East Oakland Housing Resource Center

HRCs are welcoming, community-based access points for anyone experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our teams provide housing navigation, Coordinated Entry access, case management, benefits connections, and ongoing support toward housing stability.

• Phone: 510-903-8177
• Location: 9628 International Blvd, Oakland
• Hours:
  • Monday & Friday: 9am-5pm
  • Tue, Wed, Thu: 9am-6pm
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours or email BACS@bayareacs.org.

Towne House Housing Resource Center

HRCs are welcoming, community-based access points for anyone experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our teams provide housing navigation, Coordinated Entry access, case management, benefits connections, and ongoing support toward housing stability.

• Phone: 510-658-9480
• Location: 629 Oakland Ave, Oakland
• Hours:
  • Monday & Friday: 9am-5pm
  • Tue, Wed, Thu: 9am-6pm
  • Sat: Drop-in 9am-12pm. By appointment only 12-5pm.
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours or email BACS@bayareacs.org.

North County Housing Resource Center

HRCs are welcoming, community-based access points for anyone experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our teams provide housing navigation, Coordinated Entry access, case management, benefits connections, and ongoing support toward housing stability.

• Phone: 510-495-0131
• Location: 2809 Telegraph Ave Berkeley
• Hours:
  • Monday & Friday: 9am-5pm
  • Tue, Wed, Thu: 9am-6pm
  • Sat: Drop-in 9am-12pm. By appointment only 12-5pm.
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours or email BACS@bayareacs.org.

West Oakland Housing Resource Center

HRCs are welcoming, community-based access points for anyone experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our teams provide housing navigation, Coordinated Entry access, case management, benefits connections, and ongoing support toward housing stability.

• Phone: 510-567-4149
• Location: 912 Peralta St, Oakland
• Hours:
  • Monday & Friday: 9am-5pm
  • Tue, Wed, Thu: 9am-6pm
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours or email BACS@bayareacs.org.

East County Housing Resource Center

HRCs are welcoming, community-based access points for anyone experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our teams provide housing navigation, Coordinated Entry access, case management, benefits connections, and ongoing support toward housing stability.

• Phone: 510-250-2022
• Location: 3311 Pacific Avenue, Livermore
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours or email BACS@bayareacs.org.

Fremont Homeless Wellness Center

The HWC provides supportive housing services, classes and support from peers, safe space to spend the day, and is a point of entry for the Coordinated Entry System in South Alameda County.

• Phone: 510-657-7425
• Location: 40963 Grimmer Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours or email BACS@bayareacs.org.

Hedco Wellness Center

Welcoming & accessible community hub for services including behavioral health support, employment, housing resources, peer-led groups, and more.

• Phone: 510-247-8235
• Location: 590 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours.

South County Wellness Center

Welcoming & accessible community hub for services including behavioral health support, employment, housing resources, peer-led groups, and more.

• Phone: 510-657-7425
• Location: 40963 Grimmer Blvd, Fremont
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours.

Towne House Wellness Center

Welcoming & accessible community hub for services including behavioral health support, employment, housing resources, peer-led groups, and more.

• Phone: 510-658-9480
• Location: 629 Oakland Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours.

Valley Wellness Center

Welcoming & accessible community hub for services including behavioral health support, employment, housing resources, peer-led groups, and more.

• Phone: 925-484-8457
• Location: 3900 Valley Ave, Suite B, Pleasanton CA 94566
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours.

Keep People Housed

Keep People Housed prevents residents who are at-risk of becoming homeless.

• Phone: 510-899-9289 (call or text)
• Apply for assistance online: https://keeppeoplehoused.org/

NET Growth

NET Growth is part guaranteed income pilot, part comprehensive service network, to help former foster youth in Alameda County transition into adulthood with the financial stability, personal strength, and community backing they need.

• Phone: 510-229-2786
• Get Connected: Contact us at NETGrowth@bayareacs.org

Shallow Subsidy San Leandro

BACS prevents homelessness for housing-insecure, low-income, severely rent burdened community members by providing shallow cash subsidies to close the gap in their housing costs.

• Get Connected: Email ShallowSubsidy@bayareacs.org with your name, address, and a contact number so our team can reach out to see if you are eligible.
• Eligibility: Living and renting in the City of San Leandro (unincorporated areas not eligible). AMI must be at or below 30% based on household makeup.

