Abode Services

ASSIST THE HOMELESS TO SECURE HOUSING AND ADVOCATE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS.

SCATTERED SITE HOUSING UNITS:IN ADDITION TO PLACING HOMELESS FAMILIES INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS OWNED BY ABODE SERVICES, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PLACES HOMELESS PEOPLE INTO MARKET RATE APARTMENT UNITS MADE AFFORDABLE THROUGH RENTAL SUBSIDIES. THESE HOUSING PLACEMENTS HAVE COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SERVICES, PROVIDED BY ABODE SERVICES OR PARTNER AGENCY STAFF, ATTACHED TO THEM. THESE PLACEMENTS OCCUR IN OVER 50 DISCRETE HOUSING PROGRAMS IN SIX BAY AREA COUNTIES. ABODE'S PORTFOLIO OF PROGRAMS IS SUPPORTED BY NUMEROUS FUNDING SOURCES AND SUBSIDY TYPES, INCLUDING LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES. ABODE EMPLOYS BOTH TENANT-BASED AND MASTER LEASES AND WORKS WITH MORE THAN 900 ACTIVE LANDLORDS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA. THROUGH SCATTERED SITE HOUSING PROGRAMS, ABODE ADMINISTERS MORE THAN $35 MILLION WORTH OF SUBSIDIES EACH YEAR, AND SUPPORTS THOUSANDS OF FORMERLY HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS SECURE AND MAINTAIN HOUSING IN THE BAY AREAS.

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS:ABODE SERVICES PLACES HOMELESS PEOPLE INTO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS TO HELP PREVENT AND END HOMELESSNESS IN ALAMEDA, SANTA CLARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN MATEO, NAPA, AND SAN FRANCISCO COUNTIES BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING LINKED TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, SUPPORT GROUPS AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS RECOGNIZED AS A SOLUTION TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS.FOR INSTANCE, ROTARY BRIDGEWAY APARTMENTS IN FREMONT CONTAINS 26 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. RENTS ARE OFFERED AT NO MORE THAN 1/3 OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME. BRIDGEWAY APARTMENTS IN UNION CITY PROVIDES SUBSIDIZED RENTAL HOUSING LINKED TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS FOR UP TO TWO YEARS WHILE ENROLLED IN AN EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT IS COMPLETED WITHIN 18 TO 24 MONTHS. ABODE SERVICES, IS ABLE TO PLACE AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO FAMILIES LIVING AT APARTMENT SITES THROUGHOUT ALAMEDA, SANTA CLARA, SAN MATEO, SANTA CRUZ, NAPA, AND SAN FRANCISCO COUNTIES. THESE SITES SERVE ALL THE POPULATIONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INCLUDING VETERANS, FAMILIES, TRANSITION AGE FOSTER YOUTH AND PERSONS LIVING WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES. ABODE PROVIDES RESIDENT AND CLINICAL SERVICES TO MORE THAN 1,700 HOUSEHOLDS AT ANY POINT IN TIME IN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITE-BASED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS.

SHELTER PROGRAMS:ABODE SERVICES OPERATES THREE PERMANENT SHELTER PROGRAMS. SUNRISE VILLAGE IS A 24-HOUR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM. FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN LIVE IN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATHS. INDIVIDUAL ALCOVES ARE AVAILABLE FOR 30 SINGLE ADULTS WHO SHARE FOUR DORMITORY-STYLE ROOMS. THE SHELTER HOUSES 66 PEOPLE WHILE THEY LOOK FOR PERMANENT HOUSING. IN NAPA COUNTY, SOUTH NAPA SHELTER, SUPPORTS 69 INDIVIDUALS AT ANY POINT IN TIME, AND FROMNOVEMBER THROUGH APRIL, ABODE OPERATES AN ADDITIONAL WINTER SHELTER PROGRAM SUPPORTING 55 MORE INDIVIDUALS. ALL SHELTER PROGRAMS ARE HOUSING FOCUSED AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY ABODE SERVICES STAFF AND A FULL SPECTRUM OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IS OFFERED TO RESIDENTS FREE OF CHARGE. RESIDENTS RECEIVE THREE MEALS A DAY, PHONE AND MAIL SERVICES AND ACCESS TO LAUNDRY FACILITIES. SERVICES INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, PRIMARY AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY SERVICES, HOUSING PLACEMENT, JOB COUNSELING, FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, CHILDCARE AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS.IN ADDITION TO THE THREE LONG-TERM PROGRAMS, ABODE HAS OPENED MORE THAN A DOZEN TEMPORARY SHELTERS AS PART OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNTY PARTNERS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE TEMPORARY SHELTERS ARE AS "SHELTER IN PLACE" (SIP) SITES, TO MOVE THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS INSIDE WHO ARE LIKELY TO SUFFER THE MOST SEVERE HEALTH OUTCOMES IF THEY WERE TO CONTRACT COVID-19 AND "ISOLATION QUARANTINE" (IQ) SITES, FOR THOSE PEOPLE HOW HAVE CONTRACTED COVID-19 OR HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, BUT LACK THE ABILITY TO QUARANTINE. THESE TEMPORARY NON-CONGREGATE SHELTERS ARE HOUSED IN HOTELS AND MOTELS LEASED BY THE COUNTIES AND OPERATED BY ABODE THROUGH SERVICE CONTRACTS. THE FIRST SHELTERS BEGAN OPERATION IN MARCH 2020, AND HAVE EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED TO MEET THE NEED. THE LAST SHELTERS ARE EXPECTED TO CLOSE AT THE END OF JUNE 2022, BUT COULD BE EXTENDED DEPENDING ON THE NEED.