A new homeless shelter with a different approach is set to open in San Francisco in two weeks.
Steve Adami, the executive director of the Salvation Army's The Way Out homeless initiative, said it's the first of its kind, abstinence-based shelter in the city.It's designed to be a safe space for people struggling with homelessness and addiction."This is the locker where people can store their belongings. There's a bed," Adami said as he gave a KTVU crew a tour of the new shelter on Tuesday.The shelter's name is Hope House.
The shelter is part of what Adami describes as a recovery system of care that offers more than 500 beds from 9 programs.He said it's designed to get people off the streets, get them off of drugs, and teach them how to live."To have an abstinence program, I think that's the best way to go. It saved my life," said Ghana Dunson who is in recovery from alcoholism.She is currently living at and receiving services at another Salvation Army facility that is also zero tolerance.
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