The SF HOME Project

San Francisco Housing Opportunities Made Equal

The SF HOME Project supports homeless and very low income families transition to stability and independence by providing strengths-based case management and comprehensive supportive services in a home-based setting.

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How It Works

Families in market rate housing receive a monthly rental subsidy coupled with home-based comprehensive case management services. This subsidy is available for up to one year. During this time, families receive intensive services to help them successfully transition off the subsidy, either by increasing their income or by securing permanent affordable housing.

Families already living in subsidized housing can receive the home-based case management services without the subsidy.

In either situation, clients work on-on-one with a case manager, addressing each family member's needs. The case manager and the client assess the family's current situation and the mutually agree on an action plan to achieve that family's goals. Families and their case managers meet twice a month, with regular home visits.

With a foundation of case management, families can access a range of other supportive services including therapy and substance abuse counseling. Parenting education and support groups are available though Compass Family Center's Positive Parenthood Project. Job readiness training and vocational counseling is offered the SF HOME's Opportunities Program.

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Through the SF HOME Project, families get the support they need to:

• Locate and maintain safe, permanent housing
• Pursue their education or professional goals
• Learn self-sufficiency skills like how to find resources or advocate for their families
• Organize their expenses and effectively manage their money
• Maintain a safe and healthy household
• Access enriching educational and recreational activities for their children
• Fortify their children's developmental and educational success
• Maintain good physical and mental well-being for their entire family through preventative care and awareness.

About Us

The SF HOME project is a joint venture between Compass Family Center (Compass Community Services) and St. Joseph's Family Center (Catholic Charities CYO). For more information, please contact us at 415-644-0507.

To refer a family, please contact:

Ivan Hernandez
SF HOME Intake Counselor
Compass Family Center
415-644-0804, x342
ihernandez@compass-sf.org

Download our referral form or our program brochure.

Helping Families Find Their Way Since 1914

Compass helps families thrive by providing the assistance necessary to find and maintain stable housing, gain meaningful employment and raise healthy children. Each year Compass' four programs serve more than 3,000 parents and children on their journey to realizing their full potential.

 

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