Compass Community Services is proud to have served the San Francisco community for more than ninety years.  Beginning in the 1980s the agency began to focus on the problem of family homelessness as more and more people appeared on San Francisco's streets lacking housing, employment and other resources.  

Compass opened the Tenderloin Childcare Center (TLC) in 1976, which in 1990 became the first licensed childcare program in San Francisco to reserve slots for children from homeless families.  Also in 1990, the agency opened Compass Family Center, their homeless shelter for families.  Their transitional housing program, Clara House, opened in 1994.  And in 1995, under a grant from the San Francisco Department of Human Services, Compass began Connecting Point, the citywide entry point into San Francisco’s family shelter system.

Today Compass is a leader in its field, recognized citywide for their expertise in helping families surmount homelessness and extreme poverty.  By providing intensive, personalized and long-term services, they not only stabilize families in crisis and meet their immediate needs, but they give clients the tools and resources to obtain permanent housing, earn a living wage, and maintain lasting stability and self-sufficiency.  They also work closely with the Mayor’s office, city officials and other agencies to identify the barriers families face in obtaining housing and employment, and to facilitate access to the services that are most critical to families’ success.

The Junior League of San Francisco supports Tenderloin Childcare Center, Compass Family Center and Clara House with volunteers for adult tutoring, childcare, donation drives etc.  Highlights of JLSF in action include:

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