Homeless services

Alpha Omega Homeless Services
204 Stierlin Road, Mtn. View. Provides information and referral, direct advocacy and intensive, client-driven case management to walk-ins and referrals seeking assistance in obtaining housing, medical/dental services, benefits, employment/employment training, and/or counseling around money management and other personal issues, including life crises.
Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-noon, 1:30-4 p.m.
Call 650-968-0836, ext. 111.

Bread of Life EPA
1852 Bay Road, East Palo Alto. Serves meals to 250 people, including homeless, families with young children, shut-in seniors, children, working poor and recently unemployed, four days a week. Also has a clothes closet.
E-mail: director@breadoflifeepa.org.
Call 650-326-9796; fax 650-326-9797 .

InnVision/Clara-Mateo Alliance
974 Willow St., San Jose. The shelter, located on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Menlo Park, is a year-round facility designed to help homeless individuals and families from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties find stable housing and become self-sufficient. The shelter supports 38 single adults in an emergency program (90 days), and 26 single adults in the transitional program (12 months). The family program houses six families each in its emergency (90 days) and transitional programs (six months).
Call 408-292-4286; fax 408-271-0826.

**InnVision/Urban Ministry Breaking Bread hot meals program
Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Hot meals daily, located at various churches in Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Call for locations.
E-mail: urbanministry@innvision.org.
Call 650-853-8672.

**InnVision/Urban Ministry Clothes Closet at the Opportunity Center
33 Encina Ave., Palo Alto. Volunteers sort and distribute clothing, most of which is donated. The program also provides backpacks, jackets, socks, underwear and toiletries.
E-mail: clthscloset@yahoo.com.
Hours: Wed 11a.m.-3 p.m.
Call 650-853-8672.

**InnVision/Urban Ministry Food Closet
425 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. A program that provides groceries to the poor and homeless residing in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. People can come a maximum of two times per week.
E-mail: urbanministry@innvision.org.
Hours: Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., and the last Saturday of every month
Call 650-325-3663.

**InnVision/Urban Ministry Hotel de Zink shelter
Palo Alto. Hotel de Zink shelter provides emergency housing for 15 people without children nightly. Locations rotate among 12 local churches. Intakes done through Urban Ministry's Drop-In Center.
Call 650-853-8672.

InnVision/Urban Ministry of Palo Alto
33 Encina Ave., Palo Alto. Provides food, clothing, shelter intake, emergency assistance, case management and care to homeless and low-income individuals in the Palo Alto area.
E-mail: umpa@innvision.org.
Hours: Mon-Fri 8-11:30 a.m.
Call Philip Dah, project supervisor, 650-853-8697; fax 650-853-1123.

Opportunity Center, The
33 Encina Ave. , Palo Alto. A mixed-use facility that provides coordinated services and housing to homeless men, women and children and those at risk of becoming homeless. Two separate wings house singles and small families with children in the floors above the service center.
E-mail: cwg@opportunitycenter.org.
Call InnVision: 650-853-8672; 408-292-4286, or Community Working Group: 650-299-8700.

Salvation Army, The
1161 S. Bernardo Ave., Sunnyvale. Provides emergency services for those in need. Food boxes available for those in need.
Call 408-720-0420; fax 408-286-8784.

Shelter Network
1450 Chapin Ave., 2nd floor, Burlingame. Provides transitional housing and comprehensive support services for homeless families and single adults on the Peninsula. Peninsula. Seven locations: Menlo Park, Redwood City (2), East Palo Alto, San Mateo (2) and Daly City. Helps 3,700 homeless children and adults annually. More than 90 percent of families and single adults completing their programs succeed in returning to permanent housing.
E-mail: jluciano@shelternetwork.org.
Call 650-685-5880; fax 650-685-5881.

Shelter Network- Haven Family House
1450 Chapin Ave., 2nd Floor, Burlingame. Provides transitional housing and support services for homeless families. Site includes apartments, a computer center and free licensed child care.
E-mail: bgreenberg@shelternetwork.org.
Call 650-685-5880; fax 650-685-5881.