Seeing the need for an additional North County cold weather shelter, Supervisor Simitian led a public-private partnership creating 50 beds for families and single women experiencing homelessness at the downtown Mountain View campus of the Los Altos United Methodist Church. The shelter has since become the cornerstone of a community resource center based at the church for residents who are low-income, unhoused, and underserved. With funding from the County to help remodel the facility's commercial kitchen, the site offers a culinary skills job training program and an expanded free meal program, as well as shower, laundry, 12-step programs, and an afterschool arts and empowerment program for underserved youth.
