ANAHEIM
Hope Harbor Family Center
Hope Harbor Family Center is a new project of the Orange County Rescue
Mission to help homeless and poor families living in motels in Anaheim,
California.
Contact: Glenn Frank
Email: glenn.frank@rescuemission.org
BERKELEY
Jobs for Homeless Consortium
- Berkely, CA
The Jobs Consortium is a pioneer in partnering comprehensive, client-centered,
one-stop training and employment services with disabled and non-disabled
homeless people in Alameda County, California. Their walk-in centers
in Oakland and Berkeley have served over 8,000 homeless persons since
1988, and placed over 2,000 of them in jobs.
2807 Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone: 510-251-6241
Fax: 510-834-0190
Email: staff@jobsconsortium.org
CHICO
The Esplanade
House
The Esplanade House provides a seven month transitional shelter for
homeless familes located in Chico, Butte county, in Nothern California.
The Esplanade House offers weekly case management, job skills training,
parenting, on site day care, on site drug and alcohol counseling.
2505 Esplanade
Chico CA 95926
Phone: 530-891-2977
Fax: 530-891-2819
Email: esplanadehouse@usa.net
CHULA VISTA
Standup for Kids
STANDUP FOR KIDS is a national, not-for-profit organization founded
in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth living on the street.
With national headquarters in Denver, Colorado, STANDUP FOR KIDS has
established ten outreach programs in five states. STANDUP FOR KIDS is
an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that provides services to kids
on the streets. STANDUP FOR KIDS volunteers walk the streets to encourage
and guide kids in becoming effective members of their communities. Their
programs offer services such as housing referral; education assistance;
vocational development; counseling; health services; transportation
to self-help meetings; legal assistance; and clothes, furniture, and
other daily necessities.
California programs are located in the following areas:
| Chula Vista, El Cajon, & San Diego, CA: |
Pager: 619.494.1978 |
| Concord, CA: |
Pager: 1-800-759-8255 PIN: 8706724 |
National Headquaters:
1111 Osage St., Suite 205C
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303-892-8328
Fax: 303-671-2845
Email: rickkoca@earthlink.net
GLENDALE
Food
for Body & Soul
Food for Body & Soul was originally formed in February, 1995 as a
volunteer non-profit organization to provide meals and an opportunity
for worship to the homeless and hungry in Glendale, California on Sunday
afternoons. Through the efforts of many area churches, synagogues, businesses
and individual volunteers, Food for Body & Soul has continued to provide
this service without interruption for the past two years. Food for Body
& Soul is in the process of organizing a local volunteer database to
assist other service providers in meeting their volunteer needs. Its
location on any given Sunday can be obtained by calling 1-800-498-5453.
Business Office: 138 N. Brand Blvd.
Suite 303
Glendale, CA 91203.
Phone: 818-242-4700
Email: ffbands@aol.com
HAYWARD
Family Emergency
Shelter Coalition (FESCO)
FESCO- the Family Shelter- is a nonprofit organization which provides
food, shelter, clothing, counseling and access to community resources
in the Hayward, Castro Valley, and San Leandro areas. The 24-bed shelter
is open all-day and houses approximately 100 families with children
each year. FESCO's home page provides information on FESCO, nutrition
and health programs, and links to other shelter programs and resources
related to homelessness.
22671 Third Street
Hayward, CA 94541
510-581-3223
Office Phone: 510-886-5473
Office Fax: 510-886-5814
Email: FESCO@coordinet.com
LOS ANGELES
Weingart Center Association
The People's Guide to Health,
Welfare & Other Services
The People's Guide gives practical information about how to get food,
money, and other help from government programs and community services
in Los Angeles County and the state of California. A Spanish edition
is also online. The People's Guide is published by the Los Angeles Coalition
to End Hunger & Homelessness.
