HomeFirst (EHC Lifebuilders)

This featured charity is a local one. It works in Santa Clara County in an effort to end homelessness. This charity is ... HomeFirst.

HomeFirst is an organization providing programs for Santa Clara County's homeless population.

Founded in 1980 as Emergency Housing Consortium, and renamed EHC Lifebuilders in 2005, HomeFirst took on its current title in 2014.

There are over 2,000 people in Santa Clara County who are chronically homeless. HomeFirst, however, "has one of the highest success rates in finding permanent housing for them" (1).

HomeFirst's Boccardo Reception Center is the largest service center for the homeless in Santa Clara County.

HomeFirst is a local charity working in Santa Clara County. The usual statistics provided for more widespread organizations don't seem to be readily available for it.

Here's the HomeFirst website!
http://www.ehclifebuilders.org

It's also available under the following url.
http://www.homefirstscc.org

Thank you for reading about HomeFirst!

SOURCES

(1) The website, www.homefirstscc.org, on the page, "Programs for the Chronically Homeless" (under the folder, "PROGRAMS"), as retrieved from the url, "http://www.homefirstscc.org/programs-for-the-chronically-h…/", on Thursday, July 28, 2016.