Homeless Prenatal Program
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Headquarters Location: San Francisco, CA
Founded: 1989
Mission: Over the past 20 years, HPP evolved from focusing solely on prenatal care for mothers into a Family Resource Center with a broader, more holistic mission – breaking the cycle of childhood poverty.
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bay area, homelessness, direct services, case management, prenatal care, parenting support, child development, family unification, emergency support, financial stability support, housing, technology training
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Leadership
Martha Ryan.
Martha Ryan, NP, MPH, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP). In 1989 Martha Ryan founded the program to provide prenatal care for homeless women living in an emergency family shelter in San Francisco. Today the HPP provides a continuum of care for homeless and poor families through comprehensive support services and an on-site childcare…
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Financial Data
Overhead Ratio:
17.38%
Total Revenue:
$4,818,720
From the Nonprofit
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Oct 29, 2010 |
October 2010 Newsletter HPP Launches Fatherhood Reunification Education Empowerment (F.R.E.E.) Project Sparked by several dynamic HPP Community Health Workers (CHWs), a new fatherhood-centered workshop titled the Fatherhood Reunification Education Empowerment (F.R.E.E.) Project launched this month. The weekly workshop will offer… Read More. |
Contact Info
Website:
E-Mail:
webmaster AT homelessprenatal.org
Phone:
415-546-6756
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Address:
2500 18th St
San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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Story:
Read about a client called Rosy's success story:
Rosa “Rosy” Herrera lost her restaurant and her mother in the same year. Struggling to pay the rent and feed her family, grieving and depressed, Rosa came to HPP after her son’s teacher suggested it.
Lupe Valenzuela, Rosa’s HPP case manager, recommended that she attend the weekly Latina support group. Rosa received encouragement and understanding from fellow support group members and slowly began to share her feelings about her mother’s death from cancer, the loss of her business and her difficulty finding a job.
Sometimes Rosa attended HPP’s art class, and several times she won the raffle for a $10 voucher from FoodsCo. “That was often the only money I had to feed my family,” she said. “I was so grateful.” She had never created art projects before and found it deeply healing, especially while she was negotiating with her landlord to keep her apartment because she had become one month behind in rent. She ultimately acquired more roommates to help pay the rent.
Each Monday she came to HPP to get a food bag, day-old bread and bags of rice, often returning the next day to share delicious bread pudding and arroz con leche she had prepared from the food donated to HPP by the San Francisco Food Bank. Word soon spread about Rosy’s delicious cooking, and she was invited to cater HPP’s 2006 Staff Christmas Party. As her confidence built through the support she received at HPP, Rosy was determined to reopen her restaurant in a new location, and in January 2008 she opened Rosy’s Restaurant, serving Salvadorean and Mexican food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week. Located at 2341 Folsom Street near 19th, the restaurant is a favorite of firefighters and PG&E employees who work nearby. Specialties include pupusas, soups, tamales, burritos, seafood dishes, and natural fruit drinks.
(Read more about Homeless Prenatal Program's work at: http://www.homelessprenatal.org/pix/HPPAR08web.pdf)
Expert Reviews of Homeless Prenatal Program
Evidence of Impact Summary:
Over 90% of HPP’s clients’ children are born with a normal birth weight. 95% of the HPP's clients' babies are born drug free. Over 300 families are placed in permanent housing each year.Organization Strengths Summary:
Bay Area Homelessness experts believe that the Homeless Prenatal Program is an innovative, incredibly impactful organization serving one of the neediest homeless populations: mothers with children. They primarily focus on prevention and have had wonderful results. Perhaps as importantly, they respect their clients and primarily hire former clients to work for the organization.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
At the same time, the Homeless Prenatal Program should find a way to support additional services for their clients around housing and additional services for youth. They should also think about ways to further strengthen their board and staff.See expert comments.
