Chef Adam Mesnick @deliboard × Chef Timothy Tucker are cooking up Monster Smash Burger! Oct. 29 in SF. All proceeds benefit @TheWayOutSF’s Culinary Training Academy!

Last year we provided over 100k nights of drug-free living. Through The Way Out, San Franciscans are finding a complete path out of homelessness and addiction and into recovery, stability, and independence. See what happens next: TheWayOutSF.org

Check out our August newsletter and learn how The Way Out is tackling San Francisco’s drug & homeless crisis.

➡️ Read it here: salarmy.us/augnewsletter

Today, Mayor @DanielLurie signed legislation expanding drug-free permanent supportive housing, creating more recovery-focused housing for people experiencing homelessness. We're grateful to stand with leaders and partners working to build more pathways to lasting recovery.

Our goal is simple: help people get off the streets, overcome addiction, and rebuild their lives. The impact is real. 77% of people who come through our recovery programs move on to productive, stable lives.

Feeling stuck in a crisis right now?
Hope starts the moment you choose to reclaim your life. The Way Out turns your toughest moment into a clear path forward.

You don't have to face this alone.

Recovery 1st: Our mid-year Impact Report continues to demonstrate success. In just 6 months:
• 990 people served
• 54,903 nights of homelessness reduced
• 79% success rate

From the streets to self-sufficiency, this is what a Recovery System of Care delivers.

We don’t manage homelessness & addiction - WE SOLVE IT! Through our Recovery System of Care we’re getting people off the streets, off of drugs, and helping them build a new life. When you build the full pathway, recovery happens. #RecoveryWorks

Ghana Dunson came to San Francisco seeking a way forward after years of pain and alcoholism. Through @TheWayOutSF, she found housing, support, and a community that believes recovery is possible.

Now at Wells Place, Ghana is rebuilding her life with dignity!

At Hope House, recovery begins with structure, safety, and support. As part of @TheWayOutSF’s Recovery System of Care, Hope House provides an abstinence-based residential program where adults rebuilding from homelessness and addiction find stability and community.

Yesterday our team was on 6th street in San Francisco and as we pulled up, we reversed an overdose. @salvationarmysf is doing our part to save lives and bring hope to those lost in addiction. We have treatment beds open today. @SteveAdami

The Salvation Army is leading the way to tackle the homeless and drug crisis in San Francisco! Our post treatment recovery housing building "Wells Place" is now open and will serve 60 participants in a clean and sober environment! We are The Way Out. @salvationarmysf

Our recovery programs not only work, but we have evidence. Building out a continuum of care from detox to transitional recovery housing is the way forward to fight the drug and homeless crisis. @salvationarmysf @HUDgov @SecretaryTurner @SoledadUrsua @ONDCP @Twolfrecovery

Yesterday, @salvationarmysf was out on 16th & Mission in San Francisco handing out food and drink while providing information on where to access free drug treatment. This is The Way Out.

It was an honor for Chef Anh Sung-jae, a 3 Michelin Star chef of @netflix Culinary Class Wars, to select our Culinary Training Academy to film his newest documentary coming out in January 2026! @salvationarmysf

Our team was out at 16th and Mission today handing out food and talking to those struggling with addiction about The Way Out and our recovery programs. We're doing our part to bring hope to San Francisco! @salvationarmysf @kunalmodi @SteveAdami

We are excited to announce that in the next few weeks in conjunction with @salvationarmysf, we will be opening "Hope House." San Francisco’s first abstinence based shelter for the homeless. Leaving your addiction behind is a huge first step to recovery! @SteveAdami

We restore lives, end homelessness, repair broken families, and give people hope. Our addiction recovery programs work. We are "The Way Out" in San Francisco. @salvationarmysf

Joining forces with Supervisor @scsherrill and doing our part to keep our neighborhood clean in San Francisco! #Marina #D2

Thank you @HUDgov @HUDPacific and @SoledadUrsua for coming to San Francisco to tour one of our new drug free recovery housing sites. We take the homeless off the street, get them treatment, job training and housing so they can return to society. It works. @salvationarmysf

In the past year, @salvationarmysf has helped hundreds off the street to find lasting sobriety and housing. Why? Because we have a continuum of care that takes people step by step through rebuilding their life. These aren't barriers. They're opportunities. We are The Way Out!

The @salvationarmysf outreach team working hard to bring some respite to the homeless and drug addicted on streets of San Francisco. When they're ready, we have treatment on demand waiting for them. This is The Way Out! @SteveAdami @Twolfrecovery

We're proud that we are not part of this data set. Why? Because our housing is recovery focused. We teach people how to live a lifestyle free from drugs and addiction. That's how you permanently break the cycle of addiction and homelessness. @salvationarmysf

Our initiative focuses on the whole person providing services every step of the way while promoting a drug-free environment so people who get sober, stay sober. This is how we break the chains of addiction.

