MISSION AND HISTORY

A disabling psychiatric episode will shatter everyday reality for over 3 million adults in our country this year. With the onset of clinical symptoms, often complicated by substance use, many people lose their ability to work, express themselves, even eat and sleep. Vital personal and social relationships are often lost. With medical treatment alone, the passage from mental illness to mental health can be a maze of obstacles, fears, and relapses. With an able guide and a welcoming community come hope.

Our mission is to develop resources that help people self‐manage mental illness.

Our focus is on the transformative resources, tangible and intangible, needed in the recovery process by adults living with severe mental illness, concurrent substance disorders, other disabilities and medical conditions.

Our promise as staff and volunteers is to create welcoming, caring and empowering communities; to foster personal insight into illness and recovery; and to restore hope. We stand with all vulnerable San Franciscans ready to reclaim their mental health and a rightful role in their community – in an informed and accepting society.

Conard House was founded in San Francisco in 1960 by Elaine Mikels, a state social worker motivated by the emerging need for a community-based transitional residence for adults still recovering from mental illness but no longer requiring hospital care. She recruited a volunteer Board of Directors, incorporated the organization in February and formally named it in honor of her mentor, Conard Rheiner. The organization soon acquired a large stately Victorian residence in the Pacific Heights District and opened the doors of Conard House to its first twenty-five residents by June that same year.

Having expanded beyond a single building, Conard House today is an organization of diverse services in a dozen San Francisco locations, which will serve over 1,300 people this year. Each service is designed to help people reduce their symptoms, find healthy pathways to recovery and promote long-term independent living.

ABOUT CONARD HOUSE, INC.

Conard House Inc. is a private nonprofit organization, providing services funded by contracts with the San Francisco Department of Public Health - Community Behavioral Health Services and the San Francisco Human Services Agency, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Mayor’s Office of Community Development, service fees from organizations, rents from residents, grants from foundations and gifts from donors.

Conard House is exempt from taxes under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to Conard House are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Conard House strives for cultural competency as a service provider and an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to consider all service recipients, applicants, or employees regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender or age and any other protected classes.

Conard House is a member of the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, the California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies, the San Francisco Human Services Network, the San Francisco Mental Health Contractors Association, the Council of Community Housing Organization, the Supportive Housing Employment Collaborative and Central City SRO Collaborative.

CONTACT US

General Information - 415.864.7833
Referral Information - 415.864.7359
FAX Number - 415.864.2231
TTY/TDD - 415.318.8958

Mailing Address:
Conard House, Inc.
1385 Mission Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94103-2631

MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED SOCIAL SERVICES

RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
A licensed 16-bed 24-hour residential treatment program for adults leaving a hospital or institutional care who need counseling and intensive life skills development in preparation for community living and returning to work. This Pacific Heights program includes a component for monolingual Asian clients. For more information about the referral process please call 415.346.6380.

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Permanent housing with extended counseling, community involvement and service coordination. Adult residents live in one of eight well-maintained residential hotels in the Tenderloin and South of Market. Current capacity is 590 adults. Groups of four to six adults share leased apartments throughout the City. For more information about the referral process or entering housing at one of the sites listed below please contact the Intake Coordinator at 415.864.7359.

Site	Main Number
Cooperative Apartment Program	415.346.6384
Jordan Apartments	415.922.1503
McAllister Hotel	415.503.1017
Plaza Apartments	415.975.0908
The Aarti	415.775.9361
The El Dorado	415.863.4582
The Lyric	415.776.2115
The Midori	415.775.6006
Washburn Residence	415.864.8701

SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT
Vocational assessments and counseling, job placement and job retention services to Supportive Housing residents. Conard House employs approximately 60 of its residents as desk clerks, janitorial staff and messengers. An additional 50 residents hold a variety of jobs in the community. For more information about Supportive Employment Services please call 415.864.4002, x.202.

MONEY MANAGEMENT and ADVOCACY
Four Community Services Centers in the Tenderloin and South of Market offer money management and client advocacy, for non-Conard House residents. Case Managers disburse client funds as budgeted for rent, food, clothing and personal needs. Current enrollment is 650 adults. For more information about the referral process or reppayee services please contact one of the sites listed below.