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City Heights Support Services Snapshots
Compiled by:
Becky Modesto, Director of University Relations
Phillip A. Barbour
Julie M. Le
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Unless otherwise specifically stated, the information contained herein is made available to the
public by Price Charities for use as a resource document. Price Charities developed the City
Heights Support Services Snapshots with the intent to transmit information to strengthen networking between organizations.
Price Charities compiled all information with the express permission of the appropriate entity, neither Price Charities nor any other agency or entities named hereof assumes any legal liability or
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information.
Updated –4/1/15
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Organization
Page Number
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Able Disabled Advocacy (AD-A)………………………………………………………………………. 17
Affordable Housing Advocates…………………………………….…………………………………. 21
AjA Project…………………………………………………………………..………………………………… 23
Alliance for African Assistance……………………………………..………………………………… 25
Alpha Project……………………………………………………………….………………………………… 27
Alternative Healing Network……………………………………….…………………………………. 29
Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario………………………….…………………………………. 31
B
Big Brothers Big Sisters………………………………………………..………………………………… 33
Bridge of Hope…………………………………………………………….…………………………………. 35
C
California Western School of Law—City Heights Community Law Project ……... 37
Cardinals Interact………………………………………………………..…………………………………. 39
Casa Cornelia Law Center…………………………………………….………………………………… 41
Catholic Charities…………………………………………………………………………………………… 43
Center for Community Counseling and Engagement …..………………………………… 45
Center for Community Solutions………………………………….………………………………… 47
Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired……………………………………………………… 49
Central Public Region Health Center…………………………….………………………………… 51
Cesar Chavez Service Clubs………………………………………….…………………………………. 53
Circulate San Diego………………………………………………………………………………………… 55
City Heights Community Development Corporation…….………………………………... 57
City Heights Farmers Market……………………………………….…………………………………. 59
City Heights Foundation…………………………………………………………………………………. 61
City Heights Recreation Center…………………………………….………………………………… 63
City Heights Wellness Center……………………………………….………………………………… 65
College Area Pregnancy Services …………………………………………………………………… 67
Community Housing Works………………………………………….………………………………… 69
Comprehensive Training Systems………………………………..………………………………… 73
Consensus Organizing Center………………………………………………………………………… 75
Copley Family YMCA…………………………………………………….……………………………….. 77
Community Resources and Self Help…………………….……………………………………….. 81
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East African Community and Cultural Center……………….……………………………….. 83
Elder Help of San Diego.…………………………………………………………………………………. 85
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Organization
Page Number
F
Family Health Centers of San Diego……………………………………………………………….. 87
Feeding America…………………………….. ……………………………………………………………. 89
G
Girl Scouts……………………………………………………………………………………………………... 91
Global Institute for Public Strategies……………………………………………………………... 93
H
Home Start………………………………………………………………….…………………………………. 95
Horn of Africa…………………………………………………………….………………………………….. 97
I
International Rescue Committee………………………………….………………………………… 99
J
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank……………………..………………………………… 103
Jewish Family Services………………………………………………...………………………………… 105
Juma Ventures…………………………………………………………….………………………………… 107
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Karen Organization of San Diego………………………………….………………………………... 109
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La Maestra Community Health Centers……………………….…………………………………. 111
Leah’s Pantry………………………………………………………………….……………………………… 113
License to Freedom……………………………………………………..………………………………... 115
M
Mama’s Kitchen…………………………………………………………..………………………………… 117
Mid-City CAN…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 119
Multi-Cultural Community Relations Office……………………………………………………. 121
N
National Conflict Resolution Center……………………………..………………………………… 123
Neighborhood House Association………………………………..………………………………… 125
Nile Sisters Development Initiative………………………………………………………………… 127
O
Ocean Discovery Institute…………………………………………….………………………………… 129
Outdoor Outreach……………………………………………………….………………………………… 131
P
Planned Parenthood …………………………………………………..………………………………… 133
Pro Kids—The First Tee San Diego……………………………….…………………………………. 135
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Organization
Page Number
R
READ San Diego—San Diego Library ……………………………………………………………… 137
Reality Changers ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 139
Restorative Justice Mediation Program………………………..………………………………... 141
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Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center……………………….………………………………… 143
San Diego Canyonlands………………………………………………..………………………………… 145
San Diego Family Care……………………………………………………………………………………. 147
San Diego Futures Foundation…………………………………….…………………………………. 149
San Diego Hunger Coalition………………………………………….………………………………... 151
San Diego Organizing Project………………………………………………………………………... 153
San Diego Regional Center………………………………………….………………………………... 155
San Diego Workforce Partnership……………………………….………………………………... 157
San Diego Youth Services………………………………………………………………………………. 159
SAY San Diego……………………………………………………………..…………………………………. 161
SAY San Diego Teen Court………………………………………………….………………………… 163
School in the Park………………………………………………………..………………………………… 165
Second Chance…………………………………………………………….………………………………... 167
Serving Seniors……………………….……………………………………………………………………… 169
Somali Bantu Association of America…………………………………………………………….. 171
Somali Family Service…………………………………………………..………………………………… 173
Southern Sudanese Community Center……………………….………………………………... 175
STAR/PAL…………………………………………………………………….…………………………………. 177
Survivors of Torture International………………………………..………………………………... 179
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Tariq Khamisa Foundation……………………………………………………………………………… 181
TranscenDANCE…………………………………………………………..…………………………………. 183
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UCSD Mother, Child, Adolescent HIV Program…………….…..……………..…………….. 185
United Women East African Support Team………………...…..……………..…………….. 187
Uplift………………………………………………………………………………..……………..…………….. 189
Urban Corps………………………………………………………………..…..……………..…………….. 191
UrbanLife…………………………………………………………………….…..……………..…………….. 193
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Organization
Page Number
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Waters of Jordan…………………………………………………………………………………………… 195
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YMCA Youth and Family Services…………………………………………………………………… 197
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Index by Category
Arts and Culture
AjA Project
Cesar Chavez Service Clubs
City Heights Recreation Center
Pro Kids—The First Tee of San Diego
School in the Park
TranscenDANCE
Civic Engagement Media
AjA Project
Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario
Cesar Chavez Service Clubs
Circulate San Diego
Feeding America
Girl Scouts
Global Institute for Public Strategies
License to Freedom
Mid – City CAN
San Diego Hunger Coalition
San Diego Organizing Project
Somali Family Services
STAR/PAL
TranscenDANCE
Environment
Affordable Housing Advocates
Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario
Cesar Chavez Service Clubs
Circulate San Diego
City Heights Community Development Corp
City Heights Recreation Center
Community Housing Works
Global Institute for Public Strategies
Ocean Discovery Institute
Outdoor Outreach
San Diego Canyonlands
San Diego Futures Foundation
Urban Corps
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Index by Category
Health
Alpha Project
Alternative Healing Network
Bridge of Hope
Cesar Chavez Service Clubs
Central Region Public Health Center
City Heights Community Development Corporation
City Heights Farmers Market
City Heights Recreation Center
City Heights Wellness Center
Copley Family YMCA
Community Resources and Self Help (CRASH)
Crawford Community Connection
Family Health Centers of San Diego
Feeding America
Global Institute for Public Strategies
Home Start
Horn of Africa
International Rescue Committee
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
La Maestra Community Health Centers
Leah’s Pantry
License to Freedom
Mama’s Kitchen
Neighborhood House Association (Head Start)
Nile Sisters Development Initiative
Planned Parenthood
Pro Kids—The First Tee of San Diego
Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center
San Diego Hunger Coalition
San Diego Organizing Project
San Diego Regional Center
San Diego Youth Services
SAY San Diego
Second Chance
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Index by Category
Health
Somali Family Services
Southern Sudanese Community Center
Survivors of Torture International
YWCA of San Diego
Immigration & Resettlement
AjA Project
Alliance for African Assistance
Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario
California Western School of Law—City Heights Community
Casa Cornelia Law Center
Catholic Charities
East African Community and Cultural Center
Horn of Africa
International Rescue Committee
Jewish Family Service
Karen Organization of San Diego
Nile Sisters Development Initiative
Somali Family Services
Southern Sudanese Community Center
Survivors of Torture International
Jobs
Able-Disabled Advocacy
AjA Project
Alliance for African Assistance
Alpha Project
California Western School of Law—City Heights Community
City Heights Community Development Corporation
Comprehensive Training Systems
Copley Family YMCA
East African Community and Cultural Center
Home Start
Horn of Africa
International Rescue Committee
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Index by Category
Jobs
Jewish Family Service
Juma Venture
Karen Organization of San Diego
Nile Sisters Development Initiative
San Diego Workforce Partnership
San Diego Youth Services
SAY San Diego
Second Chance
Somali Family Services
Southern Sudanese Community Center
Urban Corps
Youth Build—Labor Council
Safety
AjA Project
Center for Community Solutions
City Heights Recreation Center
Consensus Organizing Center
East African Community and Cultural Center
Global Institute for Public Strategies
Home Start
Jewish Family Service
License to Freedom
Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center
Neighborhood House Association (Head Start
Restorative Justice Mediation Program
San Diego Futures Foundation
San Diego Teen Court
SAY San Diego
Southern Sudanese Community Center
STAR/PAL
Traiq Khamisa Foundation
Waters of Jordan
YWCA of San Diego
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Index by Category
Social Services
Able-Disabled Advocacy
Affordable Housing Advocates
Alliance for African Assistance
Alpha Project
Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario
Catholic Charities
Center for Community Counseling and Engagement
Center for Community Solutions
City Heights Community Development Corporation
City Heights Wellness Center
Community Housing Works
Community Resources and Self Help (CRASH)
Crawford Community Connection
East African Community and Cultural Center
Elder Help of San Diego
Feeding America
Home Start
Horn of Africa
International Rescue Committee
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Jewish Family Service
Karen Organization of San Diego
Leah’s Pantry
Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center
National Conflict Resolution Center
Neighborhood House Association (Head Start)
Nile Sisters Development Initiative
Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center
San Diego Futures Foundation
San Diego Hunger Coalition
San Diego Regional Center
Second Chance
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Index by Category
Social Services
Somali Family Services
Southern Sudanese Community Center
Survivors of Torture International
Uplift
UrbanLife
Waters of Jordan
YMCA Youth& Family Services
YWCA of San Diego
Youth Mentoring and Education
Able-Disabled Advocacy
AjA Project
Alpha Project
Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Cardinals Interact
Casa Cornelia Law Center
Center for Community Solutions
Cesar Chaves Service Clubs
Circulate San Diego
City Heights Community Development Corporation
City Heights Recreation Center
City Heights Wellness Center
Community Housing Works
Consensus Organizing Center
Copley Family YMCA
Family Health Centers of San Diego
Girl Scouts
Home Start
International Rescue Committee
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
Jewish Family Service
Juma Venture
License to Freedom
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Index by Category
Youth Mentoring and Education
Mid – City CAN
Multi-Cultural Community Resource Center
National Conflict Resolution Center
Neighborhood House Association (Head Start
Nile Sisters Development Initiative
Ocean Discovery Institute
Outdoor Outreach
Planned Parenthood
Pro Kids—The First Tee of San Diego
READ San Diego
Reality Changers
Restorative Justice Mediation Program
Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center
San Diego Canyonlands
San Diego Futures Foundation
San Diego Hunger Coalition
San Diego Organizing Project
San Diego Regional Center
San Diego Teen Court
San Diego Workforce Partnership
San Diego Youth Services
SAY San Diego
School in the Park
Second Chance
Somali Family Services
Southern Sudanese Community Center
STAR/PAL
Survivors of Torture International
Traiq Khamisa Foundation
TranscenDANCE
UCSD Mother, Child and Adolescent HIV Programs
United East African Women's Support Team
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Index by Category
Uplift
Urban Corps
UrbanLife
Waters of Jordan
YMCA Youth & Family Services
Youth Build—Labor Council
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Able Disabled Advocacy
Mission: To provide vocational skills training and educational advancement for youth and adults with disabilities and other employability challenges. To assist them
in finding employment and overcoming barriers to personal and financial self-sufficiency.
Contact:
Elaine Cooluris
Executive Director
ada@able2work.org
(619) 231-5990
www.able2work.org
Who are they?
Able-Disabled Advocacy (A-DA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1975 in San Diego, California,
which serves over 800 individuals a year at four locations. A-DA program sites include (1) A-DA’s main office in City
Heights, which serves the Metro, North County, and East County regions of San Diego; (2) a Youth Center in Mount
Hope, which, serves the City Heights area; (3) a Veterans Center, which serves the downtown and southern Metro areas; and the South County Career Center where A-DA co-locates both veterans services and advanced Information Technology (IT) training. A-DA provides educational advancement opportunities for youth and adults, vocational skills training, work-based learning, work readiness and life skills Training, career counseling and job placement assistance in a
wide variety of occupations, through their contacts with over 500 employers every year.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Their main office and the majority of their Technology-Based Learning (TBL) programs are located in City Heights
at 4283 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite #110, San Diego, CA 92105.
 They generate millions of new grant dollars each year to serve San Diego adults and youth with a particular interest in City Heights and other challenged areas highly impacted by crime and poverty.
What support services do they offer?
 TechWORKS Program: Provides technical training and employment in labor market demand occupations with
career pathways for low-income individuals. The program offers highly skilled vocational training leading to industry recognized credentials in IT and healthcare, utilizing distance learning strategies; and provides
“Technology-Based Learning” (online coursework), which can be accessed in both lab settings and from home
for those with mobility and childcare issues. Computers are donated to those who do not have a computer at
home.
 Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program: Provides technical training and employment in labor market demand occupations with career pathways for Homeless Veterans; offers training in a wide variety of occupations,
housing and transportation assistance, hot meals (breakfast and lunch), and an array of other support services.
 VetWORKS: Provides technical training and employment in labor market demand occupations with career pathways for recently separated veterans, with priority placed on veterans with service-connected disabilities
(Wounded Warriors); offers training leading to industry recognized credentials in IT, business services,
healthcare, and other occupations in local labor market demand, utilizing distance learning strategies, which can
be accessed in both their lab settings and from home, for those with mobility challenges and childcare issues.
 YouthBuild: Operates over a three year period and is dedicated to the personal, educational, and vocational
advancement of drop-out youth (16-24 years of age) who have high risk challenges to success (i.e. offender and
gang youth, foster youth, and homeless youth). During YouthBuild, students participate in: (1) Education leading to a diploma; (2) Training in “Green Construction” that results in a credential as a Level I or Level II Apprentice; (3) Leadership/Citizenship Development activities; and (4) 120 hours of community service, which offers
youth opportunities to earn back community respect and trust.
 “Employment Services” Vendor Program for clients of the Department of Rehabilitation.
 “Ticket to Work” Program: Is a work incentive program of the Social Security Administration to help disability
recipients get off public benefits because they work and support themselves. Participation is voluntary. It is only
for disabled individual who desire to get off benefits.
 San Diego CONNECTS: Provides free desktop computers to eligible “New Internet Subscribers.” Through a grant
from the California emerging Technologhy Fund, low-income, veterans, seniors, and those with disabilities can
receive a free desktop computer with documentation of a new internet subscription. Those with existing internet service will not be eligible.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 28 Full-time, 1 Part-time
 Volunteers: 26 annually
Who do they serve?
 Adults with disabilities
 Youth ages 16 to 24 years of age
 Unemployed/underemployed
 Dislocated workers
 Homeless veterans
 Recently separated veterans
What are their goals?
 Provide persons with disabilities and other employability challenges training and employment opportunities to increase independence and improve quality of life.
 Employ qualified people who can effectively assist in the achievement of their mission through high
quality work and excellent customer service.
 Provide a work environment that is conducive to personal and professional growth.
 Promote a cooperative approach with their employees to provide a positive working environment.
 Generate sufficient revenue to not only sustain, but to “grow” the organization, and enhance the comprehensive array of employment-related services they offer.
 Further expand the demographics (target populations) of those they serve.
 Extend the scope of their leveraged partnerships, employer networks, and funding resources.
 Generate more extensive “Fee for Service” activities to increase revenue.
What impact have they made?
 Placed over 13,000 San Diegans into “living wage” jobs.
 Provided comprehensive employment and training services for persons representing all ages, ethnicities, and disability groups.
 Received the President’s New Freedom Initiative Award during its inaugural year, for outstanding efforts
in advancing the employment of people with disabilities through the use of Assistive Technology.
 Provided occupational skills training, work-based learning opportunities, Work Readiness Training, career counseling, and job placement in a wide variety of occupations.
 Provided occupational skills training using Assistive Technology that is directly tied to employmentrelated outcomes and job placement.
 Placed 80% of youth who completed YouthBuild into jobs.
Who are their key supporters?
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City of San Diego
National Football League Foundation
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San Diego Gas & Electric
San Diego Workforce Partnership
San Diego Association of Governments
U.S. Department of Labor
Who are their community partners?
 California Department of Rehabilitation
 City of San Diego
 County of SD Department of Probation
 U.S. Department Health & Human Services
Agency
 Hoover High School
 ResCare
 San Diego "Mayor's Committee on Disability"
 San Diego Association of Governments
 San Diego Housing Commission
 San Diego Unified School District - Special Education Department
 San Diego Vet Centers
 San Diego Comm. on Gang Prevention & Intervention
 San Diego County of Education/Juvenile Court
& Community Schools
 San Diego Futures Foundation
 San Diego Health Care Association
 San Diego Workforce Partnership
 Skillsoft/Association of Rehabilitation Programs
in Computer Technology
 South County Economic Development Council
 University of California San Diego, Alliant & University of California San Diego
 Veterans Affair Hospital
 Veterans Administration
 Veterans Service Office
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Contact:
Catherine A. Rodman
Mission: To expand affordable housing for the poor Director & Supervising Attorney
through legal advocacy.
admin@affordablehousingadvocates.org
(619) 233-8441
Affordable Housing Advocates
www.affordablehousingadvocates.org
Who are they?
Affordable Housing Advocates (AHA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation working to save rental housing,
improve it, and add to it, to create balanced communities. AHA represents the poor through impact litigation and advocacy. AHA provides legal representation in impact housing and tenants' rights cases through two projects: Project
IMPACT and the Tenants' Rights Project.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4305 University Avenue, Suite 520, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Most of their clients live in the City Heights and Mid-City area.
What support services do they offer?
 Project IMPACT: Represents clients in their fight for housing justice by enforcing laws that require planning,
funding, and development of affordable housing and balanced communities.
 Tenants’ Rights Project: Works to save rental housing and helps tenants in their fight for decent housing.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 2 Full-time, 4 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 Extremely low income individuals and families earning at or below 125% of the federal poverty guideline. If employed, this equates to at or near minimum wage.
 In 2012, the Tenants’ Rights Project served 117 individuals:
ｏ Male: 33.3% (39)
ｏ Female: 66.6% (78)
ｏ White/ Non Hispanic Origin: 16.2% (19)
ｏ Black/ Non Hispanic Origin: 12.8% (15)
ｏ Hispanic: 65.8% (77)
ｏ Asian or Pacific Islander: 0.9% (1)
ｏ Other: 2.6% (3)
What are their goals?
 Conduct impactful litigation for low income individuals and families.
 Ensure that former redevelopment agencies’ past, unmet affordable housing obligations are met in the region.
Agencies have four long-term affordable housing obligations. They must:
ｏ Replace all low and moderate income housing demolished as a result of a redevelopment project, within
four years.
ｏ Develop land purchased with housing funds, within five years of purchase, or within one extension up to
another five years.
ｏ Every 10 years, ensure that a minimum amount of the housing rehabilitated or built in the project area, or
by the agency, is affordable.
ｏ Every 10 years, target the housing fund to assist the very low and low income, and families with children, in
proportion to their needs among all income eligible households: the very low, low, and moderate income.
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What impact have they made?
 The Tenants’ Rights Project served 117 low income individuals in 2012.
 Project IMPACT:
ｏ Won a five year litigation ensuring the building of 208 additional affordable housing units in Brea.
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For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/impact_brea.html
ｏ Recovered $34 million in underfunding for the Housing Fund in Escondido and ensured income to
the fund through 2030.
▪ For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/impact_escondido.html
ｏ Recovered over $9 million in underfunding and misexpenditures for the Poway Redevelopment
Agency’s Housing Fund.
▪ For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/impact_poway.html
ｏ Successfully settled a case requiring the development of 272 (10%) 1, 2, and 3 bedroom affordable
apartments in a previously exclusive development of 2,718 new homes in San Elijo Hills, San Marcos.
▪ For more information see: www.affordablehousingadvocates.org/
impact_san_marcos.html
Who are their key supporters?
 Most of their funding comes from attorney fee awards
 Price Charities
 The Impact Fund [Escondido litigation]
 The State Bar of California’s Legal Services Trust Fund Program
Who are their community partners?
 Sister non-profits that serve clients on housing issues, including:
ｏ Center for Social Advocacy
ｏ Fair Housing Council of San Diego
ｏ Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.
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The AjA Project
Mission: To provide photography-based programming
and an assets-based model to transform the lives of
youth and communities.
Contact:
Sandra Ainslie
Executive Director
sandra@ajaproject.org
(619) 223-7001
www.ajaproject.org
Who are they?
AjA is a non-profit organization which uses a method known as participatory photography method and an assets-based
approach (a principle that focuses on the talents, skills, and assets of an individual rather than on problems and needs)
to empower youth to reach their full potential through after-school and in-school programs. AjA is an acronym for the
phrase autosuficiencia juntada con apoyo which means supporting self-sufficiency.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4089 Fairmont Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Of the youth they serve, 75% are from City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Journey: An afterschool program working with high school refugee students using a participatory photography
method to help with trauma processing, issues around identity, behavioral health, linguistic ability, and social
capacity.
 Photo City: A participatory photography program created in response to community violence to help youth
think critically about what is going on in their schools and neighborhoods. The program is designed to connect
with larger community efforts in the area and provide a platform for cooperative solution-making between
youth, school administrators, community organizations, and policy makers.
 Youth Advisory Council (YAC): A leadership development program providing opportunities for public speaking,
mentorships with younger AjA students, college prep/career development, and personal portfolio projects.
 College scholarships and paid internships are also available to YAC students.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 4 Full-time
 Volunteers: 4 to 6 annually; Interns: 4 per semester
Who do they serve?
 About 100 youth each year, ages 12 to 18 years of age
 City Heights youth: 75%; Southeast San Diego and El Cajon youth: 25%
 Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey): 49%
 Latin America (Mexico): 20%
 Southeast Asia (Burma, Cambodia, China, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam): 17%
 East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Tanzania): 12%
 North Africa (Egypt and Sudan): 1%
 Europe (Germany and Greece): 1%
What are their goals?
 Empower displaced and at-risk youth to be change-makers in their individual lives and in their communities
through photography-based education.
 Promote the use of participatory photography (pp) as an alternative learning method with at-risk youth communities.
 Engage the community by exhibiting student work in order to initiate dialogue around relevant social issues.
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What impact have they made?
The AjA Project underwent a program evaluation funded by The California Endowment and Alliance Health to
examine the immediate effects of Journey on program participants. The evaluation focused on psychosocial
indicators including self-esteem, coping, and behavioral health. The evaluation results indicated that Journey
has positively affected AjA students’ success in the following ways:
 Improved communication skills among 70% of middle-school aged youth.
 Increased participation in school as evidenced by teachers.
 Of the students who advance to The AjA Project's intensive leadership program, 80% go on to pursue a
college education.
 Increased the ability among 50% of youth to engage in civic dialogue and believe in themselves to be
capable of affecting change.
 Helped to alleviate the despair, loss, and alienation felt among refugee and immigrant youth acculturating to life in America.
Who are their key supporters?
 Gould Family Foundation
 James Irvine Foundation
 National Endowments for the Arts
 Parker Foundation
 Price-Galinson Fund
 S. Mark Taper Foundation
 San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
 The California Endowment
Who are their community partners?
 City Heights Wellness Center
 International Rescue Committee
 Mid-City CAN
 Speak City Heights Collaborative with TCE’s media grant
 Partnership with Voice of San Diego, Media Arts, and KPBS.
 Connecting media coverage with City Heights resident experience
 University of San Diego’s Institute for Peace and Justice
 University of San Diego’s SOLES (School of Leadership and Education Sciences)
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Alliance for African Assistance
Mission: To assist refugees, immigrants, the economically challenged, and the underserved to become selfsufficient, productive members of their communities.
Contact:
Jimmy Dervishi
COO/Resettlement Director
gm@alliance-for-africa.org
(619) 286-9052 ext. 229
www.alliance-for-africa.org
Who are they?
The Alliance for African Assistance is dedicated to providing social, cultural, and educational support to all refugees in
the resettlement process including: preparing host families, securing safe and affordable housing, help with rent and
transportation, health screenings, enrolling children in school, English language classes, translation services, and job
assistance and training.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 5952 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Many of their services are focused within City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Resettlement: Plays an integral role in the resettlement processes for each of the refugees they assist, through
the work of case managers, drivers, and job developers.
 Economic Development: Empowers marginalized community members in order to improve the economic stability of low income individuals, families, and their host communities.
 Employment Services: Assists refugees, asylum seekers, and victims of human trafficking/torture obtain selfsufficiency and well-being for themselves and their families.
 Immigration Service: Provides professional and low-cost immigration and naturalization services.
 Translation and Interpretation Services: Offers low-cost oral and written interpretation and translation services
in more than 94 languages to the San Diego community.
 Safari Seconds Thrift Store: Assists and supports refugees in meeting their basic needs required to adapt to their
new homes.
 Citizenship classes.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff size: 29 Full-time, 6 Part-time
 Volunteers: 170 annually
Who do they serve?
 Refugees from all over the world (with a high focus on African refugees) including: Somalia, Sudan, Congo, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ethiopia, Liberia, Eritrea, Vietnam, Iran, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, and Russia.
What are their goals?
 Resettle new arrivals and make them self sufficient within eight months.
 Resettle new family arrivals and make them self sufficient within 90 days.
What impact have they made?
 Have successfully resettled more than 4,350 refugees from Somalia, Sudan, Congo, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ethiopia,
Liberia, Eritrea, Vietnam, Iran, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, and Russia.
Who are their key supporters?
 City of San Diego
 Federal Government
 Private Donors
 State of California
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Who are their community partners?
 Arbor E&T / ResCare
 Best Start
 Bethel Memorial AME Church
 City of San Diego
 Claremont Covenant Church
 Community Technology Foundation of CA
 County of San Diego
 Crossroads Community Church
 East African Community of Orange County
 El Cajon Covenant Church
 Faith Presbyterian Church
 Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
 La Jolla Playhouse
 La Jolla Presbyterian Church
 Las Patronas
 National Organization for Somali Benadiri
 Our Savior Lutheran Church
 Parker Foundation
 Presbytery of San Diego
 Richard Heath & Association
 San Diego Community College District
 San Diego Foundation
 San Diego Interdenominational Alliance
 San Diego Workforce Partnership
 Shadow Mountain Community Church
 Solana Beach Presbyterian Church
 South East Presbyterian Church
 South Sudan Christian Youth & Community Organization
 St. Luke Episcopal Church
 St. Stephen Church of God
 State of California: Refugee Health
 State of California: Refugee Programs
 University of California, San Diego
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Alpha Project
Mission: To empower individuals, families, and communities by providing work, recovery, and support services to people who are motivated to change their lives.
Alpha Project serves people in need, offering cost-saving
solutions to problems affecting neighborhoods, communities, families and individuals.
Contact:
Janice Izor
Director of Marketing and Resource Development
janice@alphaproject.org
(619) 542-1877
www.alphaproject.org
Who are they?
Alpha Project is a non-profit human services organization that serves over 4,000 men, women, and children each day.
Services offered include affordable housing, residential substance abuse treatment, supportive housing for people with
special needs, basic and emergency services for the homeless, transportation assistance, mental health counseling,
employment training, preparation and placement, emergency shelter, HIV/AIDS, education, outreach and prevention,
and community services.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Serve many individuals and families in the City Heights area. Specific data is not collected.
What support services do they offer?
 Residential Treatment: Casa Raphael is a state-licensed residential drug and alcohol treatment program for
homeless and formerly incarcerated men. Through Casa Raphael, men who have encountered drug and alcohol
addictions are provided with the treatment they need to overcome these addictions, and also provide them
with the job training in order to transition them back into the workforce. Casa Raphael is a three step program
over a 9 to 12 month period.
 Supportive Housing: The Permanent Supportive Housing Program is located at the Metro Hotel in Downtown
San Diego and includes 193 safe, high-quality, affordable, and sustainable housing units.
 Connections Interim Housing: Alpha Project's newest program consists of 150-interim housing beds located at
Connections Housing in Downtown San Diego.
 Winter Shelter Program: Since 1996, the Single Adult Emergency Shelter operates from mid-November
through the end of March, and provides shelter and services to over 1,000 men and women.
 Transitional Housing: Designed to provide sober living and transitional housing to clients needing safe, clean,
and affordable housing while transitioning back into the workforce.
 Transitional Employment: Take Back the Streets (a.k.a. TBS) is a program that has been in operation since 1987.
TBS is a catalyst for homeless people who are able to work, providing them with immediate transitional employment and training while providing the community with vital cost saving services.
 Neil Good Day Center: Located at 299 17th Street, the day center offers case management, medical and counseling services, laundry, and showers.
 Hospice for the Homeless: Each year more than 100 homeless men and women die on the streets of San Diego.
In 2007, Alpha Project launched Hospice for the Homeless to provide assistance to veterans, homeless, and indigent people diagnosed with chronic and terminal illnesses.
 Homeless Outreach: At the core of all of Alpha Project’s facilities and services is a program of Community Outreach. Alpha Project Outreach teams are responsible for client outreach and recruitment, which takes place
mainly at the Winter Shelter Program, area hospitals and through daily outreach on the streets of Downtown
San Diego and surrounding areas.
 Fire Prevention Services: Alpha Project helps homeowner prepare their property for upcoming fire inspections
and help protect their home and family from wild fires.
 Young Adult Opiate Treatment Program: An Intensive 3-6 month State Licensed Residential Substance Abuse
Treatment Program specifically designed for young adult males between the ages of 18 to 24 years of age.
 Affordable Housing: Alpha Project has amassed an inventory of permanent affordable housing totaling 698
units at six sites between Chula Vista in the south and Oakland in the north. Along with housing individuals and
seniors, these sites serve over 260 families and over 230 children.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 3737 5th Avenue, Suite #203, San Diego, CA 92103
 Staff: 119 Full-time, 2 Part-time
 Volunteers: Varies month to month
Who do they serve?
 The homeless
 Low income individuals
 At-risk children
 Ex-offenders
 Substance abusers
 Mentally ill
 Veterans
 Seniors
 Children
 Victims of domestic violence
 The disabled
 Others with special needs
What are their goals?
 To combat the causes and consequences of homelessness through provision of employment and related
services for low-income men and women with barriers to self-sufficiency.
 To reduce the impact of crime, addiction, and unemployment on low-income households and neighborhoods.
