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New Shelter for Homeless and Mentally Ill Opens on Valencia Street Today
They prefer to call it a “Behavioral Health Beds” facility, but a new shelter and drop-in site opened today at the former Salvation Army Community Center after a year of community pushback and pandemic delays.
Every new proposed new homeless shelter in this town is going to face some degree of opposition, though few drew as NIMBY’ed up a backlash as the 2019 Embarcadero Navigation Center affair. So when a homeless shelter was proposed at the Salvation Army Community Center at Valencia and 22nd Streets in late February 2020, the idea was not universally popular among the neighborhood’s residents. COVID and shelter-in-place would turn our worlds upside down a couple weeks later, and the issue promptly faded from the headlines.
The Hummingbird model is a proven concept that can make a real difference in the crisis on our streets, and we need many more of them, District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said in a statement.
The new location will further use the Hummingbird model in its care, which includes referrals to primary care, transportation to medical appointments, one-on-one counseling services, discharge planning and employment opportunities.
Positive Resource Center/Baker Places worked with the city to operate the original facility at General Hospital. Brett Andrews, CEO of the organization, says that he s proud to build on the service further. We provide a proven, cost-effective alternative to emergency room care, he said. Our model enables people in crisis to de-escalate and stabilize in a safe, home-like environment, and then connect with additional services, if they choose to.
49ers Foundation Announces 30th Anniversary Celebration May 10, 2021 at 09:00 AM Copied!
The San Francisco 49ers announced a major milestone on Monday for the organization, as the 49ers Foundation begins a 30th Anniversary celebration, highlighted by hitting $50 million raised and invested back into underserved Bay Area communities. Through its direct service programs, 49ers EDU presented by Chevron and 49ers PREP presented by U.S. Bank, legacy beneficiaries and support from the Faithful, the 49ers Foundation has helped to level the playing field for more than 500,000 youth in the Bay Area and beyond.
This anniversary also falls perfectly in line with the team s 75th Anniversary campaign, launched just prior to the 2021 NFL Draft. The Foundation plans to use this season to reflect on all the amazing work accomplished so far, but also to forge a clear path for another 30 years of giving back to The Bay and beyond. To help mark this landmark
Schafer: A Dayton brother tackles a new horizon, efficiency in philanthropy April 10, 2021 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink:
Social scientists have so thoroughly proved that people make charitable donations based on emotions rather than carefully thinking about impact that they have probably moved on to more interesting stuff.
The founder of the Constellation Fund in Minneapolis, Andrew Dayton, said he knows about those studies, too. Yet for him, the debate is not over.
The nonprofit he launched is built on the notion that relying on objective evidence is the way to direct money into the most promising programs to fight poverty in the Twin Cities. He has made enough progress that it s time to take this approach very seriously as donors.