Grant Proposal

Timothy Kim
University of Maryland Baltimore County
 Summary
The Emergency Homeless Service present in San Francisco gives a significant, safe,
and critical net, resulting in the safety of both valuable resources of health care and
lives as well. In this grant shelters and resource centers of San Francisco are
requesting the mayor, and also the Board of Supervisors, for a specific supplemental
and general fund allocation to help meet the standards of care of the city, so that the
increased costs can be met, and the minimum staffing requirements can be ensured as
well. We request a significant investment of $5,000,000 for the purpose of providing the
dignity and safety of the system of care.
Introduction
The Emergency Homeless Service present in San Francisco gives a significant, safe,
and critical net, resulting in the safety of both valuable resources of health care and
lives as well. Human beings are not supposed to live in these conditions on the streets,
where these people are at the risk of poor conditions of health, as a result of exposure
to violence, infectious elements, and diseases. With the lack of control over specific
types of nutritious food, personal hygiene, and specific sleep demands, people suffer
from significant physical pain and the psychological toll that it has on them.

Figure 1. “Homeless Deaths Doubled in San Francisco During the Pandemic's First Year, Mostly
from Drug Overdoses | UC San Francisco”
Source: UCSF

The Emergency Homeless Services are present for decreasing the extensive
psychiatric emergency services, as a result of which, this rate has decreased the overall
admittance level at the San Francisco General Hospital, with the help of the significant
engagement with the homeless people, as a result of the community based psychiatric
services and crisis intervention. Each one of the psychiatric crises in these services
costs around $3,325, in opposition to that de-escalation of the overall Resource Center,
costing up to $603 per person, around the year. Moreover, the provision regarding such
primary necessities, like hygiene and water services significantly decreases the level of
the Emergency Room admittance and the level of hospital treatments that are relevant
to the preventable infections.

Figure 2. St. Vincent De Paul of San Francisco MSC-South - St. Vincent De Paul of San Francisco
Source: St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco

In the city of San Francisco, homeless individuals are significantly vulnerable. 53% of
homeless individuals have been experiencing homelessness, for the very first time, and
more than 55% of these people have reported conditions of disability, whereas former
17% among them were veterans. The influence of homelessness on children can be
observed to be significantly magnified. Homeless children have a significantly high rate
of chronic and serious health problems, mental health issues, developmental delays,
behavioral issues, academic failures, poor levels of nutrition, and high levels of hunger.
Furthermore, the unaccompanied transitional age youth and the minors that are
overrepresented in the homeless community of San Francisco, are facing the extreme
problems of long-run disconnection and the entrance into the ranks and categories of
the chronically homeless individuals of the city and its adult population.
The homeless people of San Francisco are representing a significantly visible problem
related to homelessness and the impacts can be observed on the entire community.
This carries a significant price tag in the context of the health care industry. The people
that are homeless are caught in the vicious cycle of homelessness, health care
depravity who are living situations, and lower standards of living. This status
significantly prevents them from securing appropriate living employment and wage,
which in turn is keeping them at bay from the stable system of housing.
Statement of Need
The homeless system of San Francisco is in trouble, and there is a requirement for
significant funding, as the Emergency Homeless System is facing significant
underfunding, and various cofactors have resulted in citywide problems and crises. The
dignity and safety of the city can only be restored with the help of the appropriate
resources and required shelters. According to the data, there is a significant need for
the enhancement of the beds and the drop-in centers, the safety net providers are
experiencing a significant increase in the requests for support and shelter. This means
there is an increased need for beds and drop-in facilities. The resource centers and the
shelters are observing significantly high levels of disability, which involves anxiety, and
mental illness, enhancing the number of aged population and physical health needs.
On the other hand, after the year 2004, San Francisco lost around one-third part of the
shelter bed percentage.

Figure 3. “American nightmare: the homelessness crisis in San Francisco | The Sunday Times
Magazine | The Sunday Times”
Source: The Times

