About Us: Fighting Poverty Lifting Lives.

Table Of Content

• Meet the Team
• NNPCL declines FOI request on staff who alleged acquisition of luxury properties
• San Mateo County has a plan to end local homelessness in 2022
• Program areas at Samaritan House
• SF-Marin Food Bank
• Newsom calls for increased oversight of local homelessness efforts
• found housing, employment
• Greater Los Angeles homeless count resumes after pandemic-related hiatus

He heard about the beacon at a meal site, and used more than $100 he received towards professional work clothes. Nathan said the new clothes gave him the confidence to apply himself again and earned him a full-time job at a restaurant. With $40 given to him from samaritans, Shawn had the option to use it for rain gear, cell phone credit or to hire the Samaritan “job hacker” for two hours. Carolyn was formerly an English teacher and became homeless after she said she fell through the cracks. When she received her beacon, she had been homeless for years and was searching for housing.

Meet the Team

Samaritan House offers regular individual/group counseling, a support group, as well as art enrichment, equine therapy, and trauma-informed yoga to help program participants create a path to healing. We offer a weekly, open, support group for all survivors of domestic/sexual violence. Please pray for the families impacted by COVID-19 and for those fighting to regain their strength. Please also pray for medical workers providing care and for our teams working around the clock to give hope and high-quality care in a difficult situation. Theodore DeWilde, 59, is staying at a more recently established shelter in the county.

NNPCL declines FOI request on staff who alleged acquisition of luxury properties

Abigail moved to Seattle from Dallas to find work, but work permit issues prevented her from getting a job. Her counselor reported after meeting monthly that Abigail was housed. He ended up in jail and on the street after a series of self-described poor decisions.

San Mateo County has a plan to end local homelessness in 2022

An individual was aging out of foster care at 18, was denied extended support and then fell into depression. She received a beacon and soon regained her joy, coming to realize that many people cared for her beyond the professionals paid to tend to her. She started to meet needs through her beacon, pursued inpatient treatment to gain sobriety, then applied and was approved for a housing voucher. After getting her beacon, which she used for transportation, Miranda connected with a counselor who got her access to a transitional living shelter in Seattle. At the shelter, Miranda got access to case management so she could find housing and go back to school for writing.

Maurro is most recently working with his counselor to get housing, in hopes of bringing his family over from Samoa. He heard about the beacon and used the money received for life-critical medication, as well as food and transportation. He continues to use the beacon to pay for needed medications and stay in touch with community. If you are in need of food, medical services, shelter, or any of our counseling or referral services, please contact our client service department at the number above to schedule an appointment. We provide immediate and secure refuge at one of our emergency shelters.

SF-Marin Food Bank

After 501 days on being the street, he entered housing through his counselor. Tarrant County Samaritan Housing, Inc. (Samaritan House) was established in 1991 to provide housing to persons living with HIV/AIDS. In the case of one housing complex in Half Moon Bay, which opened six months ago, 30 people have already transitioned into more permanent housing, according to Callagy. The long-term goal, he said, is to see the temporary shelters go away and affordable housing take their place. Samaritan House utilizes a holistic approach to meet the complex needs of those in crisis. Program participants receive support via case management, counseling, victim advocacy, medical assistance, children’s program, nutritional support, transportation, and vocational training.

Newsom calls for increased oversight of local homelessness efforts

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Samaritan House at capacity; Orangeburg DPS opens warming shelter.

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A dispatch from one of the most unaffordable places in the nation, where thousands of people are confronting food insecurity for the first time because of the pandemic. But this is San Mateo County, population 760,000, where the last one-night homeless count showed 900 people in the streets and another 600 in shelters — a smaller population than some L.A. Joining someone's team lets you track their progress, receive updates from their care team, and contribute to life-changing outcomes. Jarad moved to Seattle from Virginia and slept under underpasses while searching for jobs. After getting a beacon, Jarad was able to buy a new backpack and running shoes. A samaritan later donated a laptop to him after reading his story.

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A funding boost and renovations: How Charlotte’s Samaritan House plans to begin anew..

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She then began to meet with a counselor who referred her to legal help for her court battle, as well as move-in fees for an apartment. Sadie became homeless after losing her job and ending an abusive relationship. Sadie was housed after a 10-year struggle with homelessness, but faced eviction when a situation with her son prevented her from paying rent. Because Sadie stayed housed, she was able to find a job soon after. We provide family counseling, art and play therapy, and academic support for children exposed to violence.

Greater Los Angeles homeless count resumes after pandemic-related hiatus

She decided to turn herself into rehab to get clean and get her daughter back. She used a beacon to get critical supplies from Goodwill along the way. Her counselor reported after using the beacon for several months, she was able to find housing. After Scott received a beacon, his friend and sister offered to pay for him to attend an inpatient rehab program in Texas. Scott received hundreds of dollars on his beacon and several messages of support, giving him the ability to buy a bus ticket to Texas so he could enter rehab and get sober. Michael and his son Jacob moved to Seattle for work but their plans did not work out and they became homeless.

Roberto became homeless after he moved from San Diego to Seattle and said he was part of a scam. Receiving his beacon at a meal site, Roberto used it to afford essential prescriptions, which were critical to his survival until he was successfully housed. Haile was evicted after being laid-off from a construction job due to injury. The bone spur in his foot made it incredibly painful to walk more than six blocks at a time, which made finding new work difficult. Samaritans invested into Haile to help him to purchase a bike that enabled him to travel more freely and take the pressure off his foot. Through having a bicycle, he found a job at Safeco Field and began to save money to buy a car to start a taxi service.

Samaritan House is the only organization that delivers the full breadth of essential services to the working poor in San Mateo County—and we rely on donations to serve thousands of individuals and families. When victims of war, poverty, disasters, disease, and famine cry out for help, Samaritan’s Purse is often the first to answer. We specialize in meeting critical needs in the world's most troubled regions, often working through ministry partners already on the scene of a crisis. In the U.S., we quickly mobilize staff and volunteers to provide emergency aid when hurricanes, tornadoes, and other storms strike. Our team is partnering with Antelope Valley Hospital for at least a month as we continue to assess needs in the area.

We are committed to provide medical care and support to the healthcare system as long as needed. Case managers work with clients to explore what contributed to their housing instability and address those issues. They provide support with housing applications, qualification for housing programs, and work closely with landlords to create more housing opportunities for our clients. Gloria ended up on the street after a divorce, loss of child custody, and subsequent addiction. Through her beacon, Gloria was connected to a counselor who helped her get a bed at a shelter where she felt comfortable and could work with people she said she believed in. She now has regular check-ins with a team to work towards getting housing and custody of her daughter.

She faced an eviction when she got back to Seattle and ended up homeless. When she got her beacon, Tracey was trying to get her commercial driver's license as she studied toward becoming a physician assistant. Tracey said when so many samaritans invested into her life, she was speechless. Chris came to Seattle after a friend offered him work and a place to stay.