Amber House Crisis Residential Treatment

BACS’ Amber House is a short-term residential alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, or support following hospitalization, for individuals in active psychiatric distress who need support to cope and heal.

• Phone: 510-613-0330
• Get Connected: Referrals at bayareacs.org/crisis-residential-treatment or call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099. Walk-ins not welcome.

Amber House Crisis Stabilization Unit

BACS’ Amber House Crisis Stabilization Unit is a short-term (under 24 hours) assessment and triage unit for individuals in active psychiatric distress who need community support.

• Phone: 510-379-4179
• Location: 516 31^st Street, Oakland, CA 94609
• Get Connected: We take all referrals and triage over the phone & at the door.

Woodroe Place Crisis Residential Treatment

Woodroe Place is a short-term residential alternative to psychiatric hospitalization, or support following hospitalization, for individuals in active psychiatric distress who need support to cope and heal.

• Phone: call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099
• Location: Located in Hayward, CA
• Get Connected: Referrals at bayareacs.org/crisis-residential-treatment or call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099

Fremont Navigation Center

Fremont Navigation Center provides short-term housing to help people transition from encampments to permanent housing, with support for mental health, hygiene, physical health, and job needs.

• Location: Located in downtown Fremont, CA
• Get Connected: Residents are referred through the Coordinated Entry System (CES). Visit your nearest Housing Resource Center for a CES Assessment.

Hayward Navigation Center

Hayward Navigation Center provides short-term housing to help people transition from encampments to permanent housing, with support for mental health, hygiene, physical health, and job needs.

• Location: Located in Hayward, CA
• Get Connected: Residents are referred through the Coordinated Entry System (CES). Visit your nearest Housing Resource Center for a CES Assessment.

STAIR Center

The STAIR Center is a rapid-rehousing program that helps people transition from encampments and other un-sheltered living situations into permanent housing. While residents live with us, we stay focused on finding permanent housing while helping participants establish benefits, find employment, access mental and physical healthcare supports, and more.

• Location: located in Berkeley, CA
• Get Connected: Residents are referred through the Coordinated Entry System (CES). Visit your nearest Housing Resource Center for a CES Assessment.

Housing Community Supports (HCS)

HCS helps high-acuity individuals on their unique journey to stabilize their housing and behavioral health needs across the 8 domains of wellness. BACS helps people served by coordinating subsidies and federal funding, provides and links with intensive case management, building natural communities of support around partners, helping clients locate quality housing and submit applications then negotiate and understand lease agreements, and help with long-term housing retention.

• Location: located in Oakland and Berkeley
• Get Connected: Residents are referred through the Coordinated Entry System (CES). Visit your nearest Housing Resource Center for a CES Assessment.

REGIS Bridge Housing

BACS provides Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH), a transitional housing program offering stability and behavioral health services while participants work toward permanent housing.

• Location: located in Hayward, CA
• Get Connected: Residents are referred through the Coordinated Entry System (CES). Visit your nearest Housing Resource Center for a CES Assessment.

CARE Court Supportive Services

Comprehensive supportive services for people involved in the CARE Court system.

• Phone: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099 for more information about how to petition the court for supportive services from BACS.
• Get Connected: Referrals will come through CARE Court petition filing process. If you are in CARE Court, contact your public defender. If you are interested in filing a petition, access this at County self-help locations. 

Enhanced Care Management/Tier

Expanded services at no cost to Medi-Cal members who have complex needs and challenges including homelessness, severe behavioral health challenges, and more. Support navigating the system of care and accessing additional resources.

• Get Connected: Requires referral from Alameda Alliance for Health.

Intensive Case Management

Level One Case Management Program that Provide intensive case management that supports people’s ability to access psychiatric care, medical care, substance use treatment, housing resources, financial resources, employment opportunities, and advocacy within the legal system.

• Phone: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099

IPS Supported Employment

Using the Individualized Placement and Support 9IPS) evidence-based model, we support people with complex needs, behavioral health challenges, and/or who are experiencing homelessness to find and maintain competitive, satisfying employment.

• Get Connected: Visit a BACS Wellness Center to get started.

