East Oakland Community Project nurtures the dreams of people experiencing homelessness

Leading with Compassion

We lead with compassion, and we’re focused on building trust and connection. Effective, dignified care begins with genuinely understanding a person as who they are, not just what happened to them.

Honoring Personal Stories

We listen and pay close attention to the unique stories of each of our clients, as their experiences of homelessness are varied and complex.

Maintaining Our Anchor in Oakland

We’ve stayed rooted in Oakland for 30+ years, with a steadfast commitment to our home neighborhood, while also providing dedicated care to individuals and families across Alameda County.

Healing Our Community

As a Black-led organization, we’re working to heal generations of racial and economic disparities through personalized support, because we know that a “one size fits all” approach only perpetuates systemic racism and poverty.

Leading with Compassion

Honoring Personal Stories

Maintaining Our Anchor in Oakland

Healing Our Community

We listen and pay close attention to the unique stories of each of our clients, as their experiences of homelessness are varied and complex.

We’ve stayed rooted in Oakland for 30+ years, with a steadfast commitment to our home neighborhood, while also providing dedicated care to individuals and families across Alameda County.

Community Stories

Finding Care and Community

At EOCP, we know that each unhoused person, no matter their struggles with mental health or substance use, carries a unique and complex set of life stories with them.

Serving More People through Collaboration and Partnership

At EOCP we build personalized, trusting, and authentic relationships with people experiencing homelessness, and walk alongside them as they grow into a life of self-reliance.

Meet New Leaders Making Their Mark at EOCP

Myeeka Calhoun and Carmen Hidalgo both work at EOCP’s Crossroads shelter. They joined the organization a year ago and have brought a renewed spirit to assisting unhoused individuals and families. They share their perspectives on EOCP and why working in homeless services is important to them.

New Leaders Making their Mark at EOCP

EOCP's staff are the anchor of our tireless work in supporting people to break out of cycles of homelessness and transform their lives.

Family Matters is a place of possibility

EOCP's Family Matters shelter is a space that creates beautiful possibility: Since its door opened in June 2020, families with children arrive onsite ready to make a change in their lives, and cross the threshold out of homelessness.

A turning point for unhoused families

2023 has ushered in a big season of change at EOCP: We’ve welcomed interim executive leadership and hired key staff at Crossroads, our emergency shelter located in the heart of East Oakland. Our commitment to persistent, comprehensive care for families experiencing homelessness continues.

The next chapter for EOCP

Joining EOCP as Interim Executive Director—and learning about its history, strengths, and vision—has been a bittersweet gift. I am moved by the heartfelt stories of staff, colleagues, and partners who collaborated with EOCP’s longtime leader, Wendy Jackson, across her 26 year tenure, and the reflection and celebration they offer about the incredible impact of Wendy’s leadership. One thing is clear: Wendy’s authenticity, dedication, and ethic of holistic care for EOCP’s clients has shaped all aspects of our work today.

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