Resources for unhoused

Resources for Unhoused

SF Dept of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) 440 Turk St., 94102, 628-652-7700. https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services

SF Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) provides outreach and case management to people experiencing homelessness living on the streets of SF; connects people to Access Points, Housing Navigators, Temporary Shelter Options, Crisis Care; works collaboratively with SF DPH’s Street Medicine team to address medical and behavioral health needs, using an individualized approach that includes wrap-around services and promotes harm reduction and stability-based recovery. Leave voicemail at 628-652-8000. https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/outreach/homeless-outreach-team/

Adult Coordinated Entry (ACE) Access Point provide Problem Solving (includes relocation assistance), assessment, prioritization, and referral to housing and other community services for SF adults experiencing homelessness.

https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/referrals-and-housing-assistance/adult-coordinated-entry-access-points/

Get Access Pass for Free Muni rides https://www.sfmta.com/discounts-people-experiencing-homelessness

Mission Action (formerly Dolores St. Community Services), 2645 Mission St./22nd St. 94110, 415-857-7762
Episcopal Community Services (ECS), 123 10th St./Mission, 94103, 415-487-3300 x7000; mobile teams available https://ecs-sf.org/adult-coordinated-entry/
Swords to Plowshares, 1060 Howard St./Russ St., 94103, 415-727-VETS (8387)
Saint Vincent dePaul Society (SVDP), 525 5th St. (at Bryant) 94107, 415-597-7960 x317
Transgender Gender Variant Intersex (TGI) Justice Project, 1349 Mission St (entrance at Grace St.) 94103, 415-554-8491

Access Points for survivors of violence

Asian Women's Shelter 415-926-3328
SafeHouse, 1089 Mission St., SF 94103
St. Vincent De Paul- Riley Center, 1175 Howard St. 94103

Adult Temporary Shelter reservation register online https://tinyurl.com/adultsheltersf

Dolores Shelter Program, 1050 S. Van Ness Ave. Walk-up guests line up at 5:30 pm (first-come, first-serve) https://www.missionaction.org/our-work/housing-shelter/#dolores-shelter-program

Interfaith Winter Shelter, 11/25/2024 to 3/30/2025. Self-referral. line up start 5:30 pm https://www.sf.gov/reports/november-2024/interfaith-winter-shelter

https://hsh.archive.sf.gov/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/st-vincent-de-paul-societys-tay-urgent-accommodation-voucher-program/

SF Homeless Shelter Line Surges in First Week of New System (sfstandard.com) (7/12/2023)

Resource Guide: How You Can Access Shelter in San Francisco - San Francisco Public Press (sfpublicpress.org) (9/02/2023)

Navigation Centers require referral by SF HOT https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/navigation-centers/

https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/

Drop-In Centers https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/other-resources/

Mission Neighborhood Resource Center, 165 Capp St., 94110. 415-869-7977. 15 clients are allowed in the building at a time on 1st-come, 1st-served and one-in, one-out basis. Services: showers, laundry & lockers; phones, restrooms, chargers; CM; Medical Clinic. https://www.mnhc.org/community_programs/mission-neighborhood-resource-center/
Bayview Drop-In Center, 2111 Jennings St., 94124. 415-671-1100. Services: showers, laundry & lockers; mail pick-up; Mother Brown’s Kitchen – Meals. https://felton.org/social-services/adult/bayview-drop-in-center/

https://sfbayview.com/2023/12/disabled-chronically-homeless-evicted-from-bayview/

Glide Walk-In Center, 330 Ellis St., Room 101, 94103. 415-674-6012. https://www.glide.org/programs/walk-in-center/
St. Anthony's Foundation, 121 Golden Gate Ave., 94102. 415-592-2855
A Woman's Place, 1049 Howard St., 94103. 415-293-7360. https://communityforwardsf.org/womensservices

Maria X Martinez Health Resource Center offers a broad range of low-barrier healthcare services for vulnerable adults in SF, especially people experiencing homelessness. Patients can receive walk-in assessment and care for non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries. We also provide medications for addiction treatment (e.g., buprenorphine) and transitional primary care services. Limited dental and podiatry services are also offered onsite. 55 Stevenson St. between 6th St. & 7th St.

https://www.sf.gov/location--maria-x-martinez-health-resource-center

Storage

Sixth St. Homeless Storage Facility, 74 6th St., 94103. 415-558-1178
Bryant St. Homeless Storage Facility, 680 Bryant St./5th St., 94107. 415-487-3300 ext. 4429

Pit Stops (public toilets & sinks) https://sfpublicworks.org/pitstop

https://sfpublicworks.wixsite.com/pitstop

General Delivery mail service for those w/o permanent address. 391 Ellis St. SF 94102. 1-800-ASK-USPS (275-8777). https://tools.usps.com/locations/details/1492402

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is-General-Delivery

Bayview Hunters Point Foundation for Community Improvement https://www.bayviewci.org/homeless-services

provides affordable transitional housing to homeless individuals, and case management (including life skills development, employment, and education services, health and wellness supports, housing placement services). 415-468-5100.

