The San Francisco Sheriff's Department's (SFSD) Women's Reentry Center (WRC) opened on June 5, 2006. The purpose of the center is to provide women who have a history of criminal justice involvement with services necessary to achieve and maintain safe and healthy lifestyles. The center is located at 930 Bryant Street (between 7th and 8th streets). It is open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and will be open evenings in the future. A recent cosmetic restoration has transformed the formerly drab, institution-like building into a sunny, contemporary, welcoming place for female ex-offenders and their children.

Current services include:

- Housing and Employment counseling and referrals
- Access to the internet/computers, voice mailboxes, fax and photocopier machines
- Child Watch (for women participating in classes)
- Clothing Closet
- Emergency Food Supply (just released from jail)
- Women Rising Program (ages 18-24)
- Community resource information
- Events access (free tickets to a broad range of cultural and recreational activities throughout the greater Bay Area)
- Personal development classes

Topics for personal development classes and seminars include:

- Relapse Prevention
- Trauma Recovery
- Parenting
- Health Education and Cooking/Nutrition
- Expressive Arts
- Computer Literacy
- Self Esteem and Thinking for a Change (behavior management)
- Vocational Skills Development
- Language of the Marketplace (basic grammar)

An onsite Medical Clinic is in operation every Thursday in conjunction with San Francisco Department of Public Health's Forensic Aids Project and the UCSF School of Nursing. It offers GYN health services, family planning, STD screening and treatment, tuberculosis testing, blood pressure screening and diabetes care and linkage to Community Health Network providers for other medical conditions.

For more information about the Women's Reentry Center please call (415) 734-3150.

You can view a brochure on the Women's Re-Entry Center here: http://www.sfsheriff.com/WRCbrochure.pdf