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Mission and Program Overview
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The OFC Mission is to provide opportunities for change to those who want to become strong, inspired, courageous, and compassionate individuals creating a positive presence for their communities.
To provide opportunities for change to those who want to become strong, inspired, courageous, and compassionate individuals creating a positive presence for their communities.
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| Part 1: The Environment1.1 OverviewOpportunities For Change (OFC) is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization headquartered in San Jose, California formed to: o Deliver an Innovative Transitional/Reentry Supportive Housing Program for At-Risk Men leaving Prison, Homelessness, and/or Addiction. o Provide On-Site, Integrated, Wraparound Direct Services with 24x7x365 Coverage. o Execute Triple Impact Vision of Restoring Lives, Renewing Our Communities, & Refining Policy with an Innovative New Model leading to sustained Client & ommunity Power-Building. At-Risk Men often suffer the Deepest Poverty within the Most Marginalized Neighborhoods and generally face significant socio-economic barriers to living a productive life. They may personally struggle with recurring incarceration, persistent health issues, and a lack of living-wage skills. To identify a scalable program solution, OFC conducted extensive academic and government research. The resulting Proprietary OFC Methodology focuses on one person at a time, one neighborhood at a time. The OFC Program has proven effective at restoring clients to productive lives and at guiding them towards healthier relationships with their Families. Neighborhoods and communities benefit by gaining good OFC neighbors and by having safer public spaces. For permanent socio-economic systemic change, OFC persistently advances Housing & Mental Health Policy Advocacy at the state, region, county, and city levels and within the OFC Coalition of Supportive Housing organizations. OFC Homes are places where people can Think and Plan and Dream. 1.2 Indicators of Systemic Barriers o Of the US Prison Population, 1 in 3 were first arrested at Age 15 or Younger. o Of the US Population of Never Married & Never Completed High School Men, 1 in 3 are currently incarcerated in a US Prison. o Of All Crimes, 72% are for Larceny (often to fund an alcohol/drug addiction). o Temporary Shelter Housing Solutions have generally led to cycling the same unhoused person through multiple shelters at cost of ~$125,000/Year/Person (216 Average Days/Person). o Emergency Room and Hospitalization Costs for unhoused people are ~25-30% higher for the same condition because they are more sick on average than the larger population. 1.3 The OFC Mission - Strong ~ Inspired ~ Courageous ~ ConfidentTo provide opportunities for change to those who want to become strong, inspired, courageous, and compassionate individuals creating a positive presence for their communities. "All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent." John F. Kennedy (1963) 1.4 The OFC Triple Impact Vision for a World Where o Every Client, regardless of past challenges, has opportunities to create a productive life defined by dignity, purpose, and self-sufficiency. o Every Community, regardless of its history, provides fair housing, safe public spaces, and economic mobility by shifting power dynamics and resources towards those most harmed by structural inequities. o Every Law-Making Body, regardless of partisan affiliation, legislates policies that address the root causes of injustice and structural inequity in order to enable permanent moral change.1.5 The OFC Executive TeamOFCs successes directly result from the Multi-Faceted Lived Experiences of the founding executives: Terrell Pina / Board Chairman, CEO, & Peer-to-Peer Leadership20+ Years as a High-Performance Executive Leader, Security Services Business Owner, US Army Veteran, Juvenile/Adult Incarcerated Individual, & Graduate of The Salvation Army's Addiction Rehabilitation Center (ARC) Mary Ng / Board Director, CFO, & CDO40+ Years with Fortune 500 High-Tech Companies, Investment Banks, & Start-Ups for collaboration, cloud computing, video, and security solutions (innovation, strategy, new product development, alliance management, sales, finance, etc.) Rachel Songer / Board Director, COO, & Case Management30+ Year Career with The Salvation Army in 11 Western US Cities for multiple roles (homeless encampments, shelters, recovery housing, men/women/family programs, court navigation, FEMA relief, etc.)We deeply care about every Soul. | - | - |
