Sabrina shares her experience couch surfing and living in a car as a child to becoming a case manager on the front lines working to end family homelessness in her hometown.
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Born and raised in San Francisco’s Fillmore, Ericka shares her remarkable story from nearly experiencing homelessness to becoming a successful entrepreneur giving back to the community she calls home.
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Bay Area resident Elizabeth Herrera’s story is about housing, invisible families and finding home.
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San Francisco native Rocheall Pierre’s nightmarish experience of pursuing her career as a social worker, but being unable to pay for childcare, then being on the losing side of the inequitable criminal justice system and becoming homeless.
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Hamilton Families’ Jennifer Pack, LFMT, shares her work with families experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders in our transitional housing program
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In July 2021, we gave disposable cameras to the staff, parents, and youth of Hamilton Families to document their summers… here’s how it went.
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Before coming to Hamilton Families, Liz and her family were experiencing housing insecurity for the past 15 years, doubling up with family, staying at motels, and sleeping at rest stops all over the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Ana is the Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships for Hamilton Families, but after hearing our call-to-action to help deliver fresh produce to families experiencing homelessness all over the Bay Area, she volunteered her time, her effort, and her truck to help feed families-in-need living in our communities.
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On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by our own CEO Kyriell Noon, speaking to him about his work to end family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to him as a Black man in the Bay Area.
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On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young who spoke with Hamilton Families Real Estate Director Mayo Lunt on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to her as a Black woman in the Bay Area.
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On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by Hamilton Families staff member Tonya Allen, to speak on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to her as a Black woman in the Bay Area.
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On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by Hamilton Families staff member Allie Deck-Shipley to speak on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area, and what Black History Month means to her as an ally and someone who serves children and youth who are predominantly BIPOC who are experiencing homelessness.
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On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by our own Hamilton Families staff member Ms. Ivory Collins on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to her as a Black woman in the Bay Area.
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On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by our own Hamilton Families staff member Ana Gomez on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to her as an ally, an Oakland native, and a Person of Color in the Bay Area.
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On Feb. 3, Hamilton Families took over the @Ham4Progress Instagram account with Hamilton cast member Christopher Henry Young, joined by Hamilton Families staff member Tami Gaines, to speak on ending family homelessness in the SF Bay Area and what Black History Month means to her as a Black woman in the Bay Area.
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“Essential is essential,” she says. “We can’t close, because if we close, our families go back out on the street.”
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I was very excited when I saw the services that Hamilton Families provide, helping you to get into your own place; it really gives you hope for the future.
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“It wasn't that easy and losing my job didn't help so that's pretty much how I ended up homeless. I was very surprised that I could become one of the people that becomes homeless. You don't see yourself there, you really don't, until it happens to you.”
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When Marlena came to Hamilton Families, her goals were to obtain employment, lower her debt, and find housing that would stabilize her family.
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Hear the journey of single dad, Matt, and his son, Blake, as they went from experiencing homelessness to owning their own home.
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