Wrapping up our #annualreport series: celebrating the incredible BACS team. 535 people who used their time, energy, education, lived experience, creativity, and compassion to uplift their neighbors. Our community is better thanks to each of them! #whateverittakes #housing #behavioralhealth #homelessness #nonprofit #sacramento #bayarea #california
Bay Area Community Services
Non-profit Organization Management
Oakland, CA 3,123 followers
Our mission is to uplift under-served individuals and their families by doing whatever it takes!
About us
BACS breaks the mental health, housing, and community barriers that hold people back. We are helping people experiencing mental health needs or housing crises, while balancing other complications like health needs, substance use, generational trauma, incarceration, poverty, and more. BACS does “whatever it takes” to create programs that meet community needs, integrating nearly seven decades of behavioral health expertise with our Housing First philosophy.
- Website
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http://www.bayareacs.org
External link for Bay Area Community Services
- Industry
- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, CA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1953
- Specialties
- Housing Services, Mental Health Services, full service partnership, wellness center, supportive housing, keep oakland housed, and homelessness prevention
Locations
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Primary
629 Oakland Avenue
Oakland, CA 94611, US
Employees at Bay Area Community Services
Updates
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EMERGENCY: Martin v. Boise is out - criminalizing people who have no other option for where to sleep is now legal. Today is the day to #donate to BACS. Help the people who will be affected. https://lnkd.in/ehp58e_3 #donatecrypto #martinvboise #homelessness #supremecourt #SCOTUS
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BACS focuses on uplifting the people we serve and helping them on their own journey, at their own pace, towards goals that are meaningful for them. For Jessica, what was meaningful for her was also meaningful for the community. This year, we were so proud to share Jessica’s major achievement: she has opened her very own transitional sober living home, called “Product of Grace,” providing housing designed to help women who are on a similar journey. Before she came to BACS, Jessica struggled with drug use, homelessness, family disconnection, and too many encounters with law enforcement for 10 years. BACS got connected to Jessica after she was arrested in 2017, with her case manager Brandy focusing on helping Jessica on her sobriety journey and locating safe housing. Now Jessica is out doing good in the community! This is what it's all about. #respect #love #whateverittakes #journey #sober #transitionalhome #women #homelessness #RestorativeJustice
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Bay Area Community Services reposted this
Keep People Housed | Homelessness Prevention | Anti-displacement | Guaranteed Income | All views and opinions are my own
Keep People Housed served over 600 extremely vulnerable households since the moratorium ended. Many of these individuals were extremely low income, justice involved, and had past experiences of homelessness. Many had disabling conditions, lived in highly distressed zip codes, and had many indicating and predictive factors that they would fall into homelessness without financial support and care coordination. 82% of them expressed that without Keep People Housed, they would have *definitely* become unhoused. If these folks had fell into homelessness because they didn’t have the support, it could have been a *20%* increase. Cc Bay Area Community Services City of Oakland #KeepPeopleHoused #KeepOaklandHoused #Homelessness #Prevention #HomelessnessPrevention #Oakland #BayArea
According to the most recent data, the City of Oakland is slowing the number of people getting pushed into homelessness — proof that investing in proven solutions, such as prevention, interim, and permanent housing is working. Oakland has been a leader in homelessness prevention, and we’re proud to support Bay Area Community Services and Keep People Housed - Oakland, which helps high-risk households pay rent. Over in Berkeley, the point-in-time count showed unsheltered homelessness has decreased by 45%, with an overall 20% decrease in homelessness. Positive change is happening in the Bay Area! ✨ https://lnkd.in/gRB6uTkj
Homelessness grew 9% in Oakland—but it's slowing down
http://oaklandside.org
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BACS not only provides the highest-quality behavioral health and housing services, we also invest in the community by helping close the gap for people we serve. For some folks, a new set of teeth after living on the street for a decade is the difference between getting a job and not. For others, a minor car repair can help them keep their family together and housed. There are thousands of ways to do good in the neighborhood, and we share all of this transparently. Want to see the rest of our report? https://lnkd.in/eB3hd7-N #whateverittakes #impact #radaward #bayarea #homelessness #behavioralhealth #donate
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This is why we do what we do. To help more than 17,400 people like Carol - community members with deep roots, ready to live meaningful lives. All these neighbors need is a little bit of support to get on their feet. Thanks to our #team, #donors, and #funders, BACS makes success stories happen every day. Want to see the rest of our report? https://lnkd.in/eB3hd7-N #whateverittakes #impact #radaward #bayarea #homelessness #behavioralhealth
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Did you know the average non-profit spends 20% of their funding on overhead? We take our role as stewards of public funds very seriously - and report all our spending and impact transparently. BACS is one of the largest and most impactful community-based organizations working on local issues like #homelessness and #BehavioralHealthCare. Want to see the rest of our report? https://lnkd.in/eB3hd7-N #whateverittakes #results #outcomes #annualreport #homelessness #behavioralhealth #donate #transparency
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Today #Juneteenth is a holiday, nationally and at BACS - celebrating the overdue liberation of the last enslaved people in Texas, following more than 2 years of suppressing their legal right to freedom following the emancipation proclamation. Their moral right to freedom began on the day they were born. Slavery's role in the first 246 years of American history, and the systemic racism of the subsequent years, continue to impact the communities of color we serve. Today is also known as #JubileeDay. Our team takes today off to celebrate, self-reflect, and plan for the future. BACS fights for #equity and #justice in #housing & #homelessness, access to care and treatment, #incarceration, poverty, and more.
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17,407 people came to BACS for help with behavioral health and/or housing challenges last year. We did Whatever It Takes to help them. Want to see the rest of our report? https://lnkd.in/eB3hd7-N #whateverittakes #results #outcomes #annualreport #homelessness #behavioralhealth #donate
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BACS is excited to unveil our #AnnualReport, highlighting the powerful outcomes achieved by our team, volunteers, donors, funders, partners, and community advocates. Watch the video for a snapshot of this impact, or read our full report on our website! #impact #report #volunteers #whateverittakes #staff #donors #nonprofit