Our workforce development programs leverage and uplift the unique skill set and wisdom, within our community, to create employment opportunities in the area of public stewardship. HPF partners with local government and city agencies to identify some of San Francisco’s most emergent needs, particularly at the intersection of extreme poverty (homelessness), addiction, incarceration, and mental health. HPF prioritizes hiring San Francisco residents and formerly incarcerated individuals, who utilize their most challenging life experiences to rebuild their emotional intelligence, compassion, and resilience.

Pit Stops: San Francisco

The Pit Stop programs provide clean and safe public toilets, sinks, used needle receptacles and dog waste stations at 23 Pit Stop locations in the city’s most impacted neighborhoods. Pit Stop Monitors stand outside of the units to ensure they are used for their intended purpose – that users are safe and bathrooms are clean and in working order. With their presence and attending eye, monitors bring a sense of comfort, safety and cleanliness to the streets. Our standard is that the units must be cleaned so that any reasonable person would be comfortable allowing their 3-year old daughter to use the unit unaccompanied.

The success of San Francisco’s Pit Stop program caught the attention of the City of Los Angeles. HPF launched the Los Angeles Pit Stop program in 2018 in partnership with Five Keys Schools. There are currently 12 Pit Stop locations in Los Angeles, including Skid Row, Venice Beach, Downtown LA, as well as several encampments near freeway underpasses nd other isolated areas.