Expanding the Toolbox: Innovative Responses to Family Homelessness

Compass Family Services has long been providing critical services for the families experiencing or at-risk of experiencing homelessness. However, they have recently been expanding into a collection of innovative, partnership-driven approaches to protecting our most vulnerable families. Join Compass Family Services CEO Erica Kisch and San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) Director Shireen McSpadden in conversation on those innovative new practices.

This event will serve as a fundraiser for this incredible organization, so a portion of your ticket revenue will go directly to advancing their amazing new programs! Additionally, we are hosting a drive at Manny's in which 100% of the donated goods will go to benefitting the families Compass serves. Please bring: Winter essentials for parents and children (coats, umbrellas, etc.)

If you would like to donate to Compass Family Services now, check them out here: https://www.compass-sf.org/donate

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Erica Kisch has been the Chief Executive Officer at Compass Family Services for over two decades and brings a wealth of knowledge in social welfare and homelessness prevention programs. She leads an advanced team at Compass to support thousands of families every year in finding the resources and housing needed to feel at home.

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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 helps the Department meet its strategic goals of serving our most vulnerable residents. 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.

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