| Part 2: The OFC ImpactSince its founding, Opportunities For Change (OFC) has been a lifeline for At-Risk Men who are committed to changing their lives. By addressing immediate needs while planning for long-term socio-economic success, OFC ensures that client transformation has lasting outcomes. OFCs program outcomes are based on the knowledge that there is life-long plasticity in all of our brains. For instance, a Stanford University Medical research group is investigating a non-invasive, drug-free ultrasound technique that could help repair injured brains and treat neurological diseases (Stanford University, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute). Until such radically simple approaches to restore brains and redirect behavior become available, OFC implements an innovative, structured program that puts the theory into action. OFC endeavors to deactivate unhealthy behaviors from potential injury during: o Childhood Brain Formation (responses to chaotic environments) and/or o Adult Brain Adaptations (responses to socio-economic harms). 2.1 The OFC Impact & OutcomesThe OFC Supportive Housing Program delivers extremely positive results. A complete set of Social ROI Metrics are available upon request.2.2 OFCs Deep Strategy: Power-Building & Capacity-Building o OFC Client Intake Baseline 91% Previously Incarcerated, 92% Struggle with Addiction, 97% Struggle with Homelessness, ~50% Age 40+, & 75% Non-Caucasian o Key Metrics 88% Client Exits to Stable Permanent Housing, 81% Client Exits to Improved Income Status, 1% Prison Recidivism, 3% Emergency Room Visits, 83% Reconnected with Family, 83% Improved Social Skills, 67% Enrollments in Training/Certification/School Classes, & 2 New Start-Up Businesses2.3 OFCs Wide Strategy: Power-Shifting & Coalition-Building o Capacity-Building Recruited seasoned Chief Operations Officer with extensive experience creating, securing, and managing tent sites, shelters,transitional supportive housing, & social services programs for Men, Women, & Families. o Execution Speed Within 30-Days, leased 2nd Facility (~6,000 sq. ft. site near county hospital) & launched fully furnished 5X Expansion Home (30-Beds, 5-Bedrooms, 4.5 Bathrooms, Community Kitchen, BBQ Backyard, Intake Office, & New Headquarters Office) o Taxpayer Savings OFC Offset of $7.00 for every $1.00 Spent; Truncated the national trend of 3X Average Re-Arrests for any previously incarcerated person ($128,000/Average Arrest for Multiple Justice-Involved Departments such as Police Staff & Court Sessions) o Key Metrics Within 30-Days, established operating relationships with ~40 Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), met ~8 Elected Officials, hosted ~65 Visitors from Client Referral and/or Funding Partners, visited 3 Policy Advocacy Visits to CA Board of State Community Corrections & CA Legislature, & spoke at 3 Santa Clara County Supervisor MeetingsPart 3: The OFC Methodology & PracticesStrong ~ Inspired ~ Courageous ~ ConfidentMany people have no lived experience of a safe, warm, and attractive home with clean neighborhood parks.OFC empowers individuals to profoundly change the trajectory of their lives, to reconnect with family, and to reintegrate into society. We rely on the resulting changed behaviors and wiser choices to change our communities for the good. To serve more people, OFC vigorously reaches out to client referral networks, collaborates with partners, attends government hearings, and exchanges information with other community-based organizations. Outreach covers an 150-Mile Stretch of Northern California (from San Francisco to Monterey & from the Pacific Coast to the California State Capital in Sacramento). | - | - |
| 3.1 The OFC History & TimelineOFC is formed by seasoned executive leaders who are each dedicated to serving unhoused people across the nation, starting with the Silicon Valley Region. In 2018, OFCs Transitional/Reentry Supportive Housing Program sprouted when a Board Member housed Three (3) Homeless Men. Two (2) were Homeless Army Veterans who both gained employment with Private Security companies. The other person leveraged his Construction skills into a Property Management position (~13,000 apartments, retail, and offices). This experience clearly demonstrated that stable housing leads to socio-economic stability, productive lives, restored families, and safer neighborhoods.In 2023, OFC launched a dedicated Pilot Transitional/Reentry Supportive Home in Mountain View near Googles Global Headquarters. OFC codified the knowledge and built a Continuum-of-Care (CoC) Program. Most importantly, OFC learned how to move beyond offering basic supportive housing towards enabling a life worth living. March 2018 - Housed 1st Client (He had been sleeping on Warehouse Floor where he worked.)July 2023 - Formed "The Global Hearth" as a Sober Living Environment (SLE) Pilot HomeAugust 2023 - Launched Attractive, Fully-Furnished Pilot Home (6-Beds) & Housed 4 Formerly Incarcerated Men leaving Drug RehabSeptember 2024 - Incorporated as "Opportunities For Change OFC" & Obtained 501(c)(3) Non-Profit StatusDecember 2024 - Leased ~6,000 sq. ft. Facility for 5X Expansion Home (30-Beds) & Headquarters Office in San Jose (~8,000 unhoused people or ~1% of US)January 2025 - Launched Attractive, Fully-Furnished Expansion Home (30-Beds) & Housed