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Advocacy at Brilliant Corners: Using Our Collective Voice to Call for Change
Brilliant Corners has actively advocated for a multitude of legislative actions, all geared towards housing justice and ensuring funding and commitment for long-term solutions to homelessness. We have outlined the state and local bills, calls to action, and legislative proposals we are currently pursuing.
Key Considerations for Health Plans: Partnering with Community-Based Organizations to Address Social Determinants of Health
Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM), a Medicare-Medicaid Plan serving San Mateo County, launched their Community Care Settings Program (CCSP) in 2014 to support members moving from nursing facilities to the community with the supports and services they need to thrive. HPSM selected Brilliant Corners – given its significant previous experience in care transitions programs – to work closely with them to support their members’ needs.
Bay Area Landlords Are Opening Their Doors to Formerly Homeless Residents Amid Mounting Vacancies
As Bay Area officials work to find long-term options for homeless residents housed by Project Roomkey, some nonprofits are working with landlords to find permanent housing solutions.
Mid-Century Supermarket in Wilmington to Become Supportive Housing
The Avalon 1355 project was developed in partnership with the Richmond Group, KFA Architecture, and Brilliant Corners. This new project will bring 53 units of much-needed permanent supportive housing to the Wilmington community, maintaining the existing site structure and adding in green design elements.
RECOVERY AND RENEWAL: Housing + Health
Brilliant Corners was honored to be featured in the California Community Foundation’s (CCF) 2020 Annual Report. As one of the recipients of funding from CCF’s COVID-19 emergency response grants, Brilliant Corners partnered with LA County to stand up quarantine sites for the unhoused in a matter of weeks.
How Can Health Plans Support People Experiencing Homelessness During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
People experiencing homelessness are one of the populations most impacted by COVID-19 in California because they lack protection from the environment, adequate access to hygiene and sanitation facilities, or connection to services and health care.
Coronavirus: San Francisco to move 200 homeless residents from hotels into housing
San Francisco will move 200 homeless residents out of the hotels where they’ve been temporarily sheltering during the pandemic, and into permanent supportive housing.
Brilliant Corners to operate San Diego’s the Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool
The Regional Task Force on the Homeless (RTFH) announced the selection of Brilliant Corners, a nationally recognized innovative non-profit, to operate the San Diego Regional Flexible Housing Pool (FHP).
iPads Donated to LA County Hospitals, Allowing Patients to ‘Visit’ Loved Ones
In collaboration between the Annenberg Foundation, Brilliant Corners, Los Angeles County and MobileDemand donated 300 iPads to four hospitals so isolated patients can have virtual visits with family and friends during the coronavirus pandemic.
Partnering to Meet Food Security Needs for Supportive Housing Clients and Unsheltered Residents During COVID-19
LA County Department of Health Services has a new partner in a critical time: World Central Kitchen, a global relief organization founded by chef and humanitarian José Andrés.
The Role of Philanthropy in Supporting Partnerships and Organizations Combatting COVID-19
Philanthropy has both a unique opportunity and a critical responsibility to protect the most vulnerable communities during a pandemic. During this vital time, philanthropy can leverage its flexibility to provide funds to organizations for immediate relief and urgent needs.
Changemakers LA: Rethinking Housing Development
Brilliant Corners and Genesis LA join the Changemakers LA podcast to discuss innovative housing solutions, and what they’re doing to make housing development faster and less expensive.
Affordable Housing Breaks Ground on Vacant Site in Mar Vista
City officials and non-profit developer Community Corporation of Santa Monica broke ground on Vista Ballona, a subsidized affordable housing complex in Mar Vista.
San Francisco’s Stalled ‘Moving On Initiative’ Was Working Well, Report Suggests
In 2017, as part of a broader set of programs aimed at reducing chronic homelessness, the City of San Francisco, the San Francisco Housing Authority, and the grantmaking nonprofit group Tipping Point launched a new initiative called Moving On.
Colma’s Veterans Village offers new life for homeless servicemen and women
Navy veteran Carl Moisoff takes pride in his neat, one-bedroom apartment at the newly opened Veterans Village in Colma.
Housing The Homeless Is Actually Saving LA Money
The reality of California’s homeless crisis is that there is little social safety net to catch the very poorest residents before they fall to the streets.
SF homeless advocates kick off All In campaign
Homeless advocates this month kicked off a citywide campaign to encourage residents to get involved in solving the epidemic of homelessness in San Francisco.
LA City Council member proposes housing homeless residents in existing units
The Los Angeles City Council member representing Venice introduced legislation Wednesday to expand two programs that have quickly housed thousands of people experiencing homelessness.
LA’s homelessness epidemic requires a new prescription of solutions
When the Los Angeles City Council voted in July to reinstate a ban on sleeping overnight in vehicles parked on residential streets, it imposed yet another obstacle for homeless Angelenos forced to live in their cars – the number of whom exceed 10,000 by some estimates and more than 15,000 by others.
These six developers say they can build housing for homeless people faster and cheaper
Building housing for homeless people is slow and costly, and is getting slower and costlier every year. But six developers responding to a challenge from Mayor Eric Garcetti are getting a chance to show how they would do it faster and cheaper.
SF homeless services agencies gather to discuss how to work together better
The city of San Francisco has taken one of the most significant steps ever toward tightening up relations between the galaxy of nonprofit and government agencies that deal with homelessness.
In Depth: Payers can’t control costs without social determinants of health model
The movement to better address the social and environmental factors that affect health has insurance companies and other payers looking beyond the hospital or clinic and stepping into the community to give patients help where it’s needed.
Health Plan coordinates medical care, housing
On any given day, Conrado Solano has a network of help that keeps him at home and out of a nursing facility.
Innovative Models In Health And Housing
This report aims to bridge a knowledge gap between the
affordable housing and healthcare fields that limits their
ability to implement health and housing projects and
partnerships.