Author name: RaeLynn Fuson

Our Community Services for Families’ visit coaching model was recently published in a national journal, Children and Youth Services Review, as part of a scientific study about the potential for improved parenting skills through coached visitation.  The Family Visit Coaching (FVC)  model, a curriculum written by Marty Beyer, is an alternative to traditional child welfare visitation […]

Written by Carin French, Family Visit Coach with Home Start-Community Services for Families “Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas, themselves, and to explore what is possible.” – MaryAnn F. Kohl For all of us working with families and children who have suffered trauma, we see the toll it takes on

Home Start launched our first social enterprise, the Home Start Thrift Boutique, in January of 2015 with a legacy gift left by a dear friend of Home Start, Meg Jacobs. The Home Start Board tasked our CEO with finding an enduring project that would ensure these funds had a lasting impact.  One of our Maternity

Each year Home Start organizes a large group of volunteers to participate in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program for San Diego County residents.  VITA is a service initiated by the IRS and managed locally in order to assist low-to-moderate income families and operates throughout the country with free basic tax return preparation to qualified