WHO WE ARE

Mission Statement

COTS offers help and hope to homeless persons in Sonoma County by providing safe shelter and housing, helping people develop steady incomes and helping them get back under a roof of their own.

We help homeless families become stable and break the cycle of homelessness by teaching homeless parents to make their children's needs a high priority and to provide a safe, loving and secure home for their children.

Founded in early 1988, COTS started as an expression of Mary Isaak’s and Laure Reichek’s concern for children and adults who were sleeping outdoors in culverts, dumpsters or other unsafe and unsuitable conditions.

Community volunteers provide over 50,000 hours of their time each year. COTS is also strongly supported by the cities of Petaluma and Rohnert Park, and the County of Sonoma. COTS works cooperatively with numerous social service providers in the area.