Downtown Streets Team, San Jose

Imagine for a moment you don't have a home or a job.

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People all around the Bay Area face this reality every day. We launched Downtown Streets Team with just four men in 2005 to create a new reality for our Team Members (unhoused people volunteering in their community): One filled with hope, dignity, permanent housing and lasting employment. 

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Through our model, we have found over 1,000 homes and jobs for people.  Your donation helps provide case management and employment services, as well as basic needs. These necessities help ensure success for each of our Team Members.  

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WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT

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 We believe that to effectively address homelessness we need compassionate and innovative leadership, paired with collaboration among social service agencies, government agencies, individual communities, and the private sector.

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OUR MODEL IS SIMPLE 

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Let's provide homeless and low-income men and women with the resources they need to rebuild their lives.  First, they join one of our teams and begin working collaboratively on beautification projects.  In return, they receive a stipend in gift cards to help cover their basic needs, while taking advantage of our case management and employment services to find housing and a job.  

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Our ultimate goal is to find our Team Members employment because having a job restores hope and opens the door to countless opportunities.

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IT'S A WIN-WIN-WIN

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 As one of our Team Members has said, what we’re doing is a “win-win-win”: the Team Member wins, the environment wins and the community wins - it doesn’t get much better than that.