Rebuilding Lives

365 Days a Year

Located in the heart of downtown Boston, each day we welcome up to 500 individuals experiencing homelessness. Our refuge, recovery, employment and housing services overlap and build on one another to provide our guests with continuous and comprehensive support.

Our Services

Welcome to

St. Francis House

Inside our doors we enable individuals to meet their basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter. We transform lives using a holistic approach to understanding and addressing behavioral health, housing and employment needs.

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Our Approach

Our integrated approach is unique among service providers. It allows us to eliminate fragmented services that force individuals to separate and isolate single problems that are, in fact, deeply connected.

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SFH in Numbers

7,000+ unique individuals utilized our services

View Our Impact

212

Guests enrolled in our employment services

780

Guests benefited from our clinical, case management and recovery based services

194,000+

Hot, nutritious meals were served in 2022

168

People were housed through our services

Our programs

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Since 1984, our programs have evolved to best serve those experiencing homelessness and poverty. We offer a comprehensive array of services, all available under one roof.

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Event
Guest Artist Reception with Tufts
12.1.2023

In partnership with Tufts/Tisch College, we are excited to announce that we will be hosting a celebratory reception for our guest artists featured in the window panel display in the heart

In the Press 11.27.2023
From NBC Boston: St. Francis House to feed hundreds for Thanksgiving

By NBC10 Boston, November 23, 2023 BOSTON — More than 350 people are expected to share a Thanksgiving meal at St. Francis House in Boston. Watch the video for the

In the Press 11.27.2023
From The Boston Globe: On Thanksgiving, Boston-area homeless shelters serve moments of community

By Sean Cotter, November 24, 2023 BOSTON — Jerrod Masucci and Kelly Davino are here together, and that’s something to be grateful for. That was among the blessings that the

In the Press 11.13.2023
From WCVB Channel 5: With shelters at capacity, groups urge Massachusetts to establish overflow site

By Sharman Sacchetti, November 10, 2023 BOSTON — With Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system for homeless families now over-capacity, organizations that serve the homeless say they are overloaded and are pushing for a

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