November 2024: With Love
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With love and grit and a whole lot of hope
I woke up last Wednesday morning and hoped I might still be dreaming as the results of the election settled in. As of now, I’m still processing my fright and disbelief. I’m sharing this because we need to brace for unprecedented times, when everything we care deeply about is in jeopardy…
Lance Toma is NMAC's New Board Chair
Lance Toma is NMAC’s newly appointed board chair! Read more…
Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals
As California cities crack down on homeless encampments in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling authorizing fines and arrests, front-line workers say such sweeps are undercutting billions in state and federal Medicaid spending meant to stabilize people’s health and get them off the streets…
Nonprofits Work Campaign
San Francisco Community Health Center is participating in the Nonprofits Work campaign. Check out our client and staff stories to learn more about how we work!
Refuting Myths on San Francisco Service Providers
In recent months, local media and some politicians have been promoting the myth that nonprofits receiving grants from the City of San Francisco are mismanaged, bloated, inefficient, and “mired in scandal.” Sadly, this myth—and it is a myth—is taking hold in the public conscience…
November 2024 Ballot Propositions Guide
With the 2024 election just a few weeks away, we are releasing our ballot proposition guide…
San Francisco overdose deaths plummet
Check out this recent SF Chronicle Article, in which SFCHC's work is mentioned regarding the nighttime referral program in the TL in collaboration with DPH!
October 2024: Our convictions, Megan's journey to TBNC, & the 27th Annual San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
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Megan Phalon at our 2024 Staff Retreat
Megan Phalon speaks about her journey at our 2024 all staff retreat while introducing her incredibly team at Taimon Booton Navigation Center
HRSA Recognizes TransAccess
TransAccess is now a Federally recognized BEST PRACTICE! This team has worked so hard to recently to increase the care they give to our Trans Clients living with HIV. Not only has it been thriving and the caseloads reaching closer and closer towards capacity, but the team has also managed to expand the acuity level that can access their services.
Night Navigator pilot program offers help to San Francisco fentanyl users
A pilot program launched in San Francisco earlier this year is providing outreach to help fentanyl users on the city's streets.
September 2024: Impact Report
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San Francisco is prioritizing substance use recovery with two pilot programs
September is National Recovery Month, a chance to highlight the importance of evidence-based treatment and recovery for those with substance use disorder. Today we're shining a spotlight on two pilot programs that started in San Francisco this past March to offer life-saving treatment, shelter and wrap-around services all under one roof.
SF Homeless Sweeps are Threatening Lives
A recent US Supreme Court ruling allowing municipalities to bar unhoused individuals from sleeping outdoors, has led to harmful police sweeps in San Francisco. These actions are increasing stress and trauma among our unhoused patients, disrupting their care, and challenging our staff. You can help...
August 2024: SF Homeless Sweeps are Threatening Lives
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On the future of urban HIV responses (co-authored by Lance Toma)
Released on the eve of the AIDS 2024 conference, the report offers a detailed roadmap to optimize urban HIV responses with the aim of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 – ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
Gonorrhea persistent foe as other STIs plunge in SF ft. Dr. Dan O'Neill, CMO
(Ft. Dr. Dan O'Neill) Rates of syphilis and chlamydia in San Francisco have been trending down since the start of 2023, city data shows. But gonorrhea is proving to be a much more pernicious opponent for public health...
‘They’re already on top of s---’: A night with The City’s Tenderloin street-care team
This is the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Night Navigation street-care team. The workforce-development nonprofit Code Tenderloin provides staffing, carrying out the agency’s latest pilot program: its Nighttime Telehealth initiative.
Press Conference: SFCCC National Health Center Week (ft. Lance Toma)
Lance Toma, CEO of San Francisco Community Health Center talks about our work as a safety net of the safety net for National Health Center Week at the SFCCC Press Conference.