California Awards Nonprofits $500,000 for Housing, Homeless Aid

Published on December 26, 2023

Two nonprofits centered around providing legal aid to low-income Californians and a third working to end homelessness for women and children were awarded $500,000 in grants from the state, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Dec. 21. The recipients are California Rural Legal Assistance—which provides free legal services to low-income Californians in rural areas; Bay Area Legal Aid—which also provides civil legal services for low-income residents, this time in the Bay Area; and Moms 4 Housing—an Oakland-based organization focused on ending homelessness for women and children. “The award of these funds will assist these nonprofit organizations in their ongoing efforts to assist California tenants and those battling homelessness in our communities. It will take all of us working together to alleviate our housing crisis and I am pleased these nonprofit organizations will continue to be part of the solution,” Mr. Bonta said in the recent announcement....

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