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November 27, 2024

2024 Lived Experience Leadership Conference: Giving Those Most Impacted a Seat at the Table

The atmosphere was electric—a series of packed rooms buzzing with conversations that shifted between hope and determination, sentiments uniquely framed by firsthand homelessness experience. National Coalition for the Homeless' 2024 National Lived Experience Leadership Conference had made a rare stop on the West Coast, co-hosted by Destination: Home and drawing in hundreds of changemakers and…
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November 15, 2024

Listen In: LifeMoves Helps Veteran Find Stability

We’re honored to share a recent audio feature highlighting LifeMoves work in supporting an army veteran on their journey out of homelessness. The story sheds light on the struggles many veterans face and how LifeMoves steps in to provide vital assistance and a path to stability. Click here to listen to the audio clip and…
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November 6, 2024

Inspiring Action: Volunteer Spotlight

Anika, a high school student and one of our amazing volunteers, recently helped tutor children via the LifeMoves Motel Voucher Program. This program provides interim housing and a range of supportive services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness through a partnership with extended stay motels in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Below is a…
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November 6, 2024

Homekey Branham Lane

The Branham/Monterey community in San Jose will comprise 180 units for single adults and 24 flexible units for multigenerational adult families. It will become the city’s largest quick-build community and the city’s only development so far that is multistory. The community consists of three stories of prefabricated modular units, reducing construction time and cost. Homekey…
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November 6, 2024

A Decade of Giving with LifeMoves

Sari and Blake McConnell deeply value community involvement, a principle instilled in their children—Jacob, Ellis, and D—from a young age. On the first Thanksgiving after their daughter was born, they dropped off gift baskets forclients at First Step for Families (FSF) in San Mateo, where they met a client and her newborn just home from…
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November 6, 2024

Jill’s Journey of Resilience

Jill’s story is one of profound resilience, marked by loss, perseverance, and hope. Her journey began when her husband, a Vietnam veteran, suffered devastating seizures caused by exposure to Agent Orange. The fight for his disability benefits drained their finances and stretched their endurance to its limits. For nearly a decade, they lived in a…
A group of people poses together in a park setting, surrounded by trees and buildings. A table with a green cloth and some papers is in the foreground.
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July 1, 2024

Becky Inspires New Generations of Mental Health Professionals

"Studying English at UCSB, I became a live-in caregiver for a woman with Down Syndrome to cover expenses, which helped me discover my passion for supporting and empowering individuals to become effective self-advocates," Becky (pictured above to the far left) explains.  This early experience paved the way for Becky's career in social work. Starting at…
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May 21, 2024

Anika’s Tutoring Volunteer Experience

Anika, a high school student and one of our amazing volunteers, recently helped tutor children at the LifeMoves Motel Voucher Program. Below is an article she wrote about her experience. The hushed hallways of the motel, a stark contrast to the lively passageways of my high school, seemed to hold different stories within their silence.…
Family of Four
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April 24, 2024

Family Homelessness; A Hidden Epidemic 

Homelessness is often negatively portrayed as the single person living on the streets. The reality of homelessness is far more complex.  Families with children make up a significant portion of the homeless population in the United States. Family homelessness is a hidden epidemic in our community. Many unhoused families are hidden from the public eye—bouncing…