Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco
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Located: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 1989
Mission: ECS helps 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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Leadership
Kenneth Reggio.
Ken Reggio has served as ECS’s Executive Director since February 2002. Ken holds advanced degrees in sociology and social work and has a 26-year history of executive leadership in organizations serving people who are poor and disenfranchised, notably ECS, Catholic Charities of the East Bay, and St. Vincent DePaul Society of San Francisco.
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Financial Data
| Read Annual Report | Overhead Ratio: n/a |
| Total Revenue: $17,900,021 |
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Contact Info
| Website: | http://www.ecs-sf.org/ | Address: | 165 Eighth Street, 3rd Floor |
| E-Mail: | lnawahine AT ecs-sf.org | San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | |
| Phone: | 415-487-3300 | ||
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Story:
Episcopal Community Services (ECS) developed from two separate streams of charitable impulse. The first, Canon Kip Community House, started in the 1890's as a settlement house, helping the poor and recent immigrants settle into the community, by providing childcare, food, and other services. The second is The Episcopal Sanctuary, which was a shelter to address the problem of homelessness in the early 1980s. In 1989, Canon Kip and the Sanctuary merged to form Episcopal Community Services.
Since that time, ECS has developed a four-pronged approach that empowers the success of individuals to find and keeping housing: The Shelters program provides temporary shelter and up to six month stays including case management support at the Sanctuary and the Next Door shelter is a 280 bed program. The Skills Center offers basic literacy classes, GED preparation, computer classes, and vocational guidance and training to more than 900 homeless and low-income people each year at no cost. Canon Kip Senior Center provides comprehensive senior services to more than 1,000 seniors each year. And permanent housing houses nearly 1,000 homeless men, women, and children, providing on-site social services in a successful effort to keep people housed. (Source: http://www.ecs-sf.org/aboutus/history.html)
Expert Reviews of Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco
Evidence of Impact Summary:
ECS served more than 6,000 people last year and reaches 500 people/night. They provide social services at 10 supportive housing sites, providing permanent homes to over 1,000 formerly homeless individuals. More than 40% of ECS shelter residents who utilize case management services find more permanent housing or a drug treatment program.Organization Strengths Summary:
Bay Area Homelessness experts believe that the Episcopal Community Service of San Francisco provides a range of important services to families, mostly in the SOMA area of San Francisco. They are most well known for their good CHEF job training program.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
At the same time, the Episcopal Community Service of San Francisco needs to expand its services to reach a broader base of people. To do so, however, it should consult with the community and refine the management of the organization to better coordinate its partnerships.See expert comments.
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They have strong leadership - staff and board – a good diversity of housing programs, a good work skills center, and good community partnerships. | ||
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This is a great permanent supportive housing provider for chronically homeless single adults. They have a good workforce skills development program. | ||
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It provides a continuum of services, from emergency to permanent housing. | ||
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Their CHEF program is an important training vehicle for homeless people. | ||
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They are an outstanding provider of housing, social, and employment services. | ||
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They have a unique job skills program. | ||
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They serve a wide range of populations with intensive, rich services for families. | ||
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They provide a depth and breadth of services, including housing, counseling, parenting, and vocational training. | ||
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The organization delivers housing, services, and jobs. | ||
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They give excellent educational support--GED prep, etc. | ||
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They provide a range of housing and services, challenge the client population, and have a fabulous staff. | ||
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This organization offers all arrays of services, from shelter, housing, employment, and senior. | ||
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They offer a very wide range of services and have excellent management and reputation. | ||
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They have a sustained commitment to serving homeless people in shelters and permanent housing. | ||
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Their shelter is well known in the SOMA area of San Francisco. | ||
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It represents the faith community in multiple cities and has a good reputation. | ||
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It needs to stabilize its funding base and continue to expand private support. | ||
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They should create more training programs. | ||
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They should scale to serve more people. | ||
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There should be a less institutional feel at the Sanctuary. | ||
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It needs to be more open in its decision-making, and consult more with the broader community. | ||
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They need more effective management of their service partners. | ||
Leadership
Kenneth Reggio
Executive Director
Executive Director
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