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…]
BACS Connections February 2021
Project Reclamation Update Project Reclamation is preserving the Oakland community by reclaiming neighborhoods for community benefit! We met our goal and finished purchasing the properties in Oakland neighborhoods, creating more units of housing to end homelessness. BACS’ Project Reclamation is part of Governor Newsom’s Project Homekey initiative to purchase and rehabilitate buildings and turn them [Read More…]
BACS CEO Named 2020 Woman of the Year
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…]
2019-2020 Annual Report
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…]
New Fremont Housing Navigation Center Reaches Capacity!
We are excited to announce that – as of yesterday evening – the Fremont Housing Navigation Center (HNC) is at capacity! All 25 people (reduced from 45 for COVID safety) are moved out of homelessness and into the program, and we are working on long-term housing. The HNC, located near Fremont City Hall, is a [Read More…]
Media Advisory: Fremont Housing Navigation Center Welcomes First Residents
Fremont, CA, September 2020 – Bay Area Community Services (BACS) today announced that the first residents of its new Fremont Housing Navigation Center (HNC) moved out of homelessness and into the program. The HNC, located near Fremont City Hall, is a pivotal partnership between the City of Fremont and BACS to address the city’s homelessness [Read More…]
Media Advisory: Project Homekey BACS
PROJECT RECLAMATION: PROJECT HOMEKEY IN OAKLAND California, Oakland, and BACS – Major Investment in Permanent Housing for Oaklanders OAKLAND, CA, September 2020 – Bay Area Community Services (BACS)’ Project Reclamation has been awarded $10 million to buy single-family homes in Oakland as part of the State of California’s Project Homekey, creating permanent housing for community [Read More…]
BACS Connections September 2020
California, Oakland, and BACS – Partner Together Announcing Major Investment in Permanent Housing for Oaklanders 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, [Read More…]
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