ResourceCenter

Neighborhood Resource Centers     
        
The Neighborhood Resource Center is an entity designed to provide localized "one-stop shopping" for seniors and people with disabilities needing information and referrals, by dialing a single phone number, they are able to access information about services in San Francisco.  The information and referral component tracks clients and follows up to insure that their needs have been met by participating organizations.  In addition the resource center staff members conduct intensive outreach in the communities to inform seniors and people with disabilities and their families of available services.


Network for Elders overseas resource centers in the Bayview Hunters Point, Oceanview/Merced/Ingleside, and Visitacion Valley/Excelsior neighborhoods.  Each Neighborhood Resource Center provide multi-lingual services to the community.  Languages currently spoken are English, Samoan, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog and Toisanese.  Each resource center has a District Advisory Council comprised of consumers, service providers, and other concerned individuals.  Neighborhood Resource Centers are part of a citywide program funded by San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services.