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Keeping families together. Our Family Housing programs support 172 San Francisco families and nearly 300 children through emergency, transitional and permanent housing and supportive services. We stabilize homeless families through a web of support that includes housing, meals, counseling, case management, medical care, job search support, children's activities, education, and employment-readiness services. "We used to sleep on a different friend's couch every night," says one client, 11. "You helped us, and now my family has a good place to stay. My dad even has a job now." Our Family Housing programs also take action to prevent evictions. Families who are at-risk of losing their homes benefit from monthly subsidies that keep them in their apartments, and that can also help with moving costs and childcare. St. Joseph's Family Center An emergency residential program for pregnant women and homeless families, St. Joseph's Family Center offers 10 families at a time housing, meals, counseling, medical care, job search support and children's activities. "I learned how to manage my money at St. Joseph's." says a client. "They helped me find a job, and they help my daughter learn to read in the evenings—giving me a break so I can get the counseling I need. Things are starting to look up for us."
899 Guerrero Street Treasure Island Supportive Housing Treasure Island Supportive Housing provides permanent supportive housing to almost 200 formerly homeless families on Treasure Island and in San Francisco who are dealing with HIV or AIDS, mental illness, or substance abuse. “TISH”, as its better known, also offers supportive services in conjunction with housing, including case management, substance abuse counseling, employment training, and a children’s activity program, where clients are mainstreamed and work toward self-sufficiency.
P.O. Box 78037 Rita da Cascia One of the model programs of its kind in the country, Rita da Cascia (RDC) exclusively serves women and children. All families are affected by serious health conditions, and many struggle with substance abuse as well as mental health issues. This program provides intensive case management wrap around services to over 90 families living on-site as well as in independent living throughout the city of San Francisco. Rita da Cascia also offers these families an activities program with a wellness component including: yoga, massage, meditation and art therapy. See www.creativehealingproject.org for more information about the artwork. 415.202.0941 Homelessness Prevention Programs. Our goal? Help families that are at risk of losing their homes stay where they are. We facilitate rental subsidies by distributing city and federal funds—between $30,000 and $50,000 per month—to prevent evictions in San Francisco. This program also offers security deposit help and child care subsidies for children under age 3. Thankfully, we've been able to help a average of 50 families per month for the past ten years. We also get many general assistance calls and our staff does their best to refer people to appropriate resources. 415.972.1300 |