The Way Out homeless initiative is the only program in the city that offers a full continuum of care from detox all the way through workforce development and housing. We're grateful that San Francisco has recognized our model as the path forward. @salvationarmysf

This model is not only effective at keeping people sober, we're also expanding with plans to open two more post treatment housing sites in San Francisco while adding a library and screening room to our existing site.

From programming to workforce development to fitness, The Way Out initiative helps the whole person and gives people a chance to succeed, reenter the workforce, reconnect with family, and secure fully independent housing.

The Joseph McFee Center houses 98 people who've completed drug treatment. We've created a welcoming environment that's conducive to recovery from addiction.

In addition to our state licensed, evidence based treatment program at Harbor Light, we offer post treatment drug-free recovery housing where our program participants can live up to two years after drug treatment.

Our homeless initiative, The Way Out in San Francisco is the first to offer drug treatment on demand and post treatment recovery housing at the same time. 🧵 @salvationarmysf @SteveAdami

Check out our new monthly newsletter! We had a very successful fundraising event and are opening new post treatment recovery housing facilities in San Francisco! We are The Way Out! @salvationarmysf @SteveAdami
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Last week at our Salvation Army Gala event, our culinary program prepared and served hors d'oeuvres to over 300 guests. Many of our culinary program participants are in recovery! Take a listen! @salvationarmysf

Amazing night. Over $1 million raised to support our homeless and drug rehabilitation programs. More to come. We are The Way Out.

Yesterday, @DarrenNorton20 and Mary Norton received a comendation from @mattdorsey and the Board of Supervisors for the work @salvationarmysf has done in San Francisco. They brought "The Way Out" to the city. A real pathway off the streets and off drugs.

Building lasting recovery through fellowship and peer support. The Joseph McFee Center is the home of M3 men’s mentoring group Recovery community breakfast. This is The Way Out. @SteveAdami
@Twolfrecovery @DarrenNorton20

Check out our March 2025 newsletter and learn how we are tackling San Francisco’s drug & homeless crisis.

➡️ Read it here: mailchi.mp/usw.salvationa…

Health and wellness are key components to our Recovery Housing program. From onsite weight rooms to partnerships with local running clubs, we’re focused on holistic care. This is The Way Out. @salvationarmysf

This past Friday, our culinary program was back in the Tenderloin in San Francisco serving freshly prepared meals to over 500 people. Everyone of our participants learns valuable job skills while reinforcing their recovery. This is The Way Out. @DanielLurie

@Shorttyshorttt @SF_DPH @kunalmodi @SF_HSH But they don't. Our recent follow-up for participants out of the program for 12 months came back showing them employed, housed, and sober. You may not want it to work, but it does.

@Wagnerian @DarrenNorton20 The Way Out offers 255 beds across our entire continuum of care, including transitional housing, which operates at a fraction of the cost of PSH. The majority of our exits in our transitional housing program move into their own unsubsidized housing and are gainfully employed.

The Way Out Homeless Initiative takes people from homeless and addicted to fully independent and sober in 2-3 years. Last year we interviewed 255 participants and this is what they told us: 🧵

Every Friday, we go to the Tenderloin to serve meals as part of our culinary training program. Today, we fed 400 people. The Way Out is more than just a recovery program. We teach valuable job skills and serve the community! @bilalmahmood @SteveAdami @Twolfrecovery

People need a place to live after rehab so they don't go back to the street. That's what we do. The Way Out provides transitional recovery housing with supports like the M3 breakfast, which is all about peer to peer support. We're creating a culture of recovery. @salvationarmysf

Our homeless initiative is more than just getting people clean and sober. It's workforce development. Thank you, @deliboard and @bettersoma, for interning one of our culinary students today! This is the way out and up! @SteveAdami

@Twolfrecovery @mattdorsey @kunalmodi @SteveAdami The Joseph McFee Center is our post treatment Recovery Housing program. Our evidence-based model is delivered through therapeutic community values and provides a unique blend of opportunity & accountability! Recovery 1st!

Check out our February newsletter and learn how The Way Out is tackling San Francisco’s drug & homeless crisis.

➡️ Read it here: mailchi.mp/usw.salvationa…

Check out our December newsletter and learn how The Way Out is tackling San Francisco’s drug & homeless crisis.

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Each Friday, @TheWayOutSF’s Culinary Training Academy serves 500 meals to people struggling in the TL. Led by Chef Tucker, the students prepare and serve the meals. We are transforming San Francisco one life at a time!

@DarrenNorton20 @salesforce @salvationarmysf @SteveAdami @adampnathan @Twolfrecovery @garrytan With the help of @Benioff and other supporters we were able to build a Recovery System of Care and open a 100 bed Recovery Housing facility in the Mission. Our success data is incredible and we are changing San Francisco one life at a time…

“It’s progress, not perfection”

Meet Claudia, a participant at @TheWayOutSF, whose journey from homelessness and addiction to hope and stability is nothing short of inspiring.

To support people like Claudia and create more success stories, join us at our Holiday Luncheon on yOut #Transformation #Hope #SalvationArmySF #HolidayLuncheon #EndHomelessness #SanFrancisco #SF