Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)

Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) BOSS is creating housing, reentry, and violence prevention solutions to end mass homelessness, mass incarceration, community violence, and systemic inequity.

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For more than fifty years, BOSS has been serving the people.Not because it was easy. Not because it was funded. Because ...
06/08/2026

For more than fifty years, BOSS has been serving the people.

Not because it was easy. Not because it was funded. Because the community needed someone to show up, so WE DID.

That is still true today.
This week we show up again, and we need you with us. Stay close—more this week.

06/06/2026

HBH creates spaces where individuals and families impacted by violence, incarceration, displacement, and systemic inequity can access healing, community care, and pathways to stability. Black wellness is essential infrastructure, and healing is how communities rebuild.

HBH fills this gap by offering community-based, culturally aligned healing spaces where people are supported with dignity and care. HBH centers the belief that Black wellness is essential infrastructure. Healing is not separate from public safety, reentry, or community stability. It is part of how communities rebuild.

Daryle Allums Sr. | Haven for Black Healing Director
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency | Trauma Recovery Center | 7501 International Blvd | Oakland Ca,94621 | [email protected] | cell: (510)774-2935 | office: 510-419-0669 x 1605

🚨🚨AC Transit Service Changes — June 14🚨🚨If you use Bay Area transit, pay attention. AC Transit is making service changes...
06/05/2026

🚨🚨AC Transit Service Changes — June 14🚨🚨

If you use Bay Area transit, pay attention. AC Transit is making service changes starting Sunday, June 14. Here's what's changing:

Summer line suspensions: Lines 600-699 are suspended for the summer.
Schedule adjustments: Lines 19, 30, 51A, 96, 851, and O have new schedules and routing due to Webster Tube closures (Oakland Alameda Access Project).

Other changes: Line 251 won't serve Ohlone College Newark on weekends.

Also coming: Fare increases start July 1 as part of a two-phase adjustment approved in March 2025.

If you depend on public transit, review the changes now so you're not caught off guard. Share this with your networks.

Full details: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ACTRANSIT/bulletins/4192f3e

06/02/2026

OAKLAND CITY HALL OAKLAND 6.2.26:

CAN WE TALK? Deep East Oakland and East Oakland Left Out of Funding Designed to Protect Them.BOSS (Building Opportunitie...
06/02/2026

CAN WE TALK?

Deep East Oakland and East Oakland Left Out of Funding Designed to Protect Them.

BOSS (Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency), a nonprofit with more than 50 years of service to Oakland and Alameda County communities, was excluded entirely from the City of Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) Community Violence Intervention Grants for 2026-2029 — a $38.1 million funding package approved from Measure NN, a tax Oakland voters passed in 2024 to reduce violence across the city.
 
BOSS stands to lose the following services provided at its Wellness, Empowerment & Resiliency Campuses at Eastmont Town Center located in East Oakland:
 
✔️Violence Interruption $550,000 -
✔️Gender Based Violence Healing $300,000
✔️Gun/Group Violence Healing - $170,000
 
Measure NN belongs to all of Oakland. The communities most at risk deserve to see themselves reflected in the organizations funded to protect them.

06/02/2026

What Does Stability Look Like?

Sometimes it looks like a lease. Sometimes it looks like a savings account.

Last week, residents at USV Harrison House participated in a financial literacy workshop, opened bank accounts, and learned tools that support long-term financial independence.

The goal isn't simply helping people get housed. The goal is to help people stay housed.

💚 Invest in the building blocks that create lasting stability.

Keep reading: https://www.self-sufficiency.org/post/money-matters-at-harrison-house

Housing Is the Beginning, Meet Victoria:"I came to BOSS in need of emergency shelter and help finding permanent housing....
06/01/2026

Housing Is the Beginning, Meet Victoria:

"I came to BOSS in need of emergency shelter and help finding permanent housing. I was relieved to be in the shelter. The Harrison House staff were amazing, especially Rochelle, who got me housed. Having my own place means the world to me! I'm looking forward to being at peace, secure, and safe. For anyone on their housing journey at BOSS, work for what you want, and get everything the program has to offer. I am truly thankful! I don't know where I would be without Harrison House." Victoria

When someone receives keys to a new home, that's not the end of the story. It's the beginning of rebuilding routines, restoring confidence, reconnecting with family, finding employment, and creating stability that lasts.

Every week at BOSS, individuals and families move one step closer to the future they deserve. Housing opens the door. Community helps people walk through it.

💚 Help create more housing success stories across Alameda County.

Join the Work - self-sufficiency.org/donate

Join us for The Barbara Lee Lecture SeriesBOSS is proud to help share this powerful community event alongside local part...
05/25/2026

Join us for The Barbara Lee Lecture Series

BOSS is proud to help share this powerful community event alongside local partners and leaders.

On Saturday, May 30 at 7:00 PM, community members are invited to gather at Beebe Memorial Cathedral for an evening with Mayor Barbara Lee, Pastor Tony Lowden, and The Honorable Willie L. Brown Jr.

Pastor Lowden is a national leader in restorative justice, criminal justice reform, and the work of supporting formerly adjudicated individuals as they return to community, leadership, and opportunity. As the first and only Black pastor to a U.S. President, serving President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, his voice brings deep experience, faith, justice, and action into this timely conversation.

Together, the speakers will reflect on Dr. King’s enduring question:

“Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”

This conversation speaks directly to the work of restoration, reentry, community power, and shared responsibility.

Saturday, May 30, 2026
7:00 PM
Beebe Memorial Cathedral
3900 Telegraph Ave, Oakland

Admission is free. RSVP required:
https://bit.ly/4tIPhLq

Or call 510-434-3988.

Exciting News! New Affordable Housing Opportunities Available In Alameda County! New affordable housing options are avai...
05/18/2026

Exciting News! New Affordable Housing Opportunities Available In Alameda County!

New affordable housing options are available throughout Alameda County, including in San Leandro and Castro Valley. Be sure to review the application requirements and note the deadlines.

Don't wait! Apply online now to secure your spot.

More housing means more opportunities for everyone. However, remember that while this is a step forward, much more needs to be done to meet the demand for affordable housing.

For more information and other listings in more counties: https://housingbayarea.mtc.ca.gov/listings

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1918 University Avenue #2A
Berkeley, CA
94704

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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