Bayview Senior Services Senior Ex-Offender Program (SEOP) transitional homes

https://www.bhpmss.org/senior-ex-offender-program/

Coalition on Homelessness https://www.cohsf.org/ organizes homeless people and front line service providers to create permanent solutions to homelessness, while working to protect the human rights of those forced to remain on the streets. 280 Turk St. 94102, 415-346-3740.

https://www.cohsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/How-to-Be-a-Housed-Ally-to-PEH-1.pdf

CHEFS (Conquering Homelessness through Employment in Food Services) is a culinary training program that provides instruction in technical and professional skills enhancement necessary for entry into the food service industry. https://ecs-sf.org/chefs/

Homeless Advocacy Project – see Legal

Hospitality House Self-Help Centers – see Case Management

North Beach Citizens Resource Center (drop-in) - see Case Management

Project Homeless Connect (PHC) https://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/ connects people experiencing homelessness to comprehensive social, medical, and other supportive services. Resource line 855-588-7968.

PHC Drop-In Services, 1031 Franklin St./O'Farrell St, 2nd Flr Urban Life Center Auditorium

https://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/events/drop-in-services-101/

St. Anthony Foundation – see Case Management

The Gubbio Project @ St. John the Evangelist, 1661 - 15th St. (entrance at Julian) 94103, 415-533-4298 https://www.thegubbioproject.org/

Relocation Assistance Programs (sfgov.org) travel assist to reunite with support network outside SF

https://www.sf.gov/information--relocation-assistance

Journey Home: for people experiencing homelessness, people w/SUD; contact 669-265-9373

https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-london-breed-issues-journey-home-executive-directive-reunite-more-people-family-outside

CAAP Relocation: for CAAP clients; contact CAAP office, 1235 Mission St. (closed 11/30/2024)

Problem Solving: for people experiencing homelessness, at-risk of homelessness; contact Adult Access Point, 123 - 10th St. 94103, 415-487-3300 x7000

7/25/2024 Governor Newsom orders state agencies to address encampments in their communities with urgency and dignity | Governor of California

Newsom orders CA agencies to clear homeless encampments - CalMatters

8/01/2024 San Francisco homeless get bus tickets before anything: New plan (sfstandard.com)

8/12/2024 SF lowered standards of program busing homeless out of town (missionlocal.org)

8/22/2024 Humboldt homeless people bused to San Francisco, other states (sfstandard.com)

Miracle Messages 1-800-MISS-YOU, 5342 Geary Blvd., 94121. https://www.miraclemessages.org/

Resource Center | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (ucsf.edu)

SF City Vitals 415-915-0505, or on-call 415-904-2124 https://www.sfcityvitals.org/ housing navigation, harm reduction, doula services.

6/01/2022 https://sfstandard.com/public-health/homelessness/what-happens-if-you-become-homeless-in-sf-a-look-at-the-front-door-of-the-citys-homeless-response/

4/14/2022 https://www.propublica.org/article/san-francisco-rations-housing-by-scoring-homeless-peoples-trauma-by-design-most-fail-to-qualify

2/2022 https://www.cohsf.org/a-new-coordinated-entry-shifting-from-a-system-of-scarcity-to-assessing-real-needs/

10/22/2021 https://www.streetsheet.org/families-speak-out-about-coordinated-entry/

9/21/2021 https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/san-francisco-homeless-algorithm/

6/30/2021 https://shelterforce.org/2021/06/30/the-hunger-games-of-homeless-services-how-coordinated-entry-is-failing-unhoused-people/

3/29/2021 https://www.projectcensored.org/blaming-the-homeless-for-san-franciscos-homelessness-crisis/

2/23/2021 https://beyondchron.org/san-franciscos-failed-homeless-strategy/

8/07/2018 https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-begins-assessing-homeless-adults-for-new-coordinated-system-for-housing/article_fde061c1-a55e-5e7d-8ec6-f26297b79e64.html

The ONE System: Coordinated Entry Training (bitfocus.com)

8.12.19 SFHOT Case Manager Training (2).pptx (live.com)