Affiliate Programs
SafeGround Sacramento
Local grassroots organization working to find a safe sanitary ground for the homeless. (Phone: 916-444-8216)
Visit their website:
www.SafeGroundSac.org
Self-Help Housing
Designed to assist homeless people find safe and affordable housing. (Phone: 916-444-8216)
Side-By-Side
Reverend Linda, a Methodist minister, provides Memorial Services for the deceased guests of Loaves & Fishes. These services are held at the Memorial Wall in Friendship Park. Reverend Linda is available to provide individual spiritual guidance and faith sharing for all walks of faith.(Phone: 916-443-4362)
Visit their website:
www.SideBySideWithTheHomeless.org
SSI Disability
An independent attorney who specializes in Social Security Disability law assists disabled homeless people in their applications and represents them in disability certification legal hearings. (Phone: 916-498-0349)
Visit their website:
www.rapdgettlaw.com
Tommy Clinkenbeard Legal Clinic
Independently operated, provides free legal services to homeless people relating infractions and misdemeanors in Sacramento County. The Legal Clinic also manages court-ordered community service sentences for homeless people to pay fines in lieu of incarceration. (Phone: 916-446-0368)
http://tclc.lsnc.net
Women's Empowerment
Located at Loaves & Fishes but independently managed, this program provides homeless women with training, mentoring, and support to obtain and maintain employment. (Phone: 916-669-2307)
Visit their website:
www.Womens-Empowerment.org
Clean & Sober
Independently operated, sponsors AA and NA meetings six days-a-week and provides assistance and access to very low cost residential recovery programs to homeless people. (Phone: 916-498-0331)
Visit their website:
www.cleanandsoberhrc.org
Family Promise
A network of local congregations, which provide overnight shelter for homeless families. The families receive supportive services at a Day Center on the Loaves & Fishes campus. (Phone: 916-443-3107)
Visit their website:
www.sacfamilypromise.org
Mercer Pet Clinic
Mercer Veterinary Clinic for the Homeless is a 501(C)3 non-profit, student-operated organization providing free care for the animal companions of the homeless. The clinic meets one Saturday morning a month at Loaves and Fishes. (Phone: 530-752-1143)
Visit their website:
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/clubs/mercer/
Mercy Clinic
An urgent care clinic, sponsored and managed by the Sisters of Mercy, is staffed by a full time doctor, nurse and medical receptionist. Medical services are available to homeless people every weekday; patients are triaged to the clinic by the public health nurse in Friendship Park. (Phone: 916-446-3345)
Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee (SHOC)
A grassroots committee of activists of the homeless and formerly homeless who advocate for equal rights and other issues relating to homelessness. the safety and well being homeless people. SHOC publishes a bi-monthly newspaper, Homeward Street Journal. (Phone: 916.442-2156)
