We look forward to continuing our relationship with the VA through the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center as we labor to get our Veterans off the streets and into caring surroundings worthy of the sacrifice they made for our country. Through the VA’s Health Care for Homeless Veterans Contractor Emergency Residential Services program (HCHV-CERS), “Fresh Start” provides transitional living services to unhoused Veterans in a safe, residential environment with enough supportive services to meet their basic needs and facilitate the improvement of their health. In 2013 The Metropolitan Fresh Start House (MFSH) partnered with the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs to address their priority initiative to Prevent and End Homelessness among our Veterans. The purpose is to prepare men for independent living through an evidence-based social model program where the emphasis is on learning by experiencing, and by providing positive role models through staff and volunteers.Ībout Our Initiative “We will provide new help for unhoused Veterans because those heroes have a home – it’s the country they served, the United States of America.” While specific attention is given to participants according to their individual needs, the emphasis is on group dynamics. Our philosophy is based on the therapeutic relationship between an individual participant and the community group. Our accommodations afford each veteran/client a safe, secure, and caring place to call home - their own bed, laundry facilities, personal space for storage and more than adequate bathroom accommodations, as well as a kitchen providing space for their individual food items and three complete professionally prepared meals daily. The program is presently housed in the Sunset District of San Francisco, CA and serves the San Francisco Bay Area community. The program provides full case management service for each Veteran as they work through a structured regiment including Peer Counseling services, Recovery Education, Relapse Prevention, Applied Recovery, and Processing groups all designed to motivate, build self-worth and instill hope daily. Our around-the-clock staff manages the house, including food preparation and cleaning services. The Fresh Start Program Fresh Start is a community-based transitional living program designed to assist unhoused Veterans and other Men in the San Francisco Bay Area who are suffering from substance use disorder and other self-destructing habits or who simply need a fresh start in life.įresh Start has helped 100’s of unhoused veterans with emergency housing services to stabilize their health and housing while preparing them for independent living, so they can once again become economically self-sufficient members of the community.
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