The Record | $5 million Stockton Shelter for the Homeless expansion

Excerpt from The Record by Ben Irwin.
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“Construction is [underway] for Stockton’s Navigation Center and Men’s Expansion, a joint project between the city of Stockton, San Joaquin County and Stockton Shelter for the Homeless. The $5 million, three-story, 11,000 square-foot structure built with shipping containers will house a multitude of amenities and services, including a men’s and women’s dorm, a men’s only navigation dorm, couples and isolation rooms, family rooms, restrooms and showers, laundry, office space and drop-in and navigation services.

Rapid Program Management™ is the project management firm charged with getting the Stockton Shelter for the Homeless expansion open, which will be their 16th navigation center built. Rapid Program Management™ President David Renard said the Bay Area, family-owned firm applies their experience in disaster response and recovery to homeless and emergency shelter construction, specializing in keeping construction costs down and budget for services up.

‘If we lower capital costs, we can invest more money in services to make sure the facility is sustainable and running for years to come,’ Renard said. ‘We’re also providing a third more beds at half the cost of these other (Northern California) city-run developments.’ 

Stockton Shelter for the Homeless’s campus sits on Caltrans land. Part of the plan for the shipping container model is to be able to move to a different site if the need arises.  

Renard said there will be opportunities for local employment on the Navigation Center and Men's Expansion project. The earliest tentative date to break ground is May 9. The site is expected to be up and running by October 2022.”