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Prefabricated modular campuses in Northern California are offering comforts that may help keep people off the streets — with pets, possessions and private space in mind.

South San Francisco – Visitors to the North County Wellness Center will be greeted in a bright, daylit reception area with natural timber walls and windows that look out to a garden.

With San Mateo County Navigation Center, Charles F. Bloszies pioneers a rapid response to homelessness.

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The construction of the center was largely funded by a $46.1 million grant from California’s Homekey program, an initiative to quickly shelter the state’s growing number of unhoused residents.

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Redwood City, CA – You can bring your dog, your partner and your belongings.

By making San Mateo County, California’s first Navigation Center more like a home than a shelter, local officials expect people experiencing homelessness to move in as a stepping stone to permanent housing.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) – San Mateo County is taking a new approach to help solve homelessness. The county opened its first $57 million “navigation center” on Tuesday.

“What we wanted was this to be more than a shelter, a feeling of welcoming home,” said Mike Callagy, the county chief executive.

San Mateo County officials cut the ceremonial ribbon Tuesday to celebrate the dedication of the Navigation Center, which will provide 240 secure temporary living spaces for homeless individuals and couples.

The opening is a key milestone in San Mateo County’s ambitious plan to move everybody living on its streets indoors

A new, innovative navigation center for people experiencing homelessness in San Mateo County opened Tuesday, April 18, in Redwood City.

The opening is a key milestone in San Mateo County’s ambitious plan to move everybody living on its streets indoors

Nearly a year to the day after breaking ground, San Mateo County leaders gathered in Redwood City to celebrate the completion of the county’s new 240-unit navigation center, a housing complex meant to offer wraparound services to some of the area’s most vulnerable residents.

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Local leaders gathered Tuesday to cut the ribbon for the San Mateo Navigation Center, the nation's first multi-story pre-fabricated modular shelter, offering 240 temporary living spaces on 2.5 acres, sitting just east of Highway 101 in Redwood City. The first residents will be able to move in soon.

Mike Callagy, the County’s chief executive, said the new Navigation Center — built with prefabricated rooms in just over one year — features amenities that include shared outdoor spaces, a dog run and individual door bells.

Redwood City – You can bring your dog, your partner and your belongings.

The 240-unit Navigation Center in Redwood City is slated to open later this month, launching a modern approach to providing housing and wraparound services to homeless community members.