 To create opportunities through housing, treatment, employment, and comprehensive human service
for under-served men, women, and families to break the cycle of poverty and achieve sustained independence.
What impact have they made?
 Served 1,200 individuals in one fiscal year
 Served 300 dogs in one fiscal year
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for a complete list: www.alphaproject.org/about-us/2010-11-sponsors/
Who are their community partners?
 Catholic Charities
 Community Research Foundation
 Family Health Centers
 Father Joe’s
 Mental Health Systems
 People Assisting The Homeless
 Salvation Army
 University of California, San Diego
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Alternative Healing Network
Mission: To promote the use of integrative healing
arts to the public and improve access to integrative
health care in underserved communities.
Contact:
Ryan Altman
Founder, CEO
ryan@althealnet.org
(619) 546-4806
www.althealnet.org
Who are they?
Alternative Healing Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that promotes the use of integrative healing arts and improves
access to “alternative” health care for underserved populations. They host weekly Integrative Health Nights
(community outreach clinics) that offer free holistic health services such as acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, and
energy healing in City Heights, Southeast San Diego, the YWCA Women’s Shelter Downtown and at a VFW Hall in Linda
Vista for the Veteran community. They operate two “sliding-scale” pay-for-services wellness centers (Adams Avenue
Integrative Health and La Mesa Integrative Health) that helps keep these essential preventative health practices affordable for the entire family. All the proceeds from these go towards funding their free outreach programs.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Host free services to City Height residents through their Integrative Health Nights at Hoover High School (2nd &
5th Thursdays each month from 3 to 7pm) and the City Heights Scripps Wellness Center (4th Thursdays each
month from 3 to 7pm.)
 Serve residents and families in City Heights on a sliding scale at their affordable pay clinics.
What support services do they offer?
 Adams Avenue Integrative Health and La Mesa Integrative Health: These clinical outreach programs use a sliding scale to keep health care affordable for everyone while simultaneously providing needed resources and
funding for their free community outreach clinics in underserved communities. It is a “Community-Style” treatment center where all services are conducted in an open treatment space with acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, nutritional counseling, and massage all being practiced together. It was established to
reduce reliance on grants, provide financial support to run free clinics, and to provide access to integrative
health care via sliding scale services.
 Integrative Health Nights: Free clinics offering massage, acupuncture, energy healing, yoga classes, and much
more every Thursday afternoon from 3 to 7 at alternating locations.
 Corporate Wellness Program: Partners with corporations and health institutions to offer their employees holistic health events and services such as Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation, Acupuncture, Chiropractic and Massage.
 Research: The goal of AltHealNet’s Research Division is to build bridges among researchers, integrative health
practitioners, current and future doctors in order to advance Traditional Chinese Medicine via research, and
encourage the awareness of an integrated eastern and western medical approach by conducting studies and
publishing its results in peer reviewed journals.
 Alternative Happy Hour: These quarterly events include music, acupuncture, massage, energy healing, classes,
presentations, and more, and are hosted several times a year in various locations around San Diego.
 Healing Arts Festivals: An annual event (returning in 2015) offering yoga, massage, music, workshops, dozens of
healthy exhibitor booths, and more.
 Outreach Education: This program provides training to the next generation of providers through presentations
on the use of integrating healing arts alongside of traditional western medicine.
What is their organizational profile?
 Main clinic and office located at 3239 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116
 Staff: 5 Full-time, 16 Part-time
 Volunteers: 50 annually
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Who do they serve?
 All individuals seeking care on a sliding scale basis.
 Free services to residents living in City Heights and Southeastern San Diego.
What are their goals?
 To become a Federally Qualified Health Center based on integrative healing model with holistic alternative practices working alongside traditional western medicine.
 To be a replicable “Robin Hood” model that can be placed anywhere in the country successfully with
sliding scale affordable clinics providing resources and funding for free outreach clinics.
What impact have they made?
 Since 2008, Alternative Healing Network has provided over 28,000 acupuncture, massage, chiropractic,
and energetic healing services to the community. Over 40% of those were given completely free of
charge to members of underserved populations in City Heights and Southeastern San Diego. The rest
were given on a sliding-scale at the Adams Avenue Integrative Health (AAIH) Wellness Health Center.
Who are their key supporters?
 Almost all of their funding is self-generated through services provided at their Adams Avenue Integrative Health and La Mesa Integrative Health Center
 Additional individual donations come from a variety of patients and other supporters.
 Past grants have been provided by:
ｏ Jacobs Family Foundation
ｏ Price Charities
ｏ The California Endowment
Who are their community partners?
 Adams Avenue Business Association
 Art Around Adams
 Bastyr University – San Diego
 City Heights Scripps Wellness Center
 Faces for the Future (Hoover High School)
 Family Health Center, City Heights
 International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB)
 Jackie Robinson Family YMCA
 O’Farrell Community School (SAY San Diego)
 Mid-City Community Action Network (Mid-City CAN)
 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM)
 People’s Produce Project
 Queen Bee’s Arts & Cultural Center
 Resounding Joy Inc.
 San Diego Unified School District
 San Ysidro Health Centers
 School of Healing Arts
 Shanti Spa & Gallery
 Southeastern Coalition
 University of California San Diego – Center for Integrative Medicine
 University of California San Diego – School of Medicine
 YWCA of San Diego
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Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario
Mission: To strengthen a holistic community leadership process in San Diego through education and organizing.
Contact:
Virginia Angeles
Executive Director
virginia@commleader.org
(619) 280-4311
www.commleader.org
Who are they?
Asociacion de Liderazgo Comunitario (ALC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose main focus is on the community of City Heights. ALC works with residents of City Heights with a vision of creating substantial leaders in the community, and creating impacts that will be reflected through the improved quality of life for low-income residents.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4265 Fairmount Avenue, Suite 280, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Works primarily with City Heights residents.
What support services do they offer?
 Leadership Academy: Offers a series of workshops with themes that affect the community like Immigrant
Rights, Employee Rights, Tenant and Healthy Housing Rights, Educational Rights, and Access to Education. The
objective is to have a dialogue with residents about the issues and offer tools to understand their own rights in
order to be better prepared to defend themselves. At the same time, the goal is to create motivation and inspiration to get involved in the issues that affect their community and work together to strengthen and create
healthy living spaces.
 Education Committee: Works with parents, teachers, and students from City Heights’ schools. Once a month,
meetings are held at the ALC office to discuss issues relevant to the education of children in public schools.
 Health and Housing Committee: Meets with a housing attorney once a month to discuss issues related to tenant’s rights and landlord responsibilities so that the participants can help themselves and their neighbors when
they are faced with a housing issue.
 Colina Park Resident Group: At the end of 2010 through the Neighborhoods First Initiative (NFI) funded by LISC
San Diego, ALC initiated the Colina Park Resident Group. Presently at least 20 residents from the Colina Park
neighborhood actively participate. The group was involved in conducting surveys at local schools and parks in
Colina Park to inform the city which areas required better lighting and improved sidewalks. This work lead to
the funding of a $2.8 million pilot project to improve the much needed public infrastructure.
 Built Environment Team (BET): A collaboration, funded by The California Endowment, between the residents
affiliated with four organizations: ALC, Environmental Health Coalition, City Heights Community Development
Corporation, and the San Diego International Rescue Committee. The BET held a nine week training program,
and created a planning process where 40 residents created a plan of action to change the built environment in
City Heights. Presently the residents have been focusing on transportation and will work on implementing this
plan for the years to come.
 San Diego Tenants Association: The San Diego Tenants Association offers free services to the community in order to promote equal healthy housing opportunities through education and counseling efforts. The services provided includes: a) healthy housing and tenants’ rights counseling in English and Spanish, b) educational healthy
housing clinics for tenants, landlords and managers, c) educational housing materials in English and Spanish, d)
participation in community events throughout the City of San Diego, and e) participation in regional housing
efforts in the San Diego County.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 4 Full-time, 3 Part-time
 Volunteers: 70 annually
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Who do they serve?
 The community of City Heights
 Families of City Heights, mostly Latino
What are their goals?
 Create leaders who can use their own voice to make a better neighborhood for them and their children.
 Empower individuals to empower others.
 Generate a sense of pride in leadership development and community organization in order to advocate
for development of a better San Diego.
 Promote and advocate for housing rights and create a bridge between landlords, managers, and tenants
to create healthier communities.
What impact have they made?
 Approximately 800 individuals in total have been involved in the Leadership Academy since 2010.
 Three resident groups, a total of 60 individuals, participate in cleanups, advocate for safety in the neighborhood, and carry out surveys to locate where streets can be improved by lighting and sidewalks.
 Through Housing Clinics, have educated more than 500 residents on their housing rights.
 One year after starting the consulting service, 320 families have received help to improve their housing
conditions or to avoid eviction.
Who are their key supporters?
 Art Pratt Foundation of Old Mission Rotary Club
 The California Endowment
 Energy Upgrade California
 Foundation for Change
 Labors Training and Community Development Alliance
 Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) San Diego
 Price Philanthropies Foundation
 The Parker Foundation
 Weingart Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 Alliance San Diego
 California Pan Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN)
 Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI)
 City Heights Community Development Corporation
 Colina del Sol Recreation Center
 Environmental Health Coalition
 Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice (ICWJ)
 International Rescue Committee
 Project Concern International (PCI)
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Big Brother Big Sister
Mission: To provide children facing adversity with
strong and enduring, professionally supported one-toone relationships that change their lives for the better,
forever.
Contact:
Deborah Condon
President & CEO
DeborahC@SDBigs.org
(858) 536-4900
www.sdbigs.org
Who are they?
Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County (BBBS of SDC) provides children facing adversity, often those of single or
low-income households or families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military, with strong and enduring,
professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better. Locally, BBBS of
SDC serves children 7 to 17 years of age through distinct one-to-one mentoring programs.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Big Brothers Big Sisters headquarters is relocating to City Heights (City Heights Center) in November of 2014, so
it can better serve the children and families located in and around the neighborhood.
 The highest concentration of children enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program comes from the Mid-City
area.
 A school based partnership with Rosa Parks Elementary School that actively serves Rosa Parks’ students through
the Bigs in Schools program.
 47% of the youth in the Mid-City area come from City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Community Mentoring: One-to-one mentoring takes place in the neighborhoods and communities that the volunteer and child live in. Bigs and Littles are matched for a minimum of one year and get together 2-4 times a
month for 2-5 hours at a time.
 Sports Bigs: Provides opportunities for adults to build mentoring friendships and model good sportsmanship to
help children experience sporting and recreational events that might have previously been out of reach. BBBS
provides free or low cost tickets to sporting events and offers ongoing agency sponsored sports clinics.
 Amachi: The children in this program have an incarcerated parent and need additional support and guidance.
BBBS’s goal is to break the intergenerational cycle of crime and incarceration by giving them inspiration to reach
their highest potential. Additional training is available to help volunteers better understand the challenges of
being a child with an incarcerated parent.
 Bigs in School: Bigs meet one hour each week with their Little during the school year at their Little's elementary
school, after school hours. This is not a tutoring program, but rather a chance to build a friendship in a fun environment, while reinforcing the importance of learning. The Bigs in Schools program serves elementary age children in City Heights, Normal Heights, and Logan Heights.
 Operation Bigs: Children with a parent in the military, including a deployed parent, face unique challenges such
as separation and loss in addition to the stresses of military life. Operation Bigs program provides the critical
support needed to children who have sacrificed so much. BBBS currently works with schools and community
centers in Camp Pendleton, Miramar, Sierra Mesa, Point Loma, and Coronado, serving military children, especially those with a deployable parent.
 High School Bigs: Current high school students volunteer as mentors one hour a week at a neighboring elementary school. All sessions are supervised by a BBBS professional staff member and activities are based on mutual
interests.
 African-American Mentoring: Pairs African-American children with African-American mentors who provide additional support to help them see they can achieve anything they want in life.
 Hispanic Mentoring Model: Locally named Hermandad, which means Brotherhood and Sisterhood in Spanish,
the Hispanic Mentoring program provides Latino children with a Latino or Spanish-speaking Big Brother or Big
Sister that can enrich their lives culturally, socially and academically, and support them reaching their potential
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What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 8515 Arjons Drive, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92126 (until November – then relocating to the
Price Charities Building)
 Staff Size: 34 Full-time
Who do they serve?
 County of San Diego, boys and girls between 7 to 18 years of age
ｏ Total Unduplicated Youth Served in 2011: 1,643
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African American or African American Mixed: 19.4% (319)
Hispanic or Hispanic Mixed: 42% (690)
Caucasian: 24.6% (404)
Asian or Asian Mixed: 3.9% (64)
Native American: 0.6% (10)
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.3% (5)
Other Race or Multi Race: 9.2% (151)
Mid City Pod: 15.8% (260)
What are their goals?
 By partnering with parents/guardians volunteers and others in the community each child in the program
will achieve:
ｏ Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships.
ｏ Avoidance of risky behaviors.
ｏ Educational success.
What impact have they made?
 Showed that 83% of the boys and girls were better able to avoid risky behaviors, were self-motivated,
and maintained better relationships.
 Affected 73% of the boys and girls to maintain progress or improve in school.
Who are their key supporters?
 Funded by many corporate, government, a foundation organizations
 Individual donors
 Price Charities
 Refer to website for complete list: www.sdbigs.org/site/c.8hKPI5MGIhI0E/b.6466583/k.4A2E/
Our_partners_make_it_possible.htm
Who are their community partners?
 City Heights Life
 Collaboration to Keep City Heights Youth Safe
 City Heights Collaborative
 City Heights Foundation
 Mid-City CAN
 Monroe Clark Middle School
 Rosa Parks Elementary School
 SAY San Diego
 The Joan Croc Center
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Bridge of Hope
Mission: To help distressed families and individuals
through transition.
Contact:
Sheri Briggs
Founder
sheri@bridgeofhopesd.org
(858) 380-7993
www.bridgeofhopesd.org
Who are they?
Bridge of Hope is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping distressed families through transition. Transition can
mean many things; families leaving homeless and domestic violence shelters or recovery homes, families facing crisis,
the elderly poor, single parents, and the refugee community in San Diego.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 3406 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
What support services do they offer?
 Provide furniture, clothing, and food to families sent to them by 20 other agencies and organizations.
 Provide a wide range of items needed for everyday use (i.e. household items, books, shoes, toys, and much
more).
 Operate a clothing store every second and fourth Saturday of every month.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff Size: 3 Full-time, 0 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approximately 100 annually
Who do they serve?
 Refugees
 Women coming out of recovery
 Families with practical needs
 Individuals leaving homelessness
 Domestic violence victims
 Individuals out of recovery
 Single parents
 Disabled individuals
 Veterans
What are their goals?
 To see hunger end.
 To have the community come together and help one another.
What impact have they made?
 Currently serving food to about 1,500 families per month.
Who are their key supporters?
 Individual donors
 Private donors
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Who are their community partners?
 Buffalo Exchange
 Cherokee Point Elementary School
 City of Refugee
 Feeding America
 Food Bank
 Fresh & Easy
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California Western School of Law — City
Heights Community Law Project
Mission: To collaborate with community partners to
provide sustainable and competent legal services to lowincome and indigent members of the local community
while advancing the profession of law by instilling a commitment to public service in California Western School of
Law students.
Contact:
Becky Levine
Supervising Attorney
rlevine@cwsl.edu
(619) 356-8994
Who are they?
City Heights Community Law Project (CHCLP) is collaboration between California Western School of Law and San Diego
State University School of Social Work. The project provides pro bono legal services including legal advice, consultations, and referral services to low income people in the City Heights community. Their collaborative model allows them
to provide clients with a variety of legal and social services through the school parent centers. The Project reaches the
members of the City Heights community by offering legal clinics and educational workshops at parent centers in local
schools.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 The City Heights Community Law Project provides legal services at:
ｏ Hoover High School: Parent Center, Tuesday, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
ｏ Rosa Parks Elementary School: Parent Center, Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
 Monthly legal education workshops at:
ｏ Monroe Clark Middle School, Parent Center (Day and time varies)
What support services do they offer?
 CHCLP’s Legal Coverage Area for advice and referrals:
ｏ Bankruptcy Law
ｏ Consumer Law
ｏ Criminal Law
ｏ Employment Law
ｏ Family Law
ｏ Housing Law
ｏ Immigration Law
ｏ Personal Injury Law
ｏ Public Benefits Law
 Workshops: Monthly legal education workshops and presentations on topics of interest to City Heights’ residents. Frequently attorneys are available for personal consultation following the workshops and presentations.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 0 Full-time, 2 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approx. 20 Attorneys, 8 Law Students, and several undergraduate students annually
Who do they serve?
 People who are in need of legal services.
What are their goals?
 To ensure that all City Heights residents have equal access to justice and experience fair treatment under the
law.
 To be a trusted and reliable resource for the City Heights community while advancing the legal and social work
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What impact have they made?
 January – October 2014: 157 client visits at the City Heights clinic locations.
 Top four subject matter areas for 2014: family law, immigration law, housing law, and employment law.
 In 2014: Over 100 City Heights community members attended legal education seminars.
Who are their key supporters?
 California Western School of Law
 Price Charities
 Private Donations
Who are their community partners?
 ACCESS
 Casa Cornelia
 Consensus Organizing Center
 Employee Rights Center
 Legal Aid Society of San Diego
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Cardinals Interact
Mission: To help students reach their maximum potential academically and personally; to assist them in
developing skills in the area of teamwork, self-esteem,
decision-making, and communication.
Contact:
Beatriz Valencia
Program Director
bvalencia@pricephilanthropies.org
(619) 795-2008
www.pricephilanthropies.com
Who are they?
Cardinals Interact is a partnership between the San Diego Rotary Club 33, Hoover High School, and Price Family Charitable Fund. The program provides positive and supportive activities for Hoover students over a three year period.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4305 University Avenue, Suite 600, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Focuses on students that attend Hoover High School.
 Students are from the surrounding City Heights area.
What support services do they offer?
 Academic support: Daily tutoring, coursework advice, one-on-one meetings, progress tracking, college preparation to meet all the “A-G” requirements (required high school courses for entering college freshmen).
 Annual camps.
 Community service program in which students learn the importance of giving back to their community.
 Luncheon with Rotary sponsors.
 Career/college exposure:
ｏ Programs at Project X Media, Z Microsystems, and the Mid-City Police Department.
ｏ Visitation of local colleges (i.e. San Diego City College and San Diego State University).
ｏ Trips to San Diego City Hall as well as San Diego Superior Court.
ｏ Programs at California Bank & Trust, San Diego Zoo, St. Vincent de Paul, and empowerments.
 Job shadowing in which seniors get to learn about specific careers of their choice.
 Leadership programs.
 Guaranteed one-time college scholarships to all graduates of $1,000 or $1,500.
 Alumni events: 2 annually
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 3 Full-time, 3 Part-time, 6 paid facilitators throughout the year as needed
 Interns: Hoover High School, 2 each semester; Aaron Price Fellows, 1 a year; Alum, 1 to 3 each summer
Who do they serve?
 Hoover High School students from 10th grade until graduation, 14 to 18 years of age.
 Approximately ⅓rd of the students selected have GPAs of 2.0 and below, ⅓rd between 2.0 and 3.0, and ⅓rd with
3.0 and higher.
 Recruit a new cohort of 50 each fall with 150 students involved each year in all (10th, 11th, & 12th).
 African American (10%), Asian (20%), Hispanic (60%), Other (10%), Caucasian (0%).
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What are their goals?
 To improve graduation rates at Hoover High School.
 To assist students in successfully completing high school graduation requirements.
 To help students create a community of mentors and positive role models.
 To educate students about the world they live in thereby encouraging them to positively impact their
community.
 To develop strong leaders who make positive choices.
 To expose students to career pathways.
 To increase their partnerships with other programs at Hoover High School.
What impact have they made?
 Graduated 166 students from their program.
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ｏ Those who graduated with a degree in higher education: 17%
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Who are their key supporters?
 Hoover High School
 Price Philanthropies
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 San Diego State University City Height Collaborative
Who are their community partners?
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 College Avenue Compact
 Hoover High School
 Price Philanthropies
 San Diego Rotary Club 33
 San Diego Canyonlands
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Casa Cornelia Law Center
Mission: Casa Cornelia Law Center (CCLC) is a 501(c)(3) public
interest law firm providing quality legal services to victims of
human and civil rights violations. CCLC has a primary commitment to indigent persons within the immigrant community in
Southern California. CCLC seeks to educate others regarding the
impact of immigration law and policy on the community and the
public good.
Contact:
Allison Bechill
Director of Development
abechill@casacornelia.org
(619) 231-7788
www.casacornelia.org
Who are they?
Casa Cornelia Law Center (CCLC) provides a bridge to justice for those who come to the U.S. from all over the world
seeking safe refuge. Among San Diego’s immigrant community exists a large population of men, women, and children
who have a legal right to remain in the U.S., but are unable to access this right due to poverty, domestic abuse, and
other barriers. Lack of access to quality legal representation keeps these individuals from enjoying safe, healthy lives,
achieving economic independence; and integrating into our communities. None of the individuals assisted at CCLC—
not even the children—have a right to a court-appointed attorney and many would be forced to go before the Court
alone if not for Casa Cornelia. CCLC’s goal is to remove those barriers and provide the legal representation they need,
enabling these individuals to become fully engaged and contributing members of society. All services are offered free
of charge.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Serve individuals and families of City Heights and throughout San Diego.
What support services do they offer?
 Asylum Program: Provides free counsel and representation to indigent asylum seekers, those individuals who
have fled torture or persecution due to their race, nationality, social group, religion or political opinion, at each
step of their immigration proceedings. Immigration proceedings include an initial screening interview, multiple
court appearances, and throughout various levels of appellate review. For non-detained asylum seekers, outreach begins at general immigration clinics in communities throughout San Diego (including City Heights) in conjunction with immigrant and religious organizations serving diverse immigrant populations.
 Children’s Program: Provides legal representation for unaccompanied children and actively seeks to ensure they
are safely reunited with family either in the United States or in their homelands. This program has also been
expanded to include non-detained children in Southern California. Casa Cornelia has a commitment to ensuring
that every child goes to court represented by an attorney. The Children’s Program also serves individuals who
came to the United States as children and who meet several key guidelines to access Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). This federal program allows these individuals to request consideration of deferred action
for a period of two years, subject to renewal, and to become eligible for work authorization.
 Domestic Violence Program: Casa Cornelia represents undocumented women and children who are victims of
domestic violence and other serious crimes. The Program files immigration petitions pursuant to the Violence
Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994 and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (VTVPA) of 2000.
 Human Trafficking Program: Provides legal services to victims of labor trafficking as defined by the Trafficking
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008. Through this program, individuals who are recruited, harbored,
or transported for labor through the use of force, fraud or coercion may be eligible for legal relief via the U Visa
(for victims of serious qualifying crimes, who cooperate with law enforcement) or the T Visa (for victims of severe forms of trafficking who have complied with law enforcement in investigating or prosecuting trafficking
crimes.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 15 Full-time, 2 Part-time
 Volunteers: 235 annually
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Who do they serve?
 Asylum seekers
 Unaccompanied immigrant children and youth
 Non-detained immigrant children
 Victims of domestic violence or violent crimes
 Children of domestic violence victims
 Victims of labor trafficking
What are their goals?
 Provide high quality legal programs in four areas: asylum, domestic violence, unaccompanied children,
and labor trafficking.
 To secure volunteer attorneys, interpreters, and translators to provide services to our target population.
 Increase capacity to meet the current needs and continue the level of high quality work.
What impact have they made?
 Served more than 1,300 clients in 2013.
 Served clients from more than 50 countries.
 Secured interpretive and translation services for clients speaking more than 50 languages.
 Served 494 immigrant victims of domestic violence and other serious crimes in 2013.
 Provided legal assistance to 478 children in 2013.
 Provided legal assistance to 338 asylum cases in 2013.
 Assisted individuals from 2 to 60+ years of age.
Who are their key supporters?
 Bravo Foundation
 Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
 Individual donors
 Office for Victims of Crime
 Price Charities
 Society of the Holy Child Jesus
 United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
 Vera Institute of Justice
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Alliance for African Assistance
Asylum Seekers Task Force, Refugee Forum
California Western School of Law
Catholic Charities of San Diego
Center for Community Solutions
Christie’s Place
Community Law Project
CSA San Diego
Family Justice Center
Horn of Africa
Immigration Center for Women and Children
International Rescue Committee
Jewish Family Services
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La Maestra Community Health Centers
Legal Aid Society of San Diego
San Diego Family Justice Center
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Project
Somali Family Service
Southwest Key
Storefront
Survivors of Torture, International
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Vista Community Clinic
University of San Diego, School of Law
Unitarian Universalist Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education
Catholic Charities
Contact:
Mission: To be a witness to the scriptural values of
mercy and justice, to enhance the lives of families and
individuals, and to advocate for a just society.
Sister RayMonda DuVall
Executive Director
rwallace@ccdsd.org (assistant)
(619) 231-2828
www.ccdsd.org
Who are they?
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of San Diego, California is the social outreach arm of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
San Diego. Catholic Charities provides social services in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Catholic Charities has an Health Benefits and Cal Fresh Assistance Center in City Heights located at 4305 University Avenue, Suite #130, San Diego, CA 92105
 Many City Heights’ residents benefit from their services.
What support services do they offer?
 Refugee Services
 Immigration Services
 Clinical Services
 Emergency Services
 Homeless Men’s Services
 Homeless Women's Services
 Pregnancy and Adoption Services
 Senior Services
 Affordable Housing
 Health Benefits and CalFresh Assistance
What is their organizational profile?
 Main office located at 349 Cedar Street, San Diego, CA 92101
 Departments: 10, Programs: 35
Who do they serve?
 Catholic Charities offers a wide range of services meeting the needs of a variety of populations, including refugees, immigrants, homeless men, women, families, seniors, and youth, etc.
What are their goals?
 Advocate for and support their clients in overcoming barriers to equal access to basic necessities and opportunities available in the community.
 Promote a workplace culture that supports a calling to service among their leadership and staff as they carry out
their daily responsibilities.
 Ensure their mission directs their services in enhancing lives, vision, and strategic goals.
 Honor the dignity of the people they serve through encouragement and support.
 Provide opportunities for clients to make choices, create partnerships, and take control of their lives.
 Remain accountable to their stakeholders and the community to ensure resources and services are appropriately allocated and directed.
 Reach out and respond to greater community needs by reflecting Catholic Social Teaching.
 Develop effective relationships with community organizations, faith communities, and governments to provide a
coordinated array of services.
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What impact have they made?
 Refugee Resettlement Services: Served over 970 unduplicated clients in 2013.
 Refugee Health Services: Served over 2,100 unduplicated clients in 2013.
 Immigration Services: Assisted over 15,000 people through casework and group orientation sessions.
 Clinical Services: School Counseling program provided services to over 100 children and their families.
 Homeless Men’s Services: Served over 700 men in 2013.
 Homeless Women’s Services: Served over 3,200 women and children in 2013.
 Pregnancy and Adoption Services: Provided over 500 mothers with infant clothing, diapers, and blankets.
 Senior Services: Retired senior volunteers served 750 children, at-risk youth, and frail seniors.
 Food Resources Center: Served over 29,000 households with distributed bags of groceries during 2013.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for a complete list: www.ccdsd.org/about/organization/
Who are their community partners?
 Catholic Charities of California
 Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)
 Continuum of Care
 Emergency Food & Shelter Program Board
 Emergency Resource Group
 Naval Training Center Reuse Committee
 San Diego Immigration Alliance
 San Diego Refugee Coalition
 United Way–Imperial County
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Center for Community Counseling and
Engagement
Contact:
Dr. Jan Ewing
Clinic Director
drjanewing@gmail.com
Mission: To provide counseling services to the communi(619) 594-4918
ty at an affordable cost and to give SDSU graduate students theoretical and clinical training in individual, couple,
and family counseling and therapy.
www.centerforcommunitycounseling.org
Who are they?
The Center for Community Counseling & Engagement (CCCE) is a non-profit community center providing low-cost counseling services to individuals, couples, and families in San Diego. CCCE is a training facility operated by San Diego State
University ( SDSU), which provides hands-on education for graduate students in the masters degree programs in the
Department of Counseling and School Psychology. Counseling services are provided by pre-licensed trainees in the
fields of Marriage and Family Therapy and Community-based Counseling. Trainees are supervised by licensed therapists, psychologists, supervisors accredited by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and/
or members of SDSU's Counseling and School Psychology faculty. CCCE strongly supports the view that individuals, families, and society at large are all important in the development and resolution of people’s problems. Their treatment
approaches address all three areas.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at San Diego State University’s Center for Community Engagement at 4283 El Cajon
Boulevard, Suite #215, San Diego, CA 92105.
 The Counseling programs serve the residents of City Heights.
 CCCE collaborates with the Trauma Informed Community Schools (TICS) Program funded by The California Endowment. This collaboration resulted in the creation of an In-Home Therapy Team since May 2012. The InHome Therapy Team offers home-based counseling services to families referred by Cherokee Point Elementary,
Edison Elementary, Central Elementary, and Wilson Middle Schools.
 CCCE maintains collaborative relationships with City Heights school-based health centers, parent centers, and
family resource centers in order to assist in the referral process to counseling services provided at the clinic.
These schools include: Cherokee Point Elementary, Edison Elementary, Central Elementary , Rosa Parks Elementary, Hamilton Elementary, Wilson Middle, Monroe Clark Middle, and Hoover High Schools.
What support services do they offer?
 Counseling Services:
ｏ Provides individual, couple, and family counseling sessions, both short term and long term, to City Heights
and San Diego residents based on a sliding scale. A number of counseling support groups serving various
populations are also offered periodically during the year.
ｏ Graduate students provide counseling sessions under direct supervision, sometimes utilizing an observational window.
ｏ CCCE does not provide emergency services or crisis intervention. Staff members are not able to provide
medication, 24-hour phone access, or emergency appointments. However, referral to and collaboration
with other community resources are provided.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 1 Full-time, 1 Part-time, 20+ student volunteers managing daily operations
 Students: 60 Practicum students; 11 Trainee students; 6 Graduate Interns annually
Who do they serve?
 Low-income individuals, couples, and families of City Heights and San Diego.
 Mainly families who speak English and Spanish, but also serve families who speak other languages.
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What are their goals?
 Make a difference in people’s lives through client-centered, non-pathologizing counseling support.
 Support intervention and prevention services for individuals, couples, and families.
 Promote and implement multicultural understanding and respect.
 Maintain a high standard of training, supervision, and community service.
What impact have they made?
 Provides hundreds of hours of services each week.
 Connects youth, adults, and families with counseling resources.
 Helps bring resolution to people’s problems.
 Equips and trains students for future careers in counseling.
 The collaboration with the Community Wellness Response Team, and the Trauma Informed Community
Schools Program has allow CCCE to increase the number of services provided to City Heights families.
Who are their key supporters?
 San Diego State University
Who are their community partners?
