Crisis House

Homeless services: the east region of san diego county, where crisis house is located, has the second-largest population of individuals experiencing homelessness, after the city of san diego. Crisis house east county housing connections program continues to serve individuals experiencing homelessness in the eastern region through our mobile outreach team. The team immediately responded to the needs of 246 people experiencing homelessness residing in parks, cars, and other places not meant for human habitation and connected them to housing and other life-saving services. They also received case management and other supportive services to resolve their homelessness. The agency continues to coordinate the homeless point- in-time count in santee, ca. And hosted project homeless connect in may 2025. 141 homeless people attended the event this year. This event provides critical services that homeless people need to move forward toward resolving their homelessness. The resources accessed on this one day may otherwise take weeks if not months to access for an individual experiencing homelessness without transportation or other support. 45 organizations were present to address their immediate needs with food, clothing, emergency shelter, id's, flu shots, dental screening as well as substance abuse treatment, medical and dental care.

Camp hope: in 2020 we added camp hope america - san diego, an affiliate of camp hope america. The program is funded by private donations. Camp hope is a one-of- a-kind camping and mentorship program that addresses the effects on children who have been exposed to domestic violence in their homes. This cost-free programming for underserved families in san diego has a reputation of accomplishment in healing children struggling with the effects of trauma. The program responds to the needs of over 75 of our community's children at no cost to the family. The program is research- based through the university of oklahoma and utilizes a hope-centered curriculum. Crisis house believes that addressing the needs of both mother and child after domestic abuse is critical to a successful and independent future for the child and breaks the cycle of generational domestic violence. The pipeline from childhood trauma to prison and a lifetime of victimization is one traveled by many children growing up in homes impacted by domestic violence. Camp hope interrupts that cycle and gives children their childhood back after the pain of domestic violence.