Lived
Experience
Advisory
Board
The Lived Experience Advisory Board is a leadership development body consisting of members with current or past experience of homelessness. Members use this platform to learn about and evaluate the system of care and to make recommendations for improvement.
Our board is focused on:
Fostering the development of self-determination, leadership skills, and sense of empowerment among consumers
Providing clear lines of communication between leadership, staff, and consumers to resolve issues as they arise and better anticipate future consumer needs
Creating a working partnership between consumers and providers to inform policy development and improve the quality and types of services provided
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New “Dwellings” Podcast Talks LEAB And How To Better Support Unhoused Residents
In the 18th episode of San José Housing Department’s Dwellings, Destination: Home’s Chad Bojorquez talks about our community’s Lived Experience…
Meet the woman giving San Jose homeless people care and compassion
As pressure mounts to clear homeless encampments in the South Bay, Kiet Do shows us a woman using her unique…
She was homeless. Now she makes sure Bay Area officials listen to homeless voices
‘The reason it’s so important is because they’re living it, right?’ When Claudine Sipili heads into one of San Jose’s…
Officials Break Ground on South Bay Housing Complex for Homeless People
Nearly 80 new apartments with private bedrooms and bathrooms will be built in San Jose for unhoused residents. Groundbreaking on…
San Jose breaks ground on affordable housing in police parking lot
San Jose officials and homeless advocates celebrated Wednesday as the city broke ground on a new temporary housing project in a…
Destination: Home featured on Philanthropy Now podcast: Solving the housing crisis with the Lived Experience Advisory Board (LEAB)
Destination: Home is a key organization leading the way in ending homelessness in Silicon Valley. Through powerful cross-sector partnerships with…