 Central Park Elementary School
 Cherokee Point Elementary School
 Edison Elementary School
 Hamilton Elementary School
 Hoover High School
 Monroe Clark Middle School
 Rosa Parks Elementary School
 Wilson Middle School
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Center for Community Solutions
Mission: To end relationship and sexual violence by
being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice.
Contact:
Verna Griffin-Tabor
Executive Director/CEO
vtabor@ccssd.org
(858) 272-5777
www.ccssd.org
Who are they?
Center for Community Solutions (CCS) is a 44-year old non-profit, community-based organization that has evolved into
a leader in San Diego County and in California for providing compassionate, professional, and innovative solutions for
helping individuals who have been affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse. CCS started out as
the Center for Women's Studies and Services (CWSS) in 1969, providing education, publications, outreach, advocacy,
and eventually domestic violence and sexual assault services for women. In 1995, the center changed its name to Center for Community Solutions to reflect a change in philosophy--opening its doors to all of San Diego, including women,
men, girls, and boys – to heal from interpersonal violence and to be a part of our violence prevention efforts.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 CCS has historically been involved with Mid-City for Youth (now Mid-City CAN) and its subcommittees.
 CCS currently outstations staff from its Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy program at San Diego Police Department’s (SDPD) Mid-City Division on Landis Street. As part of this program, CCS victim advocates attend shift
changes with law enforcement officers, provide crisis intervention to domestic violence victims who walk in to
the SDPD Mid-City Division for assistance, and ride along with patrol officers during patrol shifts known to have
higher rates of domestic violence call-outs. CCS Domestic Violence Victim advocacy is available in English, Spanish, and Arabic.
 CCS accepts referrals from and provides outreach to many community-based organizations located in Mid-City,
including La Maestra, Horn of Africa, Sisters of the Nile, Alliance for African Assistance, International Rescue
Committee, MAAC Project, San Diego Youth Services (Teen Options and Healthy Teens programs), SAY San Diego, Home Start, and Family Health Centers of San Diego.
 CCS works very closely with the Child Welfare Services office located on 54th Street, providing training on domestic violence and services for victims as well as cross-referring clients.
What support services do they offer?
 CCS provides the following services in English and Spanish:
ｏ 24-hour emergency crisis hotline for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and elder abuse.
ｏ 24-hour emergency in-person crisis response and hospital accompaniment for survivors of sexual assault.
ｏ Victim advocacy, including court accompaniment, information and referral, and direct assistance accessing
resources for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or elder abuse.
ｏ In-person emergency crisis response to victims of domestic violence during hours of peak incidence
through a ride-along program with San Diego Police Department.
ｏ 24-hour emergency shelters for domestic violence victims and their children.
ｏ Transitional housing shelter.
ｏ Legal services, including assistance with temporary restraining orders and assistance with civil legal matters
related to sexual assault, domestic violence, and/or elder abuse.
ｏ Trauma-focused individual, child, and family counseling.
ｏ Prevention education and outreach to community groups of all ages on sexual assault, relationship violence, and healthy relationship skills.
 CCS operates the only Rape Crisis Center in the City of San Diego serving 75% of San Diego County.
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 CCS operates the only elder abuse victim advocacy service in the County of San Diego, called the Help
and Outreach to Protect the Elderly (HOPE) Team. HOPE Team provides legal and advocacy services to
abused elders in San Diego.
 CCS also coordinates the San Diego Domestic Violence High Risk Team (HRT). This multi-disciplinary
team uses an evidence based domestic violence fatality risk assessment to identify survivors of domestic
violence who are most at risk of being killed at the hands of their current or former partners. The HRT
shares information to coordinate a stronger systems response to improve victim safety and hold perpetrators more accountable. CCS was asked by the San Diego District Attorney’s Office to coordinate the
San Diego HRT, which includes the District Attorney, San Diego City Attorney, CCS, YWCA, San Diego
County Probation, and San Diego Police Department.
What is their organizational profile?
 Main administrative office located on 4508 Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA 92109
 Staff: 85 Full-time
 Volunteers: 160 annually
Who do they serve?
 Women, men, children, and families in San Diego who have been affected by domestic violence, sexual
assault, or elder abuse. CCS primary prevention programs serve most of San Diego County.
What are their goals?
 Solve the problems of relationship violence and abuse.
 Improve the lives of survivors.
 Change the social conditions that breed and tolerate the existence of violence.
What impact have they made?
 In 2012, CCS served more than 11,000 individuals in San Diego.
 Community Impact – Statistics on Clients Served in 2012
ｏ Shelter services: 427 individuals
ｏ Counseling services: 797 individuals
ｏ Hotline: 6,138 individuals
ｏ Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy: 300
ｏ Sexual Assault Victim Advocacy: 500
ｏ Legal Services/Advocacy: 1,124
ｏ Prevention: 1,800
Who are their key supporters?
 76% of funding support comes from government grants.
 24% of funding support comes from private contributions.
Who are their community partners?
 Alliance University
 California State University, San Marcos
 City Attorney’s office
 Community centers
 District Attorney’s office
 Law enforcement agencies
 Mid-City CAN
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Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Mission: To help any adult with blindness or vision impairment to reach their highest level of independence.
Contact:
Kimbrally Gibbens
Chief Executive Officer
kgibbens@sdcb.org
(619) 583-1542 x114
www.sdcb.org
Who are they?
The San Diego Center for the Blind (SDCB) provides services to individuals who are vision impaired or legally blind and
also are age 18 or older. Programs are provided to individuals regardless of their disability, race, ethnicity, religious
beliefs, gender and/or socioeconomic status.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 12 individuals that are picked up on a weekly basis for the program live in the 92105 zip code.
What support services do they offer?
 Assistive Technology: This technology utilizes the assistance of many new devices designed and developed to
enhance the vision of those visually impaired or support those with no vision, so they can regain a life of independence.
 Counseling: This instruction and counseling focuses on making the transition from being a fully sighted member
of the community to one of being non- or partially sighted as smooth and successful as possible, particularly for
individuals who are in an emotionally fragile state following sight loss. Once the goals of the individual have
been reached, the blind or vision impaired adult is better able to return to an independent lifestyle.
 Independent Living Skills: An extensive schedule of all the courses necessary to train individuals in essential life
skills including safety skills, daily living skills, sensory awareness, kitchen skills and more are offered to help ensure successful independence.
ｏ Additional Training: In order to meet the needs of all of their constituents, they offer additional training
that provides more specialized and/or more advanced skills including orientation and mobility, keyboard
skills, Braille, accessible computer and low vision training.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 5922 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115
ｏ Secondary location at 1385 Bonair Road, Chula Vista, CA 92084
 Staff Size: 12 Full-time, 18 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approx. 100
Who do they serve?
 Individuals in San Diego County
ｏ 18 year of age and over
ｏ Individuals who are vision impaired or legally blind
What are their goals?
 To provide comprehensive rehabilitation counseling and skill training such that individuals who have lost or are
losing vision can maintain or regain their highest level of independence and self-reliance.
What impact have they made?
 Served approximately 800 individuals in fiscal year 2012
ｏ 20% Hispanic
ｏ 12% African-American
ｏ 58% Caucasian
ｏ 10% Other
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Who are their key supporters?
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Individual Donors
 Lion’s Clubs throughout the county
Who are their community partners?
 Blind Community Center
 Brail Institute
 Department of Rehabilitation
 In Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
 San Diego Community College District
 Social Security
 United Way
 Veterans Association
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Central Region Public Health Center
Mission: To make people’s lives healthier, safer, and
self-sufficient by delivering essential services.
Contact:
Front Desk
619-229-5400
www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/programs/phs
Who are they?
Public Health Center offers Public Health Nurses and Immunizations Clinic Assessments of available health needs, education, and referrals.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 5202 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
ｏ This is the Central Region location for the Health and Human Services Agency (Central Region extends
from Interstate 8 in the North, eastward to Lemon Grove and La Mesa, and South to National City, with
San Diego Bay on its western border).
What support services do they offer?
 Domestic Violence Safety Plan
 Eligibility for Public Health Nursing
 HIV Counseling and Testing Services
 HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Branch
 Immunization Clinic Schedule
 Immunizations – FREE for Children Under Age Two
 Public Health Nursing
 Public Health Center PHN Referrals
 STD Clinical Services
 TB Clinic Services
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 38 Full-time, 0 Part-time
 Volunteers: Varies in amount
Who do they serve?
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 To have a healthy, safe, and thriving Central Region.
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What impact have they made?
 Immunizations given to 3,508 individuals with the total vaccines equaling 7,270
 Flu vaccinations given: 1,374
 New STD patients: 1,291
 Returning STD patients: 187
 Hepatitis vaccines given to STD patients: 183
 TB Skin tests given: 2,197
 Number of individuals received preventive TB treatment for positive TB results without active disease:
117
 X-rays provided to rule out TB: 325
Who are their key supporters?
 County of San Diego
Who are their community partners?
 Access to Health Care Promotion Team
 Cherokee Point Elementary School
 Community Clinics
 ITS Prevention Institute
 Live Well San Diego
 Mid-City CAN
 Planned Parenthood
 Price Charities
 Project Concern International
 Project Concern International - Border Healthy Starts
 Rady Children’s Hospital
 San Diego State Nursing Students
 SAY San Diego
 Scripps Health Care
 The City Heights Wellness Center
 Vista Hill
 Women, Infant, and Children (WIC)
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Cesar Chavez Service Clubs
Mission: To inspire young people to believe in themselves and to know that they can make a difference.
Contact:
Carlos LeGerrette
Executive Director
legrete@cox.net
(619) 233-1331
www.chavezclubs.org
Who are they?
In 2000, when the State of California named March 31st Cesar Chavez Day, community leaders who had served with
Cesar Chavez sought a way to engage young people in the community service that characterized his life through creating the Cesar Chavez Service Clubs. Thirty-eight clubs representing 1,000 Chavistas (club members) meet weekly at
eleven different schools in San Diego with the goal to inspire students to believe in themselves by teaching their members, who are called Chavistas, the ten values Cesar Chavez embodied and carrying out service projects for the benefit
of their community. The students learn through experience that they can make a difference.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
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 Service Clubs: Chavistas attend weekly after school meetings where they learn and participate in the ten values
of Cesar Chavez:
ｏ Teach Someone (Service to Others)
ｏ Sacrifice for Others (Sacrifice)
ｏ Help Someone (Helping the Most Needy)
ｏ Si Se Puede (Determination)
ｏ No Violence (Non-Violence)
ｏ We’re All Different (Accepting of All People)
ｏ Respect Others (Respect for Life)
ｏ Be Proud (Celebrating Community)
ｏ Knowledge is Power (Knowledge)
ｏ Be Creative (Innovation)
 Chavistas: The Chavistas range from third grade through college age. They form habits that will serve them a
lifetime, like determination and innovation. As they will tell you, “Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!”
 Leadership Development: Each club is designed to teach leadership skills to the Chavistas who actively participate in each meeting, run by their elected peer officials. They learn these skills through: discussing the ten values, creating meeting agendas, voting on action items, planning service events, setting group expectations, holding one another accountable, serving as elected officers, weekly public speaking, setting individual and group
goals, attending larger events, and more.
 Community Events: Chavistas participate in community events throughout the year which uphold one of the
ten values.
 Service Projects: Each club votes on, plans, and participates in service projects each year.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 1 Full-time
 AmeriCorps Volunteers: 2 annually
 Volunteers: 35 annually
Who do they serve?
 Over 1,000 students in 38 clubs at 17 different elementary, middle, and high school:
ｏ About 60% Latino
ｏ About 15% Caucasian
ｏ About 10% African American
ｏ About 15% other
What are their goals?
 Expand clubs to all schools in the Hoover High School cluster.
 Create the Congress of Cesar Chavez Clubs to bring together all the student leaders from each club once
a quarter.
 Develop eight club manager full-time positions.
 Increase volunteer participation from local universities.
 Conduct a longitudinal evaluation with appropriate metrics and data attributes.
What impact have they made?
 Increased test scores of participants according to a master thesis study.
 Organized 38 clubs in 17 schools.
 Provided leadership and service opportunities to over 4,800 student members.
 Facilitated over 1,000 club meetings in 2013-14 totaling 20,000 club member hours.
 Invested additional 10,000 hours in staff time.
 30,000 hours invested by members and staff in 2013-14 leadership activities.
Who are their key supporters?
 Audio Associates
 Las Mañanitas Breakfast donors
 Richard Barrera Family
 San Diego Chargers
 San Diego Gas and Electric
 SIMNSA Health Plan
 Tramutola Advisors
Who are their community partners?
 Manpower of San Diego
 Price Charities
 San Diego Unified School District
 United Domestic Workers
 University of California, San Diego
 University of San Diego
 Urban Corps of San Diego County
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Circulate San Diego
Mission: To create excellent mobility choices
and vibrant, healthy neighborhoods.
Contact:
Jim Stone
Executive Director
jstone@circulatesd.org
(619) 544-9255
www.circulatesd.org
Who are they?
Circulate San Diego (CSD) is a result of the 2014 merger of non-profits WalkSanDiego and Move San Diego. WalkSanDiego was founded in 1998 by volunteers with professional backgrounds in land use, air quality, transportation, and development issues who shared a passion for creating neighborhoods that people want to explore and get around on
foot. Move San Diego was formed in 2004 by citizens, environmentalists, bicyclists, pedestrians, and transportation
experts to build broad support for sustainable transportation systems and land use policies. Together, CSD works with
local governments, The San Diego Association of Governments, the private sector, and citizens on the health, environmental, and economic benefits to driving less.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Completed their Healthy Equity by Design Project in City Heights.
 Also completed the Safe Route To School Program in City Heights.
 Conducted a series of Walkability Workshops in City Heights focused on business improvement.
What support services do they offer?
 School & Youth:
ｏ Walkability Workshops: Teach parents basic transportation planning concepts focused on dealing with
pedestrian safety so that they will be able to assess their neighborhoods for improvements.
ｏ Walk Audits: Indentify issues and problems in school neighborhoods to identify and prioritize community
concerns.
ｏ 5 E’s Workshops: Collaboration with parents, students, and staff in identifying programs they feel would
work best for their school and community.
ｏ Preferred Routes Map: Illustrates parents’ preferred walking routes for school. The map results from a
series of interviews and meetings with parents and school staff.
ｏ Safe Routes To School Toolkit (SRTS): Provide schools and parents with detailed information on aspects of
a comprehensive SRTS program including volunteer recruitment, Walk to School Day planning, and other
encouragement activities. Goals for this work are to assess the potential for developing outreach strategies, education activities, and ongoing evaluation.
ｏ Walk This Way Course: Teaches students pedestrian safety laws, tips, and other information relevant to
create awareness on simulated streetscape created by WSD that students “inhabit” to learn safe walking
and biking practices.
 Encouragement strategies and activities for schools:
ｏ Walk to School Day
ｏ Bike to School Day
ｏ Walking School Bus
ｏ Mileage Club
ｏ Walkshops
ｏ Logo Contest.
 Policy & Advocacy:
ｏ Since 1998, WSD has been advocating for safe, vibrant streets, and walkable communities. Through dedicated staff and many volunteers, they have been able to help neighborhoods across the region advocate
for and achieve safer walking conditions. They have empowered residents to ask cities to install new
crosswalks, sidewalks, and traffic calming measures such as road diets, pedestrian refuge islands, and curb
extensions.
ｏ Complete Street Workshops.
ｏ Transit Oriented Design Workshops.
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 Community Support:
ｏ Dedicated to change city standards and funding policies at all levels of government through working with neighborhoods, which is WSD’s primary niche. They provide the necessary education on
pedestrian-oriented design and traffic calming for speed-plagued streets to accomplish this change.
 Seniors & The Disabled:
ｏ WSD’s mission is to ensure walkable and roll-able communities for people of all abilities. With this
goal in mind, they collaborate with cities and universities to survey and collect data on older adults
and disabled communities, who are often among the underrepresented demographics.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 1111 6th Avenue, Suite # 402, San Diego, CA 92101
 Staff size: 10 Full-time, 2 Part-time
 Volunteers: 200 annually
Who do they serve?
 San Diego County as a whole, including more than 30,000 students each year.
What are their goals?
 Help create communities where walking is preferred choice for transportation and recreation for all
people.
What impact have they made?
 Issued a Regional Walk Scorecard that rates walkability in every San Diego County city.
 Developed a phone app called BestWALK that allows residents to conduct walk audits.
 Increased walking and biking to school in some districts by as much as 125%.
 Influenced SANDAG to develop a Complete Streets Regional Policy, a Safe Routes to School Strategic
Plan, and Early Action Program for Active Transportation, and improvements to the Regional Transportation Plan.
Who are their key supporters?
 The California Endowment
 California Wellness Foundation
 Kaiser Permanente
 The San Diego Foundation
 Sharp Health Care Plan
 Smart Growth America
 State and Federal funding
Who are their community partners?
 City Heights Business Association
 City Heights Community Development Corporation
 Livable Streets Coalition
 San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
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City Heights Community Development
Corporation
Mission: To enhance the quality of life in City Heights
by working with our community to create quality affordable housing and livable neighborhoods, foster economic
self-sufficiency, and stimulate investment.
Contact:
Kenneth Grimes, MCP
Executive Director
kgrimes@cityheightscdc.org
(619) 961-1052
www.cityheightscdc.org
Who are they?
City Heights Community Development Corporation is a proactive, dynamic, and forward looking organization that provides a range of community and economic development services which address identified needs within the community.
Their services and programs help City Heights’ residents overcome considerable disadvantages in housing, business,
employment, health, education, and poverty.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4001 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite #205, San Diego, CA 92115.
 The oldest non-profit in City Heights, established in 1981.
 Creates quality affordable housing and promotes livable neighborhoods in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 The Active Transportation Program: Works with residents, community groups, the City of San Diego, San Diego
Association of Governments, and Caltrans to advocate for health supportive built environment enhancements
and policy change.
 Community Engagement Program: Uses an ongoing process to involve residents of City Heights in a continuous
dialogue to collect ideas for improvement that represent the wants and needs of the community.
 The Neighborhood Enhancement Program: Strategically addresses the effects of the foreclosure crisis by restoring the physical integrity and appearance of neighborhoods in City Heights through rehabilitation and education.
 The Resident Self Sufficiency Program: Responds to the current economic times by providing vital services to
City Heights’ residents:
ｏ After School Study and Tech. Project
ｏ Foods and Living Essentials Pantry
ｏ Workforce Development Project
ｏ Adult Services and Engagement
ｏ Operational Assistance and Referrals
 Economic Development: Empowers and increases the entrepreneurial capacities of City Heights’ residents and
business owners. This also strengthens the City Heights community through the creation and retention of sustainable small businesses, new jobs, and financial self-sufficiency.
 Workforce Development: Focuses on the ability of low-income residents of City Heights to secure at least living
wage jobs through intensive employment preparation and direct job placement. This program has a 10 year
history of effective employment placement services with an emphasis on community job placement.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 21 Full-time, 3 Part-time
 Volunteers: 25 (ongoing), 100 to 150 (for community events) annually
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Who do they serve?
 City Heights and Mid-City area
 The average percent of the clients they serve across their programs are:
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What are their goals?
 Quality of life standards are recognized and public private investment continues to increase to achieve
higher quality of life for everyone in City Heights.
 Residents choose to improve their education and their personal economics and are afforded the opportunity to share in the wealth that is created from a revitalized, redeveloped community.
 Residents recognize the opportunity to prepare for, obtain and retain a job, a better job or a career,
which allows community members to remain and personally invest in City Heights.
 Neighborhoods are properly served with accessible, basic public facilities including schools, health services, and neighborhood-serving businesses.
 People respect each other regardless of their country of origin, language, or economic status.
What impact have they made?
 Enhanced the quality of life in City Heights by working with the community to create quality affordable
housing and livable neighborhoods, foster economic self-sufficiency, and stimulate investment.
 Distributed 8,500 bags of food and basic supplies to City Heights’ families.
 Placed over 500 residents in jobs through employment preparation assistance with 80% retention rate.
 Delivered over 85,000 volunteer hours to ensure program success.
 Provided all 80,000 residents of City Heights with safer streets and more livable neighborhoods through
Community Engagement and Active Transportation programs.
Who are their key supporters?
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Bank of America Foundation
Caltrans
CitiBank Foundation
City of San Diego
County of San Diego
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Ford Foundation
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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Price Charities
San Diego Gas & Electric
San Diego Housing Commission
San Diego Workforce Partnership
The California Endowment
The Center for Sustainable Energy
Union Bank
U.S. Bank
Wells Fargo
Who are their community partners?
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City Heights Farmer’s Market: Fresh
Fund
Mission: To support local farmers and increase access
to healthy, fresh foods to under-served communities
through a farmers’ market incentive program that leverages the purchasing power of SNAP and WIC dollars.
Contact:
Troy McKinney
Fresh Fund Coordinator
Troy.McKinney@rescue.org
(619) 641-7510 ext. 277
http://www.rescue.org/us-program/
us-san-diego-ca/fresh-fund
Who are they?
The Fresh Fund was launched in 2008 as a pilot program to test the effectiveness of incentive programs in bolstering
sales at farmers’ markets and increasing the consumption of fresh foods among low income consumers. The City
Heights Farmers’ Market (CHFM) became one of only a few programs nationally to “match” the use of food stamps
(Cal/Fresh/SNAP), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Senior Farmers’ Market coupons, or cash from Supplemental
Security Income (SSI/Disability) recipients. The aim is to facilitate access to affordable healthy food choices for low-to
moderate-income families and individuals.
By 2011, the Fresh Fund had grown to serve more than 8,000 residents at 5 farmers’ markets in San Diego County.
Revenue generated at these 5 markets topped $1.6 million of which approximately $350,000 were incentive dollars
(furnished by a grant from the Center for Disease Control to the County of San Diego).
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 The CHFM every Saturday morning serving hundreds of City Heights’ families each year.
 Located in City Heights on Wightman Street in between Fairmount Avenue and 43rd Street.
What support services do they offer?
 Fresh Fund: A farmers’ market incentive program that leverages the purchasing power of SNAP and WIC dollars
to support local farmers and increase access to healthy, fresh foods to under-served communities. Residents
enrolled in CalFresh/SNAP, WIC, or SSI/Disability may sign up for Fresh Fund at participating farmers’ markets
that are EBT-accessible.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 1 Full-time, 2 Part-time
 Volunteers: 4 annually
Who do they serve?
 Low- to moderate-income families and individuals.
 One sampling of Fresh Fund participants showed the ethnic breakdown to be:
ｏ Asian: 55%
ｏ White/Caucasian: 16%
ｏ Hispanic: 13%
ｏ Black/African or Caribbean-American: 10%
ｏ American Indian: 3%
ｏ Other: 3%
 The average age of participants was roughly 56 years of age who had 1.77 children and 2.16 adults living in their
Fresh Fund households.
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What impact have they made?
 Increased the purchasing power of Fresh Fund members.
 Enrolled hundreds of new participants in Fresh Fund last year.
 City Heights’ residents purchased over $300,000 in produce from farmers in 2012.
 Fresh Fund participants surveyed (32) self-reported that they consume a higher amount and variety of
fresh produce consumption as a result of Fresh Fund participation.
 Advanced local farmers revenue and stimulates the local economy:
ｏ Average farm vendor revenue at the CHFM was $47,000 in 2011. Fewer than 6% of vendors at the
national level gross between $25K and $100K annually.
ｏ The top selling farmer at the CHFM grossed more than $122K in 2011. Less than 1% of farmers’
market vendors nationally gross over $100,000 per year.
ｏ The same farm also created 8 new jobs as a result of their market sales, pointing to the broad impacts such programs can have on individual businesses and the broader economy.
 Annual income for the CHFM more than double the national average for farmers’ markets (National
average $243,000; CHFM $522,291).
 SNAP sales at the CHFM are more than 20 times the national average (National $279/mo.; CHFM
$6,092/mo).
 The race/ethnicity of farmers’ market vendors at the national level is 89% white and 11% non-white;
farmers at CHFM are 3% white and 97% non-white.
Who are their key supporters?
 Price Charities
 The California Endowment
 Union Bank
 Wholesome Wave Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 San Diego County Farm Bureau
 San Diego Hunger Coalition has a booth at the City Heights Farmers’ Market
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City Heights Foundation
Mission: To combat the deterioration of the City
Heights community located in San Diego California; to
provide educational programs and opportunities for
the self-development and betterment of the general
public; and to carry on other charitable activates.
Contact:
Enrique Gandarilla
Executive Director
Enrique@cityheightsba.org
(619) 906-4453
www.cityheightsfoundation.org
Who are they?
The City Heights Foundation (CHF) is a 501(c)(3) organization that supports the improvement of the City Heights Community through projects and grants. It is the charitable arm of the City Heights Business Association, itself a 501 (c)(6).
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at 4305 University Avenue, Suite 540, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Addresses charitable needs in the City Heights community.
 Created by the City Heights Business Association to provide a vehicle for charitable grants and applications in
furtherance of the City Heights Business Association programs and mission.
What support services do they offer?
 General support to local non-profit organizations that provide services in City Heights.
 The CHF is the lead agency in a collaborative effort to address youth violence in City Heights.
 The CHF is the lead agency in the planning and implementation of the Annual City Heights Youth Resources and
Job Fair.
 Cosponsor of the annual Day of the Dead Celebration and the Cinco De Mayo con Orgullo event.
 Collaborates on other projects that address economic development, safety, and education in City Heights.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 0 Full-time, 2 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 The community of City Heights by implementing programs and providing services that help improve the community and support its residents.
What are their goals?
 To help improve City Heights in all aspects.
What impact have they made?
 Hosted Price Community Builder and produced a report that identified the key safety issues that the CHF could
work on.
 Hired a Community Safety Organizer to collaborate with other organizations on addressing safety and security.
 Implemented a pilot Business Watch Program, Youth Job Fair, Family Movie Nights at local parks, and other special events.
Who are their key supporters?
 City Heights Business Association
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Who are their community partners?
 City Attorney’s Office
 City Heights Community Development Corporation
 SAY San Diego
 Price Charities
 San Diego Park and Recreation
 San Diego Police Department
 Urban Corps San Diego
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City Heights Recreation Center
Mission: To acquire, develop, operate, and maintain a
park and recreation system which enriches the quality of
life for residents and visitors alike, and preserves it for
future generations.
Contact:
Raul Contreras
Azalea/City Heights Area Manager
rcontreras@sandiego.gov
(619) 641-6104
www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation
Who are they?
The center is part of the "City Heights Revitalization Plan" and replaced the Highland Park facility that was there for
years. The center which opened in 1998 is the recreation component of the "Urban Village" which includes a library,
a performance annex, Head Start Program, a community college, gymnasium, and police station.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at 4380 Landis Street, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Provide services and activities to youth and their families in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Crafts/Drawing Class
 Dance Program
 City Heights Music School
 Youth Sports (Football & Basketball)
 Teen Center Activities
 Recreation Tennis Program
 Youth Tennis San Diego Program
 Kickboxing Aerobics
 Pilates/Ab Strength Training
 Cardio Fit
 Step, Circuit Training, and Meditation
 Sports for Exceptional Athletes
 Open Play Basketball
 American Youth Outreach Self-Defense Class
 Youth Sports
 Summer/Winter/Spring Day Camps
 Mid-City Gym
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 4 Full-time, 13 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approximately 10 monthly
Who do they serve?
 The City Heights community
What are their goals?
 To enrich lives through quality parks and programs.
 Increase community pride.
 Provide safe places to play.
 Diminish gang violence.
 Build family unity.
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What impact have they made?
 Information not available – statistics not kept on number of individuals served.
Who are their key supporters?
 City of San Diego General Fund
 City Heights Recreation Council
Who are their community partners?
 City Heights Business
 Global Institute for Public Strategies
 Metro Villa Apartments
 Outreach to Community Business
 Price Charities
 San Diego Police Department
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City Heights Wellness Center:
Scripps Health/ Rady Children’s Hospital
Mission: To improve the health status of City Heights by
working with residents to improve their lifestyle behaviors
and self-sufficiency skills.
Contact:
Lisa Vandervort
Manager
Vandervort.Lisa@scrippshealth.org
(619) 321-2922
www.scripps.org/locations/well-beingcenters_city-heights
Who are they?
The City Heights Wellness Center’s goal has been to prevent disease by strengthening community partnerships and
linking with existing services to provide City Heights’ residents with opportunities to become involved in managing
their own health.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 FHCSD operates the City Heights (CHFHC) clinic located at 5454 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115.
 Served over 15,000 individuals and families in the City Heights area each year.
 Operates a federally accredited Family Medicine Teaching Program for physicians in training at CHFHC.
What support services do they offer?
 Nutrition Programs
ｏ Utilizing the CHWC’s Teaching Kitchen, classes range from food demonstrations, instruction on food handling
to interactive, hands-on cooking, and skill-building activities with individuals of all ages.
ｏ Scripps Mercy WIC: Utilizes space at the CHCW to provide nearly 5,000 nutritional food vouchers and dietary
counseling services to low-income pregnant/parenting women and their children monthly.
ｏ Weekly Breastfeeding/Nutrition Support Group: Provide "hands-on" instruction, support, infant nutrition, as
well as health education.
ｏ Angel’s Depot: Serves as a drop off CHWC for food distribution for seniors.
 Health Education Services
ｏ Project Dulce: Provides diabetes prevention and disease management services.
ｏ “Ask A Nurse”: Central Region Public Health Nurses are available to provide information to promote and encourage healthy choices to lead healthier lives.
ｏ Eligibility Assistance: Eligibility Workers are available to counsel people on eligibility and assist people in applying for Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Cal Fresh, and other benefits.
ｏ Mental Health counseling services through Rady Children’s Hospital.
ｏ Healthy Life Style Nutrition: Provides education on nutritious and healthy lifestyle habits.
ｏ Integrative Health Nights: Alternative Health practitioners come to the CHWC to offer monthly chair massage, acupuncture, yoga, and cooking/ nutrition classes.
ｏ Exercise Programs: Designed for adults and children to help keep in shape and to increase flexibility.
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ｏ Positive Parenting Program: Workshops designed to increase confidence and skill-level in parents and to encourage resilience, independence, respect, and cooperation in their children.
 Youth Programs
ｏ Internship Rotation Program: For local students in high school and/or college that provide curricula-based
activities related to nursing, nutrition and public health.
ｏ Let’s Get Cooking: Provides weekly interactive cooking instruction and nutrition education to youth and their
families.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 2 Full-time, 0 Part-time
 Volunteers: 5 annually
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Who do they serve?
 The CHWC’s target population is reflective of the community with 40% Hispanic and 60% a combination
of Caucasian, East African, and African American residents.
 Approximately 2,000 children, youth and/or adults of all ages attend classes or programs each month
with an annually total of 18,000 participants utilizing CHWC.
What are their goals?
 Prevent disease by strengthening community partnerships and linking with existing services.
What impact have they made?
