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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Dec
13
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...
20
May
Homeless and Living Inside Hacienda
As Richmond Police attempted to evacuate all squatters from the Hacienda public housing building on May 18, The CC 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 –...
24
Jul
Youth Left Orphaned and Homeless by Tragic Fire, Need Community’s Help
Report • Keyannie Norford In our community, when one has a loss, we all have a loss. Early Friday morning on July 5th, 911 received a call around 2:30am regarding a...
14
Oct
Youth Homelessness On The Rise In Richmond
News Feature, Kia Croom Continuously over the last four years, Jessica Comstock, 22, has been homeless, relying on a network of local emergency shelters for her survival. She is just one of...
09
Sep
A Homeless Shelter Reacts to Obama’s Jobs Speech
News Report, Donny Lumpkins, Posted: Sep 09, 2011 Last night, President Obama rolled out his new plan to jump-start the economy and create jobs for Americans. At a homeless shelter in...
20
Jun
County Homeless Get Connected
Video, Malcolm Marshall Project Homeless Connect aims to connect services to those in need. It was sponsored by the City of Richmond, Chevron and West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee. ...
16
Apr
Getting a GRIP on Homelessness
News Report, Donny Lumpkins/Video, Ann Bassette, Donny Lumpkins RICHMOND, Calif.—For Richmond’s low-income families, for whom the threat of homelessness is an ever-present reality, a free meal or rent money between jobs...
