TACO serves everyone, regardless of race, gender, faith, age, or sexual orientation. A large number of those served are without permanent homes or are living on the streets. Many others are of retirement age, living in the surrounding senior citizen residential towers on low fixed incomes. Still others are physically disabled living on relatively little income from sources such as state disablity and Federal SSI.
During the course of an average week, the majority of TACO's clients are men, many of whom are homeless. Single women also take advantage of the services offered by T.A.C.O. Occasionally, homeless families who for a variety of reasons are living on the streets of San Diego receive assistance from TACO.