Initial Group of At-Risk Men leaving Prison, Homelessness, and/or AddictionApril 2025 - Awarded 1st Set of Santa Clara County Grants (secured 3 Grants from 3 of 5 County Supervisors)3.2 OFC Model of Research-Driven InnovationOFC is devoted to the restoration of Men leaving Prison, Homeless, and Addiction. We know that Any Man from Any Harsh Background can change his trajectory of thoughts, behaviors, and destiny after proper housing, medical care, and socio-economic opportunities are experienced. We do this through providing the only evidence-based, proven path: A Transitional/Reentry Supportive Housing Program with On-Site, Wraparound Direct Social Services. An individual who is transitioning from incarceration, completing a treatment program, experiencing homeless, or simply suffering persistent disaffiliated status may face severe challenges when living in an environment that does not promote a productive lifestyle. May require a communal-living supportive housing program that rewires their minds and mends their bodies on a daily basis. Such shared housing incorporates structured roles/responsibilities, leading to daily social and living skills development for long-term community success. Note:Basic Shelter serve a social purpose and is designed to get people safely off the streets and out of public spaces first and only. Shelters are not designed to address the complex socio-economic needs of challenged populations. While useful for Public Safety, it is a temporary solution that proves very expensive over time due to the typical and continuous shuffling of the same set of individuals into the same set of of shelters multiples times in the same year. Taxpayers fund 4 Shelter Stays/Year/Unhoused Person on average when that person is not restored through an effective CoC program. The length of stay for an Unhoused Individual is an Average of 22 Days which is insufficient to deliver permanent change and is clearly not stable housing. 3.3 The OFC New Model for Supportive Housing which Manifests Personal Power-BuildingThrough analyzing the performance of the OFC Pilot Home, we quickly determined that Housing First lodging coupled with on-site direct social services is the best path to permanent change. The OFC Program is guided by: o Holistic Care: OFC addresses the whole person, recognizing that employment without housing, or sobriety without mental health care, leaves gaps that can hinder long-term success. o Client-Centered Planning: OFC Clients are active participants in creating their own success plans, ensuring buy-in, accountability, and personal ownership of progress. o Accountability with Compassion: OFC balances structure/rules with understanding and second chances. This approach allows clients to grow within a safe framework. o Trauma-Informed Practices: Many OFC Clients have histories of trauma. OFC staff is highly trained to respond with empathy, safety, and strategies that promote healing. o Community Partnerships: OFC collaborates with probation departments, courts, medical providers, local nonprofits, and faith-based organizations to build a network of support for each participant.3.4 The OFC Client-Choice Program OFC first provides safe, warm, and stable housing within an alcohol/drug-free living program. OFC Homes are carefully crafted to be desirable living spaces visually, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. They are designed to be calm and free of negative situations.OFC Clients experience a structured environment with: o Predictable Days o Interiors that are Attractive, Orderly, Clean, and Well-Maintained by OFC Clients o Quiet Rooms and Green Outdoor Reflection Spots o In-Home Community that is Caring & that Self-Monitors Activities o Accountable Inhabitants who Each Fulfill Household Responsibilities o Client-Choice for Support Services 3.5 The OFC Core Support ServicesOFC offers a comprehensive suite of prison/homelessness reentry and behavioral/mental health support services. On a case-by-case basis, OFC collaboratively identifies specific client needs to ensure that clients first stabilize and, ultimately, thrive. OFC meets multiple client needs such as: o Case Management o Accountability to Self-Defined Goals o Communal Transitional/Reentry Supportive Shared Housing o Behavioral/Mental Health and Recovery Services Support o Peer-to-Peer Counseling o Employment and Education Pathways o Life Skills and Personal Development o Justice-Involved & Court Compliance Support o Assistance with All Other Physical/Emotional/Mental Needs The OFC focus is on positive coaching and on empowering people with practical life skills to achieve stability and dignity. 