FESCO's mission is to help homeless families move toward self-sufficiency.
Rising Stars
Awards and Reviews
FESCO Wins Food and Shelter Award for Second Year
FESCO’s clients and volunteers say that it is one of the best nonprofits of its kind in the Bay Area. In recognition, Greatnonprofits.org has awarded FESCO one of its Food and Shelter Awards for 2010, our second year to receive this honor. GreatNonprofits.org is a website where clients and volunteers can write reviews of nonprofits. It gives people with first-hand experience an opportunity to say what they enjoy most about the organization, what challenges it is facing, what results it is producing, and how their experience with the nonprofit could have been better. Reviewers rate the organization on a five-star scale. Only nonprofits with 10 or more ratings of four stars or higher qualified for the annual awards.
Typical Annual Results
Approximately 100 families with children receive emergency shelter services
Approximately 8,700 bed-nights and over 19,000 meals served to families
Over 60% of those residing in the shelter move into more stable housing
Nearly 300 children benefit from an active children’s program — arts & crafts, story time, tutoring, etc.
About 80 parents participate in workshops on nutrition, substance abuse, etc.
Over 150 at-risk and formerly
homeless families with children in the community receive follow-up and
homelessness prevention services
