Episcopal Community Services

DIGNITY. RESPECT. INTEGRITY. COMPASSION.

Episcopal Community Services (ECS) has provided essential services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness in San Francisco since 1983, utilizing a holistic approach that addresses the multiple causes leading to homelessness. This past year, we served more than 13,000 people, guided by our mission to help homeless and very low-income people every day and every night obtain the housing, jobs, shelter, and essential services each person needs to prevent and end homelessness.

IMPACTING COMMUNITIES
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LIVED EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS

Shardonnae

Moving her family forward

“I am very grateful for ECS, because they helped me find a job, go back to school, and have a career."

EJ

Focused on success

“I learned to set up for success before beginning any task, minuscule or major."

Sabrina

Now has a place to call home

“I was tired of the streets, the difference is this place. They don’t give up on you.”

IN THE NEWS

Grace Cathedral program provides holiday meals for San Francisco residents in need

December 26, 2024

The group of volunteers make about 2,000 meals a year. This batch will be going to the Mentone, a permanent supportive housing site in the city’s…

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Dramatic Insurance Spikes Could Tank California’s Homeless Housing

December 17, 2024

“Research consistently shows supportive housing — like the kind [ECS resident] Bukenya is receiving — leads not only to positive changes in residents’ lives, but to cost…

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San Francisco Interfaith Winter Shelters add needed beds for unhoused during cold months

December 11, 2024

“Folks can just come to the front door, because they need to be in a safe place, out of the inclement weather. They just want…

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Politics Didn’t Matter to Him When He Was Homeless. Now He Organizes His Neighbors.

December 10, 2024

“…he spoke to a small gathering of his neighbors at 1064 Mission St., the city’s largest site of permanent supportive housing, which the government makes…

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Episcopal Community Services relies on the support of individual donors to help more than 13,000 San Franciscans experiencing homelessness each year.