Over time, the CHWC has earned a reputation for being:
 A safe place to come and seek help for a variety of health and social needs.
 A resource for obtaining easy access to information about health and nutrition.
 A flexible meeting place, which has the capacity to bring people together around several issues.
The core strategies contributing to the CHWC’s success are as follows:
 Ability to engage the East African and Latino populations to facilitate positive lifestyle changes.
 Hosting and co-location of community-based programs.
 Resident leadership and skill development among residents of East Africans descent.
 Providing a wide variety of health education and promotion activities.
 Engagement of local residents, schools, business, foundations and other not-for-profit organizations in
community health improvement endeavors.
Who are their key supporters?
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The California Endowment
California Vitamin Consumer Trust Fund
Mercy Hospital Foundation
Price Philanthropies
Rady Children’s Hospital
San Diego Nutrition Network
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Scripps Health Community Benefit Fund
Scripps Mercy Hospital
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Veterans Health Administration Health Foundation
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Area Schools
City Heights Business Association
City Heights Community Development Corporation
Community Health Improvement Partners
County of San Diego-Health and
Human Services
Family Health Centers of San Diego
Feeding America
Hunger Coalition
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
La Maestra Community Clinic
Leah’s Pantry
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 Network for a Healthy California
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of Nursing
Project Lean
San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative
San Diego Family Jewish Services
San Diego State University School of Nursing
SAY San Diego
Somali Bantu Organization
St. Mark’s Church
Super Food Drive
Untied Women of East Africa (City Heights
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College Area Pregnancy Services
Mission: To assist those facing unintended pregnancies with medical services, education, and
resources in a caring and confidential environment.
Contact:
Julie Niven
Executive Director
julie@capsonline.org
(619) 337-8080
www.capsonline.org
Who are they?
College Area Pregnancy Services, CAPS, has served more than 8,500 women and men facing unintended pregnancies
with early prenatal medical services, education and resources since 2000. They offer medical services, education and
resources to all who have need. All services are confidential and free of charge. The majority of their clients are lowincome, singles, or college students.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 They serve many individuals and families from the City Heights area and partner with local medical facilities
and high schools.
What support services do they offer?
 Medical Services
ｏ Pregnancy Test Verification
ｏ Ultrasound
ｏ Initial Visit with a Medical Professional
 Options Counseling and Support
ｏ Abortion Procedures and Risks
ｏ Adoption Education
ｏ Parenting Education and Support
 Pregnancy Counseling and Support
ｏ Education on Fetal Development
ｏ Physician Referrals
ｏ Nutrition Education
 Counseling
ｏ Sexuality Issues
ｏ Relationship Issues
 STD Risk Education and Referrals
 Post-Abortion Counseling/Support Groups
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff Size: 3 Full-time, 5 Part-time
 Volunteers: 60 annually
Who do they serve?
 They serve anyone without regard to age, race, income, nationality, religious affiliation, disability or other arbitrary circumstances.
 They serve about 1,000 clients each year with 750 of those being new clients and 350 returns.
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What are their goals?
 Treat clients with kindness, compassion and in a caring manner.
 Ensure clients always receive honest and open answers.
 Guarantee client information is held in strict and absolute confidence according to HIPAA guidelines.
 Provide clients accurate information about pregnancy, fetal development, lifestyle issues, and related
concerns.
 Committed to offer accurate information about abortion procedures and risks, but they do not offer,
recommend or refer for abortions or abortifacients.
 Ensure that all of their advertising and communications are truthful and honest and accurately describe
the services they offer.
 Provide all of their professional staff and lay counselors with the proper training to uphold the above
standards.
 Expand the number of those they serve by adding three more shifts in the next several months so they
can always be available to clients without a significant wait time.
What impact have they made?
 Act as a triage for women and men who are facing unintended pregnancy.
 Offer free early pregnancy medical services, important to healthy pregnancies.
 Help insured, uninsured, low-income find network of community services.
 Connect pregnant individuals or those who experienced an abortion with support, resources and referrals.
Who are their key supporters?
 Individual and Families
 Organizations
 Private Foundations
Who are their community partners?
 Crawford High School
 Family Health Clinics
 Grossmont Hospital
 Hoover High School
 La Maestra
 Mid-City Clinic
 New Day Women’s Center
 Nurse Family Partnership
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Community Housing Works
Mission: To help people and communities move up in
the world through opportunities to own, rent, and
achieve.
Contact:
Sue Reynolds
President and CEO
sreynolds@chworks.org
(619) 282-6647
www.chworks.org
Who are they?
Community Housing Works (CHW) is a non-profit that helps people and communities move up in the world through
opportunities to own, rent, and achieve.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Their Own-Rent-Achieve Center is located in City Heights at 4010 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
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Working with UrbanList and residents to improve the surrounding Auburn Creek Canyon.
Owns and provides services at Bandar Salaam Apartments, 67 affordable apartment homes in City Heights with
a Learning Center and other programs benefiting both families and youth.
What support services do they offer?
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Classes and Coaching: Programs that provide relevant educational classes and one-on-one coaching to help clients reach their financial and housing goals:
ｏ Financial Fitness Classes
ｏ Home Buyer Education Classes
ｏ Home Owner Workshops
ｏ Family Asset Building Workshops
ｏ One-on-one Financial Coaching
ｏ One-on-one Home Buyer Coaching
ｏ One-on-one Home Owner Coaching
ｏ Foreclosure Intervention Counseling
ｏ Rental Home Stability
ｏ Matched Savings
Own-Rent-Achieve Center: This is the only professional realty and lending shop in City Heights for the community, promoting homeownership, and local investment. It also provides a community room and space that can be
booked for use. In addition, the center is used for volunteer income tax assistance (VITA), lease-ups for local
rental communities, partner workshops and service delivery, and several classes and coaching services.
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What support services do they offer? (continued)
 Virtual Counselor Network: This year, CHW maximized the reach and improved the accessibly of their
program by embracing technology-based solutions. The Virtual Counselor Network (VCN), spearheaded
by our long-time partner the Housing Opportunities Collaborative, offers a means of bringing a cadre of
services to high-traffic community locations via Virtual Empowerment Centers (VECs). CHW is one of
the leading partners in this delivery model. Not only will their coaches be available through VECs strategically placed throughout the County of San Diego—including 1 in City Heights—CHW will place VCNs
within their affordable apartment communities. This tool represents the next step in serving the area
of City Heights and ensuring that members of this community have convenient access to the full range
of resources needed to move up in the world.
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Supportive Housing: CHW has over 150 apartments with supportive services for people with disabilities, individuals with HIV or AIDS, homeless families reuniting after recovery from drug and alcohol
abuse, homeless and disabled veterans, people with developmental disabilities, seniors with disabilities
and victims of domestic violence.
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energy upgrades to their homes.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 69 Full-time, 24 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approx. 550 annually
Who do they serve?
Ethnic Breakdown of People Served by CHW in all programs, countywide and in City Heights:
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ｏ Asian & Pacific Islander
ｏ Hispanic/Latino (all races)
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What are their goals?
 To further develop the Financial Fitness Programs.
 To establish their new Own/Rent/Achieve Center as the “go to” place in City Heights.
 To create a new fund raising model for the FaceLift program.
 Become the main realtor presence in City Heights.
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What impact have they made?
CHW made the following impacts during 2011:
 Running Readers Program:
ｏ Kindergarten through third graders enrolled: 74
ｏ Over 25 volunteer reading coaches.
ｏ Organized in 8 different locations.
 Financial Fitness:
ｏ Over 480 graduates gained the skills and knowledge to be hopeful for a wealthier future.
ｏ More than half increased their credit scores by an average of 66 points.
ｏ Youth residents graduated from the Teen Financial Fitness course: 65.
 Homeownership:
ｏ Individuals graduated from the Homebuyer Education course: 657.
ｏ Percent of individuals who lowered their debt: 42%.
ｏ First-time homebuyers: 138.
ｏ Amount of families who avoided foreclosure through counseling services: 265.
ｏ Percent of CHW rehabilitated homes that were sold to veterans: 25%.
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Bank of America
Fannie Mae
Galinson and McGrory Family Foundations
JP Morgan Chase
Leichtag Family Foundation
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
National Council of La Raza
NeighborWorks America
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San Diego Women’s Foundation
Union Bank
United Way of San Diego
United Way Women’s Leadership Council
US Bank
Wells Fargo
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San Diego Canyonlands
San Diego Organizing Project
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
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California Department of Housing and Community
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City Heights Community Development Corporation
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Comprehensive Training Systems
Mission: To provide the highest quality, most up-todate training in the areas of its contractual agreements
with its funding agencies, to every qualified man or
woman, regardless of race, creed, color, or other identity, without exception.
Contact:
Kristen Walker
Program Manager
kwalker@ctsjobs.org
(619) 582-9134
Who are they?
Comprehensive Training Systems (CTS) provides high level, quality training and job placement in a diverse range of
skill areas, to underemployed and unemployed populations in San Diego County.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at 5348 University Avenue, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Corporate Office located at: 497 11th Street, Suite 4, Imperial Beach, CA 91932.
What support services do they offer?
 Medical Receptionist, Billing Clerk, & Medical Assistant: Provides job opportunities in a wide variety of health
care environments including hospital and private doctor's office settings.
 Computer Repair Technician: Designed to give students the necessary basic skills to operate a microcomputer
and compete in today's fast paced business environments.
 Micro Computer Repair Technician: Students learn the Microsoft Windows environment, a basic understanding of the Office Suite of Programs, familiarity with PC Hardware and peripherals, and other common office
procedures.
 Network A+ Certification: Coursework and materials provided in this program is based on the A+ Certification
Program.
 VESL-Vocational English as a Second Language: Allows students to improve their English. They will practice
and expand their English vocabulary, comprehension and pronunciation in a work environment. In addition,
they will gain an understanding of life skills needed in the workplace.
 Building Maintenance Technician Training: This program is an 11 week intensive "Hands On" work simulated
environment. Training is provided by industry experienced instructors who care about student’s future.
 Basic Manufacturing/Shipyard Training and Techniques: Designed to assist students with the necessary basic
skills to enter employment in the shipbuilding and manufacturing industry.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 19 Full-time, 0 Part-time
 Volunteers: 2 to 10 annually
Who do they serve?
 Underemployed and unemployed individuals in San Diego County.
What are their goals?
 Provide high level, quality training.
 To never turn anybody away, always give an alternative option.
 To build the individual up.
 Ensure job placement.
What impact have they made?
 For the past two decades, CTS has continuously worked to improve training methods, curriculum, and communication with our students and employers.
 CTS has graduated over 6,900 students in various occupational skill areas.
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Who are their key supporters?
 Employment Development Department (EDD)
 Health and Human Services
 San Diego Workforce Partnership
 State of California
Who are their community partners?
 Faith Based Agencies
 Job Corps
 San Diego Housing Commission
 St. Vincent De Paul
 Sycuan Casino
 Tribal TANF
 Vocational Sector
 Welfare Provides (PCG, Arbor/ ResCare)
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Consensus Organizing Center—SDSU
Mission: To work in partnership with underrepresented communities in an effort to train and develop students, community leaders, and residents in the
Consensus Organizing Model.
Contact:
Jessica Robinson, MSW
Executive Director
jmrobinson@mail.sdsu.edu
(619) 594-0780
www.consensus.sdsu.edu
Who are they?
The Consensus Organizing Center (COC), a project of the School of Social Work at San Diego State University (SDSU),
works to develop a new generation of grass-roots community leaders through education and training in the Consensus
Organizing Model, which is a method of community organizing focused on finding and developing areas of mutual selfinterest between community stakeholders, as opposed to traditional conflict-based organizing strategies.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Have two City Heights based programs: Step-up and Master of Social Work.
 Programs serve Hoover High School.
What support services do they offer?
 Step-Up Program: Offers high school students an introductory college level social work course during their junior year in high school and participation in a 40-hour community service project.
ｏ Remains involved with Step-Up graduates during their senior year to assist them with mapping out their
interest area of study, locating an appropriate college(s) to apply for, identifying scholarships, grants, and
financial aid that will assist in funding their college education.
ｏ Offers students part-time positions working on community organizing projects; provides for them monetary compensation for their college expenses.
 Intern Program: During their senior year of undergraduate studies, the youth work with the Center and continue to develop their community organizing skills.
 Foster Youth Initiative: Works with high school aged foster youth throughout San Diego County who received
general elective college and high school credits. The curriculum material for this course covers a range of social
issues, including access to health care, public education, governmental aid programs, cycle of poverty, unemployment, and others.
 Public Trainings: Provides valuable and effective training on the Consensus Organizing Model. The trainings are
instructed by the Executive Director, Jessica Robinson and staff members.
 Legal Path: To empower students to attend college and motivate them to seek careers in the legal profession.
Many inner-city students have an interest in the law, but achieving a legal education seems completely unrealistic.
 A.I.M. for Law: The California Western A.I.M. for Law program, standing for “Achieve, Inspire, Motivate,” works
to increase diversity in the legal profession by helping to prepare low-income and first generation college students for the level of work necessary to succeed in law school. A.I.M. for Law also seeks to inspire and motivate
diverse college students to seek a legal education through mentorship and guest speakers from various areas of
the legal profession.
 Safety Initiative: Worked with Fairmont Village with the goal of increasing the perception of safety; worked
with residents to make sustainable change; assisted with Mid-City CAN Skate Park.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 2 Full-time, 4 Part-time
 Volunteers: Varies throughout the year
Who do they serve?
 African American/Black:
 Asian American:
 Hispanic/Latino/a:
 Native American:
 Pacific Islander:
 Caucasian (Non-Hispanic):
 Other:
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What are their goals?
 To generate and educate the development of a new generation of trained grassroots community leaders capable of working with government agencies, business leaders, churches, and other organizations.
What impact have they made?
 Step-Up:
ｏ Since 2000, 400 Step-Up youth have participated in the Social Work 120 course at SDSU.
ｏ Youth have completed over 15,200 community service hours.
ｏ Graduation: 97% have successfully graduated from high school, compared to Hoover’s 68%.
ｏ College: 93% have been admitted and are attending college compared to Hoover’s 34%.
 Since its inception in 1999, the COC has successfully trained county employees, faith-based leaders, high
school, and college students in the methods and techniques of Consensus Organizing.
Who are their key supporters?
 Alliance Healthcare Foundation
 Andrus Family Fund
 Casey Family Programs
 Congresswoman Susan Davis
 Stuart Foundation
 The California Endowment
 The California Wellness Foundation
 The President’s Leadership Fund
 The Westreich Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 AjA Project
 City Heights on Patrol
 County of San Diego Foster Youth
 Mid-City CAN
 Price Charities
 San Diego State University
 University of San Diego
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Copley Family YMCA
Mission: To improving the quality of human life and to
helping all people realize their fullest potential as children of God through development of the spirit, mind,
and body.
Contact:
Andrew Holets
Administrative Specialist –
Grants and Outreach
aholets@ymca.org
(619) 283-2251
www.copley.ymca.org
Who are they?
The YMCA (The Y) is for everyone—children, adults, seniors and families—and brings everyone together like no other
organization can. The YMCA of San Diego County is an association of YMCA branches and facilities, and is the second
largest YMCA in the nation. As a result, hundreds of thousands in San Diego County are receiving the support, guidance, and resources needed to achieve greater health and well-being for their spirit, mind, and body.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Copley Family YMCA branch located in City Heights at 3901 Landis Street, San Diego, CA 92105.
What support services do they offer?
 Camp: Day Camp and Vacation Fun Days at the Copley Family YMCA provide a great place for friends to come
together in a warm and safe environment to enjoy their school breaks.
 Childcare Programs: The Copley Family YMCA offers a variety of childcare options for children ranging in ages
from 6 weeks old to 12 years of age.
 Swim, Sports, Play: The Y is the starting point for youth to learn about becoming and staying active and developing healthy habits. The benefits are far greater than just physical health. Whether it is gaining the confidence
that comes from learning to swim or building the positive relationships that lead to good sportsmanship and
teamwork. Activities also include:
 Teen Programs: The Copley Family YMCA offers a variety of programs for teens in grades 6 to 12. The goal is to
educate today's teens and build foundations that help them grow into healthy, confident, successful adults.
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Hot Shots (sports for 3 to 5 year of age)
Free Sports Clinics
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Basketball
Soccer
Flag Football
Middle School League
TrYangle Basketball League
Martial Arts
Infant / Toddler
Preschool
School Age
Family Time: A wide range of fun-filled, family activities are scheduled every month. Families come and participate in a variety of different activities.
Health, Well-Being, & Fitness: They offer a variety of healthy activities to help individuals stay fit and keep motivated. The activities are tailored with a variety of choices to meet every interest and fit into busy schedules.
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Water Aerobics
Offsite Classes
Maintain Don't Gain
Nutritional Classes
Job Seeker Workshops
What support services do they offer? (continued)
 Sports & Recreation: The Y adult sports leagues offer adults alternative opportunities to stay active and
engage in healthy lifestyles other than simply going to the Y and working out. Activities include:
ｏ Basketball
ｏ Indoor Soccer (Futsal)
ｏ Adult and Teen Swim Lessons
ｏ Adult and Teen Martial Arts
 Literacy Program: This free program provides homework assistance, one-on-one tutoring and small
group sessions. Tutors will coach and mentor a child's reading habits and help them understand basic
reading concepts during their weekly session.
 Parenting Workshops: These workshops are free and open to the entire community and presented by
First 5 San Diego in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Development at San Diego
State University. Instruction is provided in Spanish and English and free childcare is available.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 20 Full-time, 150 (190 in summer) Part-time
 Volunteers: Anywhere from 90 to 200 annually
Who do they serve?
 City Heights community
 Mid-City community
 North Park community
 Allied Gardens community
 Tierra Santa community
 Kensington community
 Talmadge community
What are their goals?
 Encourage healthy lifestyles that provide healthy development of the spirit, mind, and body.
 Teach and demonstrate the YMCA Character Development values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility.
 Strengthen and enrich family life.
 Build self-esteem and nurture personal growth.
 Develop leadership and strengthen communities.
What impact have they made?
 Youth served annually: 2,200.
 Total individuals served annually: 8,500.
Who are their key supporters?
 Grants
 Headquarters Subsidies from YMCA of San Diego County
 Individual donors
 Member-Based Revenue
 Price Charities
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Who are their community partners?
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Partner with eight schools in the Mid-City area
ｏ Adams Elementary
ｏ Central Elementary
ｏ Cherokee Point Elementary
ｏ Euclid Elementary
ｏ Franklin Elementary
ｏ Garfield Elementary
ｏ Marshall Elementary
ｏ McKinley Elementary
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association
La Maestra Community Health Center
METRO Career Center
Mid-City CAN (Community Advocacy Network)
Mid-City Community Clinic
Network for a Healthy California
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Community Resources and Self Help
Mission: To help people start a new life in recovery.
Contact:
Sue Dolby
Executive Director
SDolby@crashinc.org
(619) 297-5131
www.crashinc.org
Who are they?
Community Resources and Self Help (CRASH, Inc.) is one of the oldest providers of alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in San Diego County. CRASH, Inc. recently celebrated 44 years as a community-based, non-profit organization
dedicated to helping substance abusers regain their self-esteem and become clean, sober, productive, self-sufficient
members of their communities.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 One of their programs, Short Term I, men’s live-in program is housed in City Heights to assist with drug and alcohol treatment. The men live here for up to three months followed by six months of weekly aftercare available.
This program serves up to 50 men at a time.
What support services do they offer?
 Short Term I – 50 beds
ｏ Short-term (60 to 90 days) adult, male, residential program.
ｏ 4161 Marlborough Avenue
ｏ San Diego,CA 92105
 Short Term II – 43 beds
ｏ Short-term (60 to 90 days) adult, female, residential program.
ｏ 2410 "E" Street
ｏ San Diego, CA 92102
 Bill Dawson Residential Recovery Program – 63 beds
ｏ Long-term (4 to 6 months) adult, co-ed residential program.
ｏ 726 "F" Street, 2nd Floor
ｏ San Diego, CA 92101
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 25 Full-time, 4 Part-time
 Volunteers: 10 on average with 8 in City Heights
Who do they serve?
 Men and women with drug and alcohol abuse issues.
ｏ In 2013, Men: 39%, Women: 61%
 Race:
ｏ White: 49%
ｏ Other/Mixed Race*: 31%
ｏ Black/African American: 15%
ｏ American Indian: 2%
ｏ Filipino/Samoan/Chinese/Guamanian/Korean: 2%
ｏ Vietnamese/Cambodian/Laotian: 1%
ｏ * Of those stated “Other/Mixed Race” 98% were Hispanic/Latino and Mexican/Mexican American
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Who do they serve? (continued)
 Age Range:
 18 to 19 years of age: 5%
 20 to 24 years of age: 19%
 25 to 34 years of age 35%
 35 to 44 years of age: 21%
 More than 45 years of age: 20%
 Primary Substance:
 Methamphetamine: 38%
 Alcohol: 19%
 Heroin: 21%
 Marijuana/Hashish: 14%
 Cocaine/Crack: 5%
 Other Opiates or Synthetics: 1%
 OxyCodone/OxyContin: <0.04%
 PCP: 1%
 Tranquilizers, Ecstasy, Barbiturates, Hallucinogens, and Inhalants: 1%
What are their goals?
 Expand their programs to offer a transitional housing unit with a sober living housing residence program for
graduates.
 Expand employment opportunities for graduates.
What impact have they made?
 The re-arrest rate is low for their program participants.
 They have 300 individuals graduate each year.
 In the 2012/2013 program year they:
 Served 783 individual adults in the three residential treatment programs, 304 females and 479 males.
 Provided 44,885 bed-days of treatment service.
 Delivered 2,809 informal continuing aftercare visits.
 Delivered 712 hours of mental health services.
Who are their key supporters?
 County of San Diego, Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS)
 County of San Diego, Behavioral and Health Services (BHS)
 County of San Diego, Health and Human Services.
 U.S. Pretrial Services.
Who are their community partners?
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City Heights Business Association
City Heights Foundation
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
Community HousingWorks: Facelift
Family Health Clinic
Jane Weston Wellness Center
Lady of Sacred Heart
Neighborhood House
Parks and Recreations Department
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San Diego Feeding America
San Diego Health Services
Thursday Club Foundation
University of California San Diego Gifford Clinic
University of California San Diego Nursing Program
United Way
East African Community and Cultural
Center
Mission: To help improve the lives of its citizens, especially new immigrants and refugees so that their integration into the greater American society becomes as seamless as possible.
Contact:
Abdiweli Heibeh
Executive Director
admin@eastafrica.sdcoxmail.com
(619) 501-0977
www.eacandcc.org
Who are they?
The East African Community and Cultural Center (EACCC) is a self-sustaining non-profit organization that serves the
East African Community in City Heights and the greater San Diego metropolitan. They envision an East African society
that is productive, engaged, and integrated within the greater American societies, and passes high moral values and
citizenship to next generations.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4061 Fairmont Avenue, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Provides unique mentorship and support programs to youth and families of City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Family Self-Sufficiency: This program provides services to poor and disadvantaged families in City Heights. The
goal of the program is to assist and stabilize low income families with employment assistance and financial literacy education.
 Early Childhood Developments: As the future strength of the City Heights Community depends upon the
healthy development of its youngest citizens, this initiative will build upon existing resources, including relevant
public-nonprofit organizations to insure the necessary collaborative planning and implementation in order to
successfully support and strengthen East African immigrant families.
 Youth Programs: The mission is to improve East African youth’s quality of life by bridging education, communication, and achievement gaps through offering important mentorship and self-developmental activities. The
approach is hands-on, to empower the youth of City Heights by using engagement and mobilization where the
youth are encouraged to be part of the solution. The objective of this unique approach was to develop and implement ideas that add values to the quality of life for the citizens of City Heights. Programs include:
ｏ Year-round after school mentoring.
ｏ Youth-to-youth training (Stairwell Model).
ｏ Youth leagues.
 Language Classes (Somali Classes): The fight to keep alive the Somali mother tongue and identity is very important as culture entails tradition, discipline, and an identity. They offer classes to teach Somali in support of
the idea that for a good quality of life, one needs to be rooted in one’s cultural traditions and that the loss of a
mother tongue will disconnect people from their ancestry, extended family, and homeland.
 Early College Exposure: The EACCC not only places attention on preparatory steps for college access for young
people in high school, but for children in elementary and middle schools. They also prepare young children for
college by taking them to local college campuses.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 0 Full-time, 0 Part-time
 Volunteers: 7 annually
Who do they serve?
 All services are open to the whole community.
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What are their goals?
 Provide counseling and crime prevention education for both youth and parents.
 Offer educational seminars to address the gap between immigrant parents and their American born
children on social issues.
 Eliminate/reduce juvenile delinquency by using all available tools such after-school programs, educational programs, and sporting events.
 Promote cultural and civic events so that the community can participate in the democratic system and
become better citizens.
 Encourage an indigenous self-identity by retaining mother language.
 Nurture a greater sense of belonging to the community and heritage.
 Diminish the effects of assimilation into the dominant American culture in the community.
What impact have they made?
 Serve 3,000 East African refugee/immigrant a year:
ｏ Adults: 60%
ｏ Youth: 40%
Who are their key supporters?
 Community members
 The EACCC is primarily self-sufficient
Who are their community partners?
 Horn of Africa
 International Rescue Committee
 Somali Family Services
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Elder Help of San Diego
Mission: To provide personalized services and information that help seniors remain independent and live
with dignity in their own homes.
Contact:
Anya Delacruz
Associate Executive Director
adelacruz@elderhelpofsandiego.org
(619) 284-9281 x125
www.elderhelpofsandiego.org
Who are they?
ElderHelp provides an array of programs that include case management and homecare services through the Concierge
Club and live-in matching services through the HomeShare program. ElderHelp also provides tax assistance, legal help,
benefits counseling, information, and assistance.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Currently serve 25 seniors in City Heights through Concierge Club Program.
What support services do they offer?
 Concierge Club: Provides comprehensive membership-based home care solutions to address the growing health
and social challenges that seniors and their families are facing.
 HomeShare: An affordable housing program that focuses on maximum use of existing housing stock. It is much
more than a “roommate matching service.” The HomeShare program matches seniors who want to remain in
their homes with adults of all ages who are in need of housing.
 Seniors a Go Go: Provides escorted door-through-door transportation. ElderHelp drivers will pick up members
at their door and assist the member during their appointment or errand, and make sure they get home safe and
sound.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 6150 Mission Gorge Road, Suite #140, San Diego, CA 92120
 Staff: 12 Full-time, 2 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approximately 550 annually
Who do they serve?
 Seniors (Ages 60 and older).
 Mid-City, El Cajon, La Jolla, Coronado, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo.
What are their goals?
 To allow senior citizens to stay at home living independently as long as it is safe.
What impact have they made?
 Provided 4,330 seniors with the help they needed.
 The Information and Referral Team took 2,126 calls this past year.
 The HomeShare Program helped 2,000 people in need of housing information and referrals.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for a complete list: www.elderhelpofsandiego.org/about-us/supporters
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Who are their community partners?
 Access to Independence
 Aging and Independence Services
 Alpha San Diego
 Challenge Center
 Comfort Keepers
 Conduct outreach with community groups and organizations such as
ｏ Churches
ｏ Hospitals
ｏ Thursday Club
ｏ Southwestern Yacht Club
ｏ Medical offices
 Elder Law and Advocacy
 Grondon Construction
 Home Physicians Medical Group, Inc.
 Jewish Family Services
 Keepsake Companions
 LiveWell
 Meals on Wheels
 Mission Home Health
 San Diego Gas & Electric
 San Diego Homecare Supplies
 Serving Seniors (Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center)
 Senior Helpers
 Sharp Hospital
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Family Health Centers of San Diego
Contact:
Mission: To provide caring, affordable, high quality
healthcare and supportive services to everyone, with a
special commitment to uninsured, low income, and medically underserved persons.
Front Desk
(619) 515-2300
www.fhcsd.org
Who are they?
Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is a private non-profit community clinic organization that has been an integral part of San Diego's healthcare safety net since 1970. They operate 52 locations throughout the County of San Diego, including 18 primary care clinics with a comprehensive range of services including medical, dental, mental health,
vision, audiology, radiology, women's health, pediatric development services, pharmacy and more.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 FHCSD operates the City Heights (CHFHC) clinic located at 5454 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92115.
 Served over 15,000 individuals and families in the City Heights area each year.
 Operates a federally accredited Family Medicine Teaching Program for physicians in training at CHFHC.
What support services do they offer?
To see a complete list of services visit: www.fhcsd.org/services
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OB/GYN Care
Case Management
Chronic Disease Management
Child Services:
ｏ Acute Care (Sick Visits)
ｏ Behavioral Management
ｏ Developmental Screenings, Assessments
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ｏ Early Intervention, Birth -3 Yrs
ｏ Health education
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Physical Therapy
Physicals – School, Camps, Sports
Screenings for Anemia, Lead, Vision, Hearing and Tuberculosis
ｏ Speech/Language Evaluation & Therapy
ｏ Well Child Exams
Dental Services:
ｏ Bridges, Crowns, and Fillings
ｏ Children’s Dentistry
ｏ Cosmetic Dentistry
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ｏ Examinations
ｏ X-Rays
Counseling/Mental Health:
ｏ Individual, Couple & Group
ｏ Adult and Child Psychiatry
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Employment Physicals
Health Education and Maintenance
Immigration Physicals
ｏ Clinic, School, and Home Based
ｏ Psychological Testing for Children
Radiology (at City Heights)
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 680 Full-time, 218 Part-time
 Volunteers: 198 annually
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Who do they serve?
 Individuals and families who face the most substantial barriers to healthcare.
 77% of their patients are impoverished (live at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and
86% are low-income (live at or below 200% of the FPL).
 City Heights Family Health Center in 2012:
ｏ Race: 52% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, 10% White, 15% Other
ｏ Gender: 63% female, 37% male
ｏ Age: 35% children and youth, 63% adults, 2% seniors
 Family Health Centers or San Diego in 2012:
ｏ Race: 58.36% Hispanic, 3.52% Asian/Pac Island, 8.57% Black/Afr. Amer., 20.31% White
ｏ Gender: 54.92, female, 45.08% male
ｏ Age: 29% children and youth, 68% adults, 3% seniors
What are their goals?
 Provide caring, high quality, affordable healthcare, and supportive services to everyone.
 Expanding capacity and services to meet the need for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act.
 Improving our primary care medical home system of care.
What impact have they made?
 FHCSD is the second largest federally qualified health center in the nation.
 In 2012, FHCSD’s centers provided care to 173,000 patients through 650,000 visits.
 The City Heights Center served approximately 10,000 patients through 31,000 encounters.
 In 2013, over 80% of their patients had incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level ($22,340
for an individual).
 FHCSD is the largest provider of school-based health services and HIV/AIDS outreach, prevention
testing, and treatment services in San Diego County.
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City of San Diego
County of San Diego
Health Resources and Services Administration
Kaiser Permanente
Many corporate supporters- Union Bank, Cox,
SDG&E, etc.
