Our Success Inspires the Community

CATS programs create positive change in
the community every day, offering hope and peace of mind to the citizens of San Francisco. "For decades, CATS has been patient, innovative, dedicated, and effective in serving people left out in the cold by others."

-Jim Stillwell, Department of Public Health, San Francisco

From the frontlines, the benefit of an effective alternative to incarceration is clear. "In my 25 years in San Francisco, I've known CATS to be valuable and humane resource for the community. They connect the intoxicated homeless to services, while the police department can only lock them up and allow them to become sober."

- Captain Ron Roth, San Francisco Police Department

Many representatives from the community support CATS' efforts with volunteered time, and gain firsthand experience of what we can achieve. "I really like what I see CATS doing. I have not seen a similar program working with the homeless."

- Joe Chan, PhD, MD; volunteer psychiatrist at CATS programs