Our Community Services for Families Case Manager Tessa recently shared the following: “I worked with Jonah, a father of eight children, for almost a year. Unfortunately, the majority of this time he was experiencing homelessness. From the beginning, however, he remained focused on meeting with me and ensuring his children’s safety, learning new parenting techniques, […]
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Although a little hard to hear her story, watch Mary share how Home Start helped her and her husband overcome homelessness. She and her husband were sleeping behind our Home Start offices In El Cajon. Home Start reached out to Mary on multiple occasions, would give her food and hygiene kits, and enrolled her into
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Raul was referred to Home Start’s Community Services for Families Program. He was not being the safe and supportive father for his family he desired to be and was not making good choices. While working with our staff, Raul shared many times that – because of his substance abuse problems – he was not able
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Hilda was placed in the foster care system at the age of 6, so she never had a stable home life. She dropped out of high school and then gave birth to her daughter at age 20. For a while, she lived in a house with her baby’s father and some of his relatives. But
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In our new series of blog posts, A Day in the Life, we are pleased to take you behind the scenes at Home Start to introduce you to members of our dedicated staff that are committed to building resilient children and strengthening local families. Step into their shoes for a moment as they serve on
