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Community Awareness & Treatment Services, Inc. (CATS), is a private,
nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to provide a continuum of care
for people with drug and alcohol abuse problems. Over time, our
services have evolved to specifically focus on helping the homeless
in San Francisco, with the primary goals of promoting positive,
lasting change and reducing street deaths.

Who we serve
Unlike many homeless services organizations in the San Francisco
area, CATS focuses on the "hardest to serve" homeless-those
multiply-diagnosed with chronic addiction, mental illness,
physical disabilities, HIV+/AIDS, Hepatitis C, Tuberculosis,
and other health problems, as well as veterans, survivors of
domestic violence, sex workers/prostitutes, and transgenders
in San Francisco.

This population simply falls beyond the capabilities of many
treatment programs and organizations. With well-established,
synergistic programs, CATS is able not only to reach them, but
also to provide vital support throughout a course of appropriate
treatment.

The CATS evolution
CATS has grown extraordinarily over the last 25 years and
currently serves over 6,000 clients a year through 8 programs
with more than 110 trained staff. These 8 programs taken together
have the capacity to serve every point of need-and every segment
of our target population-from first outreach, through
comprehensive treatments, to follow-up support and permanent
housing. This is the heart and structure of the CATS "continuum
of care."

Within the CATS network are designated programs to serve women,
men and the elderly aged 55 and over, answering the need to feel
safe and understood in the process of recovery and transformation.

There are many ways you can help by donating, volunteering or
collaborating with CATS.