County To Establish Sanitation Centers Near Homeless Encampments
Contra Costa Health Services announced plans Thursday to help establish sanitation centers near homeless encampments....
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Apr
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Apr
Here’s How Putting California’s Homeless In Hotels Actually Works
As homeless Californians begin to move into these units, new questions have arisen for hoteliers, shelter providers, health care workers and government officials: How much should a room cost, and...
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Mar
California Is Scrambling To House the Homeless. Here’s How It’s Playing Out.
With shelters reporting cases of symptomatic people and public health authorities worried about outbreaks in encampments, state authorities are confronting questions of how to speed up help as much as...
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Aug
Working, But Still Homeless, in California
When Coleen Sykes Ray started an organization with her daughter in 2015 to help homeless women, the Stockton, California resident had no idea she, too, would be homeless four years...
02
Jul
“We Have a Crisis,” Says Gov. Newsom As State Pumps 1.7B in Homelessness Fight
Crisis Is Hitting Black Californians the Hardest By Manny Otiko and Tanu Henry | California Black Media Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $214.8 billion state spending plan he and legislative...
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May
GRIP Tries to Help People Get Off the Streets, Just like I Did
On April 15, GRIP, in collaboration with Contra Costa Health Services' Division of Health, Housing and Homeless Services, and the city of Richmond, opened a Warming Center. ...
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Dec
County Needs Help Counting the Homeless, and Here’s Why It Matters
Contra Costa County is asking for help with its annual Point-in-Time survey....
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Sep
Homeless Task Force Addresses Sanctioned Encampments
Shay is one of over 2,200 people who are homeless in Contra Costa County, according to the 2018 Point in Time Count, conducted by members of the county’s homelessness outreach...
06
Dec
Film Brings Homelessness into View
To raise awareness and dialogue, the Contra Costa Council on Homelessness screened a powerful documentary, Storied Streets, for free last month at the Nevin Community Center....
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Jul
Richmond Experiments With Tiny Houses for Homeless
Tiny houses may soon pop up in Richmond as temporary housing for the city’s homeless population....
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Apr
Richmond Launches Task Force on Homelessness
Richmond will soon have a new task force charged with addressing the needs of the city’s homeless population. In a unanimous vote, the City Council on April 18 approved an...
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Apr
Richmond Lanza un Grupo de Trabajo Sobre la Cuestión de Personas sin Hogar
Richmond pronto tendrá un nuevo grupo de trabajo encargado de atender las necesidades de la población sin hogar de la ciudad. ...
17
Apr
Finding Family as a Homeless-Shelter Volunteer
When I was 13 years old, my mom and I started volunteering at the homeless shelter Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP). In the three years I’ve been volunteering, I have...
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May
Homeless and Living Inside Hacienda
As Richmond Police attempted to evacuate all squatters from the Hacienda public housing building on May 18, Richmond Pulse interviewed two women, both homeless, who had been living inside. ...
06
Jan
Bay Area Low-Income & Homeless Residents Push to Build Own Housing
In the Bay Area, where demands for affordable housing and solutions to homelessness have reached fever pitch, some low-income and homeless residents are taking things into their own hands –...
