In the News
Our Proud Community
For Pride Month, the editorial teams at the Nob Hill Gazette and the San Francisco Examiner wanted toshine a spotlight on leaders in the LGBTQ+ community, those who are making a difference in the City that is synonymous with Pride. In 2025, when federal rights are being challenged, accomplishments erased and identities targeted, this focus…
Read MoreEpiscopal Community Services’ Beth Stokes on What the Nonprofit Needs Now
“…we’re asking people who support ECS to dig deeper into philanthropy to provide more support, particularly around basic needs. It’s going into the community to ask for additional support. If the funding is not there, which is all that we hear right now, there is no more money. If budgets get cut, which they [have…
Read MoreGrant funding that helps local governments tackle homelessness is at risk
“It’s money that local governments and their nonprofit partners, like Episcopal Community Services, rely on to tackle homelessness, and they’re at risk of losing it.” Read the full NPR story here.
Read MoreNew Trump Administration Rules Could Cut Off Crucial Federal Homelessness Funding
“Would you rather have people on the street, suffering, their health completely deteriorating, with no quality of life?” asked Beth Stokes, Executive Director of ECS. “Versus being here — this is stable. This is peaceful. People get well here. And it’s actually a better bargain for the taxpayers.” Thank you, KQED, for spotlighting the new…
Read MoreTrump’s housing cuts could push thousands onto SF streets
“Three years later, Reed’s life has taken a turn. He’s living at a permanent supportive housing site run by the nonprofit Episcopal Community Services, where he has his own room — air fryer and all. But a budget proposal President Donald Trump announced this month could make life much harder for Reed and others like him.…
Read MoreS.F. has more housing for the homeless than other big cities. So why are so many people on the streets?
“When compared to other jurisdictions, San Francisco reportedly has the highest percentage of shelter guests with severe mental illness or addiction. But shelter operators say they don’t have enough funding or resources to support their high-needs clients or to address street conditions outside their buildings.” Read the full SF Chronicle article Donate to help end…
Read MoreGrace Cathedral program provides holiday meals for San Francisco residents in need
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 Tenderloin. Read the full CBS article.
Read MoreDramatic Insurance Spikes Could Tank California’s Homeless Housing
“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 savings for taxpayers, too.” Read the full KQED story here.
Read MoreSan Francisco Interfaith Winter Shelters add needed beds for unhoused during cold months
“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 to be able to walk in, have a bed for the night and leave in the morning,” said Beth Stokes, executive director of Episcopal Community Services. Read the ABC7 story…
Read MorePolitics Didn’t Matter to Him When He Was Homeless. Now He Organizes His Neighbors.
“…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 available to formerly homeless tenants. Episcopal Community Services, which operates the site, and the Department of Elections had arranged a voter education workshop for residents. Read the San Francisco Public…
Read More