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Oakland man finds renewed life with the help of BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation.

A lot of Child Abuse Prevention Council's work, including its family workshops, are a part of the organization's preventative work to promote healthy family dynamics.

Jayla Lackaff spent her teenage years in California’s foster system. Now 22, she is studying video game design at College of Alameda.

Victoria Ryan, a musician who said she toured with Cat Stevens and opened for James Taylor and Herbie Hancock, now spends much of her time providing exciting activities to nursing homes just like the one at Bayberry. The activities have changed residents' lives.

Bay Area Rescue Mission helps people recover from drug and alcohol addiction through its Life Transformation Program.

The Network of Care, founded by Janet Frazier in 2004, provides in-hospital meals -- the assembly-line workers call them "Bags of Hope" -- to feed and comfort families going through an emergency with their children. The various assembly lines are composed of 150-200 special needs young adults who are spread through three Contra Costa County schools.

This nonprofit sends free books to children ages 0-5, providing the stepping stones for cognitive development, Kindergarten readiness and lifelong academic success.

A Livermore-based nonprofit that serves the Tri-Valley's chronically homeless population has helped two residents start their own arts business.

For almost seven years Lilia Vizcaino handled janitor duty at a coffee shop near UC Berkeley, cleaning up at closing time. But Vizcaino, who came from Mexico and now lives in Albany, wanted something better for her and her family. Today Vizcaino no longer mops floors at a coffee shop. She’s the owner of her own coffee shop, El Tiny Cafe in Berkeley. It’s a cute joint that caters to the neighborhood with Americanos and iced horchata lattes, made with coffee beans from women-owned farms in Mex...

A young mother from El Salvador is finding “a new world of hope" with the help of Lincoln Families, an Oakland nonprofit.