3.6 Bias for Innovation & Evidence-Based Research PracticesOFC Program Development began by performing extensive Evidence-Based Academic & Government Research (Federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), The Panetta Institute for Public Policy, etc.). Conclusively, the efficacy of Attractive Transitional/Reentry Supportive Housing is the only option which effectively leads to sustained stable housing. OFC continuously pilots new ideas, constantly implements new evidenced-based research practices, and relentlessly removes barriers for OFC Clients. Barriers may include systemic factors from economic inequity or historical injustice. They may be more personal such as unemployment, medical/behavioral health, child visitation deficiencies, etc. Coupled with a flexible Continuum-of-Care Program, OFC Clients experience a safe transition, an affordable home, and a customized action plan of growth. To date, OFC has an 83% to 99% Client Success Rate across multiple factors.3.7 The OFC Triple Impact Vision for a World Where o Every Client, regardless of past challenges, has opportunities to create a productive life defined by dignity, purpose, and self-sufficiency. o Every Community, regardless of its history, provides fair housing, safe public spaces, and economic mobility by shifting power dynamics and resources towards those most harmed by structural inequities. o Every Law-Making Body, regardless of partisan divides, legislates policies that address the root causes of injustice and structural inequity in order to drive permanent moral change.3.8 ConclusionOpportunities For Change (OFC) stands as a beacon of hope for individuals who are too often overlooked and underestimated. By combining supportive housing, case management, addiction recovery services, life skills training, and employment pathways, OFC addresses the multi-faceted challenges faced by At-Risk Men leaving Prison, Homelessness, and Addiction. Strong ~ Inspired ~ Courageous ~ ConfidentOFC stands by the claim that when given the right tools, support, and opportunities, every individual can change their story and create a better future. Once barriers to creating a productive life are removed, OFC Clients gain confidence to become Strong, Inspired, Courageous, and Compassionate. While OFC delights in building stronger communities and advancing public policies towards a more just society, OFC only truly succeeds when clients attain productive, independent, stable, and happy lives. OFC Clients are someones son and often a grandson, a brother, an uncle, a nephew, a husband, and/or a father. Fix a Man, Fix a | - | - |
Compensation and Service Providers
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| Mary Ng Dooley | CFO | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Rachel Songer Chouinard | COO | FT | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
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- Opportunities for Change OFC
- EIN
- 99-4847008
- Phone
- 6507044514
- Address
- 4024 Crandall Circle, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Signing Officer
- Name
- Mary Ng Dooley
- Title
- CFO
- Signed
- 2025-11-16
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- Yes
Preparer
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- CServices Pro
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- 4136 Doane Street, Fremont, CA 94538
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- Cindy Yu
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- 5103165619
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| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 0 | Part 1: The Environment1.1 OverviewOpportunities For Change (OFC) is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization headquartered in San Jose, California formed to: o Deliver an Innovative Transitional/Reentry Supportive Housing Program for At-Risk Men leaving Prison, Homelessness, and/or Addiction. o Provide On-Site, Integrated, Wraparound Direct Services with 24x7x365 Coverage. o Execute Triple Impact Vision of Restoring Lives, Renewing Our Communities, & Refining Policy with an Innovative New Model leading to sustained Client & ommunity Power-Building. At-Risk Men often suffer the Deepest Poverty within the Most Marginalized Neighborhoods and generally face significant socio-economic barriers to living a productive life. They may personally struggle with recurring incarceration, persistent health issues, and a lack of living-wage skills. To identify a scalable program solution, OFC conducted extensive academic and government research. The resulting Proprietary OFC Methodology focuses on one person at a time, one neighborhood at a time. The OFC Program has proven effective at restoring clients to productive lives and at guiding them towards healthier relationships with their Families. Neighborhoods and communities benefit by gaining good OFC neighbors and by having safer public spaces. For permanent socio-economic systemic change, OFC persistently advances Housing & Mental Health Policy Advocacy at the state, region, county, and city levels and within the OFC Coalition of Supportive Housing organizations. OFC Homes are places where people can Think and Plan and Dream. 