Mission

Shelter Network is committed to providing housing and support services that create opportunities for homeless families and individuals to re-establish self-sufficiency and to return to permanent homes of their own.

History

Shelter Network was founded in 1987 to provide a comprehensive coordinated network of housing and social services for the homeless residents of the San Francisco Peninsula. Initiated by a broad-based community response to the plight of homeless families and single adults, Shelter Network is a model of community involvement. Since the beginning, the community's residents, religious congregations, businesses, and local government organizations have contributed considerable talent, hours, and dollars to Shelter Network.

Shelter Network opened with an annual budget of $150,000, two paid staff, a core of dedicated volunteers and community supporters, and a vision of starting the first housing program to help homeless families in San Mateo County. Now with an annual budget of more than $7 million, eleven programs, more than 50 full-time staff, and hundreds of volunteers, Shelter Network is the Peninsula's principal provider of housing and support for homeless families and individuals. In fiscal year 2006-2007, we provided over 183,000 nights of shelter and served over 3,500 homeless adults and children. Over 97% of families and single adults who complete Shelter Network programs succeed in returning to permanent housing.