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Medi-Cal, Family PACT, Low Income Health Plan
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National Alliance of Hispanic Health
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ｏ Chula Vista School District
ｏ Home Start
ｏ Monarch School
ｏ San Diego Association of Governments
ｏ San Diego Community College District
ｏ San Diego County Office of AIDS Coordination
ｏ San Diego Unified School District
ｏ San Diego Youth Services
ｏ Scripps Mercy Hospital
ｏ Sharp Hospital - Chula Vista & Grossmont
ｏ University of California San Diego School
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ｏ Veterans Village of San Diego
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Feeding America San Diego
Contact:
Mission: To feed hunger, advocate, and educate.
Jennifer Gilmore
Executive Director
jgilmore@feedingamerica.org
(858) 768-7427
www.feedingamericasd.org
Who are they?
Established in 2007, Feeding America San Diego (FASD) is San Diego’s largest hunger relief organization, distributing
more than 19.2 million meals within the last year, and the only Feeding America affiliate in the county. FASD works
closely with more than 200 distribution partners, local school districts, corporate partners and a network of volunteers
to serve 73,000 children, families, and seniors in need each week. Devoted to ending hunger through healthy food, education and advocacy, FASD is committed to building a hunger free and healthy San Diego.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Pounds of food distributed in City Heights (Fiscal Year 12-13): 1,432,359
 Partner agencies: 14
 Mobile Pantry locations: 3
What support services do they offer?
 Feeding Kids: Nutritious food items are distributed directly into the hands of local students and their families
through Farm2Kids, Backpack and School Pantry programs. Nearly half of the people served by FASD’s direct-toclient and partner agency programs are under the age of 18.
 Feeding Families: Reaching rural and suburban neighborhoods throughout the region, the Mobile Pantry program serves families with limited access to nutrition. Additionally, FASD partners with hundreds of non-profits
organizations operating food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters to serve individual communities.
 Feeding Seniors Program: Provides nutritious food for elderly adults to prepare and consume at home. Distributions occur at senior living facilities and consist of healthy staple items and fresh produce.
 Feeding Excellence: Nutrition education, client advocacy, CalFresh outreach, and capacity building are infused
throughout their hunger relief initiatives and programs. FASD is focused on bringing San Diego from hunger to
health.
 CalFresh Outreach: FASD conducts pre-screenings, offers application assistance and support to individuals
and families applying for CalFresh (formerly known as food stamps).
 Nutrition Education: Feeding America San Diego is dedicated to nutrition, serving as a resource
for emergency food, as well as fresh produce, perishable protein sources, 100% fruit juices, and extensive
educational resources.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 35 Full-time
 Volunteers: 9,000 unduplicated annually (average of 25,000 hours of services)
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Who do they serve?
 San Diegans living in food insecure households every week:
ｏ 11% of clients are Non-Hispanic White
ｏ 16% are Non-Hispanic Black
ｏ 68% are Hispanic
ｏ 16% of the rest are from other racial groups
 Members of clients households that have children under age of 18: 46%
 Members of clients households that have children 0 to 5 years of age: 14%
 Members of clients households that have the elderly: 3%
 Households that include at least one employed adult: 62%
 Incomes below the federal poverty level during the previous month: 76%
 Those that are homeless: 7%
What are their goals?
 Moving towards the distribution of 95% healthy and nutritious foods by 2018.
 Getting individuals out of food lines.
 Switch the cultural thinking from hunger relief to preventive health care.
 Educate partners in “client choice” models, nutrition, and the schedule of pantry times to better meet
needs.
 Conduct a capacity assessment with partners to learn about with what is working.
What impact have they made?
 Serves 437,500 different clients annually
 Serves 73,200 clients in any given week
 Serves 8000 students each month through their Feeding Kids program
 Distributed 23 million pounds of food in Fiscal Year 12-13, making it the largest hunger relief organization in San Diego.
Who are their key supporters?
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Who are their community partners?
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Albertsons
Aqualia Foundation
ConAgra
Costco
DLA Piper
Food4Less
Helen and Will Webster Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Kraft Foods Foundation
Macy's
Morgan Stanley
Move for Hunger
Newman's Own
Padres Foundation
Price Charities
Proctor & Gamble
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Target
The Rose Foundation of Rancho Santa Fe
Tyson Foods
Walmart
Girl Scouts of San Diego
Mission: To build girls of courage, confidence, and
character, who will make the world a better place.
Contact:
Jen Nation
Director of Programs
jnation@sdgirlscouts
(619) 298-8391
www.sdgirlscouts.org
Who are they?
Girl Scouts provides an accepting, nurturing environment where girls can develop leadership skills, cultivate lifelong
friendships, serve their communities, and grow through new and exciting experiences. All girls 5 to 17 years of age of
every racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, or religious background are welcome. They can learn new sports and hobbies, prepare for college and careers, or travel to exotic destinations. In partnership with adult volunteers, girls participate in
activities based on their interests, goals, and skill levels.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Girl Scouts of San Diego run four to six week long after school programs in about 12 of the local City Heights
schools. After the initial six week program girls are then offered membership which is accessed through creating
a local troop or even other programs such as Day Camp and even a Sleep Over. This program normally reaches
about 1,200 girls.
 Approximately 15% of these girls follow through. The issue can be the lack of volunteer support in their community to start a troop, another issue for Girl Scouts in City Heights is transportation to programs.
 Urban Village Townhomes has a great scouts group that meet at the City Heights Center once a week. Ages
range from 5 to 18 years of age.
What support services do they offer?
 All programs in Girl Scouts are “Girl Led” meaning that the main focus is completely on what the girls’ interested
in, also the “Girl Led” philosophy allows girls of all ages to step up and take on leadership roles that are appropriate for their age and maturity.
 Girls may choose from a variety of programs in various areas such as: Environmental Awareness, Health and
Wellness, Science-Technology-Engineering-Math, Community Outreach, Leadership/Self-Esteem, Financial Literacy, Travel, and the Arts.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 79 Full-time, 31 Part-time
 Volunteer: 13,000 annually
Who do they serve?
 One of every 11 local girls 5 to 17 years of age is a Girl Scout (10% of that population)
 Percent of the council's total memberships that are girls from diverse cultural backgrounds: 48%
 Percent of girl members from underserved communities: 28%
What are their goals?
 Discovering themselves.
 Connecting with others.
 Taking action to make the world a better place.
What impact have they made?
 In 2013, 13,000 volunteer members took part in Girl Scout Programs.
 Also in 2013, 31,000 girls were served through Girl Scouts.
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Who are their key supporters?
 Girl Scouts have a number of ways in which they create revenue: Girl Scout Cookie Sales, Urban Campout Fundraiser, product and merchandise sales, and contributors.
 Refer to website for complete list: http://www.sdgirlscouts.org/corporate
Who are their community partners?
 Conkerr Cancer San Diego
 Escondido Humane Society
 Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
 Lockhart Training
 Pueblo Indian Pottery Class
 Refer to website for complete list: http://www.sdgirlscouts.org/Compass_pg.html
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Global Institute for Public Strategies
Mission: To increase public health and safety by helping communities create sustainable population-wide
change through comprehensive Environmental Prevention system design, knowledge transfer, and project
planning and implementation.
Contact:
Dan Tomsky, MSW
Senior Project Manager
dan.tomsky@globalips.org
(619) 476-9100 ext. 114
www.publicstrategies.org
Who are they?
The Institute for Public Strategies (IPS), a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, has been in the business of positive community change since its inception in 1992. The Global Institute for Public Strategies (GIPS) – a sibling entity to IPS– is a
newer and separate 501(c)(3) non-profit organization serving the same mission with additional flexibility as to nongovernmental contracting options. The work of both organizations within targeted communities includes provision of
training, technical assistance and leadership development for residents and other stakeholders. A primary focus is using applied data, advancing public policy, advocacy, and achieving neighborhood improvements.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 GIPS is partnered with the City Heights Community Development Corporation (CHCDC) in its implementation of
the Teralta Area Community Safety Initiative. Satellite office space is located within the CHCDC at 4001 El Cajon
Boulevard, Suite 205, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Working on a proactive, comprehensive safety/quality of life project addressing neighborhood conditions within
and surrounding Teralta Neighborhood Park above the I-15 Freeway. First year collaboration is closely underway with Central Elementary and Wilson Middle Schools, as well as residents surrounding Teralta Park.
What support services do they offer?
 Teralta Area Community Safety Initiative (TACSI): A community based safety initiative centered on Teralta Park
and spanning out to both Central Elementary and Wilson Middle schools. In partnership with the CHCDC working with Metro Villas Apartments, Central’s Dads Club and school-centered Health & Wellness Councils to engage families and residents in becoming empowered to achieve positive neighborhood change. One significant
concern is pedestrian safety on Orange Avenue alongside Wilson Middle School. Another prime concern is gang
and other safety-related issues impacting Teralta Park and surrounding neighborhood. The Initiative is working
with residents to engage city officials, Parks & Recreation, law enforcement and others to collaboratively identify and resolve issues impacting health, safety, and overall quality of life. The implementation of periodic clean
ups of Teralta Park and nearby school perimeters, re-establishment of the Corridor-Teralta West Neighborhood
Alliance, and Parent Leadership training sessions are primary early accomplishments.
ｏ Note: The above TACSI was a natural outgrowth of the preceding Safe Boarder Community Project that the
U.S. Department of Justice funded IPS. In this project IPS worked with stakeholders to implement crimereducing strategies in a number of different target areas, including: gangs, auto-theft, child sex trafficking,
and crime-free multi housing. The task forces associated with each of these target areas brought together
government agencies, law enforcement officials, community members, and other key stakeholders to facilitate inter-agency collaboration serving to reduce problems and risk factors via proven prevention strategies.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 1 Full- time, 0 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 Various communities and key stakeholders to help improve neighborhood safety and quality of life.
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What are their goals?
 To achieve more capable and active community leaders.
 To engage, support and empower neighborhood youth, parents, and other residents to achieve priority
safety and health-related neighborhood improvements, as well as norm changes.
 To solidify school-neighborhood partnerships around Teralta Park that generate and sustain positive
environmental change.
 Increase walk-ability and overall safety in the community as substantiated by data.
What impact have they made?
 Over 100 individuals have been direct participants in preliminary neighborhood clean-up events, parent
meetings, youth sessions, assessment and planning meetings, and resident capacity building opportunities.
 The Teralta West and Corridor neighborhoods have benefited from:
ｏ New crosswalks and other mitigation measures on Orange Avenue alongside Wilson Middle School.
ｏ Landscaping and other environmental changes to Teralta Park reducing crime and nuisance activities, and increasing positive activities for all ages.
ｏ Removal of abandoned vehicles in dirt lot across from Central Elementary School on Polk Avenue.
Who are their community partners?
 The Teralta Area Community Safety Initiative (partial list):
ｏ Central Elementary Dads Club
ｏ Central Elementary Health & Wellness Council
ｏ City Heights Community Development Corporation
ｏ Corridor–Teralta West Neighborhood Alliance
ｏ Metro Villas Apartments
ｏ Park and Recreation Department (City Heights)
ｏ Wilson Middle School Health & Wellness Council
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Home Start
Mission: To promote the safety and nurturance of children by fostering healthy families and communities.
Contact:
Kate Bedwell
Project Manager, Family Self
Sufficiency
kbedwell@home-start.org
(619) 229-3660 ext. 222
www.home-start.org
Who are they?
To provide services to family and children living in poverty who require immediate, comprehensive solutions to ensure
their safety and healthy development. Home Start's countywide programs and services increase the stability, selfsufficiency, and parenting knowledge of the families who receive our services.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at 4305 University Avenue, Suite 410, San Diego, CA 92105
ｏ This office’s core focus is on serving individuals and families residing in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
Family Self Sufficiency Services (FSS):
 Job Preparation Support: Assistance in resume writing and interviewing skills
 Job Search Strategies: Networking, access to career and job fairs
 Connection and assistance in accessing to ESL classes
 Connection and assistance in accessing job training and vocational opportunities
 Job Placement Support
 Job Retention and Advancement Support
 Financial Literacy Education
 Emergency Food
 Tax Preparation services
Community Services for Families (CSF):
 In home parenting education and supportive services
San Diego Services
 Family Support Services:
ｏ Maternity Shelter Program
ｏ Healthcare Access Outreach
ｏ Community Services for Families
ｏ First 5 First Steps At Risk Home Visitation Services
 Therapeutic Counseling Services:
ｏ Child Abuse Treatment
ｏ Parent-Child Interaction Treatment
ｏ Safe Futures-Victims of Crime Counseling Services
ｏ Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support Groups
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 14 Full-time and 3 Part-time
 5 languages represented
 To provide families with a helping hand.
 To improve decision making.
 Help with job searches and resume building.
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Who do they serve?
 Family Self Sufficiency Services
ｏ Individuals and families below the 100% poverty level
 Community Services for Families
ｏ Individuals and families involved in the Child Welfare Services System
What are their goals?
 It is our goal to provide a safe place for individual’s families to receive support and assistance in their
journey towards self- sufficiency.
What impact have they made?
The Family Self Sufficiency Program has made the following impacts in the Central region in FY 11-12:
 Job Placements: 332 individuals
 Job Retentions (maintaining a job for 30 days): 247 individuals
 Job Upgrades (increase in wages, hours, benefits: 59 individuals
 Financial Literacy Education: 97 individuals
 Employment Supports (access to ESL, GED, Vocational Ed, Housing, Transportation Assistance): 179 individuals
 Homeless Families/Individuals Assisted through the Motel Voucher Program: 87 individuals
 Taxes Completed: 1517 individuals
 Individual/Families provided emergency food assistance: 1,250 individuals
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First 5 Commission of San Diego
Local Initiative Support Corporation
Numerous individual donors
Price Charities
Price-Galinson Collaborative Fund
Qualcomm, Inc.
San Diego County Health Human Service &
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The San Diego Foundation
Union Bank Foundation
United Way
US Bank Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
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Mid-City CAN
San Diego Food Bank
SAY San Diego
Sleep Train
Southeast San Diego Collaborative
Union of Pan Asian Communities
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Bed Bath and Beyond
City Heights Community Development Corporation
Community Housing Works
Earned Income Tax Coalition
Feeding America
Inner City Action Network
Internal Revenue Services
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Horn of Africa
Mission: To promote the successful integration and
physical and emotional health of the East African refugee population in San Diego.
Contact:
Abdi Mohamoud
Executive Director
abdi@hornafrica.org
(619) 583-0532
www.hornofafrica.org
Who are they?
Horn of Africa is the leading community-based organization representing and advocating for the comprehensive and
diverse needs and opportunities of African refugees and immigrants in San Diego, with a particular emphasis on refugees from Somalia.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 5296 University Avenue, Suite F, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Work with a large group of the refugee population living in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Health Access Initiative: Aimed to help assist pregnant women in obtaining quality health care.
 City Heights Business Development Program: Designed to help refugee women create their own micro business
or become a license day care provider.
 Safari Market Business Incubator: Leased by Horn of Africa, this area is then subleased to refugees looking to
start a business at their own kiosk.
 Childcare Training Initiative: This program allows refugee women to obtain all of the proper tools and training
to become a licensed day care provider.
 Refugee Case Management: Assist refugees in their transition to the USA as well as all the legal matters.
 Supporting Asylum Seekers Program: Helps those who have just arrived to the USA by connecting them with a
free attorney to ensure they are settled into America with no cost.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 6 Full-time, 3 Part-time
 Volunteers: 4 annually
Who do they serve?
 Served 1,893 individuals in 2011; of those served 85% were from East Africa:
ｏ Women and children under 18 years of age: 65%
ｏ Seniors over the age of 65 years of age: 20%
ｏ Men from 18 to 64 years of age: 15%
What are their goals?
 Create a better transition for refugees from their previous life to their new life in the USA.
 To be a sounding board for those becoming accustomed to America.
 Make a refugee’s way of life manageable as well as fulfilling.
What impact have they made?
 Supported the development of 55 small businesses in City Heights.
 Created over 125 jobs.
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Who are their key supporters?
 Alliance Healthcare Foundation
 City of San Diego - CDBG Program
 County of San Diego
 First 5 Commission of San Diego
 Kaiser Permanente
 Price Charities
 Sempra Energy
 State of California
 The Annie E. Casey Foundation
 The California Endowment
 The California Wellness Foundation
 The Parker Foundation
 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement
Who are their community partners?
 Casa Cornelia
 Catholic Charities
 Foundation for Women
 Horace Mann Middle School
 International Rescue Committee, San Diego
 Jewish Family Services
 La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club
 Pacific Safety Council
 San Diego Police Department
 San Diego State University
 San Diego Unified School District
 San Diego Urban League
 SAY San Diego
 Somali Family Service of San Diego
 Survivors of Torture
 Union of Pan Asian Communities
 University of California, San Diego
 University of San Diego
 WIC Program of San Diego
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International Rescue Committee (IRC):
Youth and Refugee Programs
Mission: To serve refugees and communities victimized by
oppression or violent conflict worldwide. Founded in 1933, the
IRC is committed to freedom, human dignity, and self-reliance.
This commitment is expressed in emergency relief, protection of
human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement assistance, and advocacy.
Contact:
Bob Montgomery
Executive Director
Bob.Montgomery@rescue.org
(619) 641-7510
www.theirc.org
Who are they?
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in San Diego helps refugees rebuild their lives by providing the skills, services, and support they need to become self-sufficient. They have helped resettle over 26,000 refugees from 29 countries since opening in 1975. They offer an array of services including youth programs, housing, cash assistance, English
language classes for adults and teens, employment assistance, financial education, small business development, and
food security programs. Some of the services are open to non-refugees as well.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 5348 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
 After school and summer programs at both Crawford and Hoover High School.
 Community garden programs: New Roots and Remedy Garden.
 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Tax Preparation Site
What support services do they offer?
 Children, Youth, and Education: Providing educational and developmental opportunities that build the essential
academic, personal, and social skills needed to succeed.
ｏ Carolyn Smyth, Youth Department Program Manager, Carolyn.Smyth@rescue.org, ext. 256.
 Resettlement: Comprehensive case management for newly arriving refugees including assistance with housing,
benefits, cultural orientation, legal rights, school enrollment, and community integration.
 Immigration: Comprehensive, BIA-accredited immigration services.
 Health and Wellness: Linguistically and culturally-accessible health navigation, interpretation, and wellness programs for refugees.
 Center for Financial Opportunity: Comprehensive employment and career development programs, small business technical assistance, financial education and loan products for low-income borrowers, and tax preparation
assistance.
 Food Security Program: Providing farmer training programs and assists people through the Fresh Fund Program
which extends the value of food stamps for families purchasing produce at farmers’ markets.
 Job Training and Employment: Providing “first job” entry-level employment services, career development,
healthcare-specific job training, and a youth employment program focusing on auto-tech, health, cosmetology,
and biotech.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: Nearly 100 Full-time, 30 focused on refugee resettlement.
 Volunteers: 500 in City Heights, 200 focused on youth annually.
Who do they serve?
 Refugee and non-refugee individuals served each year: 7,000
 Unduplicated individuals that are served each year in their resettlement program: 1,000:
ｏ Iraqi: 85%
ｏ Somali, Congolese, Eritrean, and Burmese: 15%
ｏ Refugees under 18 years of age: 40%
 Unduplicated youth from 13 to 24 years of age: 1,000
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What are their goals?
 To have 100% of youth involved in IRC programs graduate from high school and seek post graduate education or employment.
 To help families achieve economic self-sufficiency.
 To assist with community integration.
 To assist families to thrive.
What impact have they made?
 Provided over 100,000 hours of academic tutoring each year which has increased English proficiency
levels and test scores, California High School Exit Exam pass rates, and graduation rates.
 Supplied students with over $100,000 in college scholarships.
 Provided more than 1,000 newly arrived refugees with comprehensive case management.
 Offered employment and job training services to over 1,000 individuals, achieving target performance
objectives of job placement and retention in each program.
 Supplied fresh produce to more than 2,500 low-income San Diegans at farmers’ markets who purchased
$400,000 in fresh produce through an incentive program.
 Played an integral role in the development and management of farmers’ markets in the two largest refugee neighborhoods in San Diego County (City Heights and El Cajon).
 Served more than 3,000 low-income community members through the Center for Financial Opportunity
each year, improving the fiscal stability of families through employment, financial coaching, and other
self-sufficiency oriented programming.
 Aided nearly 300 low-income people through Financial Education workshops; more than 350 benefited
from in-depth financial counseling, and more than 400 people received one-on-one assistance with
transactional financial services such as paying a bill or completing an application for affordable housing;
increased median credit scores of financial coaching participants by an average of 30 points.
 Provided more than 1,700 clients with free tax preparation services, including helping clients claim
earned income tax credit (EITC). IRC tax preparation services in 2012 resulted in $1,945,896 in refunds
for clients.
 Assisted more than 250 refugees in opening or expanding a small business with IRC technical support
and small business loans.
 Provided comprehensive immigration services to more than 4,000 individuals each year.
Who are their key supporters?
 Citi Bank Foundation
 City of San Diego CDBG
 Local Initiative Support Corporation
 Moxie Foundation
 Office of Refugee Resettlement
 Price Charities
 The San Diego Foundation
 San Diego Workforce Partnership
 The California Endowment
 The Parker Foundation
 The San Diego Association of Governments
 U.S. State Department, Population of Refugee Migration
 Union Bank Foundation
 US Bank
 United States Department of Agriculture
 US Tennis Association
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Who are their community partners?
 The AjA Project
 Crawford, Hoover, Marshall, El Cajon Valley High Schools, adult education and vocational programs
throughout the County
 El Cajon Collaborative
 El Cajon Newcomers Group
 Family Health Centers of San Diego
 Home Start
 Horn of Africa
 Karen Organization of San Diego
 MAAC Project
 Mid-City CAN
 Ocean Discovery Institute
 Outdoor Outreach
 Regional employers (Hilton Hotels, Ace Parking, Urban Corp, Subway, etc.)
 San Diego County: Public health, Welfare-to-Work program, Family Resource Centers
 San Diego Family Asset Building Coalition
 San Diego Microfinance
 San Diego Refugee Forum
 San Diego Youth Services
 SAY San Diego, Crawford Community Connections
 San Diego State University, University of California San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene University, University of San Diego and California State University San Marcos volunteers and interns
 Somali Family Services
 STAR/PAL
 The San Diego Police Department Multi-Cultural Store Front: East African and South East Asian Youth
groups
 YMCA
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Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food
Bank
Mission: To provide food to people in need and connect the people we serve to a range of health and human service providers. To advocate for the hungry and
educate the public about hunger in the community.
Contact:
Kaye de Lancey Hentschke
Director of Development
kdelancey@sandiegofoodbank.org
(858) 863-5129
www.sandiegofoodbank.org
Who are they?
The Food Bank receives food from a range of sources including locally-run food drives, the United States Department of
Agriculture, growers, retailers, and wholesalers. Once the food arrives at their warehouse, both employees and a vast
volunteer force inspect and sort the food. Food is then categorized by food group and boxed and bagged for distribution to the community. More than 320 non-profit partner agencies pick up this food for distribution throughout San
Diego County. The Food Bank distributes food directly to families and individuals in need at over 150 distribution sites
throughout the county as well. More than 37% of the food from the Food Bank consists of fresh fruits and vegetables.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
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The Food Bank works with 17 non-profit partner agencies to help distribute food to residents in City Heights. These include: La Maestra, Calvary Evangelical Lutheran, Bridge of Hope, Islamic Foundation, First United Methodist, Mid-City
Christian Fellowship, City Heights Community Development Company, Southern Sudanese Community Center, Indian Human Resource Center, City Heights Assembly, Teen Challenge, Villa Alta Apts., New Hope Seventh Day Adventist Church,
San Diego Coalition for the Homeless, Home Start, and the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program at Cherokee Elementary.
The Food Bank also holds 12 neighborhood fresh produce distributions throughout the county each month. The three
locations close to/in the City Heights Area:
ｏ 3909 Centre Street, San Diego, CA 92103
ｏ 1630 E. Madison Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116
ｏ 5450 Lea Street, San Diego, CA 92105
What support services do they offer?
 Emergency Food Assistance Program: Provides monthly food packages to individuals and families who meet
income guidelines.
 Senior Food Program: Seniors aged 60 and over who meet income guidelines receive monthly food packages.
 Neighborhood Distribution Program: Over 90% of the food provided through this program consists of fresh
produce.
 Moms & Children Program: Aims to improve the health of low-income mothers and children.
 CalFresh (Food Stamps) Outreach: Helps Food Bank clients sign up for CalFresh benefits.
 Food 4 Kids Backpack Program: Provides food to children who receive free school meals during the week, but
risk hunger during weekends when school meals are unavailable.
 Community Cares Program: This program is a “one-stop-shop” that combines the Food Bank’s food distributions with a resource fair, providing clients with information on a range of support programs.
 Food Bank University: Provides non-profit partners with the resources they need to serve the hungry in the
county.
 Food Rescue Program: Every year in the U.S. nearly 100 billion pounds of food goes to waste. This program
“rescues” soon-to-expire fresh and prepared foods from a range of food retailers and delivers the food immediately to those in need.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 40 Full-time, 3 Part-time
 Volunteers: 21,000 annually
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Who do they serve?
 All of greater San Diego County.
 More than 320,000 individuals each month.
What are their goals?
 Provide food for people in need.
 Connect the people with a range of health and human service providers.
 Advocate for the hungry.
 Educate the public on hunger-related issues.
What impact have they made?
 In Fiscal Year 2012-13 distributed 19,658,311 pounds of food, which provided 15,601,834 meals to San
Diego County.
 Of what was distributed, 37% was fresh produce, totaling over 7.1 million pounds.
 On average, served 320,000 individuals per month.
 Provided weekend backpacks full of food to 1,430 chronically hungry school children.
 Provided over 8,500 low-income seniors a box of groceries and staple food.
 People enrolled in the Emergency Food Assistance Program: 97,310.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for complete list: www.sandiegofoodbank.org/about/our-supporters/
Who are their community partners?
 Bridge of Hope
 California Association of Food Banks
 California Food Policy Advocates
 Calvary Evangelical Lutheran
 Cherokee Elementary School
 City Heights Community Development Corporation
 Heartland House
 Cherokee Elementary School
 Indian Human Resource Center
 International Rescue Committee
 Islamic Foundation of San Diego
 La Maestra Family Clinic
 Mid-City Christian Fellowship
 Network for a Healthy CA
 New Ark/Peace Oasis
 On Your Feet, Inc.
 Revival Tabernacle
 Salvation Army - Kroc Center
 Southern Sudanese Community Center
 Teen Challenge
 The San Diego Hunger Coalition
 U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Jewish Family Service
Mission: To strengthen the individual, enhance the
family, and protect the vulnerable, with human services
based on Jewish values.
Contact:
Access JFS
jfsonline@jfssd.org
(858) 637-3210
www.jfssd.org
Who are they?
Jewish Family Service (JFS) is One Source for a Lifetime of Help. When someone needs help following a disaster, when
a family yearns to adopt a child, when a single parent can no longer make ends meet, when a senior needs food, transportation, or companionship—JFS makes a difference in people’s lives. With more than 50 programs and services, JFS
is dedicated to serving the entire community with dignity and respect. JFS programs include: individual, group, and
family counseling, child abuse prevention, domestic violence services, parenting instruction, adoption services, older
adult services, including care management, transportation, home-delivered meals, and four senior centers, refugee
resettlement, homeless services, crisis intervention, psychiatric case management, disaster response, and emergency
food distribution. Discover all the ways we are One Source For a Lifetime of Help at www.jfssd.org.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Serve many refugee and immigrant families living in City Heights.
 Provide community outreach, education, engagement and partnerships with local service providers.
What support services do they offer?
For a full list and descriptions of programs visit: www.jfssd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=programs_main
 Refugee and Immigration Services: (858) 637-3030
ｏ Etleva Bejko, Director: (858) 637-3093, etlevab@jfssd.org
 Aging & Wellness Services: (858) 637-3040
 Case Management: (858) 637-3210; (877) 537-1818
 Counseling and Family Support: (858) 637-3097; (877) 537-1818
 Food Assistance Programs: (858) 637-3210; (877) 537-1818
 Jewish Connections: (858) 637-3000
 Parenting & Youth Services: (858) 637-3000
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 8804 Balboa Avenue, San Diego, CA 92123
 Staff: 155 Full-time, 95 Part-time
 Volunteers: 956 active individuals each year donating over 62,850 hours
Who do they serve?
 Refugees and immigrants
 Families and children in need of emergency support services
 Homeless people in San Diego and Riverside Counties
 Older adults
 Breast cancer patients
 Holocaust survivors
 Military families
 Individuals and family victims of domestic violence
 Hopeful adoptee’s
 Teens
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What are their goals?
 A primary goal of JFS is to solidify the organization's role as a premier human services agency in San Diego (and beyond), one recognized for its:
ｏ Comprehensive range of services.
ｏ Competence and compassion.
ｏ Experienced, innovative staff.
ｏ Financial and management integrity.
 The goals of the Refugee and Immigration Services Department are to:
ｏ Expand the Asylum Program beyond simply a legal aid service.
ｏ Increase involvement with the DACA initiative.
ｏ Be prepared for immigration reform.
ｏ Strengthen employment outcomes and provide career development.
ｏ Provide youth programs and assist young refugees on their education path.
What impact have they made?
A few 2013-2014 highlights:
 Awarded a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator:
ｏ Seven consecutive years.
ｏ Demonstrates its ability, capacity, and integrity in managing its many programs and the agency’s
overall finances.
 Refugee families settled in safe and secure housing, proximate to their community to ensure ongoing
support: 191
 Jewish single-parent families participated in Serving Jewish Single Parents: 319
 Over 57,000 meals were delivered to clients.
 Older adults and caretakers that received a total of 6,653 service hours through geriatric care management: 129
 Distributed 407,158 pounds of food, equivalent to 318,113 meals, to 6,498 individuals.
 Provided home safety modifications for 335 clients.
 Over 900 volunteers provided life-changing services.
Who are their key supporters?
 Top 5 Funding Sources (2012-2013):
ｏ Catholic Charities
ｏ Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG)
ｏ County of San Diego
ｏ Ernest & Evelyn Rady
ｏ Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
ｏ Leichtag Foundation
ｏ Refer to website for complete list: www.jfssd.org/site/PageServer?
pagename=about_community_partners
Who are their community partners?
 Refer to website for complete list: www.jfssd.org/site/PageServer?
pagename=about_community_partners
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Juma Ventures
Mission: To help break the cycle of poverty by
ensuring that young people complete a four-year
college degree.
Contact:
Brittany Russell
San Diego Executive Director
brittanyr@juma.org
(858)-344-3198
www.jumaorg
Who are they?
