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To build communities with underserved individuals and families, where they are safely and supportively housed, free from homelessness and domestic violence.

HOMELESSNESS

HOMELESSNESS

No one should have to sleep in a car, park, or beside a freeway overpass. Since our founding, Building Futures has provided shelters for community members experiencing homelessness. As a housing first agency, our aim is to connect shelter residents to housing.
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

In a devastating ripple effect, Domestic Violence affects individuals, families, and communities. Building Futures provides an array of services to help survivors heal, and to equip neighbors, workplaces, churches, and other allies to help.
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HOUSING

HOUSING

A stable life begins with housing. Once housed, an individual or family can move forward, with the help of needed supports and services. Building Futures’ Housing Services include permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing programs, housing navigation, and landlord advocacy.
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“People Power” helps keep Building Futures’ programs and services vibrant and whole. Learn about our volunteer opportunities.

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Jazz It Up! 2022: Honoring Mothers
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Jazz It Up! 2022: Honoring Mothers

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Building Futures is an agency of change on our island. I know we have more work to do. With Building Futures in our neighborhood, I feel confident and assured: We can do it!
Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft
Alameda Mayor
I love my job. It’s a great feeling to be changing lives, one day at a time!    
Genevieve
Genevieve Sotelo
Shelter Manager
If it wasn’t for you, Building Futures, some of us would be out in the cold … crashing on a friend’s couch … or riding the all-night bus.    
“Frank” 
Warming Shelter Guest

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Do not shrink yourself to make people happy. You are #beautiful the way you are. ... See MoreSee Less

Do not shrink yourself to make people happy. You are #beautiful the way you are.
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Stay safe!As our country remembers the 1 million lives lost to COVID-19, the Bay Area is experiencing a swell in COVID cases. Here in Alameda, cases have more than doubled in the last 4 weeks, and we know actual case rates are much higher with the widespread use of unreported at-home tests. Take precautions! Health officers urge wearing high-quality masks indoors (N95/KN95 or snug-fitting surgical masks) and make sure you are up-to-date on your vaccine. Individuals 50+ or 12+ and immunocompromised are eligible for a second booster and appointments are easy to make at local pharmacies. ... See MoreSee Less

Stay safe!
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2 weeks ago
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Success! Thank you to our community participation, we had a great time gathering virtually and celebrating mothers last Saturday at our annual Jazz it Up! event. We are so grateful that we met our matching gift goal, and thanks to your support and our wonderfully generous sponsors we raised more than $135,000 for programs and services that are changing lives!
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Success! Thank you to our community participation, we had a great time gathering virtually and celebrating mothers last Saturday at our annual Jazz it Up! event. We are so grateful that we met our matching gift goal, and thanks to your support and our wonderfully generous sponsors we raised more than $135,000 for programs and services that are changing lives! #HonoringMothers #ItsAboutLove #BuildingFutures #EndHomelessness #EndDomesticViolence #EndingHomelessnessOneKeyAtATime #CountingOnCommunity
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2 weeks ago
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Thank you to everyone that was able to attend our Jazz it Up! virtual event yesterday! And another special thank you to those that were able to donate. Generosity like this is what keeps our organization running so we can work on ending domestic violence and homelessness.

If you were unable to attend our event yesterday, you can still watch by going on to youtu.be/nItR4lPe_5I

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Last Year’s Highlights

4,153
calls received requesting shelter, housing, and domestic violence assistance, including individual counseling.
343
homeless adults and children housed—nearly one a day!—including Marina Village Inn guests at high risk for COVID-19. Overall, 6 of every 10 people housed were children.
109,244
meals served at three shelters for women and children, and at COVID-safe hotels where Building Futures sheltered individuals and families at high risk.
50%
of shelter residents are children at Midway, San Leandro, and Sister Me Home domestic violence safe house. During 2020-21, 70% of them participated in distance learning, and 30% were toddlers or infants.
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