2026-05-15T14:18:57-07:00 2025-06-30 800318069 MICHAEL STEELE CPA 3170 CROW CANYON PL STE 180 SAN RAMON CA 94583 990 2024-07-01 943266686 Homeless Childrens Network HOME 4154373990 3450 Third Street 1-C San Francisco CA 94124 April Silas PhD CEO 2026-05-15 true true Michael Steele P00200234 5109850505 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z April Silas PhD 3450 Third Street 1-C San Francisco CA 94124 12735867 false X www.hcnkids.org X 1997 CA HCN provides comprehensive mental health services, case management, early childhood mental health consultation, education and family support services to over 2,000 homeless children, youth, parents and providers. 4 4 82 30 0 11496722 12724538 0 5441 550 10000 10779 11512163 12735867 930060 0 0 8298457 10425142 144632 26135 511425 2715972 2922210 12089121 13373487 -576958 -637620 8862232 7882689 4084901 3742978 4777331 4139711 X To provide direct mental health services, psychotherapy, and counseling to homeless families in San Francisco, CA and in particular to children of such families, to provide referral services for such families and their children to other social service agencies, to coordinate the provision of such services through and with certain homeless family shelters in San Francisco and to provide educational and charitable services to the public as permitted by Section 214 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. false false 5086171 Africentric Programs:Black Birthing Health Initiative (BBHI): BBHI is designed to promote mental health and wellness, provide client-centered and culturally tailored care, and ensure accessibility to essential services for underserved and marginalized birthing individuals and their families in San Francisco including Black/African American birthing individuals. This program serves individuals of all backgrounds, and brings focused expertise to uplift Black birthing people through services that are reflective of their cultural identity and lived experiences. BBHIs innovative model of care includes: (1) accessible and free services, (2) services provided in physical spaces that are designed to feel non-medical and welcoming, diligently avoiding the replication of clinical or oppressive environments, (3) extension of services from pregnancy and throughout infancy and childhood up to the age of three, and (4) utilization of Afri-centric and community-based models of healing that are intentionally culturally congruent.Community Holistic Overdose Prevention Program (CHOPP): CHOPP is designed to integrate outreach and awareness, education and training, and peer-based and direct treatment activities to prevent substance use disorder (SUD) and save lives in San Francisco. CHOPP meets the need for community-embedded support through trained Peer Support Specialists versed in overdose prevention practices and who have lived experiences and expertise in the communities served.Kupona Early Intervention, Outpatient, and Intensive Outpatient Programs (Kupona): HCNs three Kupona programs address the need for culturally-responsive, tailored outpatient services that holistically combat substance use among youth in San Francisco. Kupona is a Swahili word encompassing healing, recovering, and getting well. This program is designed to work at the intersections of substance use, mental health, and spiritual well-being of youth, families, and communities. While HCN welcomes and serves youth and families of all ethnicities and populations in San Francisco, the priority populations for the Kupona programs include those who identify as Black/African American and people of color, housing insecure, and at-risk youth under the age of 18 who are residents of San Francisco and Medi-Cal beneficiaries.Community-Based Substance Use Prevention and Education Initiative: This innovative initiative is expanding community awareness of substance-use disorder (SUD) within the greater San Francisco community. The goal of this awareness campaign is to prevent and reduce substance use and fatal overdoses in San Francisco including those in communities most impacted by SUDs such as Black/African American communities by building capacity within community-based organizations and strengthening systems of care through interconnected, culturally affirming referral and resource networks. Key components/activities include Substance Use and Overdose Community Presentations provided by peer educators and an annual Targeted Public Awareness Campaign.Jabali Youth Advocacy: HCNs Jabali Youth Program is a youth-led advocacy committee that amplifies the voices of youth around substance abuse and prevention by utilizing a culturally-responsive, trauma-informed youth development program model. Youth empowerment, leadership, and civic engagement are the core of this model in helping youth to succeed in school, work, and adulthood. Through weekly youth meetings, educational sessions, thought-provoking discussions, shared learning, group activities, and real world examples, youth are supported to reflect on their lived experiences, hone their own stories, build messaging platforms, advocate for a youth voice in the conversation, and take action in addressing substance use in San Francisco. 