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JANUARY 2021
“‘Families are at deeper risk of becoming unstable and losing their housing.’ In the San Francisco Bay Area, unemployment and lost wages are causing family homelessness at rates we have never seen before. Families are at deeper risk of becoming unstable and losing their housing. We’ve had to extend rental assistance to prevent them from falling into homelessness again.”
“Opinion: America’s Other Front Line,” The New York Times / Read Full Article
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JANUARY 2021
“In ‘About a Home,’ directors Daniel Chein and Elizabeth Lo share the story of Hamilton Families participant Precious Sarria and her family who experienced housing insecurity for over two years. After transitioning into housing, they documented their lives to raise awareness for the rising homelessness in the Bay Area.”
“About a Home,” Hamilton Families on Medium.com / Read Full Article
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SEPTEMBER 2020
“A bright and messy mural runs across the wall of the offices at the Hamilton Families homeless shelter on Golden Gate Avenue. Children painted it… Now most of it is hidden behind brown cardboard boxes and black trash bags full of masks, hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies. These are Tonya Allen’s pandemic stockpiles.”
“Portraits from the pandemic’s front lines,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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AUGUST 2020
“One of the questions that we most often get from our supporters is 'what is the single-most greatest action that we can take?’,” Hamilton Families Communications Manager Cory Winter said. “The simple answer is make a contribution. I think what ShelterShare has done is created a platform for people to do just that.”
“Bay Area food banks, shelters get much needed donation boost from nonprofit online store,” ABC7 / Read Full Article
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AUGUST 2020
“Public schools are the backbone of our communities — the heart and soul of our neighborhoods,” said Ebony Beckwith, Chief Philanthropy Officer for Salesforce and Board Member for Hamilton Families. “As we reimagine education for a post-COVID-19, learn-anywhere world, we are committed to helping our schools build an equitable future for every student.”
“Salesforce donates $9M each to SFUSD and OUSD,” SFGate / Read Full Article
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JuLY 2020
Blaire Jahn was walking the streets of San Francisco, alone and desperate. Not knowing what else to do she sat on a curbside and Googled “homeless, drug addict, pregnant.” The results of that search were the first steps in a journey that has turned her life around, taking her first to a convent in the Oceanview neighborhood and then to the Hamilton Families nonprofit.
“Google's aid leads to a personal journey though Hamilton Families,” San Francisco Business Times / Read Full Article
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JuLY 2020
Women and people of color are disproportionately represented in jobs on the frontlines of the coronavirus. How should we honor their work? “We joke ‘Oh now we’re important,’ ” says Tonya Allen, the operations manager for Hamilton Families Shelter program in the Tenderloin. “We have more essential workers than we thought we did.”
“Essential and ignored: Working in a pandemic,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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JuLY 2020
The 2019 one-night homeless count found 612 people in 201 families, similar to the 2017 one-night count of 601 persons in 190 families. The city has a robust network of programs specifically for homeless families, including Hamilton Families, and it is rare to see families living outside.
“Bay Area homelessness: 97 answers to your questions,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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June 2020
By the mid ’90s, our two sons were out of the house, and anyway long past the age when they cuddled with their mama. I was feeling needy. A friend mentioned that as a volunteer at the Hamilton Family Center, the city’s first emergency family shelter, she played with the kids.
“In the pandemic, a Bay Area volunteer returns to a site that was always a touchstone of giving,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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MAy 2020
‘The program manager and volunteer managers of our children’s programs are reaching out to the school districts and ensuring that every kid has a laptop, has their educational equipment to learn while in our shelter and transitional housing programs,’ said Timothy Evans, chief programs officer of Hamilton Families.
“School Doubles as Home for Some S.F. Students,” San Francisco Public Press / Read Full Article
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MAy 2020
‘The question we most often receive from our supporters is: what’s the most impactful action I can take right now to help? The answer is simple: make a contribution,’ said Rachel Kenemore, Chief Development Officer at Hamilton Families.
“5 Bay Area Nonprofits Share the Biggest Ways We Can Help Right Now,” The Bold Italic / Read Full Article
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MAy 2020
I contacted several homeless people who have been placed in hotels during the pandemic. They spoke rapturously about their sudden fortune in an otherwise grim time. ‘Oh my God — I can really breathe and be myself.’ That was the reaction from a 33-year-old woman who had been living in a hotel for weeks with her 12-year-son.
“Opinion: The Bay Area Billionaires Are Breaking My Heart,” The New York Times / Read Full Article
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APRIL 2020
Sterling James of KBLX Cares had the chance to get on the phone with interim CEO of Hamilton Families, Jason Mandell, to discuss our work, our mission to end family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, and what community members can do to rally behind families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“KBLX Cares: Hamilton Families,” 102.9 FM KBLX Radio / Listen to the Interview
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DECember 2019
It’s hard for experts to come up with accurate estimates for the number of young people experiencing homelessness, but we do know that it’s an unfortunately common experience. DoSomething.org spoke with Kathy Marsala, Hamilton Families Shelter Program Director, on what you should know about youth experiencing homelessness in your community and across the country.
“8 Things You Need to Understand About Youth Experiencing Homelessness,” DoSomething.org / Read Full Article
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November 2019
Inspired by one of her daughters to find a solution to homelessness, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, made a sizeable donation Thursday to the nonprofit Hamilton Families. Google.org also joined in, both providing a $1.35 million donation.
