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Maple Street Shelter

Established	1998
Location Address	1580A Maple Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
Program Type	Short-Term (up to 2 months) and Mid-Term (up to 6 months) Transitional Housing (housing and services while searching for apartments and jobs)
Residents	Single Adults
Number of Units	76
Assistance Programs	One-on-One Counseling Mandatory Savings Program On-site Food Pantry On-Site Alcohol/Drug Recovery Services Meal Services Internet Computers Life Skills Workshops On-Site Medical Care

Maple Street Shelter in Redwood City provides safe, short-term and mid-term transitional housing and comprehensive, on-site support services for up to 76 homeless single adults at a time. There are 32 beds for short-term shelter and 44 beds for mid-term transitional housing. Men and women can stay in the short-term program for up to 60 days, while the transitional program offers housing for 3-6 months. Short-term guests share communal dorm rooms, while transitional residents are provided with their own individual cubicles. St. Anthony's Kitchen provides hot meals, supplemented by food from Second Harvest Food Bank. There is a food pantry, clothing closet, and donations of household goods. Volunteers provide computer tutoring and resume development during the evening hours. A free shuttle bus is used to provide transportation to the nearest public transit hub in Redwood City. Over 80% of program graduates are rapidly and permanently re-housed.

Success Story
For Nate, help came in the form of tough love and unconditional support. Nate's mother died when he was very young and he was raised by his grandparents in East Palo Alto. Prior to coming to Shelter Network's Maple Street Program for homeless individuals, Nate worked as a truck driver. After a brief incarceration he found himself with no job, no money, and no home. While staying in an unstable living arrangement with friends, he was referred to Maple Street Shelter. For Nate, the idea of living in a homeless shelter was difficult to accept. He describes his feelings of becoming homeless as a "Crash landing, with no parachute and no landing gear." The first month in Maple Street was tough for him and he gives credit to his Case Manager, Wendy, for pushing him and supporting him. "When I was feeling, sad, lonely, depressed, or like the world had ended, Wendy was there." Soon after coming to Maple Street he found a seasonal job working for the Gap. Nate then moved into Maple Street's mid-term transitional program and became a leader among the residents. He was head of Maple Street's first Resident Council, and helped other residents with letters and thank you cards. Nate soon found a job as a monitor for Safe Harbor and has enrolled at College of San Mateo where he is working towards a degree in counseling. He plans to return to Maple Street in the future - this time as a Case Manager. Until then, Nate is thankful for all of the support he received from the staff at Maple Street, saying, "They never gave up on me; even when I wanted to they wouldn't let me. They were the first people to believe in me."