While our agency does not manage housing units or services directly, this section provides weblinks and telephone numbers for local services and providers that may be of assistance.
Non-Profit organizations in Marin County offer services including residential programs to a broad range of people with specific needs. A sample list of organizations with special focuses are listed below.
Choices for Living is a comprehensive housing resource guide for seniors developed by the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services Division of Aging. Click here to view this guide online, or call for a free copy.
Marin Services for Women offers chemical dependency recovery programs for women and their families. Residential services are a 30-180 day residential recovery program, 120-day residential recovery program for pregnant and parenting women and affordable transitional housing for graduates of the primary recovery programs. Day and evening programs as well as anger management and domestic violence programs are also available. Fees are based on a sliding scale and no woman will be turned away for lack of financial resources.
Marin Abused Women's Services (MAWS) offers direct services and support programs including residential services to battered women and children. The MAWS' emergency shelter is a safe and confidential place that helps women evaluate options and future plans. Support services including medical assistance, support groups, housing assistance, childcare and transportation are available to shelter residents. The Second Step Transitional Program is an affordable housing facility combined with support services to help develop and implement individualized self-sufficiency plans.
Center Point offers comprehensive services including social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, housing, and rehabilitation services. LifeLink, the six-month residential treatment program for pregnant and post-partum women and their children, provides comprehensive rehabilitation services that are individualized and culturally appropriate to residents' needs.
Four Winds West offers an 18-24 month residential program for at-risk young adults, ages 18-28, to transition into independent living. Services include room, board, independent living skills counseling, vocational counseling, individual and group therapy. A sliding fee scale applies to individuals who meet the financial requirements.
Sunny Hills Children's Garden provides services to children ranging from infancy to 18 years old who have experienced neglect, physical and sexual abuse, or emotional disturbance. Family and children's services include residential, educational and community based programs designed to promote healing, provide treatment, and help children grow and learn. Residential programs include group homes, a campus-like setting, and an emergency shelter program.
Huckleberry Youth Programs provides adolescents and their families with services that address prevention and health promotion, crisis intervention, stabilization and growth. In San Anselmo, the Nine Grove Lane shelter offers 24-hour crisis services and emergency shelter to high-risk runaway and homeless Marin Youth. The program offers 24-hour crisis intervention and resolution services, primary medical care, peer-based prevention education and a network of support for positive, healthy adolescent development.
The Adolescent Residential Program at in Center Point San Rafael is widely recognized as an effective long-term treatment center for youth. Services are for adolescents ages 13-18 referred through county probation or social service departments.
Through the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA) Program, Marin Housing subsidizes privately owned apartments to individuals and families where a family member is HIV+ or has AIDS. Rental subsidies are based on income level and family composition.
Formerly Marin Aid to Retarded Children (MARC). Provides support and services to developmentally disabled individuals and families. Residential programs include 24-hour supervised residential care and agency-supported apartments for independent living.
Marin Ventures works to foster independence, personal growth and to promote the opportunity for community integration based upon individual need of adults with developmental disabilities. They provide services including employment, vocational skills training, community integration, occupational therapy, art and independent living skills training.
GGRC works to address the needs of developmentally disabled citizens from Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. They provide services to individuals and their families, infants who are developmentally delayed, as well as genetic counseling and testing for individuals at a high risk of having a child with a disability.
There are a number of resources available to homeless people or people at risk of being homeless in Marin. Specific services are available for people at risk of being homeless in Marin. Emergency housing ranges from night-to-night shelters to long-term and transitional housing.
Homeward Bound of Marin is the primary provider of housing and support services to homeless people in Marin. Homeward Bound works with each individual and family to devise an action plan to move into permanent housing and out of homelessness. Their facilities offer night-to-night, long-term and transitional housing in addition to round the clock counseling, advocacy, vocational training, support groups, and other services.
Center Point offers comprehensive services including social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, housing, and rehabilitation services. Residential programs in Marin County are for adolescent, adult, and pregnant and post-partum women.
Novato Human Needs Center provides comprehensive case management to low-income Novato families in crisis. Services include emergency food, clothing and shelter, counseling, information and referral, transportation, and employment services. Spanish-speaking services are also available.
Adopt-A-Family is a community-based organization providing emergency assistance with security deposits, rental assistance, emotional support, counseling and other services.
The St. Vincent de Paul Community Dining Center serves over 200 free hot lunches daily in downtown San Rafael. Additionally, the Assistance Desk offers financial aid and referrals, as well as food, clothing and other resources.
Open Door Ministries provides free Friday evening dinners from 6:30 - 7:30pm at the First Baptist Church, 131 Filbert Street, in Sausalito. Other services include free clothing and bedding, pastoral and crisis counseling, and legal, medical and rehabilitation referrals.
Ritter Center offers programs homeless prevention programs and assistance programs that help people move to self-sufficiency. Services include shower and laundry, voicemail, food, clothing, counseling, medical care, and referrals.
Salvation Army
Phone: (415) 459-4520
The Community Service Center provides emergency assistance to food pantry, clothing, transportation and housing. Also provides referrals to other Bay Area Salvation Army Services and referrals to other agencies.
Canal Community Alliance is a social service organization dedicated to stabilization, independence and growth for individuals and families living in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael.
Community Action Marin is a social service agency assisting low-income Marin residents, operating childcare, AIDS services, energy assistance and mental health programs.
Center Point offers comprehensive services including social, educational, vocational, medical, psychological, housing, and rehabilitation services. Residential programs in Marin County are for adolescent, adult, and pregnant and post-partum women.
Buckelew coordinates with outreach programs to provide affordable housing and services to homeless adults with mental illness. Residential programs in Marin County include residential support services, assisted independent living, and supported housing programs.
Shelter Plus Care provides long-term rental assistance and supportive services to homeless persons with mental disabilities. Participants pay approximately 30% of their annual income towards rent, and the remainder of the rent is subsidized.