Furthermore, the shelter has observed the losses in the state and federal private funds,
which resulted in losing around $540,000 funding, from various resources like the
private, federal, local, and state funding. The homeless providers of the safety net
provided another $800,000 in the form of the cuts in the year coming ahead. In
addition, there is a situation of flat city available funding enhanced resource and
shelter-based center costs. There is a significant impact of the funding crisis on the
overall providers of the emergency homeless services.
This is a significant requirement of the funding because of the fact that there are
increased safety problems. For example, the problem of inadequate staffing is leading
to further safety issues. Calling the San Francisco Emergency and Homeless Services,
after the year 2010, has been a significant enhancement in violence, inside the shelters
of the city and the resource centers as well. This correlates with the decreased number
of staff, decreased number of services, and enhanced acuity. There is an increased
inability to follow the standards of care, the San Francisco resource centers, and
shelters are supporting the care standards of the city. This legislates basic human
rights, the hygiene of people, and health in accordance with the regulations for the
services for the city-funded homeless people. There are other staff turnovers, loss of
the inside emergency homeless services, and the citywide services as well.
Goals and Objects
The goal of the current project is to minimize the level of homelessness in San
Francisco by providing resources and shelters to the homeless people. This will result
in the minimization of preventable diseases and illnesses at least up to six times. The
emergency services have the objective to increase the number of drop-in centers and
the beds available for the homeless people. Another goal is to minimize the level of
losses in the private, federal, and state funds. The shelter or the service has another
objective of increasing the funding for the enhancement of services for the homeless
and minimization of the resource and shelter-based costs. The shelter has the objective
to enhance standard care with significant decreases in the safety problems, enhance
the facilities, and minimize a shun of the staff turnover.
Review of Literature
The lack of proper staff leads to different safety problems, resulting in the homelessness
and sickening of various homeless people. After 2010, a significant increase in violence
inside San Francisco has been observed, and it significantly correlates with the
enhancement of acuity, decreasing in the staff, and decreasing in the number of
facilities and services as well (Caldararo, 2017; Carter, Zevin, & Lum, 2019).
Living in the outside conditions is significantly complicated. The efforts that are being
made to treat the specific illness and the injuries that might be suffered by these
humans, result in disastrous conclusions. Homeless people are repetitively suffering
from various preventable diseases, specifically three to six times, some of these people
suffer from a high rate of death because of these experiences. This results in a lower
level of life expectancy, as low as the average life expectancy of further 30 years
(Cawley et al., 2022).
The shelters in San Francisco and the different resource centers present in the city
support the different standards of care in the city. These standards are focused on
hygiene, human rights, and the health of the citizens, significantly and positively
implementing homeless services that are city-funded. Irrespective of the commitment to
these standards, the resource centers, and the shelters both significantly lack the
proper funding for keeping track of the demand for basic products like clean sheets,
toilet paper, and adequate types of food items for the clients (Herring & Yarbrough,
2015).
Shelters are significantly struggling with the influence of deferred maintenance, because
of the significantly high level of the population, the resource centers and the shelters
require a proactive type of services and work, for maintaining and enhancing the quality
of the facilities. The most important problems include plumbing problems, elevator
breakages, disrupted flooring, unsafe and unhealthy conditions, and significantly
uncontrollable infections and health problems (Moorhead, 2022).
Around 14,000 individuals are leaving and entering the services each year. This high
level of population is now compounded by the low level of wages of the staff, resulting in
high staff turnover, and the turnover is both costly and time-consuming for the staff of
the services as well. Along with these factors, the city cuts the budget, and the network
of social services also directly and significantly influences the operations and
functioning of the services (Carter et al., 2019).
Detailed Description of Project
Shelters and resource centers of San Francisco are requesting the mayor, and also the
Board of Supervisors, for a specific supplemental and general fund allocation to help
meet the standards of care of the city, so that the increased costs can be met, and the
minimum staffing requirements can be ensured as well. We request a significant
investment of $5,000,000 for the purpose of ensuring the dignity and safety of the
system of care. This investment is going to result in San Francisco providing a
significant and positive safety net for the individuals and families that are facing
homelessness and will minimize the level of imminent risks, safety threats, and the
absence of resource centers and shelters for the people facing homelessness.
Budget & Funds Needed
Costs
Providence Shelter $120,000
Dolores Street Community Services $70,000
Central City Hospitality House $260,000
Catholic Charities CYO $15,000
Episcopal Community Services – Sanctuary & Next Door $80,000
Larkin Street Youth Services $55,000
CATS – A Woman's Place $130,000
Episcopal Community Services – SF START $270,000
Episcopal Community Services – Sanctuary & Next Door $740,000
Compass Family Shelter $360,000
Central City Hospitality House Self-Help Centers $210,000
CATS – A Woman's Place/Drop In $80,000
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center $100,000
St. Vincent de Paul Society – MSC South $330,000
United Council of Human Services $180,000
Offset $2,000,000
Total $5,000,000

Materials Needed
Materials Target Amount
Catholic Charities Families $2,983,519
Objection Defense Charities General $2,112,540
Hamilton Family Charities Families $1,546,089
Holy Family Charities Families $624,000
Larkin St Charities & Services Youth $151,762
Housing Clinic Services Charities Single Adults $1,027,626
$2,000,000

Assessment of Project’s Success

The overall goal of the project is to minimize homelessness and ensure the safety net
for different individuals and families that are homeless. One year after the
implementation of the project, the success of the project will be assessed. If after one
year of the implementation of the grant and the project, the homelessness decreases by
at least 30%, the project will be considered as successful.
Timeline
The timeline of the project will be projected for the next six months. Six months will be
counted after the approval of the grant for the project. In the first month, the droppings
will be set and acquainted in accordance with the objectives, with the increase in the
number of beds and increase in the accommodation area of the drop-in centers as well.
The second and third months will be focused on the accumulative consideration towards
the losses in the private, federal land state funds. In the fourth month, the focus will be
on the flat city funding and the enhancement of the resource center and shelter
facilities. The fifth month will be focused on the enhancement of safety measures and
following the standards of care period. Lastly, the 6th month will be focused on staff
recruitment and training, and also to minimize the facility problems and staff turnover.
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