Housing Assistance
Rental assistance to prevent evictions and help with shelter navigation.
Get Help: Our Programs
GLIDE is empowering an ever-growing number of people to move from crisis to stability and resiliency through coordinated care: case management, addressing multiple life domains, and mobile services.
How can we help you?
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Food & Basic Needs
Free hot meals with no eligibility requirements: breakfast, lunch & dinner.
Health & Treatment and Recovery Connections
Clean use supplies, treatment connections, STI testing, medication for opioid use disorder, & more.
Behavioral/Mental Health
Peer support groups, therapy, recovery resources, & more.
Barbering & Men's Health
Free haircuts and shaves combined with substance use & recovery resources.
Childcare & Parent/Caregiver Support
Daycare, afterschool programs, parent support groups, free diapers & more.
TAY Center (Ages 18–27)
Respite & hygiene center with linkages to job training, education, & more.
Workforce Development
Opportunities to re-enter the workforce after being criminalized or marginalized.
Legal Assistance
Legal help with housing, immigration, expungement & more.
Case Management & Navigation
Personal support to navigate services and reach your goals.
Journey Home
Reunite with your family and get help traveling home.
Women's Center
Support groups, domestic violence resources, clothing, & more.
Community Outreach and Safety
De-escalation, service connections, overdose prevention, & more.
Spiritual Care and Community
Trauma-informed spiritual, emotional, and practical support.
Social Justice & Advocacy
Working to break cycles of poverty and marginalization.
You Are Not Alone
We stand for the people because we believe in radical inclusion, truthtelling, and unconditional love.
Learn About GLIDELoving, Hands-on Support for Long-term Stability
Decades on the front lines of poverty have taught us that meeting basic needs is essential — but not enough. We are building on our almost 100-year legacy to create services that expand our reach, deepen impact, and drive systemic change in San Francisco and beyond.
Poverty and trauma create special challenges to our clients' ability to engage in and benefit from services alone. Our case managers provide hands-on support to help our clients feel empowered to make their own decisions and to set and achieve their goals.
Coordinated Care for Whole Person Support
Our integrated services program model is designed to go beyond crisis to have a deeper impact and create long-term stability, changing the lives of those we serve for good.
Addressing Multiple Life Domains
We support the whole person across ten key areas of stability: community building, education and training, employment and income, essential life skills, family relations, food security, medical care, mental health, shelter and housing, and substance use support.
Mobile Services
GLIDE coordinates with UCSF and the Department of Public Health to send teams of people (The Cecil Williams Community Ambassadors, Health Empowerment and Access Team) onto the streets to meet people where they are and offer medical care, substance use treatment, and transportation to services. Spiritual Care Navigators work through Glide Memorial Church to identify and assist people in need, especially elders and those with disabilities.
Case Management
We work one-on-one with specific populations such as young adults (aged 18–27) experiencing homelessness through the Transitional Age Youth (TAY) Health and Wellness Center, and people trying to return home from San Francisco through the Journey Home program. The Shop provides free haircuts as a pathway to get more people with mental health and substance use challenges (especially Black men over 50) into case management.
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