News and Updates
Priority Home Partnership Faces Huge Demand
After months of planning the Priority Home Partnership, the countywide Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program (HPRP), launched on November 2, 2009 and faced an avalanche of requests for rental assistance. Four hundred people called 211 on the program’s first day and by the end of the first two weeks the number had grown to 1,880—90% of whom were screened as potentially eligible for assistance. [Read complete article]
Rapid Rehousing success in Livermore
Earlier this year, Carol and her two children, Stephanie age 12 and David, age 8, found themselves fleeing their home to escape domestic abuse. They moved into a motel in Livermore. While Carol worked two jobs, her income couldn’t cover the nightly cost of the room and food for her and her two children. After 2 ½ months in the motel, Carol ran out of money and the family moved into her truck. Fortunately, she heard about the Priority Home Program and called 211 the day it opened. [Read complete article]
EveryOne Home Executive Director Elaine deColigny featured on KPFA Radio – Listen below (interview starts at 22:54 in)
December 4, 2009 at 6:00pm
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Press Coverage of Homeless Count 2009 Findings:
Alameda County Getting Homeless Housed — KCBS
Alameda County homeless count falls — Inside Bay Area
Homeless Count 2009 results are in!
Join us as we announce the data from the Homeless Count 2009. Our 200 volunteers surveyed over 1,200 individuals in January 2009 to update local data on how many people and the characteristics of those who are homeless and at-risk of homelessness. The findings also examine housing situations ranging from on the streets, in shelters, at imminent risk of eviction, staying with friends or relatives on a temporary basis, and in permanent housing using local safety net services. You are invited to be part of our media and community event releasing the findings from this census. We will be announcing both countywide and regional data.
Wednesday, July 8th 2009 • 10 - 11:30 AM
Madison Apartments, 2nd Floor, Community Room • 160 14th St., Oakland [Map]
EveryOne Home Executive Director Elaine deColigny on Bay Area People – Click here to watch the video.
New Federal Resources for Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing: EveryOne Home Leads Planning Effort
The Economic Stimulus Package includes new funds to prevent people from losing their housing or from spending long periods of time in shelters if they do become homeless. The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program (HPRP) will provide Alameda County a minimum of $7.5 million over three years. [Read complete article] [More about HPRP]
CHAMPIONS
EveryOne Home is proud to have eleven individuals championing the work of our community to end homelessness in Alameda County. On March 20th 2009, a press event was held to launch our inaugural slate of champions who include individuals from both the public and private sector. [Read complete article] [See Champions Bios]
Reserve a Shelter Bed in Berkeley
This year, Berkeley Food and Housing Project (BFHP) launched a new City of Berkeley Centralized Bed Reservation System pilot project. Funded by Berkeley’s “Public Commons for Everyone Initiative” (PCEI), the program is designed to ensure that every shelter bed in Berkeley is given out each and every night, that the Berkeley Police and Mobile Crisis teams have accurate daily information about emergency bed availability, that homeless prevention services be offered if feasible, and that everyone have a single point of contact for daily shelter bed space, seven days per week. [Read complete article]
President Obama signs the HEARTH Act into Law
On May 19, both houses passed S. 896, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, which included the HEARTH Act as an amendment. President Obama signed the legislation into law on May 20, funding homeless assistance programs at $2.2 billion annually. [Read complete article]
EveryOne Home Leadership Board Elects New Co-Chairs
The EveryOne Home Leadership board has elected new co-chairs. Susan R. Shelton and Daniel Sawislak have been welcomed into these new roles as of April 2009. [Read complete article]