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Service area

Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development

$2.7B
adopted for FY2025
17.2% of city spending · 3rd of 7 service areas · 9 departments
+7.9% on FY2024 · +226.1% since FY2010

Its departments, FY2025

Human Services Agency43.3% of the area$1.2BDepartment of Homelessness and Supportive Housing30.5% of the area$834.6MDepartment of Children, Youth and Their Families12.6% of the area$344.5MDepartment of Early Childhood9.2% of the area$251.3MHuman Rights Commission1.6% of the area$44.7MDepartment of the Environment1.5% of the area$40.4M
6 smaller departmentsRent Arbitration Board0.5% of the area$13.8MChild Support Services0.5% of the area$13.1MDepartment on the Status of Women0.4% of the area$11.9MSan Francisco Community College District0.0% of the area$0Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure0.0% of the area$0County Office of Education0.0% of the area$0

Spending by type, FY2025

The spending total is $2.7B. The lines below add up to $2.9B because $165.0M is money moving between City funds or billed to other departments; it is subtracted so it is counted once.

City grant program$1.4BAid payments$486.0MSalaries$360.8MServices from other City departments$204.7MMandatory fringe benefits$155.7MProgrammatic projects$145.3M
8 smaller typesNon-personnel services$105.7MTransfers to other accounts in the same fund$35.1MTransfers out to other funds$28.1MAid assistance$14.0MMaterials and supplies$5.1MOverhead and allocations$4.4MOther support/care of persons$1.1MCapital outlay$73,917
The line that offsets spendingTransfer adjustments (spending side)−$165.0M
Next service areaPublic Protection4th of 7 service areas$2.1B

Source: San Francisco’s adopted budget, Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development, FY2025. Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