Read the following article from The Washington Post, explaining how many Americans are facing homelessness due to unaffordable housing and rising rents, highlighting a growing crisis where even employed individuals are unable to secure stable living conditions. By: Abha Bhattarai July 28th, 2024 Homelessness, already at a record high last year, appears to be worsening among…
January 26, 2024
San Mateo County Seeks Updated Count of Homeless Residents with Hopes to Improve Services
Read this article from the San Mateo Daily Journal: Before the sun could come up Thursday morning, volunteers and officials from across San Mateo County flooded neighborhoods in search of homeless residents living on the streets, in tents, makeshift shelters, cars or RVs. Known as the One Day Homeless Count and mandated by the federal…
September 28, 2023
LifeMoves Welcomes New Board Members
LifeMoves, the largest nonprofit committed to ending homelessness in Silicon Valley, proudly announces the appointment of four exceptional leaders to its current Board of Directors. These new Board members are committed to LifeMoves unwavering mission. “I’m honored to welcome these remarkable individuals to our Board of Directors,” said Aubrey Merriman, Chief Executive Officer of LifeMoves.…
April 19, 2023
San Mateo County opens first navigation center
by: Justin Campbell Posted: Apr 18, 2023 / 10:48 PM PDT Updated: Apr 18, 2023 / 10:48 PM PDT REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) – San Mateo County is taking a new approach to help solve homelessness. The county opened its first $57 million “navigation center” on Tuesday. “What we wanted was this to be more…
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…
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…