1. San Francisco Department of Public Health Environmental Health Section
HOME-BASED EDUCATION AND HOME ASSESSMENT SERVICES Promoting Healthy Homes to Prevent Diseases and Injuries of San Francisco Residents: A Pilot Project for WIC Recipients ( )
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Environmental Health Section
Children’s Environmental Health Promotion

2. PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT:
Provide healthy home educational and assessment services to underprivileged and underserved families.
Instill knowledge for tenant rights for project’s participating families.
Empower participating families to be proactively involved in improving their home environment.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND
CORE VALUES OF THE PROJECT:
Equitable housing.
Healthful environments.
Sustainability.

3. SAN FRANCISCO:
Densely populated; high cost of living; limited supply of affordable homes
Low-income immigrant families
Self-sufficiency standard (2008): $57,658/yr. for a family (1 adult, a preschooler, & a school-age child); $17,328/yr. rental housing cost

5. Home visits resulted from mailing to 5906 families

6. HOME OR RESIDENCE INFORMATION:

7. CONCERNS OF FAMILIES VS. PROBLEMS/HAZARDS IDENTIFIED:

9. PERCENT BY RESIDENCE TYPE WITH HAZARDS IDENTIFIED

11. SUPPLEMENTARY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSESSMENT DATA:
Overcrowding
Built environmental hazards

12. WIC FAMILIES LOCATIONS OVERLAY ON OVERCROWDED ZONES:

13. WIC FAMILY LOCATIONS OVERLAY ON BUILT ENVIRONMENAL HAZARDS:

14. HIDDEN COSTS OF FAMILY OVERCROWDING
Added moisture generated by cooking and showering; linked to mold & pests
Added infectious disease burden
Greater incidence of domestic violence
Lack of space for students to study
Lack of space for physical activity
Competing with other needs when greater than 30% percent of income for rent

15. MODEL BEST PRACTICES
Advocate for increased federal and state funding streams to build housing for family retention
SF non-profits run a handful of supportive housing for families (as opposed to single adults)
SF (HSA) has one rental subsidy program, only for families in the Tenderloin