3930620 Ma'at:HCNs groundbreaking Maat Program was launched to create greater opportunity for culturally responsive behavioral and mental health approaches for children, youth, and families in San Francisco who have been historically marginalized, while also supporting those impacted by systemic inequities, intergenerational trauma, and racism. Maat uses a whole-person approach to deliver Afri-centric, culturally responsive, heartfelt mental health and wellness care. The program aims to facilitate healing within the family and community systems in neighborhoods across San Francisco, and provides effective treatment to increase equity of access and remove obstacles to service at no cost to clients and their families. HCNs annual external evaluation reports for this program have identified positive impacts for not only the youth clients participating in Maat, but also for youths caregivers and even for their school systems.Ma'at Youth Leadership: HCNs Maat Youth Leadership Program supports highly vulnerable, low-income/very low-income youth and adolescents who are at risk of not making successful transitions into adulthood within San Francisco. The goal of this Afri-centric, culturally responsive initiative is to help youth develop leadership and life skills, and to support their transition to adulthood by fostering an understanding of systemic inequalities, related traumas, and challenges within a culture of wellness and healing. At the beginning of the program, youth leaders identify a goal they want to achieve during the program. In FY 2024-25 according to the annual evaluation report, 100% of youth leaders reported achieving goals in areas such as maintaining or improving GPA, gaining financial literacy and stability, graduating high school, preparing for college, or gaining skills for future career paths.Community Mental Health (CMH): HCNs CMH Program is successfully deepening mental health support for children aged 0-18, families, and adults in the Bayview-Hunters Point, Western Addition, Tenderloin, South of Market, Fillmore, and Castro neighborhoods in San Francisco. CMH spans three service categories: (1) Afri-centric, whole-person/communal wellness services, (2) culturally responsive mental health services including for those who identify as LGBTQIA+, and (3) Afri-centric early childhood mental health support services. CMH offers individual, group, and community support to individuals of all ages, workshops, coaching, training through a consultative model for early childhood educators, and participation in city-wide collaborations. 2948626 Mental Health Services:Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT): HCNs General EPSDT Program provides culturally competent, strengths-based behavioral health services for children and youth aged 0-17. This includes underserved youth populations such as newcomer Latine youth; immigrant youth and their families; LGBTQIA+ identified youth; youth without housing; and children and youth not attending school due to mental health disorders or emotional disturbances. HCNs therapeutic model employs a strengths-based, culturally responsive, inclusive, whole-person approach to mitigate the long-term effects of traumatic events and intergenerational trauma. Services include individual therapy, family therapy, collateral support, and case management.Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (ECMHC): HCNs ECMHC Program serves young children ages 0-5, their families, and the people and providers who make up the system of care with the aim of improving social, emotional, and behavioral health and well-being of young children at sites all across San Francisco. HCN has deep experience providing ECMHC services for early care and education (ECE) programs (including family child care settings), Family Resource Centers (FRCs), and in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). HCNs services include consultations and feedback, professional development, training and support groups, therapeutic playgroups, school/classroom observations, early intervention, and culturallygrounded referrals and linkages.Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP): CPP is a nationally recognized, trauma-informed therapeutic intervention that supports family strengths and relationships and supports healing from stressful experiences while upholding family and cultural values. This initiative provided support for a cohort of clinicians to take part in an 18-month CPP training and learning collaborative. HCNs CPP clinicians work within HCNs Maat and General EPSDT programs providing behavioral and mental health services. By engaging in CPP clinical training, Maat and General EPSDT clinicians are equipped with an additional effective clinical-based practice for engaging families in therapy.Entre Nosotros: HCNs Entre Nosotros (in English, Within Us) initiative is a community mental health program that fosters culturally affirming mental health and wellness spaces for underserved and historically marginalized children, youth, parents/caregivers, and families including those from Latine-identified and Spanish-speaking communities to access and reclaim holistic healing practices. Entre Nosotros goal is to destigmatize mental health and enhance wellness through culturally-rooted, trauma-informed, and community-based group support services such as newcomer youth support groups and parent/caregiver support groups. Amani Mental Health Training: Amani is a workforce development program designed to prepare individuals to provide peer support and community mental health services. HCNs Amani Program utilizes a culturally responsive, Afri-centric framework that inspires and encourages participants to embark on an inward journey that ultimately guides the wellness journey that they will provide for other community members in the future. Amani has a history of serving low-income job seekers including those from historically marginalized communities such as Black/African American communities, reducing unemployment and displacement, and helping meet the urgent need for healing in diverse communities by training culturally competent entry-level peer support specialists and mental health professionals.Brighter Futures: By design, HCNs Brighter Futures program is built on HCNs Maat model to mitigate, and where possible, eliminate barriers to care for underserved and marginalized fathers and families, including mental health stigma, illness, distrust of the healthcare system, absence of culturally competent providers, and lack of insurance or underinsurance. HCN was funded under this program to support fathers and their families through group healing circles, individual therapy sessions, and case management. Findings from an evaluation report about HCNs Brighter Futures Program in FY 2024-25 revealed that the programs focus on equipping participants with practical skillssuch as emotional processing, parenting strategies, and self reflectionhas the potential for lasting and intergenerational impact. 