Our 75+ page 2022 Homelessness Awareness Month Toolkit includes opportunities to Learn, Engage and Recognize. You are invited to read through the whole toolkit cover to cover or use the embedded hyperlinks to navigate to just the parts that catch your interest.

Highlights include:

• Data on homelessness in Contra Costa
• Information about what cities are doing to address homelessness
• How to connect to services with special guidance for families, Transition Aged Youth, older adults and veterans
• Calendar of events
• Opportunities to volunteer and donate, with special guidance for landlords and faith communities
• Recognition of people with lived experience of homelessness, outstanding volunteers and outstanding landlords in our community

In this short video, Contra Costa residents tell the stories of how they lost their housing.  To view the video, go to:

https://express.adobe.com/video/kP6MsvYeoN4te

To hear more about their experience of homelessness, what helped

them move forward and where they are now, join us at our

CoC Learning Hub

Monday, 11/14, 1 pm - 3 pm

Register here:

https://homebaseccc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucuivrD4sGtEp4caj9PT_nipGBlmoEXHe

For Homelessness Awareness Month this November, the Council on Homelessness is recognizing people who have made an impact on the lives of people facing homelessness.

Award categories include:

• Thriving in the Face of Homelessness
• Outstanding Volunteer
• Outstanding Landlord

To see full descriptions of the great work, click the links above. 

Nominees will also be recognized at the Tuesday, November 8th Board of Supervisors meeting that starts at 9:30 am.

 More information below!

November is Homelessness Awareness Month and to celebrate, our CoC Learning Hub will:

1. Recognize people nominated for Outstanding Landlord, Outstanding Volunteer and Thriving in the Face of Homelessness and
2. Feature the stars of our Homelessness Awareness Month video (https://express.adobe.com/video/kP6MsvYeoN4te) as they talk about their experience of homelessness, what helped them move forward and where they are now.

Monday, November 14th

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

VIRTUAL

Register:  https://homebaseccc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcucuivrD4sGtEp4caj9PT_nipGBlmoEXHe

IN PERSON*

County Administration Office

1025 Escobar Conf. Rm 110A

Martinez

* The building does have security screening that any event attendees would need to go through before entering. For more information: https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/8368/County-Administration-Building-Access

As part of Homelessness Awareness month, we will doing a presentation for the Contra Costa Board of Supervisors on

Tuesday, November 8th

9:30 am

Agenda with link will be posted here 96 hours before

meeting.

Join community members and advocates as we receive a proclamation from the Board of Supervisors declaring November Homelessness Awareness Month and celebrate together!