Hamilton Family Center Prepares for the “Big One”
Earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, and mudslides have shaped and reshaped our peninsula for millions of years, and as time and history have shown, natural disasters are a near certainty in Northern California. In the event that a natural disaster strikes the Bay Area, Hamilton Family Center has teamed up with The San Francisco Foundation and SF Community Agencies Responding to Disaster (SFCARD) to establish a process and a pathway to continue core services for our clients and residents. Director of Programs, Devra Edelman, says: “We are working program by program to create a disaster plan that will allow us to continue providing essential shelter, food, and services to clients in our facilities should the Bay Area suffer a catastrophic event.”
Hamilton Family Center is grateful for the consultation of SFCARD and for the generous support of The San Francisco Foundation to assist us in preparing for an eventuality we hope we’ll never see.
“The San Francisco Foundation recognizes the critical role nonprofits can plan in the aftermath of a disaster. The Foundation will grant $25,000 each to 51 local organizations that are providing essential services – including food, shelter, healthcare, and mental healthcare – to Bay Area vulnerable communities in the first month following a disaster. These grantees also have committed to developing organizational emergency plans, enabling them to serve their communities quickly and effectively when they will be needed most; the Foundation is offering training and technical support to assist these organizations in their planning efforts.”
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