After hospital staff found drugs in the system of newborn baby Tina from her mother’s drug addiction, San Diego County stepped in and placed the infant in a safe foster home. They then reached out to Tina’s father (the parents were no longer together and he was doing well) to see if he would be […]
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Nancy turned to Home Start’s Behavioral Health Services to help her 4 year-old son Sam. He was having severe nightmares, exhibiting extreme separation anxiety when being dropped off at daycare, and acting inappropriately at home. Our therapist Valeria soon learned that Sam had witnessed his father assaulting and abusing his mother, and that while pregnant
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Join Home Start at 10:00 am on Thursday, November 14 in recognition of National Runaway & Homeless Youth Prevention Month. Wear green and help us shine a light on youth homelessness. More than 1,500 youth are among San Diego’s homeless population A national survey on youth homelessness found approximately 4.2 million youth up to
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Twelve-year-old Elyce and her mother sought therapy from Home Start after Elyce experienced racially motivated bullying so severely that she had to transfer to a remote school due to high anxiety and panic attacks. Elyce disclosed thoughts of suicide and self-injurious behaviors. She also experienced sleep disturbance, pervasive negative thoughts, and social anxiety so severe
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What is our Maternity Housing Program? For over 15 years, Home Start has provided affordable, supportive housing and individualized future planning to women who are pregnant or have small children in unstable living environments. Our Maternity Housing Program offers a safe home and educational programs to help mothers become self-sufficient and develop healthy relationships with
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