Meet Our Community

Coastside Hope’s mission is to offer basic life necessities with dignity and hope to all those making the San Mateo Coastside their home. We touch the lives of over 3,000 individuals each year. We give hope on a nondiscriminatory basis to the families of the working poor, the needy, the homeless and to seniors living below the poverty line... hope for a better life and a more secure future.

Primary recipients are needy families with children - about 85% of our clients. Approximately 70% speak Spanish as their primary language.

We serve all ages, from infants to seniors. Approximately 73% fall between the ages of 18 and 54. Sixty percent of our clients are women - most with families to feed and protect

Coastside Hope provides citizenship classes and application assistance throughout the year. Eighty students of all ages and nationalities became citizens in 2007.