Home Start Success Stories
Over the past 50 years, Home Start has served over 500,000 children and families across San Diego County. Through a diverse array of programs, Home Start provides wraparound services to San Diego's most vulnerable children and families. Enjoy some of the inspiring and uplifting stories from past and present clients in the videos below.
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Client Success Story: Jonah, Father of Eight
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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Client Success Story: Mary
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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Client Success Story: Raul
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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Home Start Success Story: Meet Hilda
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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A Day in the Life at Home Start: Meet Angel, Family Support Specialist – First 5 First Steps
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 […]
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A Day in the Life at Home Start: Meet Carin French, Visit Coach
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 […]
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Watch Home Start’s 2018 Stories of Hope: Video
Watch 3 stories in this video that premiered at our 2018 Blue Ribbon Gala on April 21st, 2018! The video features 3 stories of hope and success. Stacey shares her story of gaining self-sufficiency in our Maternity Shelter Program, Gina describes how Home Start’s CalFresh program helped Maria put food on the table after a […]
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Alexis’ Story: National Foster Care Month
Meet Alexis, a young mother in our Maternity Shelter Program who is a former foster care youth. WATCH: Alexis shares her story with Jared Aarons on ABC 10. Thanks to Jared Aarons for shedding light on our life-changing THP-Plus program for young moms who are former foster youth! Watch the video to learn more about how your support of […]
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