Interim Housing
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Contact Adult Coordinated Entry (ACE) for support at (415) 487-3300 x7000 or email sfaces@ecs-sf.org.
Episcopal Community Services (ECS) operates four different forms of Interim Housing for adults experiencing homelessness in San Francisco: The Cova, Sanctuary Shelter, the Interfaith Winter Shelter and a seasonal winter pop-up shelter in Marin, and Residential Re-entry.
ECS got started as a shelter at the basement of Grace Cathedral, with neighbors coming together to support individuals experiencing homelessness in 1983.
Throughout the city, various models of shelter address the individual needs of persons experiencing homelessness.
During the COVID pandemic, ECS-serviced SIP hotels accounted for 30% of all SIP beds, and we are proud to have had a major impact in protecting our most vulnerable neighbors at a critical time.
ECS has used available state, federal, and local funding through Project Homekey to convert SIP hotels into permanent housing, ensuring that people are not forced to the streets as pandemic-related health measures start winding down.
Winter Shelter (San Francisco, Marin, Alameda)
In 2023 ECS was selected to operate a winter shelter in partnership with three churches in the City of Alameda. The Winter Shelter is ECS’s first Alameda County-based program. ECS also provides pop-up shelters in San Francisco.
