Compass Community Services

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Mission statement Compass Community Services serves families confronting poverty and homelessness by supporting their efforts to achieve stability and realize their individual potential. The Agency's Goals: Agency Information Compass Community Services is a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization located in San Francisco, California. Our federal tax I.D. number is 94-1156622. The agency’s four programs provide services to more than 3,000 parents and children each year, 50% of whom are under age 18. Of our 70+ staff members, 57% are people of color, 73% are women, and more than 20% have been homeless and bring firsthand knowledge to their work with clients. Our Story Compass Community Services is proud to have served the San Francisco community for more than ninety years. Known until 1995 as Travelers' Aid San Francisco, Compass was established in 1914 to provide assistance to newcomers to the city, particularly young women and girls drawn by the 1915 World’s Fair held in San Francisco. Over these ninety years Compass has transitioned to meet the changing needs of our community, providing services to refugees, military personnel during wars, and transient single adults. Beginning in the 1980s the agency began to focus on the problem of family homelessness as more and more people appeared on San Francisco's streets lacking housing, employment and other resources. Compass opened the

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