Human Services Agency of San Francisco

Human Services Agency of San Francisco is a Human Services Agency that promotes well-being and self-sufficiency among individuals, families and communities in San Francisco.

In Twice Blessed the focus is on the Child Welfare department, where Jennie Hewitt works.

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Human services is an interdisciplinary and applied social science discipline that involves the study of social technologies (practice methods, models, and theories), service technologies (programs,organizations, and human systems), and social innovations that are designed to ameliorate problems and enhance the quality of life of individuals, families and communities.

The mission of human services is to promote a practice that involves simultaneously working at all levels of society (whole-person approach) in the process of promoting the autonomy of individuals or groups,making informal or formal human services systems more efficient and effective, and advocating for positive social change within society.

Human services practitioners strive to advance the autonomy of service users through civic engagement, education, health promotion and social change at all levels of society. Practitioners also engage in advocating so human systems remain accessible, integrated, efficient and effective.

Human services academic programs can be readily found in colleges and universities, which award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, and graduate levels. Human services program exist in countries around the world.

Department - Child Welfare
The Federal Government, California and San Francisco fund a broad range of local child care programs. HSA administers vouchered, subsidized child care to eligible families served through CalWORKs, Family and Children's Services, homeless programs, and other subsidy programs for low-income families. Children's Council of San Francisco is contracted by HSA to administer its city and state funded child care subsidies. Additionally, they provide Resource and Referral helping parents find the appropriate child care that meets their needs.

This is the department where Jennie Hewitt works.