1010 S. Flower, Suite 401
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone: (213) 746-6511
Fax: (213) 746-4967
E-mail: HN1674@handsnet.org
Shelter First
Shelter First serves 5 locations, providing short term and transitional
shelter to homeless men, women and children. All facility managers are
formerly homeless and provide peer counseling; other staff provide housing,
medical care, financial assistance, and job opportunities.
1002 E 7th St
Los Angeles, CA 90021
Phone: 213-622-4972
Fax: 213-622-3895
Contact: Charlene Gowers
Email: shelter1st@earthlink.net
Union Rescue Mission
Union Rescue Mission is the nation's largest and Los Angeles' oldest
rescue mission. Services include emergency food and shelter, residential
recovery programs for men, women, and families, health care, job training,
computerized learning centers, clothing, and hygiene provisions.
545 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Phone: (213) 347-6300
Fax: (213) 612-0260
Email: lmooradian@urmusa.com
MARIN COUNTY
Marin County Online Resource
Guide
This web site provides a number of resources for people who are homeless
and low income, including a listing of service agencies in Marin County
(child care, clothing, housing, shelter, job counseling, and transportation,
to name a few).
Phone: (415) 491-2571
Email: info@marinservices.org
MENLO PARK
Life Skills Ministry
Life Skills Ministry is a non-profit corporation providing life skills
classes to homelss persons in Menlo Park, California.
1259 El Camino Real
Suite 261
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-322-0161
Contact: Jim Hunt, President
Email: jhunt@life-skills.org
NOVATO
Kicked Up
Kicked Up is a documentary that focuses on the images, lives and stories
of youth who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless. Kicked Up's
home page contains the youth's stories, descriptions of the program's
accomplishments and information on how to contribute.
P.O. Box 1206
Novato, CA 94948
Phone: 415-206-9953
Fax: N/A
Email: Jcoving44@aol.com
OAKLAND
Jobs for Homeless Consortium
- Oakland and Berkely, CA
The Jobs Consortium is a pioneer in partnering comprehensive, client-centered,
one-stop training and employment services with disabled and non-disabled
homeless people in Alameda County, California. Their walk-in centers
in Oakland and Berkeley have served over 8,000 homeless persons since
1988, and placed over 2,000 of them in jobs.
1722 Broadway
Oakland, CA 96612
2807 Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone: 510-251-6241
Fax:510-834-0190
Email: doug@jobsconsortium.org
Oakland
Independence Support Center
OISC is a self-help, client run organization in Downtown Oakland which
provides a comprehensive network of services and peer support for mentally
disabled homeless individuals. Over its eleven-year history, OISC has
grown from a community center that provides meals and support groups
to a multi-service agency with professional counseling, housing search
assistance, job placement services, an adult literacy program, and computer
classes.
PO Box 70010, Station D
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-465-7624
Fax: 510-465-4905(fax)
Email: oisc@coordinet.com
Email: oisc@sj.bigger.net
OCEANSIDE
People
From Bondage Ministry
People From Bondage is a Christian ministry dedicated to helping people
in need, regardless of their religious beliefs. People From Bondage
offers a transitional housing program (six months to one year). They
provide an address, a home atmosphere, showers, laundry facilities,
and a message phone, all of which are essential to seek and maintain
employment.
716 N. Tremont
Oceanside, CA,92054
Phone: 619-966-0057
Email: PFBondage@aol.com
ORANGE COUNTY
Shelter For The
Homeless
Shelter For The Homeless provides over 40 emergency, transitional,
and permanent housing units in the counties of Orange, Los Angeles,
San Bernardino, and Riverside. The mission of SFTH to provide support
to homeless adults and families who want to work to improve their lives
and become self-supporting members of society. This is done through
the housing provided as well as the Ladder to Success program. Ladder
to success offers guidance in the areas of job training, education,
financial management, personal development, and child development. The
corporate office is located in Midway City, California.
