Dear Friends, 

ELEVATE Concord, Monument Impact’s family economic equity pilot, in collaboration with the City of Concord, has officially launched! We have selected 120 families and want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the overwhelming response from applicants. The interest and enthusiasm surrounding the launch of ELEVATE Concord further proves the exigency for more of these pilots. It is a key tool to increase racial and economic equity in our communities. Our next step is to host orientations that will provide participants with all the information needed for the program. See below for some key demographics of our participants.

This Hispanic Heritage Month, we continued to honor the stories of resilience, achievements of individuals and the collective strength that defines our community. On October 11, Monument Impact was honored at the annual Contra Costa Latinx Giving Circle.⁣ This gathering of 20 Latino Giving Circles across California is a collaboration to invest in and support Latino-led organizations. It is an honor to be acknowledged for our dedication to advocacy in our community and to receive an extra boost in resources for our programs. May we continue to uplift these voices everyday through our work.

This month we are thrilled to meet with the 120 families selected to participate in ELEVATE Concord. We have hosted multiple orientation sessions to help participants familiarize themselves with the pilot. They will also participate in various surveys so we may capture their progress.

Here is a demographic snapshot of ELEVATE Concord participants:

We look forward to sharing stories and learnings from this next year. All this couldn’t have been possible without the support of our funders:

Movement for Housing Justice Across the Bay 

A thriving Bay Area begins with home. Monument Impact is excited to join the #BeginswithHome campaign because when it comes to building a future of housing justice in the Bay Area, change is possible.

Begins with Home is a movement to inspire our communities to embrace housing justice and build support for solutions to make the Bay more livable and affordable for all of us.



What can you do to get involved and show your support? 

1. Post about it on social media using #BeginswithHome and any of the graphics in their toolkit. 
2. Follow and engage with @BeginswithHome on TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook.
3. Share the Begins with Home launch video on your social media channels. 

We're committed to making the Bay Area a place where everyone belongs. Together, we can build a Bay Area where we value everyone’s humanity, where we treat everyone with justice and dignity, and where everyone belongs.

California Passes Bill

to Limit Security Deposits to One Months Rent

In a significant win for California renters, this month, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 12 (Haney). In Contra Costa, we know families have faced displacement and barriers to moving due to high security deposits that have been two to three times monthly rent. In California, more than half of renters are able to afford their rent but are unable to get an apartment because they are not able to come up with two month's rent as a deposit. The new bill, which goes into effect July 1, 2024, ensures landlords can no longer charge more than one month’s rent for the security deposit.

We thank Governor Newsom and Assemblymember Matt Haney for their leadership and to our local representative Assemblymember Timothy Grayson for voting yes on AB 12. Our deepest gratitude also goes to everyone who contacted their legislators to ask for support. Your advocacy helps ensure more families in California have a place to call home.

Monument Impact is proud to be a part of Lazarex Cancer Foundation’s Lazarex Cancer Wellness HUB. Our Promotoras are serving as ‘HUB Ambassadors’ and collaborates with the community partners to improve access to quality cancer care and clinical trials. Since the initiation of this project, our team of Promotoras have successfully conducted 6 outreach events, where they interacted with 956 people and referred 51 community members. The HUB model aims to:



• Provide equitable access to cancer resources:
• Screening for earlier stage diagnosis.
• No-cost genomic and molecular testing.
• Insurance and financial support.
• Convenient and reliable transportation.
• Technology to navigate web-based information throughout the cancer journey.
• Enhance emotional and financial well-being.
• Collaborate with health-care providers and community based organizations to supply resources to educate patients and caregivers.

We are excited to work with the partners, Center for Human Development, Monument Crisis Center, Village Community Resource Center, Lazarex Cancer Foundation and John Muir Health on work that will continue our mission to provide equitable solutions for community members who have been historically underserved.