“YouTube CEO, Google donate $1.35 million to San Francisco nonprofit helping homeless families,” ABC 7 News / Read Full Article
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November 2019
San Francisco nonprofit Hamilton Families has lured another major donation from the tech industry to help homeless families. Google.org, the charitable arm of the search engine company, will give $850,000 and Susan Wojcicki, chief executive officer for YouTube, will put in another $500,000.
“Google.org and YouTube CEO chip in to stop family homelessness,” San Francisco Business Times / Read Full Article
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November 2019
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Google.org on Thursday announced a $1.35 million donation to help the homeless and launch a new media campaign to spread awareness about the homelessness crisis sweeping Bay Area cities. The money will go to Hamilton Families, a nonprofit that has been serving homeless and at-risk families in San Francisco for almost three decades.
“YouTube CEO, Google.org give $1.35 million to fight homelessness,” Mercury News / Read Full Article
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NOVEMBER 2019
CEO Susan Wojcicki stood with San Francisco Mayor London Breed at Hamilton Families, a nonprofit organization that supports families experiencing homelessness, and announced a combined grant of $1.35 million to the program. The grant comes from Google.org and from Wojcicki and her husband, Dennis Troper.
“Google.org, Susan Wojcicki and her husband, Dennis Troper, support families experiencing homelessness with $1.35 million grant,” YouTube Official Blog / Read Full Article
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November 2019
As I [Rob Acker, CEO Salesforce.org] listen to the Salesforce.org community of 44,000 nonprofits and educational institutions, I was reminded how much work we still have to do. The UN estimates there are still 1.1 billion homeless people in the world and organizations like Hamilton Families… are working everyday to give shelter and create affordable housing.
“A Success Formula for Trailblazers Who Change the World,” Salesforce Newsroom / Read Full Article
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AUGUST 2019
San Francisco Chronicle was honored as the recipient of the prestigious Sidney Award in August for its unprecedented coverage of homelessness in the city over a 24-hour period in July. Two participant families from Hamilton Families were featured in the coverage.
“Chronicle wins national award for special report on homelessness in SF,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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AUGUST 2019
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is acting as a hands-off philanthropist: he's given nearly $100 million to charities combatting family homelessness, and now he's leaving the millions of dollars at their discretion. Hamilton Families is a 2018 Day 1 Families Fund Awardee.
“Jeff Bezos donated $100 million to fighting homelessness — and in an unusual move, he's letting the charities control how it's spent,” Business Insider / Read Full Article
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JuLY 2019
How many families are homeless, and what’s being done to help them? The 2019 one-night homeless count found 612 people in 201 families. However, the city has a robust network of programs specifically for homeless families, including Hamilton Families, and it is rare to see families living outside.
“Bay Area homelessness: 89 answers to your questions,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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JuLY 2019
Cheddar's Alyssa Julya Smith travels to the Bay Area to visits Hamilton Families, a 34-year-old shelter, to speak with their CEO and one of the program's participants about tackling the issue of family homelessness.
“Homeless in San Francisco: Inside the City's Fight,” Cheddar News / Read Full Article
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June 2019
Since 1985, Hamilton Families has been committed to ending family homelessness in the Bay Area… Rosa Martinez has directed the organization’s finances since 1998, when she joined as their director of finance. She was named CFO in 2018.
“Finalist, Non-profit: Rosa Martinez, Hamilton Families” San Francisco Business Times / Read Full Article
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June 2019
On June 18, 36 Chronicle journalists spread across the city to document a typical 24-hour period in this [homeless] epidemic, witnessing an unrelenting cycle of striving and suffering, of some people finding their footing and others falling through.
“One Day, One City, No Relief,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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SEPTEMBER 2018
How Hamilton Families’ Tomiquia Moss, a political newbie from the Rust Belt, became the Bay Area’s go-to negotiator, a nonprofit wizard, and a rising public star.
“The Fixer,” San Francisco Magazine / Read Full Article
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June 2018
It’s not enough. “It’s the schizophrenic politics of the Bay Area,” says Tomiquia Moss, CEO of Hamilton Families. “It’s our progressive values clashing against our desire to preserve our precious environment.”
“Big Tech Isn't The Problem With Homelessness. It's All Of Us,” Wired / Read Full Article
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May 2018
Benioff pledged to raise $200 million to help the homeless. He spoke of the progress made by Heading Home, managed by Hamilton [Families]—so far the program has helped house 235 families, and another 121 families are in the process of being placed in housing.
“SF’s Big New Salesforce Tower Has a Down-to-Earth Opening Ceremony,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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May 2018
[Marc Benioff] will be talking about solving homelessness—particularly among children and families—and how the Heading Home Initiative he helped create has met its fundraising goal and what it will do in the future.
“Marc Benioff to dedicate Salesforce Tower with speech on civic ‘priorities,’” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article
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October 2017
This year, 87 percent of the more than 200 families served by Hamilton Families are living outside the city. Three years ago, 75 percent remained in San Francisco.
“Homeless Families Increasingly Leaving SF for Stability in Other Cities,” SF Gate / Read Full Article
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September 2017
A visit to AT&T Park tends to revolve around the fun and lighthearted—the pungent smell of garlic fries, glimpses of Lou Seal, griping about the price of beer, cheering on the Giants… But this season has also included a more serious component: homelessness.
“Giants, Airbnb Go to Bat for Homeless,” San Francisco Chronicle / Read Full Article