Agency Details:

Berkeley Food and Housing Project's mission is to ease and end the crisis of homelessness in our community, Berkeley Food and Housing Project provides emergency food and shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, and housing placement with support services to homeless individuals and families.

Description:
Founded in 1970, Berkeley Food and Housing Project has worked to ease and end the crisis of homelessness for men, women, and children in the Berkeley community. With programs ranging from free meal service to permanent supportive housing, BFHP provides a continuum of care to accommodate a broad spectrum of specialized needs.

BFHP assists low-income and homeless individuals with needs and disabilities that are not effectively met by mainstream social services. The agency hallmark is to provide services with compassion to foster a nurturing, healing environment that can effectively end an individual’s cycle of homelessness.

History:
Berkeley Food and Housing Project was founded as a volunteer outreach effort of University Lutheran Chapel in 1970. In 1986 Berkeley Food and Housing Project was incorporated as its own 501c3 Berkeley Food Project. As we added shelters for both men and women and case management services in the early 1990's the agency changed its name to the Berkeley Emergency Food and Housing Project. And with the addition of permanent supportive housing and a focus on permanent not emergency solutions to homelessness the agency changed its name to the Berkeley Food and Housing Project in 2003

Contact people:

Paul Cwynar, Development Director, (phone), (email) Elaine Chang, Volunteer Coordinator, (email)

Address:

2362 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94704 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.bfhp.org

Directions:

Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: BART about 6 blocks away,   Walk distance (in minutes): 7   Nearest Bus Stop: 51 AC transit 1 block

Miscellaneous Information

Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency?
	No others
What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency?
	18
Is your agency wheelchair accessible?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20?
	No

Last updated on January 21, 2010