Castro Cares August Update

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Thank you for your generous donations!

Thank you to all the Castro Cares donors! You make this program possible.

Castro Cares Services On The Street

Through your generous donations and through City grants, championed by Supervisor Scott Weiner, Castro Cares is funding:

16 hours a week of homeless outreach workers (+ 4 hours of case managers funded by the Dpt. of Public Health)

18 hours a week of SFPD 10B Officers (overtime police officers)

26 hours a week of SF Patrol Special Police Officers

Castro Cares data is regularly updated on our website.

Homeless Outreach Team

Castro Cares Homeless Outreach is helping our most vulnerable living on the street in the Castro & Upper Market.

Six months into the program we are seeing results. People living at risk on the street are beginning to accept help from the Castro Cares outreach workers.

Castro Cares Vignettes

One individual suffering from mental health issues, was completely covered in lice and had sores all over his body. He recently accepted help. His lice has been treated and he is now connected to the city's homeless outreach medical team. This individual is not yet trusting enough to go inside, but he is accepting case management and he is receiving weekly medical follow-up. This man's life has improved dramatically, though, still on the street, he is now engaged in the social service system.

A homeless person with AIDS accepted a shelter bed from a Castro Cares outreach worker and is now awaiting a hospice bed. Though critically ill, this individual is now receiving care and being treated with dignity.

A third individual recently accepted a stabilization room and case management and is on the way to permanent housing.

272 incidents were reported in July by the Castro Cares Law Enforcement (SF overtime police officers (10B officers) and SF Patrol Special Officers).

The top 4 incidents were for:

- Obstructing the sidewalk

- Aggressive panhandling

- Physical/Verbal Threats

- Bike riding/skateboarding on the sidewalk

Castro Cares is a project of the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District; and is overseen by a coalition of neighborhood groups and businesses including:

Castro/Upper Market CBD, Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association, Castro Community On Patrol, Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association, Castro Merchants, Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, St. Francis Lutheran Church, SFPD Mission Station, SFDPH - Homeless Outreach Team

Comments and questions can be sent to: info@castrocbd.org or by calling the Castro CBD at 415-500-1181.

Grab a bike up front, saddle up, sweat it out & do your best on that bike for Castro Cares. There are 4 levels of support. We'd love to see you there! Kristin can answer any questions you have about the event.

Ongoing thanks and appreciation to the Apothecarium for their continued support of Castro Cares in the form of supplying us with care package items (socks, toiletries for men and women, and sustenance).

Want to help? There are many volunteer opportunities:

- Wednesday Suppers, Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

- Castro Community on Patrol

- Larkin Street Youth Services

- Project Homeless Connect

Castro Cares: Making a Difference in the Castro & Upper Market