Author name: Shelley Simpson

Family Visitation: A Mother’s Journey to Reunification and Renewal

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After years of enduring domestic violence, battling addiction, and experiencing homelessness, Macie found herself separated from her two children—a baby girl and a school-aged boy—who were placed in foster care. When Home Start staff member Yvette first contacted Macie for visitation services, she declined, overwhelmed by the weight of court-ordered programs and existing county visits. […]

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Participate in our JOY DRIVE by Shopping our Amazon Wishlist

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Use our Amazon Wishlists in two ways: 1: As guidance on selecting the perfect gifts for our Home Start client children. 2: Convenience as you can buy gifts directly from these lists and they will ship directly to our main Home Start office. 📢If you use this option, please be sure to include a “gift”

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What Is a Social Enterprise? How Home Start Creates Social Impact in San Diego

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How Home Start Creates Social Impact in San Diego Coined in 1978 by UK consultant/author Freer Spreckley, “social enterprise” describes a business or organization that reinvests its profits into social, humanitarian, or environmental services rather than distributing them to owners or shareholders. In a traditional business model, a company focuses on generating profits and reinvests

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Home Start Thrift Boutique Celebrates National Thrift Shop Day 2025 With Record-Breaking Sales Thanks To Local Influencer Buzz

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Social media collaborations with San Diego-based content creators highlighted special shopping hours for National Thrift Shop Day, leading to record-breaking sales for the boutique. San Diego, CA, October 14, 2025–The Home Start Thrift Boutique had a record-breaking sales month in August, thanks to its National Thrift Shop Day celebration on August 17 that attracted local

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Carlos Gomez

Meet Carlos Gomez, Director of Grants Strategy and Management

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Meet Carlos Gomez, our new Director of Grants Strategy and Management. With a BA in Political Science from UCLA, Carlos comes to us with more than ten years of experience in grant development and management.  Starting as a volunteer grant writer for a small nonprofit, he advanced his career to serve in manager and director-level

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