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No parent should lose their children to homelessness, especially when they’ve repeatedly asked for help.
This mother’s heartwrenching story reminds us why our mission at Beloved Village is so important: Under-resourced families deserve to stay together just as much as affluent ones.
Every day so many people seek assistance but are failed by the existing systems.
Delayed processes and racial discrimination are frequent barriers for families trying to access resources, resulting in family separation – either through CPS intervention or, worse, death. Family separation due to a lack of resources is an entirely preventable tragedy.
In 2024 alone, nearly 200 people experiencing homelessness died in Santa Clara County. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass allocated a historic $1.3 billion to combat homelessness, yet nearly half of these funds remain unspent. Beloved Village is proposing a transformative idea: let’s resource families – both biological and chosen – with what they need to stay together.
We need deeper investment in building community-based continuums of care led by people who understand the intersections of poverty, foster care, and incarceration.
Read our blog A Call For Dignified Housing for more.