Winter shelter status is active Tuesday, November 13 at 6 p.m. through Sunday, November 18 at 11 a.m. Extra shelter space will be available for single adults and families. Find more details here.
Dental care gave David a chance against cancer
We don’t know what the future holds for David.*
Before he could get his late-stage cancer treated, David’s oncologist told him that his mouth had to be cleared of all infection.
Parita Patel, our Dental Director, did what she could. She conducted an exam and pulled many of his infected teeth. But David needed oral surgery with sedation to safely remove all the damaged teeth.
There's more to health care than, well, health care...
John Sales
Kicking a bad habit doesn’t happen overnight. Many of us struggle with things like quitting smoking or cutting out junk food from our diets for years. But we keep taking baby steps—until finally, it sticks.
The same goes for substance use.
"All people should have access to both housing and health care. These are basic human needs that should be afforded to all regardless of economic status."
Statistics
People experiencing homelessness are twice as likely as their housed counterparts to experience a heart attack or stroke.
Art as Advocacy
“When we speak of homelessness, I speak of a person who doesn’t have a key to his or her own place.”
Kim Carroll on Eliza
For many years, Eliza cycled in and out of hospitals, jails and the street. For the last two-plus years she has been safely housed, and in the last eight months, she has not been admitted or incarcerated once. Her home, which she secured through the Supportive Housing at Health Care for the Homeless, is the symbolic center of her life.
