We are on a mission to end family homelessness
We believe the San Francisco Bay Area is at its best when people from all backgrounds can start a life here, raise a family here, and thrive here. We have made pioneering contributions toward ending the brutal impact of homelessness on families. Our efforts have stimulated advances in policy, research, and innovation to ending family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 

Our Mission

Our mission is to end family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area through programs of shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, homelessness prevention, resource referral, and advocacy. We are focused on achieving the following homelessness- and housing-specific outcomes:
 

• Break the cycle of homelessness by disrupting the cycle of poverty
• Ensure homelessness is rare, brief and nonrecurring
• Ensure housing is accessible and affordable for all Bay Area families

Our Vision

The San Francisco Bay Area is at its best when people from all backgrounds can start a life here, raise a family here, and thrive here. Hamilton Families envisions a Bay Area where housing is accessible and affordable, where homelessness is rare, brief, and nonrecurring, and where all people and families have a safe and stable place to live.

Our Core Values

Our Core Values inform and direct decisions concerning program services, operations, and community relations.
 

• RESOURCEFUL: We are relentless in our pursuit of resources in support of our mission. We leave no stone unturned and no door unopened in pursuit of solving family homelessness.
• HELPFUL/”YES, AND”: We are responsive, approachable team players. We embrace—in spirit and in action—a “YES” mentality in service of accommodating the needs of our participants and our colleagues. When possible, we LEAD with yes—a positive problem-solving approach. The “AND” culture allows us to communicate directly about what is needed to get to YES. ? 
• GROWTH MINDSET: We believe that mastery in our work is achieved through learning, development, and cultivation. We believe that learning is a continual process. 
• DATA INFORMED: Data is a key element to our decision-making, how we understand our impact, and how we serve families. 
• EDI: EQUITABLE, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE: We are committed to racial equity and the prioritization of justice for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and other marginalized communities. We understand homelessness emerges from historical and current systemic inequality.

Careers at Hamilton Families

Our passionate, hardworking team of problem solvers are a critical part of ending family homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. Joining the Hamilton family means support, inspiration, flexibility—and countless opportunities to grow and learn. Discover the benefits and highlights of working for San Francisco’s leading service provider to families experiencing homelessness.

Hamilton Families Purpose
A strong culture anchored in a clear set of values helps to make Hamilton Families the leading service provider to families experiencing homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area—and a rewarding, inspiring place to work.

We’re bringing together the right people to end family homelessness, conquering the complexities behind it, driving change, sparking positivity, and ensuring a long-term impact for the San Francisco Bay Area. Our comprehensive and data-driven programs work to prevent homelessness whenever possible, provide temporary shelter for families in crisis and help families return to permanent housing quickly to restore the foundation for healthy lives.