1.2 Indicators of Systemic Barriers o Of the US Prison Population, 1 in 3 were first arrested at Age 15 or Younger. o Of the US Population of Never Married & Never Completed High School Men, 1 in 3 are currently incarcerated in a US Prison. o Of All Crimes, 72% are for Larceny (often to fund an alcohol/drug addiction). o Temporary Shelter Housing Solutions have generally led to cycling the same unhoused person through multiple shelters at cost of ~$125,000/Year/Person (216 Average Days/Person). o Emergency Room and Hospitalization Costs for unhoused people are ~25-30% higher for the same condition because they are more sick on average than the larger population. 1.3 The OFC Mission - Strong ~ Inspired ~ Courageous ~ ConfidentTo provide opportunities for change to those who want to become strong, inspired, courageous, and compassionate individuals creating a positive presence for their communities. "All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent." John F. Kennedy (1963) 1.4 The OFC Triple Impact Vision for a World Where o Every Client, regardless of past challenges, has opportunities to create a productive life defined by dignity, purpose, and self-sufficiency. o Every Community, regardless of its history, provides fair housing, safe public spaces, and economic mobility by shifting power dynamics and resources towards those most harmed by structural inequities. o Every Law-Making Body, regardless of partisan affiliation, legislates policies that address the root causes of injustice and structural inequity in order to enable permanent moral change.1.5 The OFC Executive TeamOFCs successes directly result from the Multi-Faceted Lived Experiences of the founding executives: Terrell Pina / Board Chairman, CEO, & Peer-to-Peer Leadership20+ Years as a High-Performance Executive Leader, Security Services Business Owner, US Army Veteran, Juvenile/Adult Incarcerated Individual, & Graduate of The Salvation Army's Addiction Rehabilitation Center (ARC) Mary Ng / Board Director, CFO, & CDO40+ Years with Fortune 500 High-Tech Companies, Investment Banks, & Start-Ups for collaboration, cloud computing, video, and security solutions (innovation, strategy, new product development, alliance management, sales, finance, etc.) Rachel Songer / Board Director, COO, & Case Management30+ Year Career with The Salvation Army in 11 Western US C |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 1 | Part 2: The OFC ImpactSince its founding, Opportunities For Change (OFC) has been a lifeline for At-Risk Men who are committed to changing their lives. By addressing immediate needs while planning for long-term socio-economic success, OFC ensures that client transformation has lasting outcomes. OFCs program outcomes are based on the knowledge that there is life-long plasticity in all of our brains. For instance, a Stanford University Medical research group is investigating a non-invasive, drug-free ultrasound technique that could help repair injured brains and treat neurological diseases (Stanford University, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute). Until such radically simple approaches to restore brains and redirect behavior become available, OFC implements an innovative, structured program that puts the theory into action. OFC endeavors to deactivate unhealthy behaviors from potential injury during: o Childhood Brain Formation (responses to chaotic environments) and/or o Adult Brain Adaptations (responses to socio-economic harms). 2.1 The OFC Impact & OutcomesThe OFC Supportive Housing Program delivers extremely positive results. A complete set of Social ROI Metrics are available upon request.2.2 OFCs Deep Strategy: Power-Building & Capacity-Building o OFC Client Intake Baseline 91% Previously Incarcerated, 92% Struggle with Addiction, 97% Struggle with Homelessness, ~50% Age 40+, & 75% Non-Caucasian o Key Metrics 88% Client Exits to Stable Permanent Housing, 81% Client Exits to Improved Income Status, 1% Prison Recidivism, 3% Emergency Room Visits, 83% Reconnected with Family, 83% Improved Social Skills, 67% Enrollments in Training/Certification/School Classes, & 2 New Start-Up Businesses2.3 OFCs Wide Strategy: Power-Shifting & Coalition-Building o Capacity-Building Recruited seasoned Chief Operations Officer with extensive experience creating, securing, and managing tent sites, shelters,transitional supportive housing, & social services programs for Men, Women, & Families. o Execution Speed Within 30-Days, leased 2nd Facility (~6,000 sq. ft. site near county hospital) & launched fully furnished 5X Expansion Home (30-Beds, 5-Bedrooms, 4.5 Bathrooms, Community Kitchen, BBQ Backyard, Intake Office, & New Headquarters Office) o Taxpayer Savings OFC Offset of $7.00 for every $1.00 Spent; Truncated the national trend of 3X Average Re-Arrests for any previously incarcerated person ($128,000/Average Arrest for Multiple Justice-Involved Departments such as Police Staff & Court Sessions) o Key Metrics Within 30-Days, established operating relationships with ~40 Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), met ~8 Elected Officials, hosted ~65 Visitors from Client Referral and/or Funding Partners, visited 