behavioral health services, and community programs – and this year, our results were better than ever! This is part of BACS’ Continuous Quality Improvement process, so we can consistently tweak and improve our programs to [Read More…]
Warriors Suite Tickets Benefit Oakland Homeless
BACS is auctioning suite tickets for three Golden State Warriors games, generously donated by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf! Suite tickets are available for the following games: Warriors vs. Chicago Bulls on 11/24/2017, Warriors vs. LA Lakers on 12/22/17, and Warriors vs. NY Knicks on 1/23/18. All proceeds from this auction will help to end homelessness [Read More…]
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 [Read More…]
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% [Read More…]
