Save HAPS- Protect SF Mental Health
Fundraising campaign by
YOLANDA CASTRO
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US$180.00Donated So Far
Campaign Story
Haight Ashbury Psychological Services
(or "HAPS") has worked for 37 years to improve the lives of people in
the San Francisco Bay Area community by providing low-fee psychotherapy
to those in need, and education, training, and supervision to those who
serve.
URGENT: HAPS is being displaced, and after 37 years our clinic will close if we can't raise funds to move! We desperately need your help!
Our landlord is planning a complete demolition of our building to convert it into residential condos. THIS WILL MEAN CLOSING THE CLINIC if we cannot relocate.
San
Francisco non-profits are being priced out and displaced every day, and
our wonderful city is losing irreplaceable resources.
We can't let affordable, quality mental health be one of those losses!
(HAPS is beloved in our community; we were voted "San Francisco's Favorite Chairty" in 2014 by 7x7 Magazine.)
HAPS PROVIDES CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES to the San Francisco Bay Area !
Each
year, HAPS works with up to 15 Interns from masters and doctoral
programs from schools all over the Bay Area. We are highly respected in
the psychological community, and our internship/training program is
highly competitive. Each intern carries a caseload of 8-10 clients and
receives supervision and training throughout their placement at HAPS.
If
clients have no money, there are places they can go to receive mental
health services; but if they make $1,000 a month or so, and are
suffering with depression, want couples therapy, have an eating
disorder, an anger problem or are trying to stay sober and able to work,
then they come to HAPS. We’ve trained hundreds and of therapists and
served thousands of clients. HAPS receives no city or federal funding,
so we rely on donations.
It would be tragic if this invaluable resource is forced to close.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
There
is no rent control for commercial spaces in California and rentals are
skyrocketing in San Francisco. HAPS, like numerous non-profits is faced
with closing our doors or relocating. We are fighting to stay open but
the costs of relocation are prohibitive for us. We need to raise $65,000
for first- and last-month's rent, security deposit, moving costs,
furniture, and loss of income during the transition. It is our greatest
hope to continue serving our community for another 37 years.
Please help us do that by:
- Making as big a tax-deductible contribution as you possibly can—if ever there was a time to help HAPS and secure mental health services in San Francisco, THIS IS IT.
- Telling your friends
- and their friends - and anyone who will listen. Tell your senator,
your local newspaper or TV station. Tell your doctor, your school, your
family. Please—tell everyone, and beg them to help. Please share the
link to this campaign on social media.
We are fighting hard to can keep providing low-cost psychotherapy for folks who need it for another 37 years.
In gratitude,
Haight Ashbury Psychological Services ("HAPS")
Organizer
- YOLANDA CASTRO
- Campaign Owner
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- Donated on Oct 12, 2016