The Alameda County Shelter Plus Care Program (S + C) provides affordable housing and support services to homeless people living on the street. To qualify for assistance, participants must be homeless and disabled by chronic alcohol or drug problems, serious mental illness, or AIDS and Related Disorders. In addition to receiving a rental subsidy, Shelter Plus Care participants receive support services through a network of local service agencies.

Shelter Plus Care is run by the Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department in partnership with the Oakland, Alameda City, and Alameda County Housing Authorities.

Individuals or families who are homeless and would like to apply to the Shelter Plus Care program should contact the S + C program office at (510) 670-6486 for more information.