Project WeHOPE
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Emergency Homeless Shelter
WeHOPE's 73-bed emergency shelter is located in East Palo Alto. It offers immediate and essential services to homeless and at-risk individuals in San Mateo County and Santa Clara County. The shelter operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 24/7 rain or shine. The program includes three meals daily, hot showers, laundry service, comprehensive case management, life-skills classes, and job training to ensure individuals become healthy employed.
Dignity on Wheels
Our innovative mobile shower, restroom, and laundry facilities travel to where the homeless are, whether that be encampments, rotating shelters, or other locations. We provide access to these clean water services in addition to providing hygiene services, including case management that can help them transition back into stable housing.
Transitional/Supportive Housing
Transitional/Supportive Housing is a 120-day program intended to address the systemic issues related to homelessness. It assists individuals with an income so they can receive a hand up. Clients entering this intensive program take a series of classes, set weekly goals, meet weekly with a case manager, participate in a mandatory savings program, do daily housing searches, and, in general, are a positive role model for emergency shelter clients. Men and women entering the Transitional program must be ready to take the necessary steps to improve their situations, which may mean making difficult decisions for lifestyle improvement. They must be clean and sober, or actively involved in a treatment program.
H.O.P.E. Jobs
We offer training, certification and placement for jobs including Custodial Technician and Security Officer free of charge to our shelter clients. Participants is the custodial certification program receive eight weeks of professional, hands on instruction in using commercial equipment, the latest in cleaning techniques, and proper handling of chemicals and tools. This 8-week program is taught by the Cleaning Management Institute. Level 1 and Level 2 Custodial Technician certifications are awarded to clients who successfully complete the program. The security guard training is led by McGrew and Associates,Inc. Clients who successfully complete the 4-week program receive a Guard Card Level 1 and are provided Live Scan fingerprinting, qualifying them for security officer positions in the State of California.
Family Harvest Food Program
Through the Family Harvest Food Program, we provide individuals and low-income families with children in the East Palo Alto community with groceries free of charge. Each week on Tuesday’s at 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm located at St. Samuel Church 1852 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, CA. for healthy, nutritious food intended to supplement their meals when the children do not receive meals at school. The program is in cooperation with Second Harvest Food Bank and St. Samuel Church.
Life Skills Training and Education
Throughout the year, we offer our clients high impact classes designed to meet the emotional and educational needs of clients in our emergency shelter. The classes, offered free of charge, allow a holistic approach to ending homelessness which includes assisting our clients in setting and achieving short term and long term goals while providing comprehensive case management to walk them through each step of the process. The courses include 12-step recovery from substance abuse, communication skills, financial literacy, nutrition and cooking, and men's accountability. Each course is taught by well-trained, experienced professionals and support staff, utilizing well-designed course materials.
Dignity @Work
The mission of the Dignity@Work program is to leverage the resources and experience of Project WeHOPE and Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center to support formerly incarcerated individuals to unify with their families and the East Palo Alto community through impactful life skills, and job and entrepreneurship training resulting in dignified employment that provides livable wages and will result in significant reduction in recidivism.
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Project WeHOPE
Board of directorsas of 07/02/2020
Jonathan Bunce
Intel Corporation
Cheryl Bains
Project WeHOPE
Paul J Bains
Project WeHOPE
Jonathan Bunce
Intel Corporation
Morris Chubb
Principal at CB Administrative Services, LLC
Irv Henderson
Talech
Robert Lee
Golf course operations
Robert Sherrard
Tech CU (Technology Credit Union)
Ronald Sibley
East Palo Alto Police Department