The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul

Homeless services:the multi service center, The largest single adult shelter for homeless men and women in northern California, continues to provide shelter and support services to 218 clients, with a plan to increase capacity in fiscal year 2024 to pre-covid numbers of 310 clients. Referrals come from The department of homelessness and supportive housing's adult coordinated entry system. Drop-in services have been permanently suspended, and replaced with a 24-hour shelter for The 218 clients that we serve. Client services continue to provide a safe place to sleep, breakfast, lunch and dinner, case management, crisis counseling, emergency clothing, and shower and laundry facilities.the division circle navigation center, as a low barrier shelter, provides assistance to highly vulnerable and long-term homeless adult men and women who fear accessing traditional shelters. Referrals come from The department of public health case managers trying to connect clients to income, public benefits, health services, and shelter. Clients can bring their partners, pets, and possessions for a temporary stay while they receive services. The bed count has been increased from 98 to 186 to bring operations to pre-pandemic levels as of september 2022.st. Vincent de Paul is contracted to run The adult coordinated entry point program as part of The coordinated entry system for The entire adult homeless population of San Francisco. The operations and services are situated within our msc-south shelter at 5th and bryant. Access point is a renewable contract and is comprised of problem-solving, housing assessment, housing referral and placement, and mobile access point outreach across San Francisco. The average clients supported this past year through this program is 185 clients.

Domestic violence services:the riley center offers safe and confidential services for any survivor of an abusive relationship and their children through rosalie house, brennan house, and The community office.rosalie house is an emergency shelter in San Francisco for survivors of gender-based violence both with and without children. Rosalie house provides a 24-hour crisis line, up to twelve weeks in a 23-bed emergency shelter, food, clothing, peer counseling, support groups, advocacy, case management, mental health services, and children's services.brennan house offers transitional housing in San Francisco for survivors of gender-based violence, both with and without children. Brennan house provides up to 12 months of transitional housing, as well as The support services listed above for up to 32 clients and children for families that need more time to stabilize. The goal is to both remove barriers to housing and to secure available housing for these clients.the riley center community office provides follow-up counseling, case management, support groups and advocacy for survivors who are striving to maintain stability and self-sufficiency after having experienced domestic violence. The community office also provides information and referrals to other community agencies to ensure that The survivors we serve have access to comprehensive services. Other functions of The community office include community outreach and coordination of volunteer activities. The community office provides training for The required California state forty-hour domestic violence curriculum needed to work with survivors, to other providers and community members.st. Vincent de Paul Society was awarded two emergency housing voucher (ehv) contracts through The department of homelessness and supportive houring (hsh) for programs funded by u.s. department of housing and urban development (hud) to both provide housing navigation to and make housing placements for survivors of domestic violence specifically. These hud ehv dollars for domestic violence extend to december 2025.