Juma provides youth with a unique set of comprehensive services, enabling them to develop their capacity for success in school, employment, community, and adulthood. Juma provides youth exposure to and preparation for college, including hands-on support for youth at every step of the college selection and application process, as well as
comprehensive academic supports to ensure that youth are college-ready. Juma's guidance and assistance continues throughout the college experience to completion.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4305 University Avenue Suite #555, San Diego, CA 92105
 Work with youth from both Hoover, Crawford, Lincoln and King Chavez High Schools: sophomores, juniors,
and seniors.
 Over half of the 60 high school students they work with each year are from City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 The Individual Development Account (IDA) Program: Enables Juma youth to establish savings accounts, begin
to save money from their paychecks, obtain money management education, and receive matching funds to
accelerate their savings toward college-related expenses. Money specifically saved and matched in a Juma
IDA can be used only for college-related expenses and is usually issued directly to the college.
 College Preparation Education: Includes campus and workplace tours, an education plan, academic tutoring,
career coaching, SAT prep, assistance in completing college and financial aid applications, and on-going encouragement. Goal is for students to minimally transfer into a University of California or California State University.
 Social Enterprise: While many commercial businesses consider themselves to have social objectives, only
social enterprises keep a social or environmental purpose at the core to their operation. Since 1993, Juma
has been rooted in social enterprise, and now operates seven social enterprise operations in California, and
also two in New Orleans.
 Case management: Provides one-on-one case management for each student to follow their progress through
college, sending care packages, track progress, etc.
 Leadership Development, Juma Leadership Committee: Six youth are the voice of Juma and help with management and decision making, encouraging their peers to volunteer on a monthly basis by coordinating volunteer opportunities with community partners.
 Public transportation passes for participants to and from Broadway site, school, work, and more.
 Ensure college scholarship application support and submittal for 100% of participants; almost all of whom
obtain scholarships from outside sources, or Juma Ventures itself.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 5 Full-time
 Volunteer: 50 annually (academic and skill based)
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Who do they serve?
 Children that have grown up in poverty, 200% of poverty level and Section 8 households.
 First generation college students.
 Hoover, Crawford, King Chavez and Lincoln High Schools’ upcoming sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
o Annually select majority from Hoover and King Chavez.
o Students must attend orientation, apply, interview, and pass simulation screening.
 Students with low GPA’s and mostly not above a 3.0 (average range 2.0 to 2.9 GPA).
 Students that have a single parent home.
 Those grown up in Foster Care.
What are their goals?
 For each participant to stay with their program until they have completed college.
 Asset building and financial literacy.
 Employment.
 Provide bi-annual assessment of each participant with an 81% passing grade.
 Ensure students open a checking, savings, and an IDA.
ｏ IDA’s are matched 3 to 1 (max $4,000: $1,000 from youth, $3,000 from match).
 Hire two new staff for support and college services.
What impact have they made?
 Since the IDA program was established in 1999, Juma youth have saved more than $783,000 in their
IDAs and earned nearly $960,000 in matching fund.
 Employed 270 young people in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Diego in 2011.
 Created 2,800 jobs for youth since 1993.
 Generated more than $17 million in earned income, leveraging donor investments for maximum impact.
Who are their key supporters?
 Do not rely on any Federal Funds
 Bank of America Foundation
 Bravo Foundation
 Citi Community Development (Citibank)
 Ferrell Family Foundation
 Gary and Mary West Foundation
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JP Morgan Chase
Price Charities
San Diego Gas & Electric
U.S. Bank
Who are their community partners?
 Crawford High School
 Hoover High School
 King Chavez High School
 Lincoln High School
 Man Power
ｏ Provides college grads additional work force training and job placement
 San Diego Food Bank
ｏ Low cost for all snacks and food for participants
 San Diego Workforce Partnership
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Karen Organization of San Diego
Mission: To educate and socially enhance of various
ethnic minority groups from Burma who reside in San
Diego, California.
Contact:
Nao Kabahima
Executive Director
nao@karensandiego.org
(619) 582-0783
www.karensandiego.org
Who are they?
The Karen Organization of San Diego (KOSD) was established in 2009 to meet the needs of the Karen and other ethnic
minority groups from Burma who reside in San Diego. Working with mainstream organizations, the Karen Organization
of San Diego aims to be a bridge between refugees from Burma and San Diego’s local community.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 5354 University Avenue, Suite 1, San Diego CA, 92105.
 City Heights is the home of 95% of refugees from Burma.
What support services do they offer?
 Community Self-Help: Create a self-help system in the community of refugees from Burma so they can help
each other. This program includes community workshops, trainings, community meetings, and youth/
community leadership empowerment.
 Culture Preservation & Awareness: In order to preserve the unique culture of refugees from Burma, there are
two cultural events a year where youth are taught cultural dances. Also, plans to begin a Karen/Burmese language classes are under way.
 Job Development: This program serves the community as a supplemental effort by refugee resettlement agencies to find job opportunities for newly arrived refugees from Burma. As of April 2011, KOSD had 68 clients for
the job development program and applied for at least one job opportunity for each client. As of April 2012, 45
clients got employed which means more than 60% of clients successfully got jobs through the job development
program by KOSD during the first two quarters of this project.
 Targeted Case Management: Case management is another big part of the project to make sure every family
receives the necessary help and assistance. In 2012, the Karen Organization of San Diego had 157 individual
case filed at the office. There were 60 job development cases, 45 welfare-related cases, 34 school-related cases,
19 health-related cases, 6 law enforcement cases, and 74 cases for helping clients read their letters and bills.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 3 Full-time, 4 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 The growing refugee population from Burma living in City Heights.
What are their goals?
 Bridge the City Heights community with the Burma refugee population.
 Provide skills and leadership in efforts to create a community that is self-sufficient where people rely on each
other for assistance.
What impact have they made?
 Handled 310 cases.
 Conducted 2,500 office visits.
 Covered cultural events with 700 participants.
 Trained 100 student dancers.
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Who are their key supporters?
 Department of Health & Human Services
Who are their community partners?
 Catholic Charities
 Crawford High School
 International Rescue Committee
 Jewish Family Services
 License to Freedom
 San Diego Refugee Forum
 STAR/PAL
 Union of Pan Asian Communities (ACE Program)
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La Maestra Community Health Centers
Mission: To provide quality healthcare and education;
to improve the overall well-being of the family. Bringing
the underserved, ethnically diverse communities in to
the mainstream of our society, through a caring, effective, culturally, and linguistically competent manner,
respecting the dignity of all patients.
Contact:
Zara Marselian
President and CEO
zaramarselian@lamaestra.org
(619) 584-1612
www.lamaestra.org
facebook.com/LaMaestraCHC
Who are they?
La Maestra provides culturally and linguistically competent prevention, treatment, chronic disease management,
and essential support services to men, women, and children in San Diego’s most culturally diverse and lowest income communities. This is accomplished through: four medical clinics, seven dental clinics, mental/behavioral
health clinics, optometry clinic, four school-based health clinics, and a mobile clinic.
La Maestra's embraces a “Circle of Care” philosophy – a holistic, solution-based approach to providing programs
and services that address the entire well-being of our patients and families. Every staff member at La Maestra,
from receptionist to physician, is trained in the “Circle of Care” approach to identify and work as a team in assessing the patient's needs and guiding the patient towards treatment, education, training, and ultimately, selfsufficiency. The Circle involves a network of integrated health and social services provided at La Maestra and
linked to partner organizations. At La Maestra, residents find not only a "medical home" but also a supportive
family that cares about their total well-being.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4060 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
 La Maestra Community Health Centers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit health organization founded in City Heights
in 1990, as an offshoot of its parent non-profit La Maestra Amnesty Center. To learn more about their beginnings in City Heights please visit: http://www.lamaestra.org/history-and-mission/default.html.
 La Maestra’s state-of-the-art, three-story, 36,440 square foot “green” health center opened in July 2010 on
Fairmount Avenue, in the heart of City Heights. It is the first community health center of its kind in the U.S.
to achieve Gold level LEED certification through the United States Green Building Council.
 Less than a block from the main health center, La Maestra operates two dental clinics with nine operatories
that serve many of the residents in City Heights.
 La Maestra also has school based clinics at Hoover High, Central Elementary, Rosa Parks Elementary, and
Monroe Clark Middle School.
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Primary Medical Care for all ages
Women’s Health / OB-GYN
Immunizations
Dental Care
Mental/Behavioral Health
Pharmacy & Dispensary
Mammography, Ultrasound, X-ray & Dexascan
Optometry
Specialty Medical Care
Telehealth
Mobile Medical/Dental Clinic
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 170 Full-time, 41 Part-time
 Volunteers: 12 annually
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Comprehensive Perinatal Services
Health Education
Chronic Disease Management
Eligibility Assistance
Job Training
Housing Assistance
Food Pantry
Legal Advocacy Services
Financial Literacy Education
Community Gardens
Culture & Healing through Arts Classes
Who do they serve?
 La Maestra served over 44,000 men, women, and children of all ages in 2012 through:
ｏ Medical and dental visits: 140,040
ｏ Behavioral health visits: 5,716
ｏ Vision care visits: 1,177
ｏ Professional enabling encounters: 35,338
 Of the 44,570 patients served:
ｏ Had private insurance: 0.6%
ｏ Had little or no health coverage: 20%
ｏ Received public assistance: 70%
ｏ Earned less than 200% of the federal poverty level: 98%
ｏ Were best served in a language other than English: 80%
ｏ Were refugees and immigrants 90%
What are their goals?
 Increase access to health care.
 Improve the health, wellbeing, and self-sufficiency of City Heights’ residents.
What impact have they made?
 Provides integrated health and wellbeing services in a single medical home.
 Expanded access to specialty services which are not available in City Heights.
 Received the Gold Level LEED certification through the United States Green Building Council, with improved performance in energy savings, water use efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor
air quality, and use of sustainable and recycled materials.
 Operates four dental clinics with 15 operatories, with orthodontics to be added soon, serving many of
the residents in City Heights.
 Rolled out a 40-foot mobile clinic that features two dental chairs and one exam room, funded in part by
the Federal Affordable Care Act School-Based Health Center program and by Verizon Foundation.
 Will expand access to dental, medical, and other health and wellbeing services for elementary and middle school students and family members in City Heights through its mobile clinic.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for a complete list: http://www.lamaestra.org/partnership/default.html
Who are their community partners?
 Blue Shield of California Foundation
 Bureau of Primary Health Care
 Health Resources and Services Administration
 Kaiser Permanente
 Price Charities
 Susan G. Komen San Diego
 Tides Foundation
 The California Endowment
 The California Wellness Foundation
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Leah’s Pantry
Mission: To empower economically disadvantaged individuals to make responsible choices
about diet.
Contact:
Adrienne Markworth
Executive Director
Adrienne@leahspantrysf.org
(415) 710-2729
www.leahspantrysf.org
Who are they?
Leah's Pantry works closely with low-income populations throughout the state, as well as the social services providers who work with these populations, to deliver and develop cooking and nutrition programming.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Provide nutrition trainings at workshops at the City Heights Wellness Center.
 Provide staff training programs to many City Heights’ agencies.
 Provide support to food pantries.
What support services do they offer?
 Food Smarts Workshops: Cooking and nutrition workshops for residents.
 Food Smarts Training Program: Training for staff to provide Food Smarts Workshops.
 Everyday Food Smarts: Staff wellness, nutrition, and cooking programs.
 Eatfresh.org: Nutrition and cooking website for the CalFresh population.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 4 Full-time, 10 Part-time
 Volunteers: 10 annually
Who do they serve?
 Low-income populations throughout California.
 Social service providers.
What are their goals?
 To provide individuals and agencies with the tools and resources they need to prevent chronic disease and live
a happy life through home cooking, fruit, vegetable consumption, and healthy lifestyle decisions.
What impact have they made?
 Individuals that are consuming higher amounts of fruits and vegetables: 84%
 Individuals that are drinking fewer sugary beverages: 71%
 Individuals that are decreasing total calories consumed from food and drink: 71%
 Individuals that report the recipes are easy to make: 98%
 Individuals that reported they had a chance to participate in class: 97%
 Individuals that report the recipes are budget friendly: 99%
 Individuals that have made changes to eating habits: 81%
 Individuals that report the information presented was practical and easy to implement: 99%
 Individuals that feel more connected to their residential community: 84%
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Who are their key supporters?
 U.S. Department of Agriculture/Food and Nutrition Service (via California Department of Social Services
and San Francisco HSA)
 The San Francisco Foundation
 The Aetna Foundation
Who are some of their San Diego community partners?
 BRIDGE Housing Corporation
 City Heights Community Development Corporation
 City Heights Wellness Center
 County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
 Feeding America San Diego
 King Chavez High School
 San Diego 2-1-1
 San Ysidro Health Center
 International Rescue Committee San Diego
 Jewish Family Services
 North County Community Services
 Salvation Army Kroc Center, San Diego
 San Diego Domestic Violence Council
 San Diego Food Bank
 SuperFood Drive
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License to Freedom
Mission: To promote non-violence through community
education, self efficiency, and advocacy on behalf of
victims of domestic violence from immigrant & refugee
communities.
Contact:
Dilkhwaz Ahmed, M.S.
Executive Director
dilkhwaz@licensetofreedom.org
(619) 401-2800
www.licensetofreedom.org
Who are they?
License to Freedom is a non-profit community based organization that promotes nonviolence through community education, self-sufficiency, and advocacy for refugee and immigrant survivors of domestic and relationship abuse in the
East County and San Diego.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Work with individuals from City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Pursuing Justice and Happiness Trough Faith: Addresses the lack of understanding between immigrant women
dealing with domestic violence and their faith communities. License to Freedom and Iman Amir from the AlSalam Mosque have created a partnership to educate the community and organizations to address the issues
of domestic violence.
 Youth Services: Offers community outreach programs such as parenting classes, arts and crafts workshops, and
therapy for children that uses play, expressive arts, and narrative practices.
 Counseling Services: Offers a unique approach to therapy that is based on client's strengths and pays close
attention to the effects of culture, looking at problems in their contexts rather than locating problems within
the individual. This approach examines the political, gendered, linguistic, social and economic climates that
produce problems, and cultivate resiliencies.
 Domestic Violence Treatment Program: Provides a 52-week Domestic Violence Treatment Program that is
court ordered and certified by the County of San Diego Probation Department (offered in Arabic, Farsi, and
Kurdish).
 Domestic Violence Prevention: Conducts domestic violence trainings and workshops for local community
groups as well as immigrant and refugee serving organization, in order to prevent incidents of abuse by providing the community with a safe and communal space to learn and grow.
 Relationship Enhancement Model Program: Aims to reduce incidents of family violence in refugee communities by raising awareness and providing conflict management skills training where refugee adults are introduced to the Relationship Enhancement Model of communication.
 Elder Health and Fitness: Provides weekly drumming therapy sessions and Golden Zumba to release stress,
build strength, and camaraderie.
 Iranian Women’s Support Group: Connects others through the Iranian Support group on Facebook. This program is beneficial to network and interact through activities such as music therapy, yoga, expressive art, and
group therapy.
 Community Dialogue for Change: Empowers refugee and immigrant communities to embrace visions of family life built on meaningful communication and mutual dignity, safety, and self-respect.
 Forced Marriage Victim Advocacy: Offers advocacy, support and assistance to victims of forced marriage. Currently advocating for new legislation to help protect women and girls currently living in the United States who
are forced into marriages.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 131 Avocado Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020
 Staff: 1 Full-time, 8 Part-time
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Who do they serve?
 All immigrant and refugee individuals.
 Middle East immigrants and refugees.
 Eastern Europe immigrants and refugees.
What are their goals?
 Serve the community to the best of their ability.
 Raise awareness of domestic violence.
 Provide education to prevent domestic violence.
 Provide the community with the tools and resources to be the solution and not the problem.
 Collaborate with community organizations to pursue goals and make lasting change.
What impact have they made?
 From 2007 to 2012 The Community Dialogue for Change has provided space for immigrants and refugees to speak about the difficulties with assimilating into American culture. Participants have had
healthy discussions on the differences in perspective, culture, community, education, health care, and
crime. Since its inception, The Community Dialogue for Change has had 700 graduates and not one of
them has had a Domestic Violence Issue since completing the program.
Who are their key supporters?
 Grossmont Health District
 Price Charities
 Ray Solem Foundation
 San Diego County Bar
 Vagina Monologue
 Verizon Foundation
 Verizon Hope Line Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 Center for Community Solutions
 Center for Social Advocacy
 Iranian Cultural Center
 San Diego Refugee Forum
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Mama’s Kitchen
Mission: To prepare and deliver food to men,
women, and children who are affected by AIDS or
cancer.
Contact:
Carlos Medina
Grant Writer/Program Cord.
Carlos@mamaskitchen.org
619-233-6262 ext. 108
www.mamaskitchen.org
Who are they?
Mama’s Kitchen believes that every person is entitled to the basic necessity of life – nutritious food. They deliver
breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of the year, on a county-wide basis, free of charge, to men, women, and children who are affected by AIDS or cancer. The organization provides 100% of the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics’
recommended diet for these populations. Additionally, through their Mama's Pantry program, they provide free pantry services to low-income, HIV positive people who are able to prepare their own meals. Shoppers receive a grocery
supplement.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 3960 Home Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
What support services do they offer?
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Delivers free meals to San Diego County residents living with HIV/AIDS or cancer, who are physically and/or mentally unable to prepare their own meals. Meals are also delivered to clients’ dependent children.
ｏ NOTE: Clients must be referred to Mama’s Kitchen by their primary care provider or case manager to receive home-
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Distributes meals enough for 365 days a year, through home deliveries, with distributions occurring three days a week.
Provides free pantry services through their Mama’s Pantry program to HIV-positive San Diego County residents who are
healthy enough to prepare their own meals, but have an annual income below $16,800. Once a month, shoppers may select up to 25 items at no cost.
ｏ NOTE: Clients may enroll themselves in Mama’s Pantry after bringing in verification of the following: their HIV diagno-
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sis, income, and residence.
Provides free workshops in nutrition education to HIV-positive San Diego County residents.
ｏ NOTE: Clients may enroll themselves in nutrition education workshops after bringing in verification of the following:
their HIV diagnosis and residence. Clients who currently utilize Mama’s Pantry may enroll in nutrition education without bringing verification documents.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 11 Full-time, 2 Part-time
 Volunteers: 796 annually
Who do they serve?
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Caucasian
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African American
Multiple Races
Native American
Asian/Pac. Islander
Unreported
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1.75%
0.35%
3.3%
14.3%
What are their goals?
 Prevent hunger, malnutrition, unnecessary hospitalizations, and premature deaths among at-risk individuals and families affected by AIDS or cancer, by home-delivering nutritious meals.
 Provide the nutrients that people who are living with HIV/AIDS or cancer and are physically and/or mentally unable to prepare their own meals, need to improve their health outcomes and return to independent
living, whenever possible.
 Remove the burden of preparing meals off parents living with AIDS or cancer, so they can focus on treatment.
What impact have they made?
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In 2013 they supplied 353,052 home-delivered meals to people affected by HIV/AIDS or cancer.
43,011 meals to 87 children who needed and deserved our helping hand.
Mama’s Pantry provided 112,366 meal equivalents to 814, low-income, HIV-positive neighbors.
Who are their key supporters?
 Corporations and Foundations
 Individual supporters
 Local and Federal government
 Price Charities
Who are their community partners?
 Community Room
 Mid-City CAN
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Mid-City CAN
Mission: To create a safe, productive, and healthy
community through collaboration, advocacy, and organizing.
Contact:
Diana Ross
Collaborative Director
dross@midcitycan.org
(619) 283-9624
www.midcitycan.org
Who are they?
Mid-City CAN is a collaborative of non-profit organizations, schools, businesses, government agencies, youth,
parents, ethnic and cultural groups, faith-based institutions, and civic associations. Membership is open to all
and all members are invited to attend the Networking Council Meeting, held the second Tuesday of each
month.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4305 University Avenue, Suite #550, San Diego, CA 92105.
 All partners/participants are focused or have program aspects focused on City Heights.
 Momentum teams are formed to address areas of common interest on City Heights’ issues.
 Youth Council is made up of about 30 City Heights youth grades 9 to 12.
What support services do they offer?
 Networking Council: Provides an opportunity for community residents and representatives from private
and public organizations, faith communities, schools, and businesses to network.
 Youth Council: Develops and empowers City Heights youth through community organizing.
 Momentum Teams:
ｏ Access to Health Care Momentum Team
ｏ Food Justice Momentum Team
ｏ Improve Transportation in City Heights (ITCH)
ｏ Peace Promotion Momentum Team
ｏ San Diego Smoke Free Project
ｏ Substance Abuse Prevention
ｏ Teen Sexual Health Momentum Team
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 5 Full-time, 1 Part-time
 Volunteers: 130 weekly
Who do they serve?
 Youth:
ｏ Youth Council works with grades 9 to 12.
ｏ 30 core participants with 60 registered members in all.
ｏ Predominantly Latino youth, more than 60%.
ｏ Other 30% comprised of Somali, Vietnamese, Caucasian, and Sudanese youth.
 City Heights’ residents.
 The City Heights community as a whole: schools, businesses, non-profit organizations, government
agencies, youth, parents, ethnic and cultural groups, civic associations and faith-based institutions.
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What are their goals?
 To help momentum teams establish their campaign goals.
 Empower youth to see a skate park campaign to fruition.
 To provide a forum for community-based decision making.
 To develop greater community involvement.
 To advocate for changes in government policies and systems that will improve the quality of life for all
of Mid-City’s residents, especially our children.
What impact have they made?
 Building healthy communities.
 Evaluation in process.
 CORE program has 300 to 400 youth attend its annual high school event.
 Youth council has secured funding from Statel, City, and Private sources for two skate parks in City
Heights.
 Improve Transportation in City Heights (ITCH) Momentum Team established first no cost youth buss
pass in region to get young people to and from school safely.
 Momentum teams create campaigns and make impact on community driven issues.
Who are their key supporters?
 AmeriCorps
 Price Charities (in the past)
 The California Endowment
 San Diego Venture Partners
Who are their community partners?
 Mid-City CAN is a collaborative partnering with numerous organizations, schools, churches, and individuals.
 Refer to website for a complete list: http://www.midcitycan.org/networking/partners-networkingcouncil
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Multi-Cultural Community Relations Office
Mission: To maintain open communication with the Southeast Asian and East African communities within the City of San
Diego. To develop partnerships to prevent, reduce, or eliminate obstacles confronting immigrant and refugee communities in relationship to crime and safety issues.
Contact:
Paul Yang
Sergeant
pmyang@pd.sandiego.gov
(619) 531-1526
www.sandiego.gov/police/services/
divisions/midcity/index
Who are they?
The Multi-Cultural Community Relations Office (MCCRO) was established by the San Diego Police Department to address the specific needs of a growing refugee population in San Diego. The office focuses on the Southeast Asian and
East African communities, but provides services to anyone who needs assistance. This is the only office of its kind in
the San Diego County.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 5348 University Avenue, Suite #100, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Focused on immigrants and refugees in the City Heights neighborhood.
What support services do they offer?
 Train officers on cultural awareness, understanding, and sensitivity.
 Create a bridge between cops/detectives and the community.
 Connect to needy families through their Holiday Toy Drive.
 Conduct preliminary police investigations.
 Provide information for crime victims and offer crime prevention assistance.
 Offer translation service in: Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese, Spanish, Arabic, and Somali.
 Facilitate workshops and presentations on personal protection and a variety of other topics.
 Serve as a culturally competent liaison to local law enforcement and the Southeast Asian and East African communities.
 Provide assistance for many local, county, state, and federal agencies.
 Implement neighborhood watch programs.
 Conduct and attend problem-solving meetings.
 Founded two youth organizations: East African Youth Organization (EAYO) & San Diego Asian Youth Organization (SDAYO).
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 8 Full-time Police Service officers and 1 Sergeant
 Volunteers: 2 annually
Who do they serve?
 Focus on Southeast Asian and East African communities.
 City Heights Community.
 Anyone that needs assistance.
What are their goals?
 Contribute to the safety and security of these communities by offering crime prevention support and assistance.
 Strive to develop partnerships to prevent, reduce, or eliminate the obstacles confronting immigrant and refugee
communities, be they criminal or otherwise.
 Address community concerns by building bridges to ease the acculturation process.
 Offer support to their two youth organizations.
 Provide a safe environment for learning and enjoyment.
 Offer police services that are fair, unbiased, judicious, and respectful of dignity and culture.
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What impact have they made?
Data based on a three month period:
 Office visits: 1,150.
 Phone calls: 528.
 Host 50 various community meetings, with approximately 1,000 members, and 50 police reporters.
 SDAYO consists of 100 members.
 EAYO consists of 50 members.
Who are their key supporters?
 Individual Donors
 Police Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 Cambodian Advisory Board
 East African Advisory Board
 East African Youth Organization
 Fukienese Association of San Diego
 Hmong Advisory Board
 Lao Advisory Board
 Little Saigon Foundation
 Pan Pacific Law Enforcement Association
 San Diego Asian Youth Organization
 Vietnamese Advisory Board
 Vietnamese Elderly Association of San Diego
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National Conflict Resolution Center
Mission: To provide and promote collaborative
dispute resolution and conflict management to individuals, organizations, and society through education, training and client services.
Contact:
Marc A. Meyer
Associate Director, Training Inst.
mmeyer@ncrconline.com
(619) 238-2400 ext. 225
www.ncrconline.com
Who are they?
The National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC) is a non-profit corporation and a full service alternative dispute resolution provider, based in San Diego, California since 1983. NCRC provides and promotes collaborative dispute resolution
and conflict management to individuals, organizations and society through education, training and client services.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Attend monthly Mid-City CAN and other community meetings to extend their services to underserved communities at no cost.
 Offer a community mediation program to the residents and organizations in City Heights.
 Conduct training programs in City Heights and Southeast San Diego.
What support services do they offer?
 Business Center: Services include mediation, arbitration, facilitation, and administrative hearings led by expert
panelists who provide a highly effective process that may range from facilitative to evaluative, depending upon
the requirements of the case and the parties involved. Panel members include nationally recognized NCRCtrained mediators, attorney-mediators, hearing officers, and industry experts.
 Training Institute: The Training Institute provides introductory, refresher, and advanced communication, facilitation, negotiation, and mediation training for individuals, professionals, and organizations seeking to build their
skills in any of these areas. The trainings provided have proven useful in everything from interpersonal relationship building to international business negotiation. The primary services of the Training Institute are:
ｏ Customized Training, Systems Design and Consulting: The Training Institute designs customized courses,
workshops, and on-site conflict coaching for the specific needs of corporate and institutional clients both in
the U.S. and abroad.
ｏ The EXCHANGE: The EXCHANGE brings conflict management skills and strategies to local
neighborhoods by teaching an easily learned, structured process to key community members, who can then effectively address and resolve the conflicts that occur everyday in their neighborhoods, workplaces, organizations, and families.
ｏ Introductory Mediation Skills: NCRC’s signature four-day public training teaches a facilitative six-stage mediation process. It provides 32 hours of skill-building through a combination of lectures, simulations, and
participatory exercises, including seven mock mediations.
ｏ Mediator Credential: NCRC’s unique Mediator Credential program offers serious practitioners a methodical, hands-on approach to acquiring mediator skills.
 San Diego Mediation Center (SDMC): This is the community mediation arm of NCRC and provides mediation,
facilitation, and other related dispute resolution services to help resolve a range of community-based disputes.
SDMC uses public funds, volunteers, and financial contributions to make these services available to the community at minimal cost for neighbor/neighbor, consumer/merchant, family, small business, and landlord/tenant
cases
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 22 Full-time, 1 Part-time
 Volunteers: 150 core group of mediators annually
 Interns: Robust program with 30 to 40 interns annually
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Who do they serve?
 Individuals: Professionals, practitioners, residents, family members, etc.
 Organizations, corporations, and institutions both in the U.S. and abroad.
 Both underserved communities and communities of means.
What are their goals?
 Create a more civil society.
 Reestablish an office that serves Southeast San Diego and City Heights
ｏ A one-stop shop for community justice providing:
▪ A community mediation program.
▪ Restorative Justice.
▪ Outreach.
▪ Implementation of the Exchange Program.
What impact have they made?
 During the 2010-2011 fiscal year, NCRC:
ｏ Provided over 1,800 dispute resolution services.
ｏ Provided over 1,200 mediations with agreement rate greater than 77%.
ｏ Enrolled over 1,000 trainees in classes at sites in U.S., Europe, and Mexico.
 NCRC has had a 80% success rate of mediation agreements followed.
Who are their key supporters?
 County of San Diego Health & Human Services
 Jewish Family Services
 Leichtag Foundation
 Malin Burnham Foundation
 Murray Galinson
 Price Charities
 Private donors
 San Diego Gas & Electric
 The California Endowment
Who are their community partners?
 International Rescue Committee
 Legal Aid Society
 Mid-City CAN
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Neighborhood House Association
Mission: To develop children, families, and future
leaders of our communities through empowerment, education, and wellness from our house to yours.
Contact:
Damon Carson
Director, Org Compliance
dcarson@neighborhoodhouse.org
(858) 715-2642
www.neighborhoodhouse.org
Who are they?
Neighborhood House Association (NHA) is the largest multi-purpose human services organization in San Diego County,
serving thousands of residents (children, families, seniors, and youth) each year. The agency has 12 key program areas
offered at more than 120 locations throughout San Diego County. These programs include an array of services designed to meet the cultural, social, health, and emergency daily living needs of underserved residents. Program service areas are focused on: health, youth, child development, seniors, mental health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS services,
housing counseling, and emergency assistance.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Run five Head Start sites in City Heights and several co-locations at City Heights’ elementary schools.
 Serve more than 350 City Heights’ children 18 months to 5 years of age and their families each year.
What support services do they offer?
 Adult Health Care Center: Provides dual-day treatment options to adults 18 years of age and older.
 Emergency Services: Offers short-term emergency food and San Diego Gas & Electric utility bill assistance, free
of charge, to qualifying individuals and families.
 Friendship Clubhouse: A member-driven psychosocial rehabilitation program for adults with severe and persistent mental illness, including those who may have a co-occurring substance use disorder.
 Geriatric Specialty Program: A field based program providing mental health services to seniors who reside in
the central San Diego area and neighboring communities.
 HIV/AIDS Service: The program provides comprehensive, ongoing assistance to individuals with HIV/AIDS. Case
Management staff advocates on behalf of clients to ensure proper treatment and care. The program consists of
three components: intensive case management for ex-offenders, general case management, and peer advocacy.
 Head Start: Head Start is a federally-funded child development program designed to help break the cycle of
poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their
emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.
 Home Start: Home Start provides services to children living in poverty who require immediate, comprehensive
solutions to ensure their safety and healthy development.
 Homework Center: The homework center provides junior high and high school students with a quiet, safe place
to study when their alternatives are limited. Use of NHA’s Homework Center is free to qualifying students.
