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The Alameda Point Collaborative, a non-profit organization founded in 1999, has labored for over a decade to make it possible for a supportive community for the homeless to thrive on Alameda’s former Naval base. Since its inception, it has grown to become the largest provider of low-income housing, academic tutoring and job training for formerly homeless people throughout the entire East Bay.

This past November, the Collaborative announced a new job skills training in the form of a first-in-the-state Landscape Apprenticeship Program that saw the nonprofit join forces with the California Department of Industrial Relations and the San Leandro Adult School.

“Our program at APC provides another way in which we can offer our residents a way to find meaningful employment that supports their long-term stability,” said Lisa Dyas, the Collaborative’s director of fund development and community relations.