On a recent Saturday morning, a group of volunteers set up portable tables, chairs and filing cabinets in the parking lot of Trinity United Methodist Church, taking up a small corridor of space partitioned off by orange cones and caution tape.

Francisco Saucedo, a longtime volunteer, sat behind one of the tables and motioned for an older man to join him. Saucedo spent the next 20 minutes on the phone with a towing company, translating in Spanish for the man who was desperate to get his vehicle back.

“I help with whatever help is needed,” Saucedo said, a philosophy that sums up The United Effort Organization, a local nonprofit that provides a wide range of services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Santa Clara County.

Earlier this month, UEO celebrated its five-year a

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