Overview
Community Forward SF provides housing, health care, and supportive services to people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. It runs a continuum of care across three pillars—Women's Services (including A Woman’s Place), Medical & Behavioral Health (medical respite, sobering center, managed alcohol program), and Supportive Housing (including permanent housing and subsidies)—delivered through multiple sites and funded by public partnerships, private donors, and foundations. It distinguishes itself by focusing on cisgender and transgender women, older adults, and people with serious medical or mental health needs, offering integrated services like medical respite and a managed alcohol program under a co-CEO leadership model. Its goal is to empower vulnerable individuals to break cycles of housing instability and violence, reduce homelessness, and improve health and safety, serving over 6,000 people annually.
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What believers are saying
- San Francisco extended its medical respite and sobering contract to June 2029.
- Coronado Hotel’s 2026 amendment raised funding to $16.65 million through June 2029.
- Its Medical Respite Center earned NIMRC certification with a perfect score in 2026.
What critics are saying
- San Francisco controls most revenue, leaving the nonprofit exposed to 2027 procurement changes.
- Moving MAP into a larger medical respite facility cut capacity from 20 beds to 10.
- A DPH or HSH contract loss would shutter core services within one fiscal year.
What makes Community Forward SF unique
- It runs San Francisco's only 24-hour drop-in shelter for women, A Woman’s Place.
- Its continuum links medical respite, sobering care, supportive housing, and case management.
- Co-CEOs Sammie Rayner and John Uselman pair program scale with financial discipline.
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