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<br />program participants to escape homelessness, increase their income, and obtain stability.
<br />The City of Pleasanton is also providing funds to Tri‐Valley Haven, another Tri‐Valley human
<br />services organization that serves adults and children who have experienced domestic violence,
<br />sexual assault, and/or homelessness. Tri‐Valley Haven operates a 30‐bed domestic violence
<br />shelter as well as a 16‐bed homeless shelter. These are the only shelters in the Bay Area that
<br />accept boys over the age of 10.
<br />Helping low‐income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely
<br />low‐income individuals and families and those who are: likely to become homeless after
<br />being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care
<br />facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections
<br />programs and institutions); and, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that
<br />address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs
<br />Annually,the City of Pleasanton Human Services Commission make funding recommendations for the
<br />City Council to consider funding over $1 million in funds for low‐income individuals and families.Areas
<br />of care services include:food,unhoused/unsheltered,housing,legal,financial, disabled/special needs,
<br />employment, childcare,youth,seniors,and domestic violence.In Fiscal Year 2024/25 (July 1, 2024 to
<br />June 30,2025),the City Council‐approved funds for the annual Housing and Human Services Grant
<br />Program supported agencies,such as Open Heart Kitchen,Spectrum Community Services,CityServe of
<br />the Tri‐Valley,Tri‐Valley Haven,and ECHO Housing,to serve more than 4,900 individuals in a variety of
<br />ways to keep them in their homes and avoid homelessness.Furthermore,while sometimes difficult to
<br />track,the aforementioned AMHRU and CityServe work with healthcare providers,such as Stanford Tri‐
<br />Valley,to work with extremely low/low income individuals upon being discharged from care.
<br />Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families,families
<br />with children,veterans and their families,and unaccompanied youth)make the transition to
<br />permanent housing and independent living,including shortening the period of time that
<br />individuals and families experience homelessness,facilitating access for homeless individuals
<br />and families to affordable housing units,and preventing individuals and families who were
<br />recently homeless from becoming homeless again
<br />In 2020, the non‐profit Goodness Village was established in the Tri‐Valley. As the first tiny home
<br />community established in the region (Livermore, CA), Goodness Village is a permanent supportive
<br />housing program intentionally designed for Tri‐Valley residents to successfully transition out of chronic
<br />homelessness. Goodness Village provides a 24/7 program for it 28 residents who were chronically
<br />homeless that imparts basic life skills, education, mental health and addiction services, micro‐enterprise
<br />opportunities, apprenticeships, vocational training, peer support, and resources to empower
<br />participants to improve the quality of their lives, achieve self‐sufficiency, and build a safer and more
<br />secure home and life. The AMHRU and CityServe works with the unhoused population to ensure that the
<br />were document ready and prepared them for an “entry interview” to become one of the first 28
<br />permanent residents at Goodness Village. The AMHRU and CityServe have since been able to secure
<br />housing for nine (9) Pleasanton unsheltered residents at Goodness Village.
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