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If you are unhoused, at risk of losing housing, or just need help figuring out where to go for shelter, housing, or services -- we are here. No paperwork. No judgment. Real peer support from people with lived experience.
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Get InvolvedSix-plus years of peer-led outreach, advocacy, and community care — measured in lives changed and trust built in Marin County.
MPRCC was born from a real moment of peer connection. When Bambi, volunteering with her church group, met Jenn during a period of homelessness, that genuine bond saved Jenn’s life — and ignited the vision for MPRCC. That origin story is not background; it is the mission.
Jenn Mallow is a peer housing navigator, peer advocate, and community organizer whose own experience of homelessness in Marin County transformed into a life of service. As a founder of MPRCC, Jenn brings firsthand knowledge of what it means to navigate systems without support — and what it means to have someone walk alongside you.
Jenn has been a persistent voice for unhoused neighbors at Novato City Council, in the press, and on the ground at encampments across Marin County. She is recognized by Bay City News, ABC7, and the Marin IJ as a frontline advocate and peer housing navigator.
Jenn specializes in housing navigation: once a community member has a housing voucher, she handles all landlord paperwork, advocates directly with landlords to accept Section 8/RFTA, and navigates Housing Authority processes and disputes on behalf of her clients. She does not issue vouchers — she helps people use them successfully.
Carrie “Bambi” Klyse is a community organizer, peer advocate, and the founder whose act of compassion sparked the creation of MPRCC. When Bambi met Jenn through her church volunteer work, she recognized that real change begins with genuine human connection — not programs or paperwork.
Bambi is MPRCC’s designated representative to the County Homeless Policy Steering Committee, where she brings the lived-experience perspective directly into county-level policy discussions. She is a recognized leader in Marin’s homelessness advocacy community, named in Pacific Sun as a Camp Compassion co-founding member.
MPRCC’s founders have been recognized by local and regional media as frontline advocates for Marin’s unhoused community.
“The hundreds of people who live outdoors here will not have the means to protect themselves. No sleeping here, no camps, no sleeping bags, no tents, subject to arrests and misdemeanor citations.”
“We, the founders of Camp Compassion, the residents and the union deeply appreciate your contributions to ensuring accurate news worthy information gets to the public.”
“This camp provides [vital support]... 76 people have been through the camp since it was established.”
MPRCC named as an active service provider for encampment residents alongside county-contracted organizations — with Jenn Mallow photographed on-site providing peer-led housing navigation and advocacy.