Two nonprofit organizations with Bay Area ties that are working to reduce homelessness will benefit from millions in grant funding from the Day 1 Families Fund.

The fund, founded in 2018 by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has awarded $1.25 million to the Time for Change Foundation, a San Bernardino-based group with a Hayward project, and $2.5 million to the East Oakland Community Project.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.