Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco

Family Support Services:Good Samaritan employs a two-generation model focusing on helping to strengthen families and support the long-term well-being and success of their children. As our community began its transition to being post-pandemic, Good Samaritan continues to implement its initiated organizational capacity planning, community needs assessment, strength assessments, communication and resource development strategies. With the disproportional impact caused by COVID and subsequent economic fallout on our clients as thousands lost their jobs and sources of income; our agency has focused on connecting participants with basic needs and other essentials as the pandemic takes its toll on low-income families. Our agency continues to follow our three-pillar service model by providing financial assistance to families, strength-based family advocacy, programming to children and adults, and on-site basic support. Accomplishments are stated as follows. Engagement in our FRC services was high in FY22-23. 1. Essential Services/Basic Need Distributions: 379 participated in distributions. We have provided 650 boxes of diapers, $55,280 on gift cards and baby care packages, 146 hygiene bags, and 135 food boxes.2. Individual Family Support: 286 families received 1780 external referrals. Average service per family attended is 44 minutes by phone call, in person at the office or in the community to provide resource information, assistance with emergency needs, case management and mental health consultation.3. Group Services: 600 families participated in our in-person classes for parents/adults, early care and education support for families with children 0-5 via virtual and onsite pre-school, parent support groups, classes and virtual parent/child interactive activities. For the upcoming year, we plan to incorporate more perinatal services, and new curriculums that consider the current challenges families face.

Child Development Center: Good Samaritans Child Development Centers have been successful in operating high quality Early Care Learning and Education Dual Language Program. Key accomplishments include:1. CLASS increased scores: All teacher-child interactions and development domains of Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support within our CLASS assessment improved by 0.78-1.25 points.2. Renovated the outdoor learning spaces and installed new playgrounds designed by architects. Additionally, the CDC has provided professional development opportunities to teachers, organized field trips for all parents and children, and established a new family support service model to offer early intervention services.3. Improved Parent Engagement: The CDC has implemented a new position to provide preschoolers and their families with inclusive quality care, parent engagement opportunities, community building, parent education, and family services that support families in providing the best for themselves and their children.4. Family Workshops: Community Building and Early Intervention. Over the past year, parents have expressed that they've received the most substantial support in a variety of areas. These areas consist of Parent and Community Events, Parent Communication, School Transition (Preschool to Kindergarten), Special Education Support, and Parent Involvement. The Early Intervention team has thoughtfully designed environments that foster a sense of community among parents. Additionally, these spaces provide opportunities for parents to meet, learn new skills, and build strategies for parenting and advocacy. Workshops for parents, to address topics that help and provide tools to families to work with their children in different contexts such as home, supermarket, park, etc. The aim is to provide behavioral, socio/emotional, sensory, and naturalistic learning tools. Provided 2 Workshops for teachers, to provide tools to teachers so that they can be applied in the classrooms or the playground, with these workshops we also seek to have inclusive teachers, who know about different topics, especially those focused on special educational needs and how to proceed in those cases.5. Early Intervention and Inclusivity Model: Last years main objective was to create a welcoming community that acknowledges and supports diverse learning needs in the classroom while ensuring that students and their families with such needs achieve success. The Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Coordinator, Family Engagement Coordinator (FEC) and CDC admin played a vital role in establishing and leading early intervention services and referrals to SFUSD, while also facilitating the integration of IEPs, behavioral plans, and family services for teachers.

Youth Services:In 2022-2023, Good Samaritan's Youth Services provided 3 comprehensive afterschool programs in the Bayview/Hunters Point District of San Francisco at Willie Brown Middle School, Thurgood Marshall Academic High School, and at Calvary Hill Community Church. We were also a lead agency for a SFUSD Beacon Community School at Willie Brown Middle School. We provided 21 Newcomer support groups to 5 school sites in San Francisco Unified School District. We hosted 6 comprehensive summer camps providing learning recovery, mental health education, economic support, and case management. Collectively, our programs supported a total of 928 students. Our strategy for our youth programs is to stay connected and build rapport with each and every child and family. We provide complimentary and aligned academic support, paired with social emotional learning and mental health education, helping participants to successfully navigate social, academic, and recreational environments.