The opening is a key milestone in San Mateo's County ambitious plan to move everybody living on the streets indoors By Ethan Varian | evarian@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: April 18, 2023 at 4:03 p.m. | UPDATED: April 19, 2023 at 7:35 a.m. One of the Bay Area’s largest homeless shelters is set…
April 19, 2023
San Mateo County celebrates new 240-unit navigation center
Sierra Lopez Daily Journal staff April 19, 2023 Nearly a year to the day after breaking ground, San Mateo County leaders gathered in Redwood City to celebrate the completion of the county’s new 240-unit navigation center, a housing complex meant to offer wraparound services to some of the area’s most vulnerable residents. “We could not…
April 19, 2023
San Jose Breaks Ground On Prefab Homeless Housing
April 14, 2023 By Jana Kadah San Jose Spotlight/SF Gate San Jose is breaking ground on a unique transitional housing site that will support hundreds of homeless residents when complete. Preparation is underway for a three-story, prefabricated modular project on Branham Lane and Monterey Road in the south part of the city. Planning for the…
April 1, 2023
The Break-Up of the Nuclear Family
Written By: Tiffany Hong; LifeMoves Board Member, Fifteen year Volunteer, and Chief Administrative Officer for the Office of the President, Franklin Templeton Investments. As we look at the close of Women’s History Month, the juxtaposition of families, particularly women, and children, is heightened. Growing up in Asia in a family of 10 siblings with strong…
RELEASE DATE: March 30, 2023 MENLO PARK, CA - LifeMoves, the largest Silicon Valley organization dedicated to helping homeless families and individuals find stable housing and self-sufficiency, has announced the appointment of Lori Castillo Martinez to its Board of Directors. Lori is the Executive Vice President and Chief Equality Officer at Salesforce, leading the company's…
March 7, 2023
Redwood City safe parking program ends
Isabelle Nunes/Daily Journal Mar 7, 2023 Complaints about RVs cease, all residents find housing Redwood City’s Safe RV Parking Program, an initiative aimed at transitioning RV dwellers into more permanent housing while relieving community concerns, has come to a close two years after it launched. The end of February also marked the official end of…
February 9, 2023
Home & Hope is Now LifeMoves
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2023 The organization of faith houses working to help unhoused families in their sanctuaries has joined LifeMoves. MENLO PARK, CA – Home & Hope, a coalition of congregations addressing homelessness in San Mateo and Northern Santa Clara Counties, will now operate under the auspices of LifeMoves, the largest provider of homeless services…
County Executive’s Office December 13, 2022 Redwood City — The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today awarded three cities a total of $2.4 million to help end homelessness. Redwood City and Millbrae will expand existing programs that steer individuals and families experiencing homelessness into shelters and services. Half Moon Bay will provide a safe parking area, with…
February 7, 2023
Millbrae homeless program proves effective
Corey Browning Daily Journal staff Aug 4, 2022 Officials: Aid for people forced off BART exceeds expectations in first 6 months Millbrae’s new program to help unhoused people get off the streets produced promising results in its first six months of operation, city officials reported this week. The city launched the program at the…
January 9, 2023
Veteran Fundraiser Joins LifeMoves in Fight to End Homelessness
Shannon Petrello, a 15-year veteran of raising funds to improve the lives of Northern Californians, has joined LifeMoves, one of the leaders in the fight against homelessness in Silicon Valley. Petrello is the new Chief Philanthropy Officer at LifeMoves and comes on board as it embarks on its ambitious five-year plan that integrates with and…