{"id":9909,"date":"2018-10-11T11:10:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T18:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=9909"},"modified":"2018-10-11T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T18:11:58","slug":"dueling-stories-about-berkeley-navigation-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/11\/dueling-stories-about-berkeley-navigation-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Dueling stories about Berkeley Navigation Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mtm _4fzb\">\n<div class=\"mtm _5pco\" data-ad-preview=\"message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Dueling stories. One story reports 20, using a council members numbers. One story says 10, and uses Radu and me. One publication has homeless haters as commenters. The other publication is UC Berkeley&#8217;s paper, put out by really smart kids.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll go with the kids any day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkeleyside.com\/2018\/10\/10\/berkeleys-pathways-homeless-shelter-has-helped-20-people-find-homes-in-3-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.berkeleyside.com%2F2018%2F10%2F10%2Fberkeleys-pathways-homeless-shelter-has-helped-20-people-find-homes-in-3-months&amp;h=AT2Rc3AW0reEMmUA8oZ1Z89fUPlr6ENDSljcYQwS4psd9_41mm5zdK51k6PygajvPosXXwfvjKoDQxUa4A2voQQx0qFYr3stkSvy8NtYVZIp-XZeGmW1VDDKCeOKISvHj7KJcv7BEMmSYZZb1Cjzbcvu1cLh2tllM6y9f8ab7h_mlSsS4RzHfn02fGUwMwai4MxuxMo4q1Lqr8U6lle-XjsKMROqiuiJFBqySLwg1Rca46Uq3qi6uaLcHsQQjqC8nqArRdnLcm-hddNEOfrxrQR2CJ1e2UBegM1cnD-ZeD0mAuIPy5qHuW1E2uOMXVvOfmZbXMOQaDcdF39sPaKUlFi4Y35txytqprZ1KPyOvsn_7Nh1wm5lSQvxg4eCs-xliDHR1Wly0lCxEJCoA9vqHQqHf5n1csvnmq3n\">www.berkeleyside.com\/\u2026\/berkeleys-pathways-homeless-shelter-\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/2018\/10\/10\/pathways-stair-navigation-center-secures-housing-for-homeless-couple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailycal.org%2F2018%2F10%2F10%2Fpathways-stair-navigation-center-secures-housing-for-homeless-couple%2F&amp;h=AT1xz3x-ySMx4mpHSrTV0nl3IvBiF5-5Y4_Xya_oBQEkgSpb9cv7phsENp9qU21ctBPcbhCVTWKi72LijGkXayyns4d676JbTsOwKBtnL6npgMRKG7v7GHy9lOBYpQxXcNmSco7c7YqYoUIfEvMvUBTjNPwzx4jVU3WH-T7WskViVq3e55-ZXcscL5tp5goQeDDN12PxZaz9UYitWIaUmfixH4vMjVY-Og9ZrhXawbNBsut1Qcc91mW8KV8Eqz4BX9NwiAH8P_DuxiWSIQvgcspaKq3JqnXsQBbYf_01LcRmixcRARzK-02JPjfYhnBxtXflpL6GinW9cTlGUio9JbdQwmWRLQl7jYvOR7x7p6ljt1RFAJytsx60nO529dEaVbcIZlUAdd0z6nyOTNDjpM6UPuG44wBM0WB4\">http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/\u2026\/pathways-stair-navigation-center\u2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Mike Zint<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3b6i _5zb3\">\n<div data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;H&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"mtm\">\n<div id=\"u_0_11\" class=\"_6m2 _1zpr clearfix _dcs _4_w4 _41u- _59ap _2bf7 _64lx _3eqz _20pq _3eqw _2rk1 _359m _3n1j _5qqr\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;H&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"clearfix _2r3x\">\n<div class=\"lfloat _ohe\">\n<div class=\"_3ekx _29_4\">\n<div class=\"_6m3 _--6\">\n<div class=\"_3n1k\">\n<div data-ad-preview=\"link-description\"><\/div>\n<div data-ad-preview=\"link-description\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2018-10-10T00:57:51-07:00\">OCTOBER 10, 2018 (dailycal.org)<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Pathways STAIR Navigation Center secures housing for homeless couple<\/h2>\n<div class=\"entry-feature\">\n<div class=\"entry-thumb wp-caption horizontal\">\n<div class=\"photo-credit-wrap\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-featured_horizontal size-featured_horizontal wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dailycal.org\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/center_peterradu_courtesy-900x580.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dailycal.org\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/center_peterradu_courtesy.jpg?w=900 900w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dailycal.org\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/center_peterradu_courtesy.jpg?resize=400%2C258 400w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dailycal.org\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/center_peterradu_courtesy.jpg?resize=768%2C495 768w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dailycal.org\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/center_peterradu_courtesy.jpg?resize=698%2C450 698w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dailycal.org\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/center_peterradu_courtesy.jpg?resize=450%2C290 450w\" alt=\"center_peterradu_courtesy\" width=\"900\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-credit\">PETER RADU\/COURTESY<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<p class=\"entry-authors author vcard\">BY\u00a0<a class=\"author url fn\" title=\"Posts by Julie Madsen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/author\/jmadsen\/\" rel=\"author\">JULIE MADSEN<\/a>\u00a0| STAFF<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Update 10\/10\/18: This story has been updated to include information from\u00a0Bay Area Community Services\u00a0program director Daniel Cooperman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Pathways STAIR Navigation Center, a center for homeless people in Berkeley that opened June 26, has helped almost 10 people find permanent housing \u2014 a list that now includes homeless couple Sarah Smith and Zack Minjarez, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>The center can house up to 45 people, who turn to the shelter to eat meals, take a shower, use laundry facilities and, in some cases, find permanent housing. A nonprofit that manages a larger navigation center in Oakland, Bay Area Community Services, has partnered with the center to help find housing for residents of the center.