Bay Area Community Services Email Format
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States201-500 Employees
Bay Area Community Services is a mid-sized nonprofit focused on removing mental health, housing, and related community barriers for people in need. It supports individuals experiencing mental health challenges or housing crises while addressing associated issues such as health needs, substance use, trauma, incarceration, and poverty. The organization adopts a flexible, "whatever it takes" approach, integrating decades of behavioral health expertise with a Housing First philosophy to shape its programs. Based in Oakland, California, BACS operates across the Bay Area and Northern California and has pursued expansion through new initiatives such as a Community Wellness Response Team launched in Sacramento in 2024. In 2026, it opened a Hayward location and acquired a former retirement center to develop a campus of care for the most vulnerable Californians.