Stories

Free At Last

Free At Last provides community­ based, culturally appropriate bilingual treatment, intervention and prevention services designed to reduce the exceptionally high rates of substance abuse and HIV infection and to break the cycle of addiction, reunite and rebuild families torn apart by intergenerational addiction, provide alternatives to incarceration, and foster economic self-­sufficiency.

Unity Care: South San Francisco

Thanks to our Corporate Champions (and longtime friends) AvalonBay Communities and IBI, Inc. HIF was able to transform a youth foster home in South San Francisco, helping to provide a warm, modern living environment for foster youth and the Unity Care staff. The work included full interior painting, a rehabbed kitchen w/new appliances, new living room, flooring, and can lighting throughout.

StarVista Your House South

Homelessness looks different for youth. It may mean a child sneaking through a friend’s window so he or […]

LifeMoves Julian Street Inn

Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness For the 1,000 homeless individuals housed each night, including families, men and women, children, […]

A Place of Their Own

Giving young adults aging out foster care a stable place to start The odds are stacked against youth […]

CORA

Every year, over 250 adults and children walk through the doors of the CORA domestic violence shelter in […]

Safe Harbor Shelter

In 2001, the Safe Harbor Shelter opened as a temporary cold-weather shelter for homeless adults in San Mateo […]

It Takes a Village

New Creation House Gets A New Look Sitting on a small lot near the southern end of the San […]

St. Francis Center

Now Even A Brighter Beacon HIF improves quality of life for hundreds in Redwood City Nearly 200 of […]

Home Sweet Abode

Hard-hitting renovations for hard-working families Nestled in a cul-de-sac in the Cambrian neighborhood of San Jose sits an […]