The Delancey Street Foundation, often simply referred to as Delancey Street, is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that provides residential rehabilitation services and vocational training programs for substance abusers and convicted criminals. It operates programs across the United States. Residents are reintegrated into mainstream society by running various businesses, including hospitality, transportation, and retail, that are wholly managed by the residents themselves. Delancey Street Foundation was founded in 1971 in San Francisco by John Maher. The program began in an apartment on Polk Street that Maher, a self-described "bum" and "ex-junkie," rented to house people recovering from drug and alcohol use. As the number of people at the apartment increased, the group pooled funds to expand and formalize the organization, initially called Ellis Island and then renamed Delancey Street. It was named after Delancey Street in the Lower East Side of New York City, a settling place for immigrants at the turn of the 20th century. According to Maher, "We wanted to get back to the concept of a bunch of wild-eyed fanatics who came over here to build a New Jerusalem and not ask Uncle Nixon for another handout." More information...
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