Homeless Prenatal Program

This place has a warm place. The staff here really do love what they are doing got the city of San Francisco. Helping out here really brought a good feeling to me. I hope everyone gets a chance to provide back to the community.

This is a great one stop shop resource center for families who need a little extra help. They offer everything from prenatal and parenting classes, to housing resources and deposit assistance. The staff is so friendly, helpful, and understanding. Whatever your goals are in life they will help you reach them. Whatever you need help with they will either help you, or connect you with someone who can. They also offer helpful things like twice monthly diapers, emergency food packages, and clothing. They have helped my daughter and I in my toughest times! They are a God send.

The HPP is quite remarkable. I came here a few weeks ago to work on a group project for my Maternity nursing class and we were lucky enough to have a private tour and interview with Nancy Frappier, who answered all of our questions and proved to be an excellent resource. She informed us that many of the employees at Homeless Prenatal were former clients and I could not be more impressed by this as well as all of the wonderful services and information they offer to the community. If they don’t offer the service themself, then they find and share the right resources to support their clients. Though I am no longer a resident of San Francisco, I am so delighted and proud of the work they are doing here and the empowerment they provide to women. On the tour, we noticed the work of a local photographer, whose name I cannot seem to find on their website, and her/​his work is beautiful! It’s crazy to me that someone would do such quality work as a donation, but that’s just a small example of the fantastic, quality services offered here. I also value that HPP offers many services in English and Spanish.
I would be happy to donate my time here someday!

This is one of the organizations that makes me the most proud to live in San Francisco. The services that HPP provides to women, children and families makes solid strides in ending the cycle of poverty. I see talented and spirited staff treat every person that walks through their door with dignity and love. You can’t help but want to utilize everything they have to offer, from acupuncture to belly casting to a volunteer doula team, or support services or job training. It is nothing short of phenomenal.

The ear-​to-​ear smiles on the two little girls’ faces spoke volumes and made me so glad to be there to scoop up some macaroni and cheese and put it on their plates. To see the little boy’s eyes light up upon being given a freshly iced vanilla cupcake brought a smile to my face and warmth in my heart.
Last weekend I had the privilege of working side by side with a dedicated group of volunteers in setting up, decorating and putting on the Homeless Prenatal Program’s annual Holiday Party for low income and homeless families in San Francisco.
The dedicated staff at San Francisco’s Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP) work with some of the poorest families in the City in motivating parents to try to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty for the sake of themselves and their children. By offering services such as parental counseling, substance abuse rehabilitation, mental health counseling, immigration support, job training resources, family violence therapy and housing assistance HPP helps parents and their children deal with everyday problems in an attempt to build trust within their community and motivate them to improve their lives and their family’s well-​being.
With the simple goal of trying to put a smile on the face of somebody who might not have much to smile about the entire HPP staff cooks up an incredible Christmas luncheon each year to share with the over 150 families who rely on HPP’s services. In addition to the fabulous holiday feast all children attending the party receive a wrapped book and every family is given an opportunity to pose and take home a family photo with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus.
This year individual volunteers along with volunteers organized by One Brick and The Junior League helped to transform a plain assembly room donated by the Old First Presbyterian Church on Sacramento Street and Van Ness Avenue into a festive holiday party hall. With the use of colorful ribbons, colored paper, Christmas lights and assorted ornaments we created a room that screamed out «HOLIDAY»! The more creative volunteers transformed ordinary ribbons into decorative bows while less creative individuals such as myself helped to create hundreds of helium-​filled balloons for the kids.
Volunteers and HPP staff wrapped hundreds of donated children’s books and categorized them by the intended ages, and The Junior League’s volunteers set up an art room where parents and their children could go in and create beautiful holiday images to take home.
The rest of us grabbed a spot along the food server stations to help serve the homemade feast consisting of turkey, ham, stuffing, rice, vegetables, salads, tortillas with rice and beans, macaroni and cheese and the most incredible dessert table I’ve ever witnessed created entirely by two dedicated sisters who volunteer their services annually.
It was an event I won’t soon forget. I’ve posted some photos in the photos section. If you are interested in volunteering you may contact HPP’s volunteer coordinator through the Homeless Prenatal Program website (
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The Homeless Prenatal Program has done great work for the community through their many programs. THIS is the organization I donate to because I know where the money is going… directly to the people who need it rather than to the staff who are supposed to be part of the services who don’t show up. HPP don’t irk me either because they’re not folks that hide out, only to show up for photo opts!
A lot of the clients are trained and end up working for the organization.
If you’re not sure if you want to donate to them, you could attend one of their wonderful open-​house events (lots of food, you get to talk to the program people, and the clients whose lives they changed). Galvin Newsom and Danielle Steel were at one of the ones I attended!
Check out their web site
P. S. I’m not giving them all those stars because of the chicken wings served at their event. Just look at their web site (made by volunteers — what dedication!) and compare it to other organizations and you’ll come to the conclusion that HHP is organized and together!!! Look at all the services they provide and the level of detail they go into on the site.
You know they’ve gots to be reals.