Lifemoves

Services for chronically homeless individuals: chronically homeless clients are defined by the federal department of housing and urban development (hud); these clients have a documented disability and have been homeless for over 12 months consecutively, or homeless for 4+ episodes in the last 3 years totaling more than 12 months. Chronically homeless individuals enter programs with different needs, wants, and barriers. Clients coming in the "door" to a lifemoves program last year fell into 3 roughly equal groups: first-time homeless (35%); chronically homeless (35%); and in-between (30%). Serving these disparate groups well requires that we balance our resources thoughtfully and have multiple tools in our services toolkit. This speaks to why it is so essential that lifemoves tailors services and supports for individual clients.

Services for veterans: with the launch of eleven-eleven, lifemoves now operates a total of 90 veteran-dedicated housing units across san mateo and santa clara counties. The new program, developed in partnership with the u.s. Department of veterans affairs, expands lifemoves' capacity to serve veterans experiencing homelessness by roughly 20%, providing critical housing and essential services tailored to the needs of former service members. In fiscal year 2024, lifemoves assisted approximately 280 veteran clients, a number that continues to decline as veterans engage successfully with supportive programs. This fiscal year, we have consistently had more than thirty veterans enrolled at any given time. As a result of this veteran specific program, collaboration between the va and lifemoves has been elevated. Additionally, service provision has increased, including the ability to serve veteran couples and veterans with a caregiver where it otherwise was too difficult while at the san mateo county navigation center.

Outreach and other interim housing services - lifemoves continues to be the largest provider of homeless interim housing serving adults and children in silicon valley.