50571 Case Management:HCNs Case Management provides culturally attuned services to individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability, facing displacement, and/or experiencing traumaincluding domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and/or systemic violencevia linkages to referrals and resources. This program adopts a holistic, trauma-informed, strength and resilience-based approach, focusing on emotional safety and empowerment as a means to facilitate clients growth and healing. HCNs Case Management offers comprehensive services including housing-focused case management, building life skills, mental health, and routes to economic independenceall of which are crucial to building resilience and stability. Case Managers also provide resources and referrals for additional critical needs, such as support with accessing credit history; rental stability; legal support; social services; employment; addressing behavioral health issues that negatively impact housing stability; and access to permanently affordable housing, including applications for placement on appropriate wait lists. 50571 12015988 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false true true false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 137 0 false 82 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Jacqueline Ondatje 4154373990 3450 Third Street 1-C San Francisco CA 94124 April Silas PhD CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 275000 0 82500 Kenneth Kim COO 40.00 0.00 X X 210000 0 63000 Jacqueline Ondatje CFO 40.00 0.00 X X 185000 0 55500 Joy Iredia Dir-HR & Operation 40.00 0.00 165000 0 49500 Matthew Ivy CCO 40.00 0.00 X X 155000 0 46500 Sara Ferree Development Dir 40.00 0.00 144480 0 43344 Jennifer Calderon Dir-Behav Health 40.00 0.00 139311 0 41793 Cameron Smith Dir-Africentric Pr 40.00 0.00 135000 0 40500 Shawneshia Hoover Dir-Mental Health 40.00 0.00 134160 0 40248 Francisco Herrera Board President 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Greg McClanahan Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Larisa Pedroncelli Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 1542951 462885 9 false true false 0 12168342 556196 12724538 0 550 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other Income 900099 10779 10779 10779 12735867 10779 550 0 0 0 0 825000 475750 270000 79250 0 8099284 7726761 103120 269403 0 769077 705927 33601 29549 731781 645342 59008 27431 0 0 46090 46090 0 26135 26135 0 577456 264180 299487 13789 0 0 0 0 225420 754388 -539305 10337 0 0 22212 14775 7437 179070 179070 0 0 23291 17755 4610 926 Program Related Expenses 1084450 1018074 59865 6511 Depreciation 276343 276343 Staff Training & Recruitment 228637 198018 15607 15012 Office Supplies 88776 86044 2732 170465 123749 23803 22913 13373487 12015988 846074 511425 2189729 852105 0 0 3128985 3868311 0 0 0 0 158915 52746 278918 256185 45345 22733 0 0 0 0 3339258 3086794 8862232 7882689 833316 885377 3251585 2857601 4084901 3742978 X 4144838 3998751 632493 140960 4777331 4139711 8862232 7882689 -637620 X false true X true false X 5525429 10597151 10146815 11496722 12724538 50490655 0 0 5525429 10597151 10146815 11496722 12724538 50490655 0 50490655 128 97 2145 5441 550 8361 0 35 240 10000 10000 10779 31054 50530070 4784 0.99920 0.99910 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 97475 92251 5224 181443 163934 17509 22733 Deposits 48810 ROU Asset 3037984 3086794 X 12735867 12735867 12735867 13373487 13373487 13373487 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 50l(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organization's tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. X X X X X X true Christine Lauren 5357 Hillen Drive Oakland CA 94602 Fundraise false 26135 false false false false false false false false 26135 X X true true X X X X X false false false false false false false false false April Silas PhD CEO 275000 82500 357500 Cameron Smith Dir-Africentric Pr 135000 40500 135000 40500 Jacqueline Ondatje CFO 185000 55500 240500 Jennifer Calderon Dir-Behav Health 139311 41793 139311 41793 Joy Iredia Dir-HR & Operation 165000 49500 165000 49500 Kenneth Kim COO 210000 63000 273000 Matthew Ivy CCO 155000 46500 201500 Sara Ferree Development Dir 144480 43344 144480 43344 Shawneshia Hoover Dir-Mental Health 134160 40248 134160 40248 Part I, Line 1a: Relevant information in regards to selections on 1a. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of the Form 990 is prepared by our CPA which is reviewed by organizational staff including the Executive Director and any corrections are identified. Following this process, a copy of the Form 990 is made available for the full board to review, and is discussed with the Board Treasurer and Board President. Once these steps have taken place, the Form 990 is finalized, signed, and submitted to the Internal Revenue Service. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization requires an annual disclosure by the Board. If a conflict of interest is identified or exists, the board follows the conflict of interest policy in addressing the conflict, and determining the proper course of action. The organization is pro-active, and addresses conflict when they first arise rather than waiting until the year end reporting period to address them. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board's Executive committee researches comparable wages, does a performance review of Executive Director then makes the decision on behalf of the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Executive Director of the organization sets the compensation of other officers and key employees. The Executive Director is independent of such employees and sets their compensation based on the organizational budget and comparable compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Organization makes required forms available upon written requests in compliance with its disclosure policies.