Who We Serve Home Start launched the Host Homes Program in February to help place homeless and housing insecure youth into the homes of generous San Diegans. The new program aims to move these youth into permanent, stable housing where they can focus on their education and employment goals. Serving ages 14-24, typically youth in […]
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Home Start is most grateful to be a part of Lucky Duck Foundation’s new $1 Million Region-Wide Homeless Employment and Job Training Initiative. Their generous grant to support our Home Start Thrift Boutique and Bright Futures Candles social enterprises will provide employment readiness, job training skills, and wraparound supportive services in trauma-informed settings for Transition
Stacey, recent Home Start Thrift Boutique Lead Associate, is living proof that our Maternity Housing Program (MHP) and its Thrift Boutique Social Enterprise are changing lives. Finding Help Exiting the foster system after 10 years, Stacey became homeless and pregnant, and thankfully found Home Start. Her options were either get a job while pregnant, risking
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Our new “Therapy Shed” is now providing a comfortable and healing space for our Maternity Housing Program (MHP) clients in Normal Heights. Special thank you to Las Patronas who provided the funds to make it possible – residents and their therapist could not be more pleased. Pictured are Geof our Director of Housing, Laura
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The new year marks Home Start’s 50th Anniversary of serving San Diego’s most vulnerable children and families. Watch Laura share the story of how it all began 5 decades ago (90 second video). This is the first in a special series called “50 Stories for 50 Years”. In the weeks and months ahead, you’ll enjoy more stories of the
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