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Bay Area Non-Profit Launches 24/7 Crisis Text Line for Teens

The Bay Area youth charity, A Brighter Day, has officially partnered up with Crisis Text Line; now anyone can text BRIGHTER to 741741 to...

Can Santa Rosa end family homelessness? New Catholic Charities project says yes

Catholic Charities in Santa Rosa, California, has opened a new homeless services center opened to help families and others at risk of...

San Jose woman's nonprofit gives foster teens, young adults path to academic success

Nationwide, about half of all foster kids drop out of high school and fewer than 3% make it through four years of college. A Bay Area...

Meals on Wheels San Francisco Like a Family to Keith

In 2020, Keith experienced a terrible accident. He was visiting a friend in San Francisco when he leaned outside of a window to retrieve...

Tiny House Village for the Homeless Opens in San Francisco

San Francisco's first tiny-home village for the homeless, a pilot project using prefab tiny houses, has just welcomed its first dozen...

Collision of high prices threatens Bay Area residents, food banks trying to help

Faced with soaring inflation and the end of most pandemic financial assistance, more Bay Area residents are turning to food banks just as...

Marin mayors deliver food to seniors struggling amid pandemic, inflation

Mayors from across Marin joined the San Rafael nonprofit Vivalon to help deliver meals to needy seniors this week. The annual “March for...

After closing its winter homeless shelter, Oakland’s St. Mary’s Center tried something new

“Chicken or steak?” “I like the steak and my brother wants chicken.” On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Vera Sloan pulled burrito after...

Food truck brings hot meals, essentials to San Jose homeless

In an effort to serve more unhoused people, one nonprofit sends a food truck out to encampments to meet people where they are. Dubbed...