Oakland Project Connect

OPC provides supportive services (including individual and group counseling, housing coordinating, financial support, and community linkages to permanent housing) to unhoused adults in Oakland who are living with mental health and substance use challenges.

• Contact: OPCreferrals@bayareacs.org

Re-Entry Treatment Team

The Re-Entry Treatment Team provides supportive services (12-18 months of intensive mental health treatment and care coordination, benefits assistance, benefits advocacy, independent living skills & community-building) to individuals with behavioral health issues and a criminal justice history.

• Email: RTTreferrals@bayareacs.org

SAGE

SAGE helps people achieve stability through benefits advocacy and linkage to housing and other resources that improve well-being and empower individuals to achieve their goals. The SAGE program works directly with legal advocates to assist people through the process of securing SSI benefits.

• Phone: 510-613-0330
• Get Connected: Must be connected to a legal advocate for SSI benefits (HAC or BALA) for eligibility. Referrals to SAGEreferrals@bayareacs.org

Circa60

Full Service Partnerships support partners in every aspect of their life, breaking systemic mental health, housing, and community barriers. FSPs help people achieve lasting mental health stability through community support, rather than relying on expensive, uncoordinated inpatient and emergency services. Circa60 helps older adults (ages 60+) in Alameda County.

• Phone: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099
• Get Connected: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099

HEAT

Full Service Partnerships support partners in every aspect of their life, breaking systemic mental health, housing, and community barriers. FSPs help people achieve lasting mental health stability through community support, rather than relying on expensive, uncoordinated inpatient and emergency services. HEAT serves people ages 18+ who are experiencing homelessness and have severe and persistent mental illness in Alameda County.

• Phone: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099
• Get Connected: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099

LIFT

Full Service Partnerships support partners in every aspect of their life, breaking systemic mental health, housing, and community barriers. FSPs help people achieve lasting mental health stability through community support, rather than relying on expensive, uncoordinated inpatient and emergency services. LIFT serves justice-involved individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis, who are not getting the support they need, and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Alameda County.

• Phone: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099
• Get Connected: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099

PAIGE

Full Service Partnerships support partners in every aspect of their life, breaking systemic mental health, housing, and community barriers. FSPs help people achieve lasting mental health stability through community support, rather than relying on expensive, uncoordinated inpatient and emergency services. PAIGE serves TAY (ages 18-24) who are experiencing a mental health crisis, who are not connected to services or not getting the support they need, and who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Alameda County.

BACS has FSPs focusing on: unhoused community members, justice-involved community members, transition aged youth (ages 18-24), justice-involved transition aged youth, and older adults (ages 60+) in Alameda County.

• Phone: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099
• Get Connected: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099

RISE

Full Service Partnerships support partners in every aspect of their life, breaking systemic mental health, housing, and community barriers. FSPs help people achieve lasting mental health stability through community support, rather than relying on expensive, uncoordinated inpatient and emergency services. RISE serves justice-involved TAY (ages 18-24) who are experiencing serious mental illness and other significant challenges in Alameda County.

• Phone: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099
• Get Connected: Call ACCESS at 1-800-491-9099

Medical Respite in Oakland

BACS’ Recuperative Care program offers a short-term (up to 4 weeks) safe, supportive place for community members experiencing homelessness or other complex needs to recuperate after an illness and hospital stay.

• Phone: 510-759-4289
• Location: Located in Oakland, CA
• Get Connected: Clients are referred by a case manager or social worker during a hospital stay. Walk-ins not welcome.

Project Reclamation

BACS buys single-family homes and small apartment buildings to create permanent housing for people who would otherwise be homeless due to complex needs. Each resident has a private bedroom and a Care Coordinator to support with their unique needs.

• Location: Dozens of homes located throughout Alameda County.
• Get Connected: Through local coordinated entry system. Visit your local Housing Resource Center for more information.

Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)

BACS converts former hotels, motels, and apartment buildings into permanent housing with embedded supportive services to end homelessness and help people thrive long-term.

• Location: Sites in Oakland and Berkeley.
• Get Connected: Through local coordinated entry system. Visit your local Housing Resource Center for more information.

Administration/Headquarters

• Phone: 510-613-0330
• Location: 23950 Mission Blvd, Hayward, CA 94544
• Get Connected: Visit during business hours.