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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

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#31 Big Wins for Our Team
  • Congratulations to the 90 Day Job Readiness Graduates
  • Contra Costa Council on Homelessness Celebrates Three SOS Heroes
  • Welcome New Hires


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#30 Expanding into North Richmond, Housing Villages
  • Expanding Services into North Richmond
  • Housing Villages Provide a Critical Element for Tent to Home Success: “Street Family”
  • A Request for Help from SOS Director of Strategy & Operations for Injured Staff Member, Leyla Williams
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#29 Castro Reflections, Dignity in Housing
  • One Year Since Castro Resolution: Reflections
  • The Importance of Dignity in Housing Confirmed by Research from SJSU
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#28 Illegal Dumping, Human-focused Encampment Resolutions
  • Study Shows Distinguishing Illegal Dumping from Encampment Trash Difficult
  • Cooperation Among Street-level Agencies Essential to Human-focused Encampment Resolutions
  • Thank you to El Portal Church of Christ for the Use of Your Printer
  • ​Video Starring Angie Peña to Premiere Soon


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#27 SOS Richmond Expands Board of Directors
  • SOS Richmond Expands Board of Directors
  • Thank You to Retiring Board Chair and Co-founder, Tom Herriman
  • In Memoriam: James Ledbetter
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#26 Peer Accompaniment and SOS Response to National and State Policies
  • What Do “Peer Accompaniment” and “Community of Care” Mean?
  • SOS Richmond’s Response to Recent National and State Policies Affecting People Experiencing Homelessness
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#25 SOS Launches Online Store and Employee of the Month
  • SOS Has Merchandise! Show Your Support and Sport Your SOS Pride
  • Angie Pena is SOS's first Employee of the Month 
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#24 SOS Care Managers Angie and O'Neill and All Home's Storytelling Initiative 
  • SOS Richmond Care Managers Provide Crucial Support to Unhoused Neighbors
  • ​SOS Chosen to Participate in All Home's Housing Justice Storytelling Initiative
  • ​SOS Director of Strategy and Operations Honored for Her Early Contribution
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#23 SOS Responds to a Fire and Celebrates the First 90 Day Job Readiness Graduation
  • Donated Fire Extinguishers Delivered to Encampments in Grassy Areas
  • ​SOS Richmond Celebrates First Graduates of 90 Day Job Readiness Program
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#22 SOS Assists in Climate Change Research, Receives Award
  • SOS Richmond Assists San Jose State University in Examining Social Justice in Climate Change Impacts
  • ​SOS Leaders Honored at State Capitol Luncheon
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#21 County Award Boosts Warm Hand
  • $50K County Measure X Award Is a Boost to The Warm Hand Wellness & Resource Center
  • ​Community Call to Action: Support Employment for Graduates of SOS’s 90 Day Job Readiness Program
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#20 Expanding and Refining
  • SOS Richmond: Much More Than Showers, Laundry, and Trash Disposal
  • Upholding Dignity: SOS Richmond's Media Policy
  • How You Can Help at The Warm Hand Wellness & Resource Center​
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#19 Awards and Promotions
  • SOS Richmond named California Nonprofit of the Year in District AD-14 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks
  • Staff Member Cyntha Promoted to Mobile Services Manager
  • Staff Members Chris and Flee Complete Mentorship Training and Step Into New Roles as Mentors
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#18 San Pablo Library Partnership
  • The San Pablo Library Partners with SOS to Host The Warm Hand Wellness & Resource Center
  • SOS Wins Contract for $1.56 Million from the City of Richmond​
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#17 Celebrating Staff Promotions
  • Staffmembers step in to new roles in leadership
  • SOS Executive Director Daniel Barth Presents at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference 
  • SOS on Telemundo



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#16 The Warm Hand Wellness and Resource Center
  • SOS Launches Two New Initiatives to Advance the Vision of the Encampment Circle of Engagement
  • The Warm Hand Wellness and Resource Center Launched on March 11, 2024
  • The Executive Director's Outreach Experience for The Warm Hand
  • Introducing the 90 Day Job Readiness Program
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#15 Expanding Services and Locations
  • ​SOS Expands Services and ​Locations
  • In 2023, SOS Averaged 720 Showers per Quarter
  • Wash + Dry Time at SOS Washworks = Peer Engagement
  • The Warm Hand Wellness & Resource Center Launches in Centrual Richmond with Community-based Partner Organizations 
  • Eight Graders from Prospect Sierra School Visit SOS on a Field Trip
  • SOS One of Two Bay Area Sites on Caltrans Land to Pass Inspection
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#14 Street-level Engagement
  • Street-level Partnership Fills a Service and Relationship Gap in Encampments
  • SOS Teams Help Transform Streets into Walkable Wonderlands for Youth Education

