Provides free public benefits advocacy to unhoused and disabled residents of Alameda County.
Connecting FDAP clients, their loved ones and their advocates with services and resources for life beyond the appeal
Note: This list was created to augment the direct representation provided by our attorneys. We have tried to cover a broad range of issues and geographic locations. However, the landscape of California organizations and service providers is constantly changing. FDAP cannot guarantee that this list is exhaustive or fully up-to-date. An organization’s inclusion in this list is for information only and does not necessarily represent our endorsement of the services provided.
Helps unhoused San Franciscans secure housing and become self-sufficient through individualized case management, job assistance, and health services.
Fights for housing and justice for low-income tenants, working-poor families, immigrants, people who are disabled or living with HIV/AIDS, and homeless veterans.
Self-help program for people in state prison, emphasizing mind-body connections, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and self-awareness. Hosts restorative justice circles. A division of Five Keys Schools and Programs.
Helps recently incarcerated people find employment. Services include job training, help obtaining tattoo removal, and free job interview clothes. Publishes Jails to Jobs: Seven Steps to Becoming Employed.
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS)
Provides job training and placement.
Provides job training and job placement.
Provides job training and placement.
Publishes UltraViolet, an LGBTQ-rights newspaper. Publishes select submissions from incarcerated people, and free to people in prison (see website for details).
Offers gardening and landscaping training to people at California Medical Facility, San Quentin, CSP Solano, Mule Creek State Prison, California Healthcare Facility, Central California Women’s Facility, Avenal State Prison, CSP Los Angeles County – Lancaster, and California Institute for Women. Provides individualized reentry coaching and support.
Special thanks to Root & Rebound and Prison Activist Resource Center, whose resource guides served in part as source material.
FDAP also wishes to thank and acknowledge the vision and dedication of Rashida Harmon, former associate staff attorney for FDAP, who devoted untold hours to bring this resource to fruition.