Programs and Services Addressing Homelessness

The City of Alameda, in partnership with local non-profit agencies and community and faith-based organizations, provides a range of services to our unhoused community. The programs are under the supervision of the City’s CARES Team (Collaboration Advancing Research, Efforts, and Supports for Alameda’s Homeless), an interdepartmental and interagency consortium working to address the issue of homelessness in Alameda.  

The best way to connect with any of the services or programs listed below is to call the Housing & Human Services front desk at (510) 747-6890 and our administrators can connect you with a member of our Engagement Team. Office hours are M-Th, 9am–4pm. Outside of office hours, please call 2-1-1 to access resources county-wide. 

Winter Warming Services

The Winter Warming program provides additional shelter beds during cold and rainy nights during the winter season. Open annually, November through March

Anchor Village: Daytime Services and Overnight Shelter

Anchor Village(PDF, 171KB) (formally called the Day Center) connects clients to housing, health, mental health, substance use, and social services and supports. It serves as a safe and welcoming indoor space for unhoused residents to receive support services and shelter. Daytime programming runs from 9am to 8pm, 7 days a week, at 431 Stardust Place in Alameda. The site also provides overnight sleeping accommodations for up to 17 individuals, and accepts referrals from the City of Alameda, APD, and 211. The hours of operation for the overnight shelter are 9pm to 8am, 7 days a week, also at 431 Stardust Place.

Safe Parking Program

The Safe Parking Program provides a safe and welcoming space for people living in cars or vans to park at night. Bathrooms/washing facilities available. Outreach workers and housing navigators available to connect clients to services. Open Monday - Sunday, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m in the parking lot at 431 Stardust Place in Alameda. 

Emergency Supportive Housing

Four City-owned homes for individuals and families experiencing homelessness with on-site supportive services available 24/7 and case management. Persons participating in the program are actively working on permanent housing solutions and person-specific goals.

Dignity Village

Dignity Village is a Homekey 2 funded project that provides interim supportive housing and supportive services for individuals experiencing homelessness. Dignity Village opened to residents May 2023 with 24/7 staffing and case management. In addition to case management and housing navigation, Alameda Family Services staffs  a full-time mental health clinician on site to provide support to residents, training to staff, and linkages to mental health services as needed.   

Alameda Housing Resource Center

Drop ins: Every Monday at 2500 Barbers Point Road, Alameda, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Alameda Food Bank

The Alameda Food Bank is a non-profit organization that offers assistance to the Alameda community by providing nourishing food in a compassionate and respectful manner with the support of dedicated volunteers and local partners. We do this by operating a food distribution center that allows individuals in need to obtain the food they need to feed themselves and their families. We also set up mobile pantries at Alameda Housing Authority facilities and donate food to Alameda organizations serving the homeless.

Alameda Food Bank is located at 677 W. Ranger Avenue in Alameda. Distribution hours are Monday/Friday from 10am–4pm and Wednesday from 10am–7pm.

Dine & Connect

Dine & Connect is an on-site meal program provided at four church sites every Monday from 4-5 pm. Onsite outreach provided by Building Futures to connect unhoused guests to health, housing, social services, and resources.

• First Monday of each month at Twin Towers United Methodist Church, 2259 Central Avenue
• Second Monday of each month at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1323 Central Avenue
• Third Monday of each month at First Congregational Church, 1912 Central Avenue
• Occasional 4th Mondays at First Presbyterian Church, 2001 Santa Clara Avenue (at Chestnut)
• Last Monday of each month at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1910 Santa Clara Avenue (enter from parking lot on Chestnut). 

Mobile Health

Mobile Health provides urgent care, care coordination, and linkages and referral to community resources for Alameda’s unhoused.

Shower Program

On Sundays from 1:30–4:30pm, come by Christ Church for free showers, laundry, lunch or snack, and assorted clothing. Christ Church is located at 1700 Santa Clara Avenue in Alameda (on the corner of Santa Clara and Grand). Guests may enter from the parking lot on Grand. Served by AC Transit bus line 51A. For more information, call (510) 522-HOME.

Mobile Shower and Laundry Services

Provides weekly access to mobile showers, washers and dryers outside Anchor Village's parking lot (431 Stardust Place) every Wednesday from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Services are a collaboration between WeHOPE’s Dignity on Wheels program and Anchor Village. 

Showers are located at the intersection of Stardust Pl. and Rainbow Ct., directly outside the parking lot of the Day Center. 

Street Health

Alameda County Street Health seeks to address the health disparities experienced by homeless residents of Alameda County. Provides access to care from multi-disciplinary teams through regularly scheduled outreach services offered to unsheltered people to build relationships that lead to long-term health through connections to primary care, social services, housing, mental health, dental care, and other resources.

Engagement Team

Establishes supportive relationships with homeless individuals through visits by the Homeless Outreach Team and offers services to end homelessness. Services are delivered at sites and spaces where people experiencing homelessness are located, including encampments, parking lots, bridge underpass, tunnel entrances, parks, sidewalks, FEMA trailer site, etc.

Case Management

A comprehensive, collaborative, and person-centered approach to support Alameda's most chronically homeless individuals with complex and co-occurring medical and psychosocial needs.  

To report an encampment or to request services for an unhoused person please submit a Homeless Engagement SeeClickFix.

Are you or someone you know currently homeless, at risk of becoming homeless?
Call the City of Alameda Housing & Human Services Office at (510) 747-6890, Monday-Thursday, 9am-4:30pm.
For evenings or weekends, call 2-1-1 to access resources county-wide.

 Staff at these numbers have the most in-depth knowledge of available resources, shelter locations, and available housing applications.

 Are you experiencing domestic violence or need help?

Contact Building Futures at 866-A-WAY-OUT
(24 HOUR TOLL FREE CRISIS LINE)

Other organizations serving the Alameda community include:
Alameda Food Bank – Phone: (510) 523-5850
Mastick Senior Center – Phone: (510) 747-7500 
Alameda Unified School District – McKinney Vento Coordinator – Phone: (510) 337-7135 or Email: amoore@alamedaunified.org
Alameda Rent Program – Phone: (510) 747-7520 or Email: rentprogram@alamedaca.gov

• Homelessness Strategic Plan
• 2024 Point In Time Count
• Homelessness Report(PDF, 3MB)
• Homelessness Task Force Report: Tools and Resources for Cities and Counties(PDF, 3MB)
• 2019 Point in Time Count Report(PDF, 2MB)
• 2022 Point in Time Count Infographic(PDF, 336KB)
• 2022 Homeless Count and Survey Comprehensive Report(PDF, 3MB) 

On April 8, 2021, the City presented "Unsheltered in Alameda: Learn More + How to Help." This 90-minute Zoom presentation and panel discussion offered information about the causes and challenges related to homelessness in Alameda, current services and programs offered by the City, and ways the Alameda community can get involved. 

Please click here to learn about ways that community members can help our unhoused neighbors.

Please click here to find out more about Alameda volunteer opportunities.