The Homelessness Response System

There are several core components of HSH’s homelessness response system. You can find out more about each one and related services below.

HSH’s definitions of homelessness sheet outlines the populations we serve, their housing or homeless status, and our requirements for a connection to San Francisco.

Homelessness Prevention

Prevention is an integral component of a robust homelessness response system (HRS). These programs reduce the overall inflow into the ...

Coordinated Entry

Coordinated Entry is the "front door" to the homelessness response system (HRS). It is designed to assess, prioritize and match ...

Outreach

Outreach engages people currently living outside. Outreach workers assess people’s needs and goals and connect people to crisis interventions, shelter, ...

Shelter and Crisis Interventions

Shelter and crisis intervention programs provide temporary places for people to stay while accessing other services and seeking housing solutions ...

Housing Problem Solving

Housing problem solving includes interventions to divert or rapidly exit people from homelessness. Problem solving helps people identify possible pathways ...

Housing

Housing provides exits from homelessness through subsidies and supportive services. Scroll down for an inventory of HSH's housing resources. Information ...