This shelter saved my life! I was living on the streets, beaten, raped and the shelter staff helped me get back on my feet. John was so nice and Anna too. And the food is the best!
This is the worst shelter in which I have stayed, and I have stayed at shelters in many regions in this country. Joe and Sue present a facade of being concerned about the fate of the homeless, but in actuality, they perceive the homeless as their meal tickets, and don't even think of them as human. In turn, that makes us homeless question their humanity.
They allow their staff to abuse guests, their staff barring guests arbitrarily on whims, making new rules as they go.
Santa Fe freezes by November. This doesn't make them lose sleep as they kick out rule abiding guests who dare challenge corrupt and abusive staff.
I've been trying to find a body that oversees non profits in New Mexico. There isn't such body, but there needs to be one desperately because the most vulnerable in New Mexico, the ones seeking shelter, are violated on a daily basis by the ones charged to give them refuge.
Trying to contact the board of directors is futile; they won't return your call. Interfaith needs to wake up and hire INTEGROUS, HUMANE, persons of character, i.e., NOT JOE AND SUE!!!!!!!!!!!!
This shelter does the work necessary to serve the people in Santa Fe who need help the most: homeless, often mentally ill, economically disadvantaged, physically ill, addicted, abused....the 2000 volunteers are on the spot to help prepare the 65,000 meals served annually as well as providing the extensive services guests need to get back on their feet such as legal services, medical attention etc.....a first rate non-profit staffed by first rate folks.
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I do not understands how this place is still open.
Rapes, drug deals, human trafficking, prostitution, death by over dose, ex- staff members cutting guest's throats open, etc. This is just a few of the things I experienced working there. Ask the administration to show you how they do business and you will hear a script. In reality head people have no clue about human services or outreach work. They are money driven to the extent of not even providing training to their staff on how to handle people whom belong in prison. They don't even care about checking on them after they get exposed to guests deaths, threats, or any other traumatic event for staff. Sadly, I am not the only person who sees this. ANY GUEST WILL TELL YOU THEMSELVES.