Agency Details:

Alameda Point Collaborative

The Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) is a non profit supportive housing community located on the converted Alameda Naval Air Station. APC provides 500 homeless residents of Alameda County, including 280 youth, with the stability of a place to live combined with life skills and job skills training, advocacy to connect with services, and emotional support all with the ultimate goal of getting the help needed to be able to lead a stable, productive life.

Description:
The Alameda Point Collaborative was created to provide meaningful housing to homeless families throughout the East Bay. APC has transformed vacant housing at a decommissioned Naval Air Station into a supportive housing community serving 500 homeless residents of Alameda County. Housing that once enabled military families to stay close to their loved ones, now enables homeless families to reunite and stay together.

Residents are provided with the safety and stability of a place to live combined with life skills and job skills training, advocacy to connect with services, and emotional support all with the ultimate goal of breaking the cycle of homelessness and getting the support needed to be able to lead a stable, productive life.

APC Residents include survivors of domestic violence, adults and children with disabilities (including substance abuse, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS), and veterans and their families. The diversity of our community reflects the face of homelessness in Alameda County: 60% of our residents are African American, 21% are Native American, 8% are White, Hispanic and Latino make up 6%, Asian American and Pacific Islander are another 5%.

More than half of our residents (280) are youth ages 18 and under, and they receive special attention and support as we help them overcome generational cycles of domestic violence, substance abuse and homelessness to fulfill their right to be raised in a healthy, nurturing family.

History:
APC was established in 1999 out of the conversion of the Base from the Navy. Our collaborative is made up of more than 30 different agencies that provide services to the homeless. We work together to bring stability to the lives of people who have suffered the trauma of being on the streets.

Contact person: Doug Biggs, Community Resources Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (510) 898-7858

Address:

677 W. Ranger Ave. Alameda, CA 94501 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.apcollaborative.org

Last updated on October 30, 2009