ABC7’s Lyanne Melendez recently sat down with surgeons at ZSFG to learn more about Project REACH, an innovative program transforming surgical care for patients experiencing housing instability or homelessness in San Francisco.
Through a $100,000 Equity and Innovation Grant in 2025, generously provided by BMO, Project REACH quickly began working with patients who otherwise would have gone untreated, illustrating the importance of tailoring health care to meet the unique needs of individual patients.
By combining human-centered design, whole-person care, and on-the-ground innovations, Project REACH creates more healing environments, enables more frequent check-ins, and develops care plans that truly meet patients where they are.
“This is the only place in the country where this program is being tested. We are optimistic that it will be tested, piloted and then scaled across the country.” Kim Meredith, CEO of the Foundation
This new model of care has improved the lives of eight people so far, with the goal to reach many more of those living on the streets who are vulnerable.