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SHARE Center – BACS opens new housing navigation services in Salinas, CA

June 10, 2021

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…]

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BACS Connections April 2021

April 6, 2021

United Against Racism BACS staff and clients, our neighbors and family members, and the people we serve are part of the Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The recent murders in Atlanta and the ongoing, escalating attacks in Oakland and San Francisco have brought to national attention to what, unfortunately, is not news to many right [Read More…]

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Tagged With: AAPI, antiracist, board of directors, kaiser permanente, monterey, nonprofit, nonprofit board, salinas, SHARE center, thrive, thrive city on wheels, tipping point, tipping point community, warriors, whole person care

Community Call and Response: Announcing 2021-2023 Strategic Plan

February 26, 2021

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…]

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BACS Connections February 2021

February 12, 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…]

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BACS CEO Named 2020 Woman of the Year

December 31, 2020

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…]

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2019-2020 Annual Report

November 20, 2020

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…]

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New Fremont Housing Navigation Center Reaches Capacity!

October 15, 2020

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…]

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Media Advisory: Fremont Housing Navigation Center Welcomes First Residents

September 28, 2020

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…]

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Tagged With: bay area, fremont, fremont city council, homelessness, mayor lily mei, media advisory, press release

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