Expert Comments: Organization Strengths
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Of the 234 babies born to homeless mothers in 2007, 92% were born at a healthy birth weight and 99% were born drug free. | ||
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HPP reaches homeless mothers at a critical time - during pregnancy - to ensure the mother receives the prenatal care needed to ensure her child is born healthy and drug-free. Of the 234 children born to mothers served by HPP in 2007, 92% were born at a health birth weight, and 99% were born drug free. | ||
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They are great at eviction prevention work. | ||
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They have a prevention focus. | ||
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They have a strong founder/Executive Director. They have a good prenatal focus. | ||
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They are breaking the cycle of poverty and homelessness for children and moms. They have a highly committed staff and commitment to data and performance management. | ||
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They hire their staff from the homeless population. | ||
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They have client satisfaction and recruit staff from their client base. | ||
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They provide support to pregnant and new mothers to help them better support their children's healthy development (and their own). | ||
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It provides a unique service unduplicated by any other organization. | ||
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They focus on health care for the extremely underserved - pregnant women who are homeless. | ||
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They focus on the underserved population of woman with children. | ||
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They have an outstanding client-focus, meeting their clients with dignity and respect. | ||
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They have stunning originality, deep involvement in the community. They serve every corner of the poor and homeless family's needs. They are truly innovative, creating new responses to the issues of family poverty. Their former clients become their professional staff. | ||
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They provide excellent services for very vulnerable homeless population. | ||
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They focus on working with the most vulnerable homeless population, i.e., pregnant homeless women. | ||
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They provide prenatal care for pregnant homeless women and have excellent use of peer advocates. | ||
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They provide health services to homeless women as community health workers (job creation and health care delivery). | ||
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They are mission driven; have a strong peer leadership model; and are very client focused. | ||
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They serve an underserved and high need homeless population. | ||
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They are serving a very needy population. | ||
Expert Comments: Areas for Improvement
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They need to have more of a focus on program evaluation and outcomes, more attention to a housing first model and less to an old shelter. They should strengthen the board and management staff (other than Executive Director). | ||
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They should continue to innovate. | ||
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They could provide a case-managed housing search for their clients. | ||
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They should expand their services to serve more youth. | ||
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They should ensure effective succession planning. | ||
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Ask the Executive Director, Martha Ryan what to improve upon. She is very honest with herself, and no doubt has been taking in all comments made to her about improving services. | ||
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They need to get through the difficult funding environment. | ||
Leadership
Martha Ryan
Founder and Executive Director
Founder and Executive Director
From the Nonprofit
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Oct 29, 2010 |
October 2010 Newsletter
HPP Launches Fatherhood Reunification Education Empowerment (F.R.E.E.) Project Sparked by several dynamic HPP Community Health Workers (CHWs), a new fatherhood-centered workshop titled the Fatherhood Reunification Education Empowerment (F.R.E.E.) Project launched this month. The weekly workshop will offer a safe and comfortable space for fathers to learn ways to become more engaged and active in their children's lives, as well as feel empowered to make fatherhood a priority. Participants will also be able to develop peer support and greater confidence and comfort in addressing issues impacting their families. The project's genesis and evolution were initiated and developed after CHW Schyneida Williams attended a Homeless Perinatal Conference workshop on the importance of fatherhood involvement in the families we serve. Read more about how the project came to fruition and what participants hope to gain by attending the workshop series:http://www.homelessprenatal.org/article/1892 Please Help Support HPP’s Thanksgiving Dinner Drive Could you imagine celebrating this Thanksgiving without a warm meal? This is a sad reality for many of the families and children in poverty we serve. That's why every year, HPP holds a Thanksgiving Dinner Drive - complete with turkey and all the fixings - for our many families who would not be able to afford a warm meal otherwise. Due to these difficult economic times, HPP is anticipating an even greater number of families and children in need this year. Donate to support our drive today, and 100% of your proceeds will help our families share a healthy and delicious meal this holiday Congratulations to the Parents Empowering Parents Support Group Participants! Eight Parents Empowering Parents Support Group participants recently completed the 12-week parent-to-parent education program Educate, Equip and Support: Building Hope. Designed to provide parents with evidence-based education about childhood mental health illnesses and treatment options, the program informed group participants about common childhood mental health issues and symptom management techniques. Sessions also included information on local resources that help address the needs of children in the mental health system. Erica, an HPP client and group participant, praised the program's benefits for her family. "My child has special needs, and I learned more about how to access special education services at her school through this program. I am so thankful for the experience." SF's First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom Champions HPP in Gentry magazine ennifer Siebel Newsom (pictured left at an HPP baby shower), the wife of San Francisco Mayor and California lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom, was featured in the October issue of Gentry magazine, where HPP is mentioned as one of the philanthropic organizations she supports. Read the article on the City's First Lady and her activist pursuits: http://mydigimag.rrd.com/display_article.php?id=510266 |