Abode is the Bay Area’s largest homeless housing and services provider. As part of our growing response to the region’s housing and homelessness crisis, we now operate dozens of programs that rehouse people in need as quickly as possible. The combination of housing programs and wraparound social services forms the core of our Housing First approach.

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Services

Abode’s Services coordinates health and supportive services for participants in shelter and supportive housing programs, offering comprehensive on-site assistance.

Abode has also cultivated strong relationships with more than 40 local service providers to connect participants to additional social services.

The on-site services that we provide at housing sites include job training, parenting classes, financial literacy, computer training, case management, health education and activities, and many others.

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Programs

Abode Services operates nearly dozens of primary programs across six counties and has experienced dramatic growth in response to the increasing need for affordable housing and services for homeless people.

As a Housing First agency, our programs — including street-level outreach to permanent supportive housing, among others — are designed to connect participants to housing as quickly as possible.

Scroll down below to learn more about just a few of the programs that we administer in pursuit of our mission to end homelessness:

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Permanent Supportive Housing

Abode Services currently provides a full array of wrap-around resident services to dozens of permanent supportive housing communities in the Bay Area.

The supportive services that we provide for permanent supportive households enable residents in our programs to achieve their goals and remain stably housed.

In the fiscal year 2023, 92 percent of participants in our permanent supportive housing programs remained stably housed during the year. In addition, 48 percent of our permanent supportive participants exited to permanent housing.

Rapid Rehousing

Rapid re-housing provides short-term rental assistance and services with the goal of helping people obtain housing quickly, increase self-sufficiency, and stay housed. Resources and services provided are typically tailored to the needs of the person. Rapid rehousing has proven to be effective in keeping formerly homeless people in newfound permanent housing. Once in a home, they are in a better position to address the issues that may have led to their homelessness, such as gaining employment or facing substance abuse challenges.

In the fiscal year 2023, Abode assisted 5,081 individuals in rapid rehousing programs, and 72 percent of households housed through rapid rehousing programs exited to permanent housing.

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Oakland Path Rehousing Initiative (OPRI)

This supportive housing program provides rental assistance, housing placement, ongoing subsidies, and supportive services for extremely vulnerable groups in Oakland, including older adults and people exiting the criminal justice system.

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Project Independence

This homelessness-prevention program is for young adults exiting the foster care system.

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This partnership of local shelters in Alameda County works to help families gain access to employment support and housing opportunities.

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Project Roomkey

We have partnered with state leaders and Bay Area counties during Covid-19 to provide emergency housing to homeless people, a program that also serves as a pathway to permanent housing.