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FSA Facts
- OUR MISSION
The mission of Family Service Agency of San Francisco is to strengthen families by providing caring, effective social services, with special emphasis on the needs of low-income families, children, the elderly, and disabled people.
We strive to promote healthy families and communities, provide safe and nurturing environments for children, support individual growth and well-being, and improve the quality of life for all San Franciscans.
- OUR HISTORY
In 1889, as San Francisco reached an early pinnacle of prosperity and achievement, a group of leading philanthropists came together to form Associated Charities of San Francisco, the city’s first general, nonsectarian relief organization and the direct ancestor to today’s Family Service Agency of San Francisco.
Today, FSA is the oldest nonsectarian, nonprofit charitable human-services provider in the City and County of San Francisco. More than 70% of our clients have annual incomes below the poverty line, about 65% are of ethnic or racial minorities, and over half are female. Our staff and volunteers reflect the diversity of the clients we serve.
- OUR SERVICES
Family Service Agency of San Francisco works in partnership with all of San Francisco's communities to provide innovative, cost-effective human services to individuals and families seeking to address their challenges and build on their strengths.
At the heart of our work is the belief that individuals and families in crisis must have access to services and resources to help them build on their inherent strength and develop self-sufficiency. We promote this access by welcoming all who can benefit, regardless of their ability to pay. Our comprehensive array of programs reaches across all racial, ethnic, and linguistic lines, serving low-income families, children, the elderly, the mentally ill, and the disabled. Our programs emphasize prevention, education, and continuing intervention.
Our programs emphasize prevention, education, and continuing intervention to reach the most vulnerable members of our community, particularly low-income children and youth, teen parents, families in crisis, individuals with HIV/AIDS, and mentally ill, disabled, or abused adults and children. Our programs have been recognized as national models and have received the highest possible ratings from San Francisco’s Department of Public Health.
Family Service Agency of San Francisco is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) agency.
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