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#13 Watersheds
  • SOS Richmond and The Watershed Project: A Partnership for Environmental Stewardship and Community Empowerment
  • SOS's Annual Survival Gear Drive
  • Seven Small Acts of Kindness
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#12 Workforce Clinics
  • Workforce Clinics Expand and Gain New Leadership
  • SOS's Vision for a New Engagement Model Becoming a Reality
  • O'Neill Fernandez Receives County Award


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#11 Getting to Know Encampments
  • Getting to Know the Richmond Encampments In-depth
  • RV Encampment Keeps Moving
  • Giving Tuesday
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#10 Fundraising and Community Cleanup
  • Come to Harvest Fest and the SOS Open House!
  • Richmond's First Tiny House Village
  • Join the Santa Fe Cleanup on September 30
  • October 21st Forum Aims for New Approach to Homelessness
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#9 SOS + Local Business
  • Business Owner Calls on SOS for Help When Encampment Affects Her Business. Richmond Councilmember Sohelia Bana Joins the Conversation...
  • SOS Team Members Angie and Mernard Join Forces to Create Change and Make an Impact
  • How Two Richmond Moms Fought to Rescue Their Homeless Children
  • SOS Richmond Featured in KPIX/CBS Bay Area News​
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#8 Community Village Vision
  • Perspectives of Austin TX's Community First! Village
  • Where Permanent Supportive Housing Meets Affordable Community Housing

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#7 New Beginnings: Castro Closure
  • Closure of the Castro RV Encampment, 2020-2023
  • A Light at the End of the Tunnel
  • From Their New Apartments, Former Castro Residents Look Back on Years of Homelessness
  • Working on a Few Things
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#6 San Pablo Library Collaboration
  • Update on SOS Emergency Reserve
  • New Staffers Tell Reimagining Task Force How SOS Changes Lives...
  • Condolences to the Family of Our Unhoused Neighbor: Mark Morgan
  • SOS Streets Team: Meet Darrin Luckett
  • SOS Outreach: Meet Scott Steckler
  • ​Neighbors Working Together: San Pablo Library Welcomes All
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#5 Outreach and Shuttle
  • Outreach Shuttle Expands Access to SOS Services
  • SOS Laundry Service: Laundry Needed Every Day, Especially When it Rains
  • SOS Streets Team: SOS Responds to Storms
  • SOS Outreach: A Little Sanctuary, with Regular Neighborhood Dumping
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#4 Watershed Cleanup
  • Emergency Safe Space
  • Two Staff Start Lifelong Outreach Jobs
  • From Encampment to Housing
  • Tiny House in Your Backyard?
  • SOS Partners with The Watershed Project to Clean Up Wildcat Creek
  • Richmond Rotary Tent Donation
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#3 Neighbors Helping Neighbors
  • Storm Outreach
  • Accessible Housing for Unhoused Seniors
  • 2022 Outstanding Community Service Awards
  • Water Bearer to the Unhoused
  • From the Mud to the Showers
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#2 Combatting Illegal Dumping
  • SOS Has Big Plans for 2023
  • SOS Outreach in Downtown Richmond
  • Streets Team Battles Illegal Dumping at Parchester Village
  • Candace as the New Castro Streets Team Leader
  • New Star for Shower Power

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#1 One Year of Accomplishments
  • ​SOS Year One Contract Fulfilmment with City of Richmond
  • Outreach in El Sobrante
  • Finding Safety in Housing
  • When the Rydin Road RV Encampment Closed, Where Did Everybody Go?
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NEIGHBOR CARE LINE:  510.806.8650
Call the Neighborhood Care Line to reach a member of the SOS Richmond Outreach Team for help engaging collaboratively with our unhoused neighbors.  Leave a message  to express your concerns about a situation you observe or experience.  To help an unhoused individual get services, call CORE - Coordinated Outreach Referral Engagement Program - for the mobile homeless outreach team at 211. 
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