I’ve been a social worker all my life. Before I moved to Santa Cruz, I was working with Catholic Charities up in San Francisco where
We recently received the following letter from Jess, a mother in our community, reflecting on her son’s experience through extreme mental health trials. Her words
Housing Matters is hiring a specialized team of case managers to house 90 people experiencing homelessness over the next 15 months.
This post originally appeared as a Guest Commentary in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on February 18. Jessica York’s recent article about…
How can we work within the existing systems to really make good things happen in our community? This is a large question, but Cecilia Espinola,
Cynthia Chase brings her 20+ year career working to advance systems change and community wellbeing in government, criminal justice, education, and clinical settings to her
Watching someone you love struggle with addiction and mental health is not easy. For so many of us, we are born into this world and,
When I first became homeless, I was married to my husband, Darel. He and I did everything together. He had my back when I first lost my housing in the late ‘90s and…
The 2020 Homeless Memorial was held on December 18, 2020. 77 people experiencing homelessness passed away in 2020, up from 58 in 2019.
Housing Matters, the largest nonprofit in Santa Cruz County working on solutions to homelessness, today announced that it has been selected to receive a $2.5 million grant…