Republished from Sonora Union Democrat Mother Lode Job Training, based in Sonora, has been awarded $250,000 in state grant funding to help more than 40 residents of the Resiliency Village program — for individuals trying to transition out of homelessness — to prepare for and secure quality jobs with self-sustaining wages of $18 an hour minimum. Karen Moore’s last job was driving for Courtesy Cab in Sonora and, even though she was employed, she ended up homeless for about a month in late 2020 and early 2021 because she couldn’t […]
Local Service Organizations Tapped For Statewide Homelessness Initiative
Republished from MyMotherlode.com Sonora, CA – A new statewide initiative to improve health and housing outcomes for people experiencing homelessness has chosen to partner with Resiliency Village, a non-profit working to reduce the homeless crisis in the Tuolumne County region, and the Mathiesen Memorial Medical Clinic. The team is one of eight selected to join Partnerships for Action: California Health Care & Homelessness Learning Collaborative. “We are honored and excited to be chosen to join the other incredible organizations from across California who are working to address the barriers people […]
Villagers help transform Sonora into ‘Christmas Town’
Reproduced from The Union Democrat Dec. 3, 2021 Resiliency Village residents join nonprofit groups to help transform Sonora into a ‘Christmas Town’ This Christmas will be the first that 31-year-old Resiliency Village resident Christopher Smith has celebrated with a roof over his head since he aged out of the foster care system at 18. Smith beamed with pride Wednesday morning at Courthouse Square in Sonora as he recounted his journey from life on the streets of Tuolumne County to becoming one of the first clients of the nonprofit organization’s live-in […]
Chicken Ranch Tribal Council Supports Resiliency Village
Chairman Lloyd Mathiesen and the Chicken Ranch Tribal Council present the Board of Directors of Resiliency Village a check for $150,000.00 June has been a busy month at Resiliency Village. As you can see in the above picture, we are fortunate to have formed sponsorship with the Chicken Ranch band of the Me-Wuk. We are honored by their generosity and thrilled with the prospect of building our village together as family. The Chicken Ranch band of Me-Wuk Indians of California is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in the foothills […]
Hear Our Radio Interview
Resiliency Village on the Air Mother Lode Views (on-air interview from early 2019) focused on a local organization’s efforts to help residents facing challenges related to things like trauma and homelessness. Resiliency Village was created in early 2019 in response to the rise in homelessness. Guests included Dr. Brenda Chapman, Shelley Muniz and Erin O’Hare. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Mother Lode Views airs Saturday and Sunday morning at 9:30 on AM 1450 and FM 102.7 KVML. Mother Lode Views can also be heard Sunday morning at 10 o’clock […]