Meet Juan: Thanks to Bay Area community members like you, a challenged adolescence did not stop Juan from turning his life around and enrolling at UC Berkeley.
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Support from his Bay Area neighbors helped change Juan’s path. Poverty has trapped tens of thousands more lives. Make a gift and change futures today.
Our Basic Needs programs, partnerships, and policy work, support people in our community to meet their basic needs.
Learn more about meeting basic needsWe believe that access to education and employment opportunities is necessary to ensure that individuals are successful in school and in their careers.
Learn moreabout employment and career opportunitiesOur programs address various aspects of financial stability to make sure individuals and families can thrive in their daily lives, reach their goals, and recover from a crisis quickly
Learn More about financial stabilityUWBA is deepening our focus on improving access to stable, affordable housing and homelessness prevention resources.
Learn More about housing justiceOur Basic Needs programs, partnerships, and policy work, support people in our community to meet their basic needs.
Learn more about meeting basic needsWe believe that access to education and employment opportunities is necessary to ensure that individuals are successful in school and in their careers.
Learn moreabout employment and career opportunitiesOur programs address various aspects of financial stability to make sure individuals and families can thrive in their daily lives, reach their goals, and recover from a crisis quickly
Learn More about financial stabilityUWBA is deepening our focus on improving access to stable, affordable housing and homelessness prevention resources.
Learn More about housing justice$67M+ returned to the community in tax refunds though our free tax preparation program EKS
calls and texts answered by our 211 helpline
clients received long-term financial or career coaching through SparkPoint
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