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the center helped Smith and Minjarez find an apartment in Oakland\u2019s Fruitvale neighborhood, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The couple moved into the center in July, and they have found housing in less than four months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have words to describe it. It\u2019s a new start,\u201d Minjarez told the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>There are three full-time navigators that work at the center and are tasked with checking their client\u2019s credit, finding housing and jobs and helping their clients transition out of homelessness, according to Berkeley\u2019s homeless services coordinator Peter Radu.<\/p>\n<p>Radu said finding housing for clients is reliant on the $540,000 in \u201cflexible funding\u201d the center receives to help clients secure housing. The money could go toward rent, security deposits or even a pair of work boots to find a job \u2014 ultimately, \u201canything that helps them go over their housing barriers,\u201d Radu said. Radu stressed that the flexible funding is used at the discretion of the case manager.<\/p>\n<p>According to the San Francisco Chronicle, it will cost $1,550 per month to rent out the couple\u2019s studio apartment \u2014 and the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, or BHCS, will pay the rent until Smith receives her Supplemental Security Income payments. The program operates the BHCS EveryOne Home Fund, which provides a \u201cflexible source of financial assistance to help BHCS consumers and their families move out of homelessness,\u201d according to the BHCS website.<\/p>\n<p>Smith and Minjarez were connected to this resource through Coordinated Entry, which is a system for accessing housing mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to BACS program director Daniel Cooperman. From there, an assessment is conducted in which people with the most need are prioritized to receive funding, Cooperman said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cooperman, after the funds were found, it only took a few weeks to find Smith and Minjarez\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funds that are housing them weren\u2019t identified until halfway in their stay, and it opened up opportunities,\u201d Cooperman said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Smith and Minjarez\u2019s success story, Radu acknowledged that finding available housing for the clients who come to the center is an obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe navigation center cannot work if there is no housing. That is the major flaw. There is no place to navigate them to, except out (of) town,\u201d said Mike Zint, co-founder of homeless advocacy group First They Came for the Homeless, in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Cooperman said it takes creativity to find housing for residents of the center. He mentioned that the center works with more than 250 landlords to find affordable and realistic housing.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its challenges, Radu said he believes the center has created an environment that other shelters can learn to emulate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping as well that all of our shelters can become like this,\u201d Radu said. \u201cThis will require will from the community \u2014 and money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"tagline\" class=\" IL_IC_MIN\"><em>Contact Julie Madsen at\u00a0<a href=\"malito:jmadsen@dailycal.org\">jmadsen@dailycal.org<\/a>\u00a0and follow her on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julie_Madsen_\">@Julie_Madsen_<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"IL_BASE\">\n<div id=\"IL_IN_CONTENT_CONTAINER_0\" class=\"IL_BASE\">\n<div id=\"IL_IN_CONTENT_CONTAINER_0\" class=\"IL_BASE\">\n<div class=\"IL_BASE\">\n<div id=\"4852557\" data-hook=\"IL_IN_CONTENT0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/assets\/themes\/dailycal-new\/img\/sprites\/tag.png\" alt=\"Tags\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/tag\/bay-area-community-services\/\" rel=\"tag\">Bay Area Community Services<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/tag\/behavioral-health-care-services\/\" rel=\"tag\">Behavioral Health Care Services<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/tag\/mike-zint\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mike Zint<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/tag\/pathways-stair-navigation-center\/\" rel=\"tag\">Pathways STAIR Navigation Center<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/tag\/peter-radu\/\" rel=\"tag\">Peter Radu<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/tag\/sarah-smith\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sarah Smith<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/tag\/zach-minjarez\/\" rel=\"tag\">Zach Minjarez<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dueling stories. One story reports 20, using a council members numbers. One story says 10, and uses Radu and me. One publication has homeless haters as commenters. The other publication is UC Berkeley&#8217;s paper, put out by really smart kids. 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