3 Policy Advocacy Visits to CA Board of State Community Corrections & CA Legislature, & spoke at 3 Santa Clara County Supervisor MeetingsPart 3: The OFC Methodology & PracticesStrong ~ Inspired ~ Courageous ~ ConfidentMany people have no lived experience of a safe, warm, and attractive home with clean neighborhood parks.OFC empowers individuals to profoundly change the trajectory of their lives, to reconnect with family, and to reintegrate into society. We rely on the resulting changed behaviors and wiser choices to change our communities for the good. To serve more people, OFC vigorously reaches out to client referral networks, collaborates with partners, attends government hearings, and exchanges information with other community-based organizations. Outreach covers an 150-Mile Stretch of Northern California (from San Francisco to Monterey & from the Pacific Coast to the California State Capital in Sacramento). |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 2 | 3.1 The OFC History & TimelineOFC is formed by seasoned executive leaders who are each dedicated to serving unhoused people across the nation, starting with the Silicon Valley Region. In 2018, OFCs Transitional/Reentry Supportive Housing Program sprouted when a Board Member housed Three (3) Homeless Men. Two (2) were Homeless Army Veterans who both gained employment with Private Security companies. The other person leveraged his Construction skills into a Property Management position (~13,000 apartments, retail, and offices). This experience clearly demonstrated that stable housing leads to socio-economic stability, productive lives, restored families, and safer neighborhoods.In 2023, OFC launched a dedicated Pilot Transitional/Reentry Supportive Home in Mountain View near Googles Global Headquarters. OFC codified the knowledge and built a Continuum-of-Care (CoC) Program. Most importantly, OFC learned how to move beyond offering basic supportive housing towards enabling a life worth living. March 2018 - Housed 1st Client (He had been sleeping on Warehouse Floor where he worked.)July 2023 - Formed "The Global Hearth" as a Sober Living Environment (SLE) Pilot HomeAugust 2023 - Launched Attractive, Fully-Furnished Pilot Home (6-Beds) & Housed 4 Formerly Incarcerated Men leaving Drug RehabSeptember 2024 - Incorporated as "Opportunities For Change OFC" & Obtained 501(c)(3) Non-Profit StatusDecember 2024 - Leased ~6,000 sq. ft. Facility for 5X Expansion Home (30-Beds) & Headquarters Office in San Jose (~8,000 unhoused people or ~1% of US)January 2025 - Launched Attractive, Fully-Furnished Expansion Home (30-Beds) & Housed Initial Group of At-Risk Men leaving Prison, Homelessness, and/or AddictionApril 2025 - Awarded 1st Set of Santa Clara County Grants (secured 3 Grants from 3 of 5 County Supervisors)3.2 OFC Model of Research-Driven InnovationOFC is devoted to the restoration of Men leaving Prison, Homeless, and Addiction. We know that Any Man from Any Harsh Background can change his trajectory of thoughts, behaviors, and destiny after proper housing, medical care, and socio-economic opportunities are experienced. We do this through providing the only evidence-based, proven path: A Transitional/Reentry Supportive Housing Program with On-Site, Wraparound Direct Social Services. An individual who is transitioning from incarceration, completing a treatment program, experiencing homeless, or simply suffering persistent disaffiliated status may face severe challenges when living in an environment that does not promote a productive lifestyle. May require a communal-living supportive housing program that rewires their minds and mends their bodies on a daily basis. Such shared housing incorporates structured roles/responsibilities, leading to daily social and living skills development for long-term community success. Note:Basic Shelter serve a social purpose and is designed to get people safely off the streets and out of public spaces first and only. Shelters are not designed to address the complex socio-economic needs of challenged populations. While useful for Public Safety, it is a temporary solution that proves very expensive over time due to the typical and continuous shuffling of the same set of individuals into the same set of of shelters multiples times in the same year. Taxpayers fund 4 Shelter Stays/Year/Unhoused Person on average when that person is not restored through an effective CoC program. The length of stay for an Unhoused Individual is an Average of 22 Days which is insufficient to deliver permanent change and is clearly not stable housing. 3.3 The OFC New Model for Supportive Housing which Manifests Personal Power-BuildingThrough analyzing the performance of the OFC Pilot Home, we quickly determined that Housing First lodging coupled with on-site direct social services is the best path to permanent change. The OFC Program is guided by: o Holistic Care: OFC addresses the whole person, recognizing that employment without h |
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