FACES SF

Since the merger of Florence Crittenton Services and the Whitney Young Child Development Center in 2011, FACES has established a sustainable organization with a culture of process improvement. But there are many more families we could be serving on their road to self-sufficiency as the wealth gap in our city continues to widen. We also know that in order to make a larger impact in our community we must first build our capacity for impact, as well as expand our influence and reach to work with more government, corporate and nonprofit partners.

Building our capacity for impact involves preparing to take advantage of strategic partnerships and potential social enterprise developments. Acquiring or expanding existing facilities is one way to increase the number of children and families we have the opportunity to empower. However, we recognize that no organization is an island in this city, and to that end we wish to collaborate with like-minded organizations who work both in our space, as well as in adjacent sectors. We want to be able to assist our families with any potential problems they may face whether directly, or through partner organizations. We are looking to embrace new ideas and opportunities that align with our core values and mission. This could include building out our existing facilities, and/or acquiring additional facilities – through purchase, collaboration, merger, etc. – all in order to directly serve more children, parents, and families.

To accomplish our ultimate goal, we must expand our influence and reach within the communities we serve, and beyond. We seek to infuse our Board of Directors with new members that vocally share our mission, increase our networking capability, and enhance our fundraising potential so that FACES SF becomes a major force in maintaining and celebrating our city’s economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. Through powerful partnerships, continued sponsorship, and your help, we can ensure that every San Francisco family, and every child, has the opportunity to thrive regardless of their socioeconomic background.

Family and Child Empowerment Services - San Francisco (FACES SF) is a San Francisco based nonprofit organization that specializes in affordable, quality Early Childhood Education, full family educational and therapeutic services, and as workforce development. Our three programs seek to holistically empower critically underserved children and families within the city limits.

Our Child Development Program is designed to serve infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Our Early Childhood Education component focuses on preparing our youngest minds to excel when they begin school. We provide hands-on, age-appropriate learning activities as well as guide children in their social and emotional development so that they are fully prepared to enter the K-12 system on par with their peers. We also provide an after-school and summertime education program for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade.

Our Family Support Program is designed to maximize the success and happiness families experience in our education programs and within the home. We accomplish this through providing parent and caregiver workshops and counseling services. Our counselors also connect parents to other services they may require within the community.

Our Workforce Development Program is designed to ensure that every San Francisco resident has the tools, access, and opportunity to become economically self-sufficient in an increasingly difficult economic environment. We provide workforce training, resume construction and evaluation, and numerous opportunities for clients to connect with potential employers face to face. Our Workforce Program also provides case management services, and often remains involved with our clients as they progress in their careers.

FACES SF serves San Francisco families who have historically been critically underserved. Currently, the Federal poverty line for a family of 4 in the United States rests at $25,100. In San Francisco, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has set the total annual household income of $44,000 or less as “extremely low income” (ELI) for a family of four. In our Childhood Development Program, 41% of the families we enroll in our education programs are surviving beneath the poverty line, and over 80% of our families are living beneath the HUD benchmark for extremely low income.

In our 2017-18 school year, we enrolled 332 children across our three centers for early childhood education and K-6 afterschool academic support. Of these 350, 161 children and their families were also provided with much needed mental health and behavior support through our Family Support Program. In addition to these students, we also connected 400 children with quality childcare providers in our Family Childcare Network. 96% of our students are people of color, and approximately 65% of our students live in the Bayview-Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley, and Excelsior neighborhoods.

Over the same time period, our Workforce Development Program placed 228 hard-working adults in quality jobs as they strived to become economically self-sufficient. 88% of our workforce clients are people of color, and 50% of our clients are women. 68% of our newly employed neighbors live in San Francisco’s District 10 which includes the neighborhoods of Bayview Hunters Point, Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and Visitacion Valley.