Alpha Project for the Homeless HQ

Alpha Project strives not to manage homelessness, but rather to end it for its clients by offering jobs not handouts, respect not pity and empowerment not control. We provide the homeless with the tools they need to be the very best they can be. This includes connecting our clients with housing, employment, job training, drug and alcohol treatment, mental health counselling, food, access to medical care, as well as other support services..

Each program offered by the Alpha Project focuses on assisting participants to attain their own optimal level of independence. For most of our program participants, successful completion of our programs will mean complete and permanent independence through education, employment, sobriety, and stability. For those clients with special needs, our programs maximize their own potential and supports as much independence as possible. All of our clients regardless of their history are encouraged, supported, and assisted in reaching their maximum potential with dignity and respect.

Alpha Project has three decades of experience in providing homeless services, along with collecting data to both report outcomes to current funders as well as to use the data for internal analysis for continuous program improvement. Alpha Project measures client progress towards self-sufficiency against base line assessments done at the time of program entry and generates cumulative reports reflective of aggregate client success and program outcomes on a monthly basis. Each program reports not less than annually to all relevant funding sources and oversight agencies including the County Department of Housing and Community Development, the San Diego Housing Commission, the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, the State Department of Mental Health, and the County Health and Human Services Agency, among others.

Alpha Project, and its subsidiaries, serves over 4,000 individuals through emergency, transitional, and permanent housing opportunities, as well as other supportive services. Our programs/services include:
• Alpha Square, a permanent supportive housing project that includes 203 studio apartments with on-site support services for homeless and very-low-income individuals in Downtown San Diego;
• The Lofts for Veterans, a permanent supportive housing project that will include 53 studio apartments with on-site support services for homeless and very-low-income veterans.
• Casa Raphael/Casa Base, a 119-bed residential drug & alcohol treatment program for homeless men;
• Over 900 units of affordable housing for very low-income families and seniors;
• Transitional Bridge Shelter, providing emergency shelter nightly for over 450 women and men;
• Cortez Hill Family Center - Interim Housing Program for 50 families with children;
• Outreach services for homeless men, women, and runaway youth;
• Housing First Programs/Rapid Re-Housing Programs offers rental assistance, security deposits, landlord advocacy, and case management to families and/or individuals who are homeless, including, but not limited to those with special needs and/or high risk;
• Community Justice Initiative offers a restorative justice program in partnership with the City Attorney’s Office that helps individuals resolve their court case without criminal conviction, by completing community service.
• Micro-Enterprise, providing job training and supportive employment to homeless individuals.