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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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City of Alameda Emergency Rent Relief
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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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Building Futures

We have moved! After over 20 years at our 1395 Bancroft Ave. San Leandro location, we moved and have an updated address: 1840 Fairway Dr. San Leandro, CA 94577!

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We have moved! After over 20 years at our 1395 Bancroft Ave. San Leandro location, we moved and have an updated address: 1840 Fairway Dr. San Leandro, CA 94577! We cant wait to invite all of you to a ribbon cutting when we can all safely gather again!
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Last Year’s Highlights

4,766
calls for shelter, housing and domestic violence assistance
412
homeless adults and children housed in our rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing programs
450
people helped by our street outreach teams in Alameda and San Leandro
257
individuals received domestic violence education, counseling, intervention and safety planning
26,526
nights of shelter provided to (403 people) at Midway, San Leandro, Sister Me Home and San Leandro/Alameda Warming Shelters
49%
of the guests at our emergency shelters were children
4,202
volunteer service hours
74,904
meals were served at our five emergency shelters
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WE MOVED! 1840 Fairway Drive, San Leandro
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