Resources
Learn how to end and prevent homelessness in Silicon Valley by visiting the Understanding Homelessness website or viewing the handout below.
News & Updates
Targeted prevention helps stop homelessness before it starts
Homelessness has become an increasingly worrisome crisis in our nation over the past several years, but a new study from…
Philanthropic Investments That Put Community First
We’ve invested more than $178 million in our community in the last five years. But the money is only the…
Solving homelessness requires more evidence and less politics
The increasingly worrisome crisis of homelessness in our nation has focused media and policy attention on homelessness policy. Unfortunately, notably absent from…
Apple has spent $1.5 billion on affordable housing. Here’s where the money went
In 2019, Apple committed to spend $2.5 billion to help fight California’s housing crisis. So far, it has helped support…
Embracing Humanity in Our Approach to Studying Homelessness
As a board member of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) Lived Expertise Advisory Board that played a major role in the…
New 6-year randomized control trial: prevention is a proven solution to keeping families from becoming homeless
For years, our homelessness crisis has been fueled by a troubling trend: for every homeless family we connect to housing,…
Do homelessness prevention programs work? Santa Clara County-based study says yes
Finding: Emergency financial assistance reduces homeless peril for at-risk families The adage “prevention is better than cure” applies not just…
Apple partnerships help more than 40,000 Californians access affordable housing and resources
In 2021, as so many communities continued to grapple with the financial effects of the pandemic, Fernando Cortes struggled to…
First Study Of Its Kind Shows Financial Aid Can Prevent Homelessness
For people on the verge of homelessness, emergency financial assistance offers great promise, according to a randomized control study done…
We’re Expanding Our Andre Ellison Equity Fund
People of color disproportionately experience homelessness in our community and throughout the country. We launched the Andre Ellison Equity Fund last year to…
