Abode Services

Scattered site housing units:abode Services places homeless people into market rate apartment units made affordable through rental subsidies. These housing placements have comprehensive social Services, provided by Abode Services or partner agency staff, attached to them. These placements occur in over 50 discrete housing programs in six bay area counties. Abode's portfolio of programs is supported by numerous funding sources and subsidy types, including local, state and federal sources. Abode employs both tenant-based and master leases and works with more than 1,200 active landlords throughout the bay area. Through scattered site housing programs, Abode administers more than $35 million worth of subsidies each year, and supports thousands of formerly homeless households to secure and maintain housing in the bay areas.

Shelter programs:abode Services operates three permanent shelter programs. Sunrise village is a 24 hour temporary emergency shelter program. Families with children live in individual family rooms with private baths. Individual alcoves are available for 30 single adults who share four dormitory style rooms. The shelter houses 66 people while they look for permanent housing. In napa county, south napa shelter, supports 90 individuals at any point in time, and from november through april, Abode operates an additional winter shelter program supporting 50 more individuals. All shelter programs are housing focused and are accompanied by Abode Services staff and a full spectrum of supportive Services is offered to residents free of charge. Residents receive three meals a day, phone and mail Services and access to laundry facilities. Services include case management, primary and mental health care, substance abuse recovery Services, housing placement, job counseling, financial literacy training, transportation assistance, childcare and children's programs.

Supportive housing projects:abode Services places homeless people into supportive housing units to help prevent and end homelessness in alameda, santa clara, santa cruz, san mateo, napa, and san francisco counties by providing affordable rental housing linked to supportive Services such as, but not limited to, mental health counseling, support groups and access to healthcare. The development of affordable permanent supportive housing is recognized as a solution to ending homelessness.

Outreach programs:street outreach teams provide outreach, engagement, and service linkages to participants throughout alameda, napa, and santa clara counties. Abode also operates additional street health team Services, conducting clinical outreach, providing medical care/services to individuals living on the street and experiencing acute medical conditions/mental health symptoms, with the long-term goal of connecting them to a medical home in alameda county. Additionally in alameda county, Abode operates an in-home outreach team, providing intensive outreach to people with serious mental health disabilities and their family members, in order to engage them into treatment and Services needed to support their family members in their role(s) as caregivers. Abode's outreach programs connect with more than 1,100 individuals throughout alameda, santa clara, and napa counties.