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"TACKLING THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY,
HOMELESSNESS,
INCARCERATION & VIOLENCE" 

Your destiny is not defined by your zip code or the color of your skin.

​Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) walks alongside individuals and families on the path from survival to stability — through housing, healing, career support, and community.

BOSS Pre-Trial Expansion Program

 

The first days after release can change everything. BOSS case managers in the Alameda County courts connect people awaiting trial with housing, health care, employment and recovery support, so they can return to court and build a stable path forward.

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Victim Financial Support

 

If gun violence has touched your life, BOSS offers short-term help with rent, utilities, transportation, medical costs and other essentials. Eligible participants can also join our healing circles for guided support, one-on-one clinical care and community.

BOSS + Heffernan Insurance Brokers | A Partnership Built on Trust

Have an idea? A skill? A few hours? Let's build something together. BOSS welcomes individuals, businesses, and community groups ready to put their hands to work for housing, healing, and justice.

 

From the Desk of Donald Frazier CEO BOSS
BOSS Celebrates 50 Years of Impact: A Night to Remember
PBS's The Visionaries Series: Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
Oakland’s First Trauma Recovery Center | Shaping, Healing, and Restoring Lives
Black August 2025: A Living Tribute to Joy, Resistance, and Collective Power
Driving Change Through Action | BOSS’s Social Justice Collective (SJC) and Impact the Vote
Rising Stars Celebration of Hope 2025
Reimagining Public Safety: A Holistic Approach to Crime Prevention and Community Well-Being

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1918 University Ave, Suite 2A
Berkeley, CA 94704
info@self-sufficiency.org
Tel: (510) 649-1930
Fax: (510) 649-0627

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Are you homeless

and need assistance?

If you are homeless, disabled, or low-income and looking for assistance, if you are in Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, or Oakland, CLICK HERE for instructions on contacting the Alameda County HRC (multiple locations). If you are homeless or need assistance in another city, call 211.

BOSS recognizes that our programs are located on the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Chochenyo, Ohlone, Muwekma, Confederated Villages of Lisjan, and Miwok people. We acknowledge the painful history of forced removal and honor their original and ongoing connection to this land: BOSS aims to be ethical and respectful stewards of all land where our programs operate.

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