Housing Express & Housing Express Expansion
Provides rental assistance and supportive services to literally homeless families with children under the age of 18 or under the expansion, individuals and/or couples. Clients reside in self-determined rental units and can receive services for up to one year. All referrals to this program must come through Resource Connect Solano. Eligibility must be documented prior to entry into the program.
Provides housing and supportive services to 6 men at our Dixon house. Clients receive case management services, access to benefit assistance, supplemental food, and transportation to appointments. Clients must be chronically homeless and disabled to be eligible for the program. All referrals to this program must come through Resource Connect Solano. Eligibility must be documented prior to entry into the program.
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Provides housing and supportive services to 6 women in our Fairfield house. Clients receive case management services, access to benefit assistance, supplemental food, and transportation to appointments. Clients must be chronically homeless and disabled to be eligible for the program. All referrals to this program must come through Resource Connect Solano. Eligibility must be documented prior to entry into the program.
All Solano County clients are to be registered through Resource Connect Solano – RCS. (REGISTER HERE). This ensures that everyone has a fair chance at obtaining housing where so little housing is available.
Provides housing and supportive services to 4 male Veterans. Clients receive case management services, access to benefits assistance, supplemental food, and transportation to appointments. Clients must be chronically homeless and disabled to be eligible for the program. All referrals to this program must come through Resource Connect Solano. Eligibility must be documented prior to entry into the program.
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Three days a week from 12-2 pm people can receive food bags for people who can cook and people who cannot. Food is provided by the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Raley’s, and Trader Joes.
Emergency Shelter for those individuals and/or families experiencing homelessness in the City of Fairfield. This is a 30 – 90-day program focusing on stabilization and progressive growth, by providing temporary housing, and supportive services.
Karl Schmidt was saddened but not surprised when he heard about the horrific shooting in Sacramento on April 3.
"It was getting more violent in that area since the Arena went in," he said, shaking his head sadly. Nobody knows why."
And he could have easily been near there himself if not for a horrible injury that, amazingly, led to a beautiful new life. A life that would not have been possible without a unique Solano County program called Change and New Beginnings (formerly Community Action North Bay) (CANB) offers housing and other services to at-risk and in-crisis populations.
Karl, a mentally disabled veteran, lived on the streets in Sacramento, addicted to meth. Then, two years ago, an injury forced him into a Solano hospital for several months, and while there, he received life-changing anti-psychotic medication and drug addiction treatment. He was eventually qualified for housing with CANB.
As he looks around his clean, comfortable home in Fairfield, he says he is thankful for the help of CANB.
"Karl came to us after being almost completely forgotten by society and locked out of a way to get resources," explained Kari Rader, Executive Director of CANB. "We do what we do best: we helped him learn basic living skills, and we continually surround him with support with everything from doctor's appointments to social workers' visits. And Karl now works with us to provide basic help to our transient homeless population by offering food and other basic services. So he has come full circle."
For more information on how CANB helps those in need, contact: info@canbinc.com