 Housing Counseling: Offers education and counseling to renters, landlords, homeowners, and potential homeowners. This comprehensive housing counseling program promotes homeownership and foreclosure prevention, safe and adequate rental housing, and resolution of tenant/landlord disputes.
 Innovisions: A social enterprise.
 Nutrition Services: Prepares daily breakfast, lunch, snack, and supper for thousands of children all over San Diego County. The team is led by a registered dietitian, who works closely with the chef on staff to ensure that
meals are tasty and nutrient-dense.
 Project Enable: Provides time-limited outpatient specialty mental health services to adults 18 years of age and
older who are affected by serious and persistent mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders that interfere
with their ability to function in key life roles, as parents, students, spouses, and employees.
 Senior Citizen Service: Provides daily breakfast and lunch meals to adults 60 years of age and older.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 1,000 Full-time
 More than 100 Head Start centers throughout San Diego County
Who do they serve?
Head Start countywide program:
 Children from ages 18 months to 5 years of age.
 Families of the children NHA serve.
 Primary language at home: Spanish (49%), English (45%), East Asian (3%), African (1%), Other (2%).
What are their goals?
 To prepare children for Kindergarten.
 To support the families of the children they serve with the resources and services they need.
What impact have they made?
 2010-2011 Head Start academic year:
ｏ Children who are personally and socially competent: growth from 57.5% to 88% in one year
ｏ Children who are effective learners: growth from 51.7% to 84.3%
ｏ Children who show physical and motor competence: growth from 67.5% to 93%
ｏ Children who are safe and healthy: growth from 60% to 90%
ｏ Children who are up-to-date on physical exams: 100%
ｏ Children who are up-to-date on immunizations: 99%
ｏ Children who are have completed dental exams: 92%
ｏ Families who have received family services: 96%
ｏ Retention of students: 83%
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for complete list: http://www.neighborhoodhouse.org/about-us/contributors/
Who are their community partners?
 Refer to website for complete list: http://www.neighborhoodhouse.org/about-us/contributors/
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Nile Sisters Development Initiative
Mission: To help refugee women and their families in
San Diego County overcome barriers and become social
and economically self-reliant through education, training, and support.
Contact:
Elizabeth Lou
Executive Director
elou@nilesisters.org
(619) 265-2959
www.nilesisters.org
Who are they?
Nile Sisters Development Initiative a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded by Elizabeth Lou, a refugee from South Sudan.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at 6035 University Avenue, Suite 22, San Diego, CA 92115.
 Work mainly with individuals and families living in the City Heights area.
What support services do they offer?
 Cultural Orientation: Training newly arrived refugees on the U.S. system of services, rules, regulations, laws,
and how to access and retain basic services/resources.
 Refugee Health Acculturation: Connecting refugees to affordable healthcare services.
 Counseling: Training newly arrived refugees methods of peaceful conflict resolution.
 Nutrition/Fitness Education: Providing nutritional facts to families and helping them make healthy food selections while sustaining an active lifestyle.
 Certified Nursing Assistant: With the support of the County of San Diego’s Office of Revenue and Recovery,
Woman Give Foundation, Cox Cares, The California Endowment, and in collaboration with International Health
Group Certified Nursing Assistant Vocational training is provided.
 Drivers Training: For newly arrived refugees or asylees who need to learn how to drive.
 Child Care Provider Training: Training to become a certified childcare provider.
 Employment and Career Development: Workshops provided for those who are seeking employment, career,
and academic development.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 4 Full-time, 3 Part-time
 Volunteers: 7 annually
Who do they serve?
 Refugees:
ｏ East African
ｏ Burmese
ｏ Haitians
ｏ Iraqis
What are their goals?
 To build City Heights into a better place for all:
ｏ Create globally conscious active citizens who commit to putting their community as a priority in their lives.
ｏ Educate, orient, and train community members to be socially and economically self-reliant.
What impact have they made?
 Served about 1,300 individuals through various programs.
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Who are their key supporters?
 Anna Casey Foundation
 First 5 of San Diego
 Fundraising
 Individual Donors
 Kaiser Permanente
 La Jolla Presbyterian Church
 Macy Charitable Organization
 Pacca Foundation
 Price Philanthropies Foundation
 San Diego Foundation
 San Diego Foundation for Change
 The California Endowment
 The California Wellness Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 Al-Huda Mosque
 ARC of San Diego
 Bridging Community
 EducationCorps at the University of California, San Diego
 Horn of Africa
 Mid-City CAN
 Somali Family Service
 Somali Youth United
 South Sudan Christian Youth & Community Organization
 South Sudan Community Center
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Ocean Discovery Institute
Mission: To engage, educate, and inspire young people
from urban and diverse backgrounds through sciencebased exploration of the ocean and nature, preparing
them to be tomorrow’s scientific and environmental
leaders.
Contact:
Lindsay Goodwin
Associate Director
lgoodwin@oceandi.org
(858) 488-3849
www.oceandiscoveryinstitute.org
Who are they?
Through the Ocean Discovery Institute’s programs, youth are empowered to transform their lives and make a difference in the world as scientific and environmental leaders. Their discoveries will reveal new ways to protect the ocean
and nature, improve the health of our communities, and strengthen the quality of life in our world. Ocean Discovery
Institute is the proud recipient of The White House’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and
Engineering Mentoring.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 All of their programs are focused in City Heights and serve City Heights youth, reaching 6,000 young people annually.
 They are building a permanent “Living Lab” facility in City Heights in order to expand their work, reach a wider
audience, provide more frequent and in-depth involvement, and establish organizational sustainability. The
facility will be open in 2016 and will be located at the head of Manzanita Canyon at Thorn Street and Van Dyke
Avenue.
What support services do they offer?
Ocean Discovery Institute offers three levels of initiatives that provide increased opportunities for involvement and
support at each level:
 At the broadest level, the Community Initiatives generate curiosity as young people, their families, and community members engage in science learning and hands-on conservation projects that are relevant to their daily
lives.
 At the next level, the School-based Initiative builds scientific literacy as elementary and middle school students
engage in hands-on science and environmental service. Teachers are supported through professional development and resources.
 At the highest level, the Leaders Initiative prepares scientific leaders as middle school, high school, and college
students engage in a series of intensive, out-of-school science programs and college and career support services that provide a pathway to science and conservation professions.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 17 Full-time, 2 Part-time
ｏ 21% of their employees are from City Heights
 Volunteers: Over 1,000 annually
Who do they serve?
 Youth of City Heights.
 Families of City Heights.
 Schools in City Heights.
 Over 60,000 individuals served since founded in 1999.
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What are their goals?
 Reach 20,000 individuals each year.
 Generate curiosity.
 Build scientific literacy.
 Prepare scientific leaders.
 Transform the entire City Heights community through science and conservation.
 Increase organizational sustainability.
What impact have they made?
 Students, from urban and diverse backgrounds:
ｏ Participate in science, conservation, and nature-based activities.
ｏ Have knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts and processes and apply these to think
critically and make informed decisions.
ｏ Act for the benefit of the environment.
ｏ Attend college and become part of the scientific and environmental workforce.
ｏ Participating schools have significantly increased state standardized test scores in science.
ｏ After-school participants have a 95% retention rate their college freshman year compared to the
National average of 68%.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for a complete list: http://www.oceandiscoveryinstitute.org/supporters.php
Who are their community partners?
 Aaron Price Fellows Program
 Azalea Park Neighborhood Association
 Big Brothers Big Sisters
 Refer to website for a complete list: http://www.oceandiscoveryinstitute.org/partners.php
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Outdoor Outreach
Mission: To empower at-risk and underprivileged youth
to make positive lasting changes in their lives through
comprehensive outdoor programming.
Contact:
Ben McCue
Executive Director
ben@outdooroutreach.org
(619) 238-5790
www.outdooroutreach.org
Who are they?
Since its founding in 1999, Outdoor Outreach has used outdoor recreational activities to provide youth from City
Heights and Southeast San Diego, with the support, resources, and opportunities they need to become successful
adults. Outdoor Outreach has served over 7,500 through programs that range from short trips into the local mountains and beaches to more comprehensive multi-year curricula.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Partner with City Heights’ non-profits including ProKids, The AjA Project, and The International Rescue Committee.
 Partner with the Crawford High School Adventure Club (30 students).
What support services do they offer?
 Partner Program:
o Resource to over 30 community-based at-risk youth organizations.
o Customized fee-for-service programming to fit needs of each organization.
 Leadership Program:
o Year-long training program equipping selected Adventure Club high school seniors to become peer instructors and mentors.
o Second year provides paid internship while they are attending college.
 Adventure Clubs:
o Partnership with faculty and staff from Lincoln, Crawford, and El Cajon Valley High Schools with 30 youth
members each.
o Two core components: Transformational outdoor recreation trips and strong relational investment in each
child.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 5275 Market Street, Suite 21, San Diego, CA 92114
 Staff: 6 Full-time, 4 Senior field instructors, 10 Assistant field instructors
 Volunteers: Over 100 annually
Who do they serve?
 Over 1,000 teen aged youth each year.
 Low-income youth, primarily from middle and high school.
 Hispanic (35%), Middle Eastern (25%), Asian/Pacific Islander (20%), African American (15%), White/nonHispanic/non-Middle Eastern (5%).
 Approximately 50% of participants are male and 50% are female.
 Youth across San Diego County with a specific focus on Central and Southeast San Diego neighborhoods.
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What are their goals?
 Empower youth to transform into responsible and healthy adults by:
ｏ Becoming a responsible citizen.
ｏ Living a healthy lifestyle.
ｏ Improving academic achievement.
ｏ Engagement in post-secondary education.
ｏ Obtaining a job.
ｏ Participating in environmental stewardship.
 Become sustainable.
 Create a more robust environmental curriculum developing environmental stewards.
 Expand curriculum to focus on healthy lifestyles to combat current crisis such as obesity.
What impact have they made?
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100% graduation rate of all Adventure Club participants.
100% of all Adventure Club participants go on to college and obtain jobs.
Students exhibit positive attitude change.
Students display positive behavioral change.
Healthy lifestyles are pursued by participants.
Participants practice environmental stewardship and civic responsibility.
Who are their key supporters?
 $20,000+
o Alliance Healthcare Foundation
o Anonymous Giving Circle of Women
o County of San Diego
o Las Patronas
o The North Face
o The Parker Foundation
o Price Charities
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$10,000-$19,999
o ECG Management Consultants
o Galinson Advided Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
o Gramicci
o McGrory Family Fund of the Jewish
o OtterCares Foundation
o prAna
o Qualcomm Foundation
o San Diego Gas and Electric
 Refer to website for complete list: http://www.outdooroutreach.org/get-involved/donate/recognition/
Who are their community partners?
 The AjA Project
 Monarch School
 Armed Services YMCA
 Monte Vista High School
 Barrio Logan College Institute
 Morongo Mission Band of Indians
 Chaparral High School
 Mount Miguel High School
 Crawford High School
 North County Lifeline- Crown Heights
 El Cajon Valley High School
 O’Farrell Charter School
 Girls Rising
 Price Scholars
 Harmonium
 ProKids, The First Tee of San Diego
 High Tech High
 Reality Changers
 Juvenile Court Community Schools- North
 San Diego Show Allstars
 JUMA Ventures
 San Diego Youth Services
 International Rescue Committee
 San Pasqual Academy
 King Chavez Academy
 San Diego Center for Children
 KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy
 SAY San Diego
 Lincoln High School
 Second Chance
 Marine Corps Community Services- MCAS
 St. Vincent de Paul Village
 Marine Corps Community Services- MCRD
 STAR/PAL
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Planned Parenthood of the Pacific
Southwest
Mission: To ensure broad public access to reproductive health care through direct service, education, and
advocacy.
Contact:
Carolyn Pinces
Community Engagement Associate
Manager
cpinces@planned.org
(619) 881-4500
www.planned.org
Who are they?
For nearly 50 years, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest (PPPSW) has worked to ensure broad public access
to reproductive health care through direct service, education, and advocacy. PPPSW, as a 501(c)(3), has grown exponentially over the past decade, providing clinical services and education to residents of urban areas including San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood, as well as underserved rural areas, such as the Coachella Valley, which all face disproportionate rates of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 City Heights Planned Parenthood Express Health Center is located at 4305 University Avenue, Suite #350, San
Diego CA, 92105.
 Offering reproductive and sexual health services and education programs at low-to-no cost.
 PPPSW has been actively involved with Mid-City CAN’s Teen Sexual Health Momentum Team, organizing the biannual CORE youth empowerment event at Hoover High and the Crawford Educational Complex.
What support services do they offer?
 Medical Services:
ｏ The City Heights Planned Parenthood health center provides “express” reproductive and sexual health services such as contraception (including hormonal birth control and condoms), testing and treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) including HIV, pregnancy testing, and counseling.
ｏ For “full service” exam services, appointments can be made at a Planned Parenthood Heath Center by calling 1-888-743-7526 or visiting www.planned.org.
 Educational Services:
ｏ Since 1963, PPPSW has been providing quality education programs in the community. PPPSW views sexuality as a healthy, lifelong aspect of being human.
ｏ All staff is knowledgeable about prevention and health promotion, and is available to present on a wide
range of topics including Healthy Relationships, Abstinence & Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology, and Family Communication. Presentations are appropriately
tailored to the audience.
ｏ The PPPSW Community Engagement programs draw on the region’s diverse demographics and increase
access to and awareness of locally based services, impacting the lives of thousands of women, men, and
youth through educational presentations in both English and Spanish.
What is their organizational profile?
 Each health center varies in staff size.
 Hundreds of volunteers are utilized each year to assist with clinical, outreach, and education services.
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Who do they serve?
 PPPSW serves San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties.
 Currently the organization consists of 19 health centers in San Diego and Riverside Counties.
 Planned Parenthood provides accessible, affordable, and high quality care to people regardless of age,
race, gender, cultural background, income, or sexual orientation:
ｏ Native American
<1%
ｏ Multiracial
3%
ｏ Asian American/Pacific Islander
6%
ｏ African American
7%
ｏ White
39%
ｏ Hispanic
42%
ｏ Unreported /unknown
2%
What are their goals?
 To improve the health and safety of men and women.
 Reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies.
 Advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible choices.
What impact have they made?
 The City Heights Planned Parenthood Express Health Center has served 3,051 patients through 7,762
patient visits in 2013.
 The PPPSW Community Engagement Department has positively impacted the lives of 37,970 people
through education and outreach efforts.
 Staff at PPPSW’s 19 health care centers served more than 142,863 patients through 304,690 visits.
These women, men, and teens come to Planned Parenthood for birth control services, pregnancy
testing, testing and treatment for STIs, testing, education, referral for HIV/AIDS, breast exams, pap
smears, colposcopy, LEEP to remove early cervical cancer, HPV and Hepatitis B vaccinations, sterilization, medication and surgical abortion services, menopausal services, and education.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for complete list: www.planned.org
Who are their community partners?
Some partnerships in City Heights area include:
 Central San Diego Health Home Collaborative
 City Heights Partnership for Children
 Family Health Centers Teen Clinic
 San Diego Unified School District
 Mid-City CAN
 Operation Samahan
 Price Charities
 Rady Children’s Hospital: FACES for the Future at Hoover High School
 San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, HIV, STD and Hepatitis Branch
 San Diego Family Care
 San Diego Legal Aid
 San Diego Youth Services
 San Diego Refugee Forum
 SAY San Diego
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Pro Kids | The First Tee of San Diego
Mission: To challenge underserved youth to excel in
life by promoting character development, life-skills, and
values through education and the game of golf.
Contact:
Keith Padgett
Chief Executive Officer
kpadgett@prokidsonline.org
(619) 582-7884
www.thefirstteesandiego.org
Who are they?
Pro Kids is located on the 14-acre, 18-hole, par-3 Colina Park Golf Course that and serves more than 1,800 children annually. They provide golf and life skill classes after school as well as during the school day through an alternative physical education program for partnering San Diego Unified Schools. On-course golf instruction is coupled with a life-skills
curriculum designed by their nationally affiliated organization, The First Tee. Tutoring, mentoring, educational workshops, and field trips are provided for all Pro Kids members through their Learning Center.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
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 Located in City Heights at 4085 52 Street, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Partner schools include: Fay Elementary, Ibarra Elementary, Marshall Elementary, Horace Mann Middle, Monroe Clark Middle, Crawford High, and Hoover High Schools.
 Fee waivers are available to families who have children attending Provision 2 schools, qualify for free and reduced lunch, or have a parent in the military.
What support services do they offer?
 Golf curriculum and life skills instruction (7 to 17 years of age).
 Tutoring Learning Center and Computer Lab.
 Community service projects.
 Leadership programs.
 Educational, vocational, social field trips, and workshops.
 College preparation programs.
 College Scholarships: Awarded over $1.6 million to 125 students since 1999.
 Summer Programs available for registered members.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 21 Full-time, 5 Part-time
 Volunteers: 261 annually, donating more than 5,700 hours collectively in 2013
Who do they serve?
 In 2013, they served 1,826 children, ranging from 7 to 17 years of age:
o Female: 42%, Male: 58%
o Hispanic (36%), Asian (18%), African American (13%), Caucasian (16%), Multiracial (4%), Pacific Islander
(2%), Native American (1%), Other (10%)
o Ages: 8-10: 41%, 11-12: 24%, 13-15: 18%, 16-17: 8%, 18+: 4%
o Qualify for a fee waiver : 72%
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What are their goals?
 Active Pro Kid Participants:
ｏ Improve golf skills and on-course etiquette.
ｏ Improve academic performance at school.
ｏ Increase literacy levels and math aptitude.
ｏ Improve behavior at home and in school.
ｏ Build community leaders who embrace giving back to their community.
ｏ Seek education beyond high school.
ｏ Develop personal assets and confidence.
 Long-term Members:
ｏ Graduate from college at a higher rate than the national average.
ｏ Become role models in their community through their commitment to education, community service, and healthy lifestyles.
What impact have they made?
 Teachers share that Pro Kids members turn in their homework more regularly than non-members.
 The Homework Club was utilized more than 13,157 times in 2013.
 More than 17,000 children have called Pro Kids home the last 20 years.
 Since 1999, more than $1.6 million has been awarded in academic scholarships to 125 alumni.
 Retain more than 50% of members from 2012 to 2013.
Who are their key supporters?
 Capital projects have been supported by community development block grant (CDBG) and the San Diego
County
 Funding also has been provided by Price Charities, Social Venture Partners, corporate foundations
( Sony, Qualcomm Inc., etc.)
 Individual donors
 The majority of the academic scholarships come from the Gumpert Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 ABC Youth Foundation
 Barrio Logan College Institute
 Crawford High School
 Crawford Community Collaborative
 Fay Elementary School
 Horace Mann Middle School
 Ibarra Elementary School
 International Rescue Committee
 Kids Korps USA
 Marshall Elementary School
 Monroe Clark Middle School
 Outdoor Outreach
 STAR/PAL
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READ/San Diego –San Diego Public Library
Mission: To equip low-literate adults with the reading and
writing skills they need to function as parents, workers, and
community members.
Contact:
Val Hardie
Literacy Program Administrator
vhardie@sandiego.gov
(619) 238-6603
www.readsandiego.org
Who are they?
READ/San Diego is a free literacy instruction service for adults 18 years of age and older. It is one of more than 100
literacy programs offered by the public libraries throughout California. READ/San Diego sponsors four family literacy
and four workforce literacy programs.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 The Families for Literacy Program meets twice a month at the City Heights/Weingart Library branch at 3795
Fairmont Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Tutor-Learner pairs also meet at the City Heights/Weingart Library branch.
What support services do they offer?
 Basic Skills Instruction: Provides one-to-one, small group, classroom, and computer aided instruction in basic
reading, writing, and math.
 Families for Literacy (FFL): Assists low-literate parents in developing their own literacy skills and in being their
child’s first and most important teacher. Provides families with new books to build home libraries.
 Computer Learning Lab: Provides a supportive, affirming environment where learners work at their own pace
and receive hands-on computer experience using educational software, internet, and word processing software.
 Adult Learner Book Club: The book club provides a safe place for enrolled learners of all reading levels to engage with other adult learners in reading bestselling books and sharing their ideas.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 330 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101
 Staff: 5 Full-time, 2 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 Low-literate English speaking adults.
 Adults 18 years of age or older.
 Adults not enrolled in an education program for credit.
 Adult residents of City Heights.
 Residents throughout the City of San Diego.
What are their goals?
 Build critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.
 Engage communities in helping adults obtain the skills they need to function as parents, workers, and citizens.
 Advocate for low-literate families/individuals.
 Help low-literate families create literacy rich home environments.
What impact have they made?
 Adult Learners in Fiscal Year 2014: 460
 Distributed 1,921books to families in Fiscal Year 2014.
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Who are their key supporters?
 California State Library
 City of San Diego
 Friends of READ/San Diego Literacy Programs
 San Diego Women’s Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 City Heights Partnership for Children
 Claremont Lutheran Church
 Families Health Centers of San Diego
 First 5 Commission of San Diego
 Head Start
 Saint Vincent de Paul
 San Diego Council on Literacy
 Southern California Library Literacy Network
 Urban Corps of San Diego County
 Wakeland Housing
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Reality Changers
Mission: Reality Changers transforms lives, schools,
and communities by providing youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with the academic support, financial
assistance and leadership training to become first generation college students.
Contact:
Chris Yanov
Founder & President
chris@realitychangers.org
(619) 516-2222
www.RealityChangers.org
Who are they?
Reality Changers (RC) provides a comprehensive tutoring program and college prep support for youth who seek to become first generation college students.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Headquartered in City Heights at 3910 University Avenue, Suite #300, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Serves over 50 youth living in City Heights (and over 400 youth throughout San Diego) annually.
What support services do they offer?
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Comprehensive Weekly Mentoring Program.
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University of California San Diego’s Academic Connections; a three-week summer residential program.
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Eighth Grade Program for students at Clark and Wilson Middle Schools.
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Summer Leadership Camp.
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Community service events (40 weekends a year).
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Monthly speech tournaments.
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College Forums (at least 10 annually).
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Junior Jump Start.
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College Apps Academy for 12th graders.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 17 Full-time, 7 Part-time
 Volunteers: 412 annually
Who do they serve?
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Youth who will become first generation college students.
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Students in 8th to 12th grades: 400 plus.
o Number of these students that live in City Heights during the 2013-14 school year: 96.
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Ethnicity of students served in City Heights: Latino (78%), African-American (15%), Asian-American (5%), Caucasian (2%).
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Students from over 40 communities in San Diego County.
What are their goals?
 Transform City Heights into San Diego’s capital for first generation college students (rather than its current status as San Diego’s capital for youth on probation).
 Build a new headquarters on the vacant lot south of Central Elementary that not only serves as a genuine symbol of accomplishing our first goal, but also serves as shared space for the community.
 Further develop and expand upon the success of our Eighth Grade Program for Clark and Wilson students.
What impact have they made?
 Awarded $4,000,000 in scholarships since 2001.
 Participants have earned over $40,000,000 in scholarships from all sources since 2001.
 RC students pour over 10,000 hours of community service into the San Diego region annually.
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 Students in 8 to 11 grade that participated in the Comprehensive Weekly Mentoring Program: 212.
 High school seniors that participated in College Apps Academy (all receive free/reduced lunch): 250.
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Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for a complete list: www.realitychangers.org/donate/sponsors
Who are their community partners?
 LEAD San Diego
 Price Charities
 Princeton Review
 San Diego Futures Foundation
 San Diego Social Venture Partners
 San Diego State University
 San Diego Unified School District
 University of California, San Diego
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Restorative Justice Mediation Program
Mission: To reduce repeat crime and improve the lives
of those affected by crime through providing programs,
education, and services in partnership with government,
non-profit organizations, and business to San Diego
County.
Contact:
Jim Walsh
Chairman
jwalsh@diocese-sdiego.org
(858) 490-8375
www.sdrjmp.org
Who are they?
The San Diego Restorative Justice Mediation Program (RJMP) works towards seeing juvenile offenders recognize the
damage their crimes have done, and helping them reconcile with their victims.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Receive cases from all of San Diego County:
ｏ Individuals can be referred by probation officers, public defenders, and individuals.
What support services do they offer?
 Victim/Offender Dialogue: Receive case referrals from probation officers, San Diego Court System, and individuals.
ｏ RJMP recognizes that while the Judicial System may produce an outcome in a case, it almost always leave
one or both parties still with an issue about the situation. With Victim-Offender Dialogue, individuals are
allowed the opportunity to talk out the full situation, often with an outcome that leaves both parties understanding and empathetic of one another.
ｏ Restoring these situations allows individuals to move on with their lives with no hate or prejudice after
hand. The ability to speak with the offender leaves the victim with an inside knowledge as to why it was
they committed their action as well as apologize for it.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 600 West Broadway, Suite 1150, San Diego, CA 92101
 Staff: 1 Part-time
 Volunteers: 20+ annually
Who do they serve?
 Individuals
 Families
 Other community members
What are their goals?
 Provide healing for offenders and victims through Restorative Justice Practices, philosophy, and victim/offender
dialogue.
 Discover and work with criminal offenders who are willing to admit culpability and are open to dialogue.
 Repair harm done to individuals as well as the community.
 Equip offenders with the tools to refrain from future offenses.
 Keep juveniles out of the court system.
What impact have they made?
 Percent of offenders that do not re-offend after participating in the mediation intervention: 60%
 Percent of victims that profess a strong satisfaction with the mediation process and outcome: 90%
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Who are their key supporters?
 Individual donors
 Various Companies
Who are their community partners?
 Community Resource Directory
 District Attorney
 Probation Department
 Public Defenders
 San Diego County Agencies
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The Salvation Army Kroc Center
Contact:
Camille McKinnie
Mission: To meet the needs of the community
Donor Relations Director
through: boundless opportunity, experiential
Camille.Mckinnie@usw.salvationarmy.org
knowledge, holistic growth, progressive challenge, (619) 446-0259
relevant skill, and meaningful success.
www.kroccenter.org
Who are they?
The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center is a 12.4 acre family support, education, recreation,
and cultural arts center, made possible by a generous gift from the late philanthropist Mrs. Joan Kroc. The facility is
open to members and the general public and serves residents of East San Diego, La Mesa, and Lemon Grove with a variety of quality programs for individuals of all ages.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located on the border of City Heights at 6845 University Avenue, San Diego, CA 92115.
 18% of social services recipients are from the 92105 zip code.
What support services do they offer?
 Assistance is based on predetermined guidelines and availability of services.
 Aquatic Center: Offers recreational and lap swimming, swimming lessons, water exercise, aqua therapy, aquatic
sports programs, and many other programs in their three heated pools.
 Education Center: Provides many opportunities with an internet-based library, visual arts studio, Cox Technology Center, study hall, classrooms, and tutoring rooms.
 Family Enhancement Building: Houses the Family Resource Center, administration offices, and a Head-Start
Child Development Center. The Family Resource Center offers scholarship discounts to eligible individuals and
families, provides community resources and referrals, and provides emergency food and clothing assistance. It
also provides supportive services to individuals, families and seniors. Some assistance is based on predetermined guidelines and availability of services.
 Gymnasium: A multi-use facility, the 56,000 square-foot building contains a fitness area with weight and cardiovascular exercise equipment, a group exercise class area, and a professional-size basketball court.
 Ice Arena: This is the only NHL regulation sized Ice Arena in Southern San Diego County. The Ice Arena offers
public ice skating and skate and ice hockey classes. There are also youth and adult hockey leagues.
 Recreation Field, Challenge Course, and Rock Climbing Wall: The 55,000 square-foot field is used year-round by
soccer and other outdoor sports leagues. It is bordered by a challenge course with high and low rope course
elements, and a 30-foot rock-climbing tower.
 Indoor Skate Park: Filled with several elements to challenge both beginning and advanced skaters, and includes
a full half-pipe ramp.
 Performing Arts Center: Consists of the Joan B. Kroc Theatre, dance studio, band and orchestra room, vocal and
instrumental practice rooms and a large multipurpose conference room. Can accommodate Broadway-quality
shows with its seating for 600, motorized orchestra pit, and dressing rooms.
 Kroc Church: A group of people with a common desire to follow and love Jesus. Being part of The Salvation Army Kroc Center allows a number of different ways to create community.
 Day Camp: Provides children of all ability levels the opportunity to play and grow in a positive and safe environment. That strives to develop the whole child, mentally, physically, and emotionally, through structured group
activities.
 The Arts: Offers programs and classes in the performing and fine arts. Art classes consist of drawing, painting
and ceramics. Dance classes feature many genres, from ballet to hip hop, for children and adults of all ages.
 RJ’S Preschool Academy: Dedicated to providing quality early childhood education to prepare children for Kindergarten and beyond. Its purpose is to encourage discovery, equip for growth and engage in prayer.
 Kroc Kids Junior Theater Company: All performers enrolling in a Kroc Kids production must also enroll in a performing arts class of their choice. The Performing Arts class can occur before or during rehearsals and will be
discounted 50%.
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 Personal Development: The Kroc Center offers many programs and classes designed to facilitate personal development and life-long learning for children and adults.
 Active Older Adults: For individuals age 55 and over to remain positively engaged in their communities
while exploring educational, social, and volunteer experiences.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 68 Full-time, 212 Part-time
 They offer 280 year-round jobs which peak around 300 during the summer
Who do they serve?
 Individuals within the 91941 to 91946 zip codes.
 Individuals within the 92105, 92115, 92119, 92120, and 92182 zip codes.
What are their goals?
 To provide opportunities that facilitate positive, life-changing experiences through: art, athletics, personal development, spiritual discovery, and community service.
What impact have they made?
 Have approximately 5,000 members.
 This summer, 300 children learned how to swim safely.
 The Comprehensive Case Management Program provided 200 families services. A total of 1,200 families
a year are served by the Family Resource Center with Emergency resources and referrals
 Provided eight partner schools with free arts, literacy curriculum in the classroom and three schools
with fitness curriculum and field trips.
 Serve 11 zip codes and 8,909 clients each year with emergency food boxes, utility bill assistance, scholarships, case management, referrals, and other social services.
Who are their key supporters?
 Fundraising
 Grants
 Membership Fees
 Private and Public Donors
Who are their community partners?
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Adventure 16
Allied Plaza
AMC Plaza Bonita 14
Audrey S. Geisel/ San Diego Foundation
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation
Epilepsy Foundation
First Republic Bank
Kohl’s Cares
La Mesa Optimist Club
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Las Patronas
McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP
Miller Family Foundation
Price Philanthropies
Ralphs
Rotary Club of La Mesa
USA Endurance Events
Young Audiences of San Diego
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San Diego Canyonlands
Mission: To promote, protect, and restore the natural habitats in San Diego County canyons and creeks by fostering
education and ongoing community involvement in stewardship and advocacy, and by collaborating with other organizations.
Contact:
Eric Bowlby
Executive Director
eric@sdcanyonlands.org
(619) 284-9399
www.sdcanyonlands.org
Who are they?
