![]() Of course, it still has a long way to go. Over the past three years, the project has helped more than 500 individuals like Margaret transition to permanent housing, including the 21 who live at the Russell Street residence - more than any other program in the county. “Everyone who walks in this door, we’re going to ask them, ‘How can we help you get off the streets and into a house?'” he said. Though one of its aims is to address its clients’ immediate needs for food and shelter, the main goal is to find them permanent homes, said the project’s associate director, Geoffrey Green. The Berkeley Food and Housing Project is the largest homeless care provider in the East Bay, and includes the women’s shelter, a men’s shelter, a low-income housing residence on Russell Street and a daily meals program operating out of Trinity Church on Bancroft Way. In fact, Margaret says she’s noticed a dramatic improvement in her health, though she credits it to the three meals a day - including fresh fruit and vegetables - that the shelter provides. They’ve also coordinated visits with a doctor to help her monitor her high blood pressure. ![]() ![]() census worker, Margaret said the Berkeley location was the first to show her individual attention, “mutual respect, and mutual vulnerability.” Though she has previously stayed in another homeless shelter in San Leandro while employed as a U.S. “I’m grateful to have this little bit of heaven,” she said.
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