ENDING HOMELESSNESS BEGINS BY GIVING SOMEONE A HOME
Episcopal Community Services (ECS) has provided essential services to homeless San Franciscans since 1982, utilizing a holistic approach that addresses the multiple causes leading to homelessness. We serve more than 7,000 people a year, 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.
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YEARS OF SERVICE
ECS has been providing essential services to homeless San Franciscans since 1982, but our history begins much earlier.