San Diego Canyonlands works towards preserving and restoring canyons and influencing policies towards their protection. San Diego Canyonlands is committed to fostering opportunities to utilize the canyons as “Nature Classrooms”
where San Diego’s youth can learn about the unique wildlife and eco-systems with hands-on experiences.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Currently manages canyon-stewardship and education programs in 90 acres of canyon lands in City Heights and
99 acres along Chollas Creek.
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 City Heights canyons include: Manzanita, Hollywood, 47 , Swan, and Fox.
 Partner with many City Heights schools including: Hamilton Elementary, Monroe Clark Middle, and Hoover High
Schools.
 Partner with other City Heights focused organizations such as: Ocean Discovery Institute, Community HousingWorks, FaceLift, Project Clean, etc.
 In collaboration with partners, San Diego Canyonlands serves about 1,800 youth each year, many of them from
the City Heights area.
What support services do they offer?
 Building Friend Groups: Help the friend groups of each canyon plan and implement clean-ups and restoration
events, often providing tools, donating native plants, and recruiting additional volunteers. Professional consultants volunteer to help establish habitat restoration plans.
 Youth Programs: Provide nature-based education and stewardship programs with positive activities and opportunities to learn about nature in hands-on, experiential ways. Youth learn they can make a difference in the
community they live in as well as help solve regional environmental challenges.
 Canyon Enhancement Planning: A committee of urban design visionaries, professional landscape architects has
created a Canyon Enhancement Planning (CEP) Guide for community stakeholders. This guide helps facilitate a
system approach for implementing a regional vision integrating natural open spaces with the fabric of the urban
environment.
 Advocacy and Issues: San Diego Canyonlands performs political advocacy work to promote, protect, and restore San Diego's valuable canyons and creeks. In 2012, San Diego Canyonlands successfully led an effort to dedicate 6,500 acres of City owned open space/parkland.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 3552 Bancroft Street, San Diego, CA 92104
 Staff: 1 Full-time, 4 Part-time
 Volunteers: 1,800 youth/annually, 2,000 adults/annually
Who do they serve?
 Families and youth from elementary through college ages, mostly from the City Heights area.
 Last year 2,199 youth were served:
 Elementary school students: 40% (879).
 Middle school students: 28% (616).
 High school students: 32% (704).
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What are their goals?
 Provide essential services: Catalyst for grassroots community organizing infrastructure, education, inspiration, encouragement, research, and advocacy toward dedication of open space lands and the San
Diego Regional Canyonlands Park.
 Share resources and enabling effective advocacy.
 Increase quality of life.
 Create natural classrooms.
 Increase recreational opportunities.
 Collaborate with community partners.
 Reach more canyons.
 Establish more Friends Groups of other canyons: 5 new each year.
 Empower interns to duplicate Friend Groups Program to other San Diego areas.
 Implement the Sustainable Stewardship Internship Program.
 Expand to all 11 watersheds in San Diego County.
What impact have they made?
 Canyonlands have been restored.
 Water quality is enhanced.
 Friend Groups are providing on-going local ownership.
 Students are actively enjoying and being educated by nature’s classrooms.
 Communities are providing volunteers to restore, protect, and advocate for their local canyon.
 City leaders recognize the values of San Diego’s canyons and support their rehabilitation.
Who are their key supporters?
 California Strategic Growth Council
 Individual donations
 Price Charities
 Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)
 San Diego Foundation
 Refer to website for complete list: http://www.sdcanyonlands.org/supporters
Who are their community partners?
 Audubon Society
 City Height Work Facelift
 City Heights Canyons & Community Alliance
 Hoover High School Eco Club
 Ocean Discovery Institute
 Outdoor Outreach
 STAR/PAL
 Urban Corps
 Refer to website for complete list: http://www.sdcanyonlands.org/supporters
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San Diego Family Care
Mission: Offer high quality medical care, behavioral health
care, and multi-cultural health promotion, with a primary
focus on central San Diego.
Contact:
Roberta L. Feinberg, M.S.
Chief Executive Officer
Feinberg@lvhcc.com
(858) 279-9676
www.sandiegofamilycare.org
Who are they?
San Diego Family Care (SDFC) is the corporate name of the former Linda Vista Health Care Center and Mid-City Community Clinic. In 2003, a single corporation was formed with three main clinic sites and three school based health centers. These high quality community health center sites deliver 96,000 primary care medical and behavioral health visits
annually to all residents of San Diego County.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Have two health clinics and three school based health centers located here in City Heights.
ｏ Mid-City Community Clinic (Adults): 4290 Polk Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105
ｏ Mid-City Community Clinic (Pediatrics): 4305 University Avenue Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92105
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Rosa Parks Elementary Health & Wellness Center: 4510 Landis Street, San Diego, CA 92105
Central Elementary Health & Wellness Center: 4063 Polk Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105
Monroe Middle School Health & Wellness Center: 4388 Thorn Street, San Diego, CA 92105
What support services do they offer?
 Adult Services
ｏ Adult Medicine: Offering preventive and sick care
ｏ Immunizations
ｏ Routine examinations including examinations for specific agencies, or requirements such as INS, DMV,
work, or sports
ｏ Diabetes Program, includes on site education in multiple languages, diabetes care coordinator, and discounted services for uninsured patients
ｏ Pregnancy testing and counseling
ｏ Prenatal care
ｏ Family planning
ｏ Gynecologic services
ｏ Ancillary services: Including laboratory, EKG, pulmonary treatment, audiology, and PPD testing
ｏ Urgent Care—Walk-in
ｏ Chronic disease management
 Pediatric Services
ｏ Pediatrics-Newborns through 18 years old
ｏ Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychiatry services
ｏ Pediatric Asthma Clinic
ｏ Well-Child Care, CHDP and sports physicals (walk-in or appointments available)
ｏ Walk-in clinics available for immunizations for children (Appointment also available)
ｏ Ancillary Services including laboratory, EKG, pulmonary treatment, PPD testing
ｏ Radiology is offered by Rady Children’s Hospital at Mid-City Community Clinic (Pediatrics) only
ｏ School-based clinic collaboration
ｏ Dental services– Screen for dental problems and refer to a dentist
ｏ Urgent Care is available on a walk-in basis at all sites
 Behavioral Health Services
 Prenatal Services
 Reproductive Health
 Teen Services
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What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 246 Full-time
 Volunteers: 12
Who do they serve?
 The area served is located in the Central and North Central regions of the City of San Diego. This urban
service area is the most culturally diverse, most underserved, and the most dense in San Diego County.
Most of the area is designated by the federal government as medically underserved. The population of
approximately 500,000 is ethnically diverse, multi-lingual, and immigrant. The area includes 74 census
tracts. Low income, large families, low educational levels, and non-English speaking heads of households
characterize the area population.
What are their goals?
 Increase access to health care.
 Deliver high quality medical and behavioral health care.
What impact have they made?
 Deliver 96,000 medical and behavioral health visits annually to the communities we serve.
 Collaborate in the operation of three school based health centers.
 Provide translation in multiple languages while providing high quality care and health promotion.
Who are their key supporters?
 Multiple Insurers.
 Multiple Public and Private sector funders.
Who are their community partners?
 SDFC collaborates with multiple organizations including:
ｏ County of San Diego Public Health
ｏ Price Philanthropies
ｏ Rady Children’s Hospital
ｏ San Diego Unified School District
ｏ Sharp Memorial Hospital
ｏ The California Endowment
ｏ UCSD Medical Center
ｏ UCSD School of Medicine
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San Diego Futures Foundation
Mission: To improve lives in San Diego County by making
information technology available to underserved populations
by providing technology equipment, training, support, information technology outsourcing, and digital media services to
nonprofit organizations, disadvantages small businesses, low
-income household, people with disabilities, and seniors.
Contact:
Gary Knight
Executive Director
gknight@sdfutures.org
(619) 269-1684, ext. 218
www.sdfutures.org
Who are they?
In 1999, under the visionary leadership of the County of Board of Supervisors, the County of San Diego began outsourcing all information technology and telecommunications services. At the time, this was the largest state or local
government technology privatizations project in the United States. The Pennant Alliance, a consortium of high technology companies representing Computer Science Corporation (CSC), Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC), AT&T, and Avaya, Inc. was selected to provide information technology and telecommunications services to the
County of San Diego. The County realized that as it began transforming itself by providing services online instead of “in
line,” it was critical that the citizens of San Diego County, particularly the underserved populations, have access to the
new “e-government” services and requisite training necessary to participate in today’s increasingly technological
world. San Diego Futures Foundation (SDFF) was technology equipment and services.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 SDFF is located in City Heights at 4283 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite #220, San Diego, CA 92105
 SDFF participates in many City Heights community outreach events, highlights City Heights businesses and nonprofits through multimedia services, and donates or sells affordable computers to City Heights residents, nonprofit employees and non-profit organizations.
 SDFF provides computer and internet training for City Heights youth, adults, seniors, including individuals with
disabilities and members of the refugee population (tech support is provided in English, Spanish, and Arabic).
What support services do they offer?
 SDFF provides the following programs and services:
ｏ Youth Workforce Training Programs: Free technology training programs for low-income, out-of-school
youth (17 to 21 years of age) seeking career paths in the IT field.
ｏ Adult Workforce Training Programs: Free technology-based learning for long-term unemployed or underemployed adults (18+ years) seeking to attain industry-standard certifications toward re-entering
the workforce (Training is provided in partnership with Able-Disabled Advocacy).
ｏ Basic Digital Literacy Training: Low-cost beginning and intermediate computer classes designed to provide an introduction to computer hardware, software, online resources, and Internet safety.
ｏ IT Services: Low-cost IT services, including networking, migration and security services, offered to nonprofits and disadvantages businesses to help meet business needs.
ｏ Low-cost and donated refurbished computers to non-profits, community organizations, schools, families, individuals, members of the disabled population, seniors, veterans, and non-profit employees.
ｏ Tech Support Call Center assistance for individual computer recipients and families (support is offered
in English, Spanish, and Arabic).
ｏ E-waste recycling services available for community residents, nonprofit organizations and businesses.
ｏ Digital Media Services: Low-cost multimedia development services offered to small disadvantages
business and non-profits.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 26 Full-time
 Volunteers: Varies
Who do they serve?
 SDFF serves non-profits and small businesses. In addition, SDFF serves low-income youth, adults, seniors, veterans, refugees, non-profit employees, and members of the disabled populations.
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What are their goals?
 Expand partnerships with businesses who are able to make computer equipment donations for refurbishing and e-waste recycling.
 Expand and secure youth training program funding to become sustainable.
 Establish new technology training pathways, including STEM-based pathways, for youth and adults.
 Expand reach to non-profits and small businesses to provide IT support and multimedia services.
 Expand connections and partnerships with industries/companies.
What impact have they made?
 Contributed more than 42,000 computers to the San Diego community, including to families and nonprofits, since 1999.
 Provided more than 30,000 hours of technical support to community residents and non-profits.
 Recycled more than 2.5 million pounds of e-waste.
 Provided computer training to more training to more than 9,000 youth, adults, and seniors.
 Provided more than 30,121 hours of technical support to community residents and non-profits.
Who are their key supporters?
 Able-Disabled Advocacy
 Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
 County of San Diego
 Hervey Family Non-Endowment Fund at The San Diego Foundation
 Hewlett-Packard
 IMS Electronics
 Price Philanthropies
 San Diego Gas & Electric
 San Diego Workforce Partnership
 Refer to website for a complete list: http://www.sdfutures.org/about-us/supporters
Who are their community partners?
 Chula Vista Promise Neighborhood
 Cox Communications
 ESET
 Fab Lab San Diego
 Health and Human Services Agency, Aging and Independence Services
 International Rescue Committee
 Media Arts Center San Diego
 OASIS San Diego
 ReCenter
 San Diego Unified School District
 Vista Unified School District
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San Diego Hunger Coalition
Contact:
Jennifer Tracy
Mission: To build a successful anti-hunger network that
Executive Director
eliminates food insecurity in San Diego County.
Jennifer@hungeraction.net
(619) 501-7917
www.sandiegohungercoalition.org
Who are they?
The San Diego Hunger Coalition (SDHC) leads collaborative initiatives and public policy advocacy activities to reduce
hunger and increase participation in Federal nutrition programs in San Diego County. SDHC has been working to increase the rate of CalFresh/SNAP participation among eligible families and individuals in San Diego County since 2005.
SDHC has established partnerships with over 65 community-based organizations to assist in the CalFresh enrollment
process and also seeks to educate the public about the issue of hunger by providing information about local resources
for individuals seeking food assistance and general information about the issue of hunger on a local, statewide, and
national level.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 They are located at 4305 University Avenue, Suite 515, San Diego, CA 92105.
 They serve the residents of City Heights along with other impoverished areas in San Diego.
 They provide weekly CalFresh Outreach and application assistance at the City Heights Farmers’ Market, Wellness Center and La Maestra Clinic, as well as other events and locations as needed.
What support services do they offer?
 Cal Fresh Program: Formerly known as Food Stamps, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is
called CalFresh in California and helps low income individuals and families purchase the food they need. The
program is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the Federal level through the Food and Nutrition
Service.
 School Meals: Helps ensure that children start the day with breakfast, have a healthy lunch, access to a healthy
dinner or snack and have access to a healthy meal when school is out for the summer.
 Policy & Advocacy: Provides leadership in public policy advocacy campaigns to reduce hunger and increase participation in Federal nutrition programs.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 5 Full-time, 1 Part-time
 Volunteers: 4-6 annually,
Who do they serve?
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Senior Citizens
Single Parents
College Students
Working Poor
Newly Unemployed
What are their goals?
 Build innovative and effective partnerships in order to reduce hunger in San Diego County.
 Improve access to CalFresh by addressing systemic barriers for low income residents and Community Based
Oragnizationss and maximizing SDHC’s ability to influence Health & Human Service Agency (HHSA).
 Assist with the expansion of the school meals programs in San Diego County by working with community partners to provide expertise on Provision 2 and summer meals with the potential to expand services as resources
become available.
 Persuade San Diego legislators in Sacramento and Washington to enact and defend anti-hunger and poverty
program.
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What are their goals? (continued)
 Expand revenue sources to build reserve funds and accomplish strategic goals.
 Develop the infrastructure to ensure staff has the tools and resources to effectively implement programs and ensure the organization follows best management practices.
What impact have they made?
 Partnered with the International Rescue Committee, the 1 in 10 Coalition, San Diego County Childhood
Obesity Initiative, and HealthyWorks to successfully change the current city of San Diego Community
Garden and Urban Agriculture Permitting Code (urban farm stands, retail farms, farmers markets on private property, sale of produce at community gardens and allowance of chickens, miniature goats, and
honey bees for individual households).
 Presented on the necessity for the easement around the urban agriculture changes for increased food
security at eight City Land Use and Housing meetings, City Council and Neighborhood Planning
meetings.
 Gleaned and donated over 11,600 pounds of local oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, avocados, grapefruit,
lemons, and limes to the Feeding America Food Bank.
 Developed the CalFresh Task Force (hosted 24 regional and 4 county-wide meetings annually).
 Provided CalFresh training and support to staff from social services and medical organizations around
the county (38 trainings for 483 people from over 40 organizations).
 Developed in 2010 recommendations for San Diego County’s HHSA and the Social Services Advisory
Board, 95% of which have been implemented.
 Improved process for applying for CalFresh.
 Provided technical assistance for federal food programs which helped more people obtain food.
 Conducted advocacy work to support policies and programs that effectively end hunger.
 Create geographic information systems (GIS) map of food insecurity and CalFresh outreach in order to
identify areas of need.
Who are their key supporters?
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California Association of Food Banks
The California Endowment
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Lynn Family Foundation
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Leichtag Foundation
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Price Philanthropies
USDA SNAP Outreach Program
Weingart Foundation
Who are their community partners?
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Refer to website for a complete list: www.sandiegohungercoalition.org/about-us/strategic-alliances/
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San Diego Organization Project
Mission: To build powerful volunteer-driven organizations that listen to hundreds of people, develop solutions
to community concerns, and implement those solutions.
Contact:
Kevin Malone
Executive Director
kevin@sdop.net
(619) 285-0797
www.sdop.net
Who are they?
Founded in 1978, San Diego Organization Project (SDOP) is a nonpartisan, interfaith, multicultural organization representing 31 communities and congregations and over 70,000 families throughout San Diego County. The organization seeks to awaken people to their greatest resource – each other. SDOP's process is based on a model of community organization developed by PICO, a national network of faith-based community organizations. SDOP works
‘bottom up,' focusing its efforts and resources on addressing the issues that emerge from local communities.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4305 University Avenue, Suite #530, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Two congregational members are located here in City Heights:
ｏ Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
ｏ Blessed Sacrament
What support services do they offer?
 Train and support community leaders in local congregations and communities.
 Put values into action.
 Teach individuals how to conduct research, analyze complex issues, run effective meetings, develop creative
solutions, and work with public officials.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 8 Full-time
 Volunteers: Approx. 500 annually
Who do they serve?
 Poor and moderate-income families.
What are their goals?
 Help local leaders maintain and improve the quality of life for their families and for their communities.
 Help poor and moderate-income families build the power needed to create the type of change that creates
opportunity in their community.
 Train and develop leaders who can participate actively in the community.
What impact have they made?
 To Increase the number of moderate and low-income people of color who are registered and mobilized to
vote, the 2012 Civic Engagement Program did the following:
ｏ Approximately 100 volunteers.
ｏ Made 20,000 phone calls.
ｏ Knocked on 11,722 doors.
ｏ Received 8,597 pledges to vote.
ｏ Had polling station teams at 20 sites.
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What impact have they made? (continued)
 A Youth Development Office (YDO) for San Diego opened for business in September 2012 to ensure
seamless sequencing and integration of city youth services. The San Diego Youth Opportunity Pathways
Initiative (PATHWAYS) is an innovative multi-agency, multi-sector collaboration led by the YDO, the San
Diego Unified School District, and the San Diego Workforce Partnership. PATHWAYS leverages resources
and brings stakeholders together to work on an ambitious plan that includes outreach and reengagement, creating educational momentum, and connecting youth to opportunities for training and
employment.
 Through SDOP’s advocacy, a joint venture with San Ysidro Health Center and the Multicultural Independent Physicians Association has been created to serve up to 250 patients in local “hot spot” neighborhoods of City Heights, Southeast San Diego, and National City. More than $3 million in U.S. Center
for Medicare and Medicaid “Innovations Funding” is designated for San Diego’s pilot project that will
serve a mix of uninsured and under-insured low-income and ethnically diverse patients.
 Creation of the “6-to-6” after school program in the San Diego Unified School District, which became a
national model for after school K-8 enrichment programs.
 “Neighborhood Pride and Protection,” a $19.5 million program to address the drug and gang epidemic
in San Diego in the early 1990s, became a national model for community policing.
 The Affordable Housing for All campaign resulted in 2002 in the passage by the San Diego City Council of
an first-time inclusionary housing ordinance, $55 million in new revenues for affordable housing, and
establishment of an Affordable Housing Task Force.
Who are their key supporters?
 Alliance Healthcare Foundation
 C.J. & Dot Stafford Memorial Trust
 Catholic Campaign for Human Development
 Cheyney Family Fund
 Ford Foundation
 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, San Diego
 PICO California/Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
 PICO California/The California Endowment
 PICO Network/The Atlantic Philanthropies
 PICO Network/The California Endowment
 Price Charities
 The California Endowment
 The California Wellness Foundation
 The Cardijn Fund
 The James Irvine Foundation
 The Mulvaney Family Foundation
 The Needmor Fund
 The Parker Foundation
 The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
 Weingart Foundation
Who are their community partners?
 31 Congregational Members
 Center on Policy Initiatives
 City Heights Community Development Corporation
 Community Budget Alliance
 Community Housing Works
 Environmental Health Coalition
 Mid-City CAN
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San Diego Regional Center
Mission: To serve and empower persons with developmental disabilities and their families to achieve their
goals with community partners.
Contact:
Sandra Bishop
Public Information & Training Coord.
svbishop@sdrc.org
(858) 576-2966
www.sdrc.org
Who are they?
The San Diego Regional Center (SDRC) is a service of San Diego-Imperial Counties Developmental Services Inc. SDRC is
a focal point in the community for information and services for persons with developmental disabilities (with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, down syndrome, and other conditions similar to intellectual disabilities) living in San Diego and Imperial Counties, California.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Large number of clients live in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Assessments: Are provided following the initial application for services, during the intake and assessment period. These are done for the purpose of establishing eligibility for Regional Center services, and also to provide
the basis for an initial Individual Program Plan for eligible clients.
 Individual Program Plan or Individual Family Service Plan: After an individual is found to be eligible for Regional
Center services and needs are identified, a written plan is developed. This plan is called the Individual Program
Plan (IPP) or Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) for children 0 to 3 years of age. Both include goals and objectives designed to meet client/family needs.
 Case Management Services: The primary goal of the San Diego Regional Center is to provide support services
that allow the client to live as independently as possible. To achieve this goal, service coordinators assist the
client in securing needed services through referral or purchase, by coordinating service programs, and by advocating for provision of services through other community agencies.
 Purchase of Services: In securing services and supports, the Planning Team considers natural supports and
community agencies. The Regional Center may purchase services that are necessary and not available through
other organizations, which may include:
ｏ Adult Day Programs
ｏ Behavioral Training
ｏ Independent Living Services
ｏ Infant Programs and Services
ｏ Licensed Residential Placement (parental reimbursement fees may be required for minors)
ｏ Respite Services
ｏ Supported Employment
ｏ Supported Living Services
ｏ Transportation to Work/Day Program
 Community Services: Public information, community education, and the development of needed resources
are provided by the staff in this department.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 4335 Ruffin Road, Suite #200, San Diego, CA 92123
 Staff: 475 Full-time, 7 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approximately 75 annually
Who do they serve?
 Residents of San Diego or Imperial Counties diagnosed with a developmental disability that originates before
age 18.
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What are their goals?
 Enhance a network of supports to assure clients have quality services.
 Help clients live as independently as their highest potential permits.
 Create more services for persons with autism.
 Increase the number of clients in competitive and supportive employment.
What impact have they made?
 Have 22,500 clients in Fiscal Year 2013
ｏ Serving 300 new cases a month
Who are their key supporters?
 Fully state funded
Who are their community partners?
 Different Contract Agencies:
ｏ Employment agencies
ｏ Health agencies
ｏ Housing agencies
ｏ Medical clinics
ｏ Recreation centers
ｏ Therapy agencies
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San Diego Workforce Partnership
Mission: To foster economic growth and prosperity
through education, training, and lifelong learning.
Contact:
Heather Milne Barger
Communications Director
heathermb@workforce.org
(619) 228-2904
www.workforce.org
Who are they?
The San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) funds job training programs that empower job seekers to meet the current and future workforce needs of employers in San Diego County. It is the local Workforce Investment Board, designated by the City and County of San Diego. In addition to supporting a variety of adult and youth employment programs, SDWP’s Research Department serves as the go-to expert for labor market information in the region, and its
Business Services team works with employers to meet their staffing needs.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 3910 University Avenue, Suite #400, San Diego, CA 92105.
What support services do they offer?
 Career Centers: Six uniquely designed America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) sites and six branches (in public libraries) located throughout San Diego County, which provide job seekers with full access to career assessment, job training, job search assistance, and similar employment-related services.
 Job Training Programs: Adult and youth programs designed to meet the region's demand for qualified workers.
 Contracted Training: Specialized job training programs designed to meet a specific need within the community.
 Customized Training: Specialized training programs designed to meet the special demands of an employer.
 Individual Training Accounts (ITA): Job training opportunities, selected by the participant, designed to provide
education and skills to job seekers who are in need of training.
 On-The-Job Training (OJT): Subsidized job training programs that allow businesses to hire and train individuals
who do not have sufficient experience and knowledge.
 CONNECT2Careers (C2C): Summer program that creates meaningful paid work experiences for youth beyond
the typical summer job.
 Introductory Life Sciences Experience (ILSE): A two-week summer exploratory program developed to gain
more student interest in the life sciences industry.
 Life Science Summer Institute (LSSI): Summer program that exposes students and teachers to the life sciences
industry through student internships and teacher externships.
 Employee Retention Program: Services to help companies avert layoffs by improving business processes.
 Layoff Transition: Services to help workers deal with the effects of layoffs and plant closures.
 Workforce Data and Industry Reports: Reports released by the SDWP research team on San Diego’s economy,
wages and salaries, occupational projections, and various employment statistics.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 53 Full-time
Who do they serve?
 Adult job seekers looking to identify, or regain, a career.
 Youth from low-income households or who are at risk of dropping out of school, as well as youth interested in
summer employment opportunities.
 Employers looking for customized recruitment and hiring assistance, subsidized training, candidate referrals,
layoff transition, job postings, and more.
 Local organizations in need of financial support for work-readiness programs.
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What are their goals?
 To empower job seekers to meet the current and future workforce needs of employers in San Diego
County so that every business in our region has access to a skilled workforce and every job seeker has
access to meaningful employment. Also, that our community will view SDWP as the leader for innovative workforce solutions.
What impact have they made?*
 Adults served through career center network: 12,000+
 Individuals enrolled in training programs: 2,123
 Youth served in SDWP funded programs: 2,170
 Youth that attained a degree or certificate: 472
 Youth placed in employment, education, or job training: 1,150
* All numbers from 2013-2014 program year
Who are their key supporters?
 United States Department of Labor – through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
 County and City of San Diego
Who are their community partners?
 Able Disabled Advocacy
 Access, Inc.
 California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
 Comprehensive Training Systems
 Corporation for Supportive Housing
 CyberUnited
 Escondido Education COMPACT
 Grossmont Union High School District
 Interfaith Community Services
 International Rescue Committee
 KRA Corporation
 MAAC Project
 New Haven Youth and Family Services
 North County Lifeline
 Occupational Training Services
 ResCare Workforce Services
 San Diego County Office of Education: Juvenile Court and Community Schools
 San Diego Futures Foundation
 San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
 South Bay Community Services
 The Arc of San Diego
 Turning the Hearts Center
 University of California, San Diego
 YMCA of San Diego County
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San Diego Youth Services
Mission: To help at-risk youth and their families become self-sufficient and reach their highest potential.
Contact:
Steven H. Jella
Associate Executive Director
sjella@sdyouthservices.org
(619) 221-8600
www.sdyouthservices.org
Who are they?
San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) is a non-profit charitable organization that since founded has stabilized the lives of
over 500,000 homeless, runaway, abused, and at-risk youth in the San Diego area. Launched in 1970 when volunteers established one of the first runaway youth shelters in America, SDYS now provides intensive services to more
than 12,000 children and their families each year.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Both the Surviving Together, Achieving and Reaching Success (S.T.A.R.S.) and Teen Option Programs are located in City Heights at 3660 Fairmont Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
What support services do they offer?
 Adoption Services: San Diego Youth Services Adoption Services emphasize attachment – the relationship that
parents learn to develop and repair with their adopted children from which they can help the child heal and
grow.
 Foster Care: Recruits, certifies, trains, and supports foster parents to provide therapeutic care for traumatized
children with the goals of reunification with biological family, adoption by an identified family or preparation
for adult living.
 Expressive Arts: Facilitate art making experiences that also provide a therapeutic container for both the challenges and joys the clients experience. Through interplay of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and writing SDYS
strives to expand the youth’s imaginations igniting hope, resilience, and the vast source of possibilities for
their lives now and in the future.
 Independent Living Skills: Giving youth the tools and resources they need to transition smoothly into becoming an adult. Participants are former foster youth that want to learn the skills they need to become independent. Participants have access to vocational and job readiness resources as well as resources to further their
education.
 S.T.A.R.S.: A program for teen girls between 12 to 17 years of age involved with commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. S.T.A.R.S. provides support to empower the youth to escape sexual exploitation
by developing their inner strengths, building a sense of community and supporting their reintegration into
mainstream society.
 Teen Options: Provides comprehensive services to pregnant and parenting teens and young adults (12 to 25
years of age) in a safe and supportive environment. Through case management and educational groups, our
core services focus on recovery, independent living skills, relationships, child-development and parenting, and
health and nutrition.
 TAY Academy: Offers resources, skill-development workshops, fitness, nutrition, and educational classes; support groups, leadership opportunities, fun activities, and connection coaches on-site to serve the youth.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 3255 Wing Street, San Diego, CA 92110
 Staff: 180 Full-time, 20 Part-time
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Who do they serve?
 At risk youth and their families throughout the county of San Diego (youth being 0 to 25 years of age)
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 Work to end youth homelessness.
 Break the cycle of child abuse and neglect.
 Provide the goods needed for long-term self sustainability.
 Prevent delinquency and school failure.
 Promote mental health and addiction recovery.
What impact have they made?
 Served 8,379 youth in 2011.
 Served about 3,000 youth in the City Heights area.
Who are their key supporters?
 Alliance Healthcare Foundation
 Cymer
 First 5 San Diego
 Jones Land LaSalle
 Nico Insurance
 Qualcomm, Inc.
 The California Endowment
 The California Wellness Foundation
 Web MD
 Weingart Foundation
 Wells Fargo
Who are their community partners?
 Commercial Real Estate Development Association
 International Facility Management Association
 Kaiser Permanente
 Mid-City CAN
 Photocharity
 San Diego Futures Foundation
 Soroptimist International of San Diego
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SAY San Diego, Social Advocates for
Youth
Mission: To be a consistent leader in creating and
providing quality services and support that assist children, families, and communities to overcome barriers
while developing skills to realize and sustain their full
potential.
Contact:
Kevin O’Neil
Director, Integrated Neighborhood Services
koneill@saysandiego.org
(619) 283-9624
www.saysandiego.org
Who are they?
SAY San Diego has been serving local youth and their families for over 37 years. Their goal is to help children succeed
through working not only with the child individually but also with their families and system that impact them, i.e.
schools, social services, and the larger community.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Mid-City Family Resource Center (MCFRC) is located at 4275 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite 101, San Diego, CA
92105.
 Numerous programs serve families and youth in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Delinquency Prevention & Juvenile Diversion
 Dad’s Corps (Healthy Relationship Program and Employment Services for Dads)
 Prime Time: Extended Day Before & After School Programs
 Crawford Community Connections: Healthy Start Collaborative
 Community Assessment Teams CAT: “Wrap-around” services for whole family
 Camps
 Vacation Programs for Youth
 Family Support and Development
 Health Promotion
 Community Development & Collaboration
 School Readiness & Support
 Child Abuse Prevention
 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Abuse Prevention
 Mental Health Services
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: Around 500 (200+ Full-time long term, 300 Part-time short term)
 Volunteers: 469 in 2011 (around 100 of these worked with MCFRC)
Who do they serve?
 Clients a year: 40,000.
 About Latino (66%), African (33%), Caucasian, and Asia.
 Clients that live in City Heights: 80%.
What are their goals?
 Currently in the midst of a mini Strategic Planning Process.
 Address domestic violence issue: Need a culturally competent shelter for women.
 Increase employment services: Work with Crawford on