Insight Housing

Berkeley Food and Housing Projects (BFHP) Roads Home HVRP Is Seeking to Renew Our Existing Program to Serve Veterans in the Urban and Non-urban Areas of the East Bay Region of San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. Veterans Served Under This Grant Proposal Will Reside in the Opportunity Zones of Contra Costa, Solano, Amador, Sacramento, and Alameda Counties Served by Congressional Districts Ca -003, CA-004, CA-011, CA-006, CA-007, CA-015, and CA-013.FOR Over 50 Years, BFHP Has Been Providing Intensive Wraparound Case Management Services to the Hard to Serve Chronically Homeless Individuals and Families. BFHP Began Specialized Housing and Case Management Services to Veterans Starting in 2011, With the Opening of Our GPD Program in Berkeley. in 2013, BFHP Launched Its SSVF Roads Home Program, Which Now Serves Over 1,500 Homeless Veterans Stretching Across Seven Counties From Sacramento to San Francisco. BFHP Is Requesting 500,000 Annually to Serve 200 Homeless Veterans Across Five Service Areas. the Total 3-YEAR Funding Request for This Project Is 1,500,000 for the Period Beginning July 1, 2023, Through June 30, 2026. Our Program Will Provide Much Needed Veteran Employment Services to Homeless Veterans in the Counties We Currently Provide Rapid Rehousing Services. BFHP Recently Received 7.5M to Provide SSVF Shallow Subsidy Rental Assistance to Veterans With the Expectation to Offer Employment Referrals for Those Veterans. Our SSVF Team and HVRP Team Plan to Work Collaboratively to Ensure Veterans in the Rapid Rehousing and Shallow Subsidy Program Receive Adequate and Stable Employment to Sustain Their Permanent Housing. Amador, Solano, and Eastern Contra Costa Counties Are Non-urban Areas That Have Limited Public Transportation and Job Opportunities. These Counties Have Closed Manufacturing Plants Replaced by Suburban Houses and Shopping Malls. There Are Many Vacant Storefronts From Businesses That Were Shuttered by the Recession That Never Came Back. These Communities Are Full of What Are Called Super Commuters to Silicon Valley and San Francisco, as That Is Where the Good-paying Jobs Are Located. Deploying 500,000 of Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Priority Funding in These Regions, in Collaboration With Our Community Partners, We Can Make Strides Towards Ending Veteran Homelessness in Our Community. We Will Work With a Variety of Subpopulations. 70 of Our Participants Will Be Chronically Homeless Veterans, 28 Will Be Homeless Women Veterans, 25 Will Be Homeless Veterans With Children, and 15 Will Be Formerly Incarcerated, Veterans. of the 200 Homeless Veterans That We Enroll Each Year, 185 (92 ) Will Be Placed in Employment at an Average Entry Wage of 18.50 Hour. Our Total Cost Per Participant Placement Is 2,708 Program Participants Will Be Prepared for Re-entry Into the Workforce With Coaching, Life Skills, Money Management, and Budgeting Assistance, Transportation, Assistance With Finding Temporary or Permanent Housing. We Plan to Continue Our Partnership With SSVF, GPD, Hud-vash, HCHV, the Local Coc S, the Local American Job Centers, Including Vallejo Job Center, Solano Ajcc, Richmond Works Ajcc, Concord America S Job Center of California. and We Will Build New Partnerships With Ajcs in Amador, Sacramento, and Alameda Counties. Bfhps 30 Years of Experience Assisting Chronically Homeless Individuals in Stabilizing Housing and Maintaining Housing Are Skills That We Are Using to Obtain Excellent Retention in Employment.