CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

HOUSING PROGRAMS - BUILDING FUTURES' HOUSING SERVICES INCLUDE BESSIE COLEMAN COURT, A 52-UNIT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY FOR FORMALLY CHRONICALLY HOMELESS SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING AT BESSIE COLEMAN COURT RECEIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS TO A RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING SUPPORT GROUPS, COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING. BUILDING FUTURES ALSO RUNS RAPID REHOUSING SUBSIDIES AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO LITERALLY HOMELESS FAMILIES. THE HOUSING COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM ASSISTS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS CONNECTED WITH HOUSING WITH TENANCY SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING ASSISTANCE WITH GOAL PLANNING, BUDGETING, CONNECTION TO AND MAINTANANCE OF SERVICES, RELATIONSHIPS WITH LANDLORDS, TRANSPORTATION, SELF-ADVICACY, AND CONNECTION TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BENEFITS, INCOME, AND HEALTH CARE.

HOMELESS SERVICES BUILDING FUTURES OPERATES TWO EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS: THE 30-BED SAN LEANDRO SHELTER, AND THE 25-BED MIDWAY SHELTER. PARTICIPANTS ARE CONNECTED TO THE SHELTERS THROUGH ALAMEDA COUNTY'S COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM. SERVICES INCLUDE SHELTER, CASE MANAGEMENT, REFERRALS TO HOUSING PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY AND MAINSTREAM BENEFITS AND SERVICES, PRIMARY DENTAL, MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND PERSONALIZED ADVOCACY AND ASSISTANCE. RESIDENTS ALSO RECEIVE MEALS, SHOWER AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES, AND 24/7 STAFFING TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. THE AGENCY ALSO OPERATES WINTER WARMING SHELTERS IN ALAMEDA AND SAN LEANDRO, PROVIDING OVERNIGHT SHELTER AND TWO MEALS. STREET OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN ALAMEDA, SAN LEANDRO, AND OAKLAND CONNECT PEOPLE IN NEED TO ONE A HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER, WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH HOUSING PROBLEM SOLVING, CRISIS ASSESSMENT, AND ENROLLMENT IN ONE OF BUILDING FUTURES' COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM ACCESS POINTS IN SAN LEANDRO, ALAMEDA, OR OAKLAND.