Pfs- First Step Cdc (Ps) is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 325 Villa Terrace, San Mateo, California CA. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Reviews praise the organization as an excellent community resource providing shelter, food, and support services to families in need. Staff and volunteers are consistently described as friendly and helpful. The facility is well-maintained with secure play areas and an organized structure that encourages client participation.
I would love to encourage people to donate their gently used clothes and accessories to this amazing shelter that helps families! They always need clothes for ALL ages... babies, toddlers, boys, girls, teens, women and men. ALL of the people who work here are wonderful!!
Volunteered to help with a Sunday breakfast. The volunteers, staff & clients are all very friendly. The setup is amazing - I need to learn more about the program - but the little I've seen amazed me. This is not a 'free handout' as the clients are assigned chores to help with daily maintenance - a great way to give back and ensure upkeep without the luxury of paid staff. The play area for the kids is monitored and secured and the overall grounds are maintained well.
Life Moves does not provide housing. I've been homeless for over 30 years and well acquainted with life moves. They run a few shelters. And families might get housed. But homeless individuals do not get housed from life moves. I've never seen them do anything for anyone including myself. I noticed them standing on their phones next to the soup kitchen line in South San Francisco. And rarely do they speak to anyone besides themselves. Call and ask them, they do not provide housing for the homeless.
While I appreciate and admire what this organization stands for and does, they make it nearly impossible to actually donate goods. Donations are now only allowed to be dropped off 3 days a week from 8 to 12 noon. Most of us work during these hours. I had to donate 6 bags of clothes and shoes along with bedding to another organization unfortunately due to their limited drop off times.
Don't rely on these people to help you find permanent housing. They do not have access to too many resources here and time is limited, case managers are not properly trained or have not gained the life experience which would be beneficial towards their work experience. Structured learning in a classroom through lectures and text books is not the only way to learn and I definitely wouldn't consider it the best. The staff here also has extremely poor communication. Staff will always look out for themselves above all, so no matter how it has been received or documented, they will somehow find a way to place blame on you. They claim to be here to help but they constantly add stress to your already stressful situation. No empathy for the client at all