A Diamond in the Ruff - Approved
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A Diamond in the Ruff provides high quality and safe housing services for single women and single women with children. We recognize the profound impacts that homelessness, trauma, mental health, and drug addictions have in the lives of those in our community, there are real issues to address in a positive and productive manner. Many homeless individuals and families require subsidized housing support programs that will enable them to stabilize for permanent housing.
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Sun Wee Yun
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04-10-2024
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04-10-2024
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03-10-2025
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How To Contact
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General
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5940 Hayes St
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Oakland
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CA
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More Information
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04-10-2024
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04-10-2025
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A Diamond in the Ruff
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94621
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Helpful Links
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Detailed Information
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Women in our programs generally come from Alameda County and other nearby counties, with most coming from East Oakland, West Oakland, North Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, and other counties.
A Diamond in the Ruff currently operates two transitional housing residences under its umbrella and has a total housing capacity to serve 12 women and 8 children.
A Diamond in the Ruff single women's home serves women for up to 2-years.
Our core program was created in 2011 as an eighteen-month Independent Program Sober Living Home and Program. It serves six women at a time, with culturally and linguistically appropriate curriculum that promotes social and emotional wellness.
Harvest Community House ( For families) has stay up to 6-months. With a goal to transition from interim transitional housing and supportive services to permanent housing within six month timeframe.
In addition both housing program provides interactive workshops, educational seminars, and one-on-one coaching with goals to help women identify and develop insight into their past traumas and offer practical applications to recognize and remove barriers toward self-sufficiency created by this trauma. This work includes teaching women how to connect with their core, know their purpose, and find their pathway towards a healthier and more stable, and sustainable lifestyle.
A Diamond in the Ruff Independent Living: Provides housing for single women in Alameda County that have been displaced and experiencing extreme poverty, and/or homelessness, and those who need emergency transitional housing. Helping individuals maintain some level of self-sufficiency.
- Single Women (Ages 24-68)
- Up to 18- month of temporary housing,
- case management
- ?outpatient treatment referrals,
- individual counseling and group counseling,
- employment services/job referrals/training referrals
- food & clothing referrals
- outside wrap around Services
- life skills/self of esteem classes
- spiritual development for personal/community well being
Continuum of Care Resource Hub: The Oakland Transitional Housing Alliance formed in 2021, With a mission is to increase the visibility of Transitional Housing opportunities, engage as viable partner within the housing continuums, implement policy, and leverage together our resources and specialties in order to create a continuum of care for unhoused single mother's and their children. Bringing together a group with experience, capabilities and lessons learned. A Diamond in the Ruff, Urban University and Oakland Elizabeth House has created an innovative supportive housing continuum program model, designed to lift homeless and unhoused mothers and their children from homelessness and poverty into well-being and upward mobility. Given the many years of experience of all three leaders providing Interim Transitional Housing in Oakland California. We have created a Communal space called the Resource Hub to share with those within our the community to be of more service...
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Eligibility Information
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- CA
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- Alameda County
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- Adult
- Children 0-18 years old
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- English
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