Using the tools of team-building, advocacy, and education, together with available funding resources, the HARTS Program at CCSF seeks to maintain homeless/at risk students in their present programs and assist in the enrollment and success of similar students at City College by:

• providing immediate resources and support for CCSF students who are experiencing difficulties related to at-risk/homelessness and poverty.
• providing access to City College for potential students by establishing links with human service agencies and community-based organizations who work with the homeless and others suffering the results of poverty, creating a direct referral and support system.
• advocating the student's cause before faculty, administration, and classmates. 
• establishing integrated institution-wide permanent support systems and programs for the homeless/at-risk population at City College.
• fostering an awareness within the City College community of the large number of homeless/at risk students, while at the same time dispelling myths and fallacies about homelessness and poverty.
• serving as liaison and resource for City College instructors and their homeless/at-risk students.
• impact homelessness and poverty through collaborations and networking with departments, outside programs, agencies, colleges, and universities