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June 24, 2026

Creating Safe, Affirming Spaces for LifeMoves LGBTQIA+ Clients

Creating Safe, Affirming Spaces for LifeMoves LGBTQIA+ Clients By De Anna Garcia, Director of Client Experiences Pride Month celebrates authenticity, yet for many LGBTQIA+ individuals, living openly has also meant rejection, instability, and homelessness. The reality is that LGBTQIA+ people experience homelessness at disproportionately high rates. For example, LGBTQIA+ youth are 120% more likely to…
Homeless Client at Interim Housing Community
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June 10, 2026

TIME Magazine: Homelessness is Falling in California for the First Time in Years. Here’s What Changed

TIME Magazine featured LifeMoves in a national story examining California's first year-over-year decline in homelessness since 2018, according to newly released U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data. The article, "Homelessness is Falling in California for the First Time in Years. Here's What Changed," explores the policies, homelessness prevention efforts, supportive services and…
New 2025 board members
Press Release
September 19, 2025

LifeMoves Announces the Appointment of Five Leaders to Its Board of Directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESep 18, 2025 LifeMoves Announces the Appointment of Five Leaders to Its Board of Directors Santa Clara, CA — LifeMoves, Silicon Valley’s largest provider of interim and supportive housing, is strengthening its governance with five dynamic board members whose diverse expertise will help drive transformative local solutions to the region’s housing crisis. Together,…
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Press Release
October 3, 2024

LifeMoves’ New Vice President of Programs and Services’ Diverse Background Poised to Bolster Homeless Response Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Clara, CA – LifeMoves is thrilled to announce the newest addition to its executive team, Vice President of Programs and Services Anat Leonard-Wookey, whose experience with the unhoused spans decades, traverses the nation’s hardest-hit areas and remains deeply rooted in homeless response systems. Bringing with her over two decades of nonprofit…
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July 30, 2024

More of America’s Homeless are Clocking into Jobs Each Day

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…
San Mateo Country Navigational Center
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May 6, 2024

With the San Mateo County Navigation Center, Charles F. Bloszies Pioneers a Rapid Response to Homelessness

By Clare Jacobson|Architectural Record May 3, 2024 The San Mateo County Navigation Center (SMCNC)—supportive interim housing for formerly unhoused people “navigating” their way to permanent quarters—was built for speed. The Office of Charles F. Bloszies coordinated the facility’s design-build delivery and developed its prefabricated modular construction system, as well as oversaw a team of government, community service, and…
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Press Release
October 31, 2023

Officials Break Ground on Homekey Palo Alto

PALO ALTO - The City of Palo Alto and partners just broke ground on Homekey Palo Alto, an interim shelter to serve up to 200 unhoused residents annually that is scheduled for completion by early 2025. It is the latest project funded by the State’s Homekey program which is designed to rapidly expand housing throughout California.…
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October 10, 2023

World Mental Health Day: Calling Attention to the Need

October 10th is World Mental Health Day and an opportune time to point out that in our culture, the vast majority of mental health services go to our community members with the most financial resources. Counseling, therapy, and psychiatric services are costly and largely out of reach for many poor and disenfranchised people in need.…
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October 9, 2023

World Homeless Day: Our Clients Move In

Watch this heartwarming first impressions video of several of our incredible clients when they first moved into our interim housing sites. This day is dedicated to raising awareness and inviting our community to actively respond to homelessness. At LifeMoves, we are steadfast in our commitment to ending homelessness through the provision of supportive services, intensive case…