15161 Jackson St.
Midway City, Ca 92655
Phone: 714-897-3221
Contact: Elissa Bordner
Email: shelter@compuall.net
PASADENA
Union Station Foundation
Union Station Foundation is a homeless shelter and social service
agency for the homeless and poor serving Pasadena and the San Gabriel
Valley. The Union Station Foundation's mission is provide the homeless
and poor in our community to the means to transform their lives and
become productive, stable and self-supporting. To do so, the agency
offers food, shelter and supportive social services. Union Station Foundation
provides case management, substance abuse recovery assistance, health
screening, mental health services, community shower and hygiene program,
domestic violence assistance, employment assistance and other programs.
Union Station, established in 1973, is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian
social service agency.
412 S. Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: 818-449-4596
Fax 818-449-1897
Contact: Marvin Gross, Executive Director
Email: marv144@loop.com
REDWAY
Southern Humboldt Community Resource Center
Southern Humboldt Community Resource Center is an information and
referral office. SHCRC provides short-term crisis intervention counseling.
The agency helps people find services and resources to fulfill their
needs, such as advocacy with Social Security, Veterans Administration,
Social Services, and others. SHCRC networks with other non-profits as
well as government agencies to help people in the most complete way
possible. It serves people in Southern Humboldt, Northern Mendocino,
or Southwest Trinity counties of Northern California and is open from
10:00 am until 3:00 pm Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
P.O. Box 2017
77 Avenue of the Giants
Redway, Humboldt County, CA 95560
Phone: 707-923-5220
Fax: 707-923-5221
Email: shcrc@humboldt.net
SAN DIEGO
Homeless Advocates of San Diego
The mission of Homeless Advocates of San Diego is to advocate for
immediate and long term solutions to provide shelter and support to
the homeless of San Diego County, while affirming the fundamental right
to self sufficiency and treatment with dignity. Homeless Advocates of
San Diego's community efforts and events thus far include town hall
meetings for homeless persons and local authorities to dialogue, major
art exhibits, performance art and readings, involvement in local planning
and policy boards, and more.
3707 5th Ave #345
San Diego CA 92103
Phone: 619-645-4709
Fax: 619-587-8881
Email: robert@n2.net
St. Vincent de Paul Village
The mission of St. Vincent de Paul Village is "to promote and provide
a comprehensive continuum of integrated services dedicated to impacting
the immediate needs of our neighbors, and to assist in breaking the
cycle of homelessness while respecting the dignity of the person." St.
Vincent de Paul Village accomplishes this through six centers covering
roughly four city blocks that include: San Diego's only free medical
and dental clinic serving over 1,000 patients per month; counseling
and chemical dependency program, computer training program, a county-run
K through 8th and high school, chaplaincy program, meal program, employment
program, housing program, resource program and case management program.
3350 E Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-687-1000
Fax: 619-687-1010
Email: villageinc@aol.com
San Diego Regional
Task Force on the Homeless
The Regional Task Force is a partnership of public agencies, private
groups and homeless advocates who share the vision of an end to homelessness.
For 12 years the Task Force has served the San Diego area as a central
clearinghouse for information, technical assistance, and collaborative
efforts regarding homelessness. The Task Force publishes various reports
on homeless issues. Two annual reports receive wide attention: one on
"The Distribution of Public Funds for Homelessness," and the second
on "The Distribution of Homeless Services and Facilities."
3989 Ruffin Road
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 619-694-8722
Fax: 619-694-8723
Email: homeless@electriciti.com
STANDUP FOR KIDS
STANDUP FOR KIDS is a national, not-for-profit organization founded
in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth living on the street.
With national headquarters in Denver, Colorado, STANDUP FOR KIDS has
established ten outreach programs in five states. STANDUP FOR KIDS is
an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that provides services to kids
on the streets. STANDUP FOR KIDS volunteers walk the streets to encourage
and guide kids in becoming effective members of their communities. Their
programs offer services such as housing referral; education assistance;
vocational development; counseling; health services; transportation
to self-help meetings; legal assistance; and clothes, furniture, and
other daily necessities.
California programs are located in the following areas:
| Chula Vista, El Cajon, & San Diego, CA: |
Pager: 619.494.1978 |
| Concord, CA: |
Pager: 1-800-759-8255 PIN: 8706724 |
National Headquaters:
1111 Osage St., Suite 205C
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 303-892-8328
Fax: 303-671-2845
Email: rickkoca@earthlink.net
SAN FRANCISCO
Bay Area Benefits Access Collaborative (BAYBAC)
The Bay Area Benefits Access Collaborative (BAYBAC) is a collaborative
of service agencies assisting homeless individuals apply for SSI / SSDI
disability benefits. Additionally, BAYBAC works with the Social Security
Administration--and the state agency with which it contracts disability
determinations (the DAPD)--to reduce the barriers that homeless individuals
face when applying for these benefits. BAYBAC's goal is to eliminate
the need for advocates in the application process.
995 Market St., # 915
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-512-1728
Fax: 415-512-7334
Email: fmcilveen@sfbar.org
Bay Area Homelessness
Project
The Bay Area Homelessness Project is consortium of 15 Bay Area universities
and colleges that teach courses on homelessness, or have student advocacy
groups around the issue, or offer programs to help homeless student's
transition to school. The Bay Area Homelessness Project home page provides
information on their activities including, a course description, class
activities and other information related to homelessness.
Email:stewartd@ece.ucdavis.edu
The General Assistance Advocacy Project (GAAP)
The General Assistance Advocacy Project (GAAP) is a registered non-profit
working in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco for 10 years. GAAP
works with members of the homeless community and low-income community
in San Francisco, helping clients get the Food Stamps, General Assistance
and Social Security benefits to which they are entitled. GAAP also provides
referrals, a mail and message service for clients. GAAP is staffed primarily
by law students from Hastings College of the Law, with help from students
at San Francisco State and Stanford Law School.
276 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-928-8191
Contact: Manel Kappagoda
Email: kappagod@holmes.uchastings.edu
The Homeless Advocacy Project
Since 1988, HAP has provided free legal assistance to individuals
who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless. Volunteer and staff
legal advocates assist clients with a range of issues, including tenant/landlord
disputes, problems with food stamps and General Assistance, applying
for SSI/SSDI disability benefits, immigration issues, arrest warrants
& family law, towed cars, replacing lost IDs and other documents; additionally
HAP social service volunteers and staff provide referrals for shelters,
rehab programs and other social services in the city. Most volunteer
legal advocates are either law students or attorneys doing pro bono
work. Most social service volunteers are licensed social workers/psychologists
or social work students.
995 Market St. # 915
San Francisco, CA 94103, the cross street is 6th St.
Phone: 415-974-6541
Fax: 415-512-7334
Email: aengel@sfbar.org
Raphael House
Raphael House of San Francisco offers comprehensive services that
have the ultimate goal of helping homeless, recently homeless and at-risk
families achieve stable housing and financial independence, while strengthening
family bonds. Recent additions include: the AfterCare program, designed
to help "alumni" families build on their stay with Raphael House, Day
Care, and the Adult Childcare Training program.
1065 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: 415-474-3245
Fax: 415-771-4251
Email: raphael@raphaelhouse.org
UCSF Homeless Clinic
The University of California at San Francisco Homeless Clinic seeks
to provide medical care to the homeless and indigent people of San Francisco.
The clinic is run by medical and advanced practice nursing students
and operates four days per week. The UCSF Homeless Clinic home page
provides information on the operation of the clinic, the history and
philosophy of the clinic, minutes from meetings, and health information
handouts used for patient education.
Homeless Health Project
UCSF - Dept. of FCM
Box 0900
San Francisco, CA 94143
Email: kgill@itsa.ucsf.edu
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