Understanding Homelessness in SF Part 3 - What Is Being Done?
What is being done in our City to address homelessness both on the public side and the non profit side? Where is the money and time going?
Part three of the four part series Manny's is organizing on understanding homelessness in San Francisco will focus on what is currently being done to address homelessness.
With roughly 8,000 people currently living without homes in San Francisco the question that will be answered in this session is what is being done to find people places to sleep and live not on the streets?
What is the budget of the City's Department of Homelessness Services and how is that money being spent? What about the Prop C funding the voters approved a few years back? Questions will also be asked about the network of non-profits the City funds to assist in the work of addressing homelessness in the City?
By the end of this session you should be able to explain what the City's current strategy is to address street homelessness, how much money is being spent and how, the relationship between the City and the non profit service providers, the variety of things they do, and the efficacy of it all as far as can be measured.
About Shireen McSpadden:
Shireen McSpadden is the Executive Director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing for the City and County of San Francisco. She was appointed by Mayor London N. Breed in April of 2021, after a nation-wide search.
Her experience and connection to communities will help the Department meet its strategic goals of serving our most vulnerable residents, including the critical work of delivering on the promise of the Mayor’s the Homelessness Recovery Plan. Shireen has over 30 years’ experience providing services to people with disabilities and seniors, in both the nonprofit and public sectors. In 2020, she was recognized for her anti-ageism work by Time Magazine, named as one of 16 people and groups fighting for a more equitable America. She has served on several boards and committees including the Glide Foundation, the San Francisco Palliative Care Work Group, the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging and USAging.
As a member of Governor Newsom’s Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Committee, Shireen helped shape California’s Master Plan for Aging. Shireen was appointed by Secretary Mark Ghaly to California’s Disability and Aging Community Advisory Committee. She also currently serves as a board member for Openhouse, which builds community by centering the voices of LGBTQ+ older adults. She is a founding board member for Capstone Community Solutions, which seek to help build communities through empowerment and indigenous leadership. She recently joined the Leadership Council of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Shireen holds a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco.
About Tomiquia Moss:
With more than 20 years of leadership and management experience, Tomiquia is locally and nationally recognized as a dynamic nonprofit and public sector leader with expertise in housing and homelessness, public policy, and community development. Before founding All Home, Tomiquia served as the CEO of Hamilton Families, which offers emergency, transitional, and permanent housing services for families experiencing homelessness. From 2014 to 2017, she served directly under the mayors of both San Francisco and Oakland, most recently as Chief of Staff for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
Previously, she was the Executive Director of the HOPE SF Initiative, a public housing and neighborhood revitalization effort with the late San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee’s Office. Known for innovating in the public sector, Tomiquia served as the founding project director of the San Francisco Community Justice Center of the Superior Court of California. In 2022, Tomiquia was appointed to serve as a member of the California Interagency Council on Homelessness. She is the Chair of SPUR’s Board of Directors and also sits on the boards of the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California and Oakland Promise. Tomiquia holds a Masters’ in Public Administration from Golden Gate University. She and her family are proud to call Oakland home.
What is being done in our City to address homelessness both on the public side and the non profit side? Where is the money and time going?
Part three of the four part series Manny's is organizing on understanding homelessness in San Francisco will focus on what is currently being done to address homelessness.
With roughly 8,000 people currently living without homes in San Francisco the question that will be answered in this session is what is being done to find people places to sleep and live not on the streets?
What is the budget of the City's Department of Homelessness Services and how is that money being spent? What about the Prop C funding the voters approved a few years back? Questions will also be asked about the network of non-profits the City funds to assist in the work of addressing homelessness in the City?
By the end of this session you should be able to explain what the City's current strategy is to address street homelessness, how much money is being spent and how, the relationship between the City and the non profit service providers, the variety of things they do, and the efficacy of it all as far as can be measured.
About Shireen McSpadden:
Shireen McSpadden is the Executive Director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing for the City and County of San Francisco. She was appointed by Mayor London N. Breed in April of 2021, after a nation-wide search.
Her experience and connection to communities will help the Department meet its strategic goals of serving our most vulnerable residents, including the critical work of delivering on the promise of the Mayor’s the Homelessness Recovery Plan. Shireen has over 30 years’ experience providing services to people with disabilities and seniors, in both the nonprofit and public sectors. In 2020, she was recognized for her anti-ageism work by Time Magazine, named as one of 16 people and groups fighting for a more equitable America. She has served on several boards and committees including the Glide Foundation, the San Francisco Palliative Care Work Group, the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging and USAging.
As a member of Governor Newsom’s Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Committee, Shireen helped shape California’s Master Plan for Aging. Shireen was appointed by Secretary Mark Ghaly to California’s Disability and Aging Community Advisory Committee. She also currently serves as a board member for Openhouse, which builds community by centering the voices of LGBTQ+ older adults. She is a founding board member for Capstone Community Solutions, which seek to help build communities through empowerment and indigenous leadership. She recently joined the Leadership Council of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Shireen holds a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco.
About Tomiquia Moss:
With more than 20 years of leadership and management experience, Tomiquia is locally and nationally recognized as a dynamic nonprofit and public sector leader with expertise in housing and homelessness, public policy, and community development. Before founding All Home, Tomiquia served as the CEO of Hamilton Families, which offers emergency, transitional, and permanent housing services for families experiencing homelessness. From 2014 to 2017, she served directly under the mayors of both San Francisco and Oakland, most recently as Chief of Staff for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.
Previously, she was the Executive Director of the HOPE SF Initiative, a public housing and neighborhood revitalization effort with the late San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee’s Office. Known for innovating in the public sector, Tomiquia served as the founding project director of the San Francisco Community Justice Center of the Superior Court of California. In 2022, Tomiquia was appointed to serve as a member of the California Interagency Council on Homelessness. She is the Chair of SPUR’s Board of Directors and also sits on the boards of the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California and Oakland Promise. Tomiquia holds a Masters’ in Public Administration from Golden Gate University. She and her family are proud to call Oakland home.