Safety Net Services are those that are critical to establishing stability and safety for an individual or family. Examples include: food, emergency/short-term housing, emergency financial assistance, case management, benefits access assistance, information referral, transportation assistance, acute (short-term outpatient treatment for a injury, illness, or urgent medical condition) healthcare services and crisis support.
The Buck Family Fund will support organizations which:
- Have safety net services as a core component of their mission and offering
- Exhibit a high level of financial and operational competence
- Have documented expertise in serving the target population
- Have a track record in successfully delivering safety net services
Safety Net Services grants are by invitation only.
Current Grantees
- Adopt A Family of Marin
- Canal Alliance
- Center for Domestic Peace
- Community Action Marin
- ExtraFood
- Homeward Bound of Marin
- MarinLink-Marin Asian Advocacy Project
- Marin Center for Independent Living
- Marin County Cooperation Team
- Marin Museum of the American Indian
- The Multicultural Center of Marin
- North Marin Community Services
- Operation Access
- Phoenix Project/Performing Stars
- Ritter Center
- RotaCare Bay Area, Inc.
- San Geronimo Valley Community Center
- SF-Marin Food Bank
- St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County
- West Marin Community Services
- West Marin Senior Services
- Vivalon
Resources
- The Raising of America: Wounded Places | http://raisingofamerica.org/wounded-places
- The Raising of America: DNA is Not Destiny | http://raisingofamerica.org/dna-not-destiny
- Paper Tigers: One High School's Unlikely Success Story | http://kpjrfilms.co/paper-tigers/
- Ending Child Poverty Now | http://www.childrensdefense.or...
- Pathways: State of the Union 2018 | http://inequality.stanford.ed...