Raphael House

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Raphael House is a shelter in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California[1][2] which provides transitional housing and support programs for parents and children who are experiencing homelessness.

Established in 1971 at Gough and McAllister Streets,[3] Raphael House was the first shelter for homeless families in the city. It has been located on Sutter Street since 1977. It is a non-profit organization which accepts no government funding,[3][4][5] relying upon San Francisco Bay Area philanthropy.[6][7] Not all offers of support,[8] however, are accepted.

From 1978 through 1999, Raphael House also operated Brother Juniper's Restaurant,[9] an on-site breakfast café named for Saint Juniper. Although it brought Raphael House a small net profit for twenty years, the expense of renovating its kitchens and the need for additional space for the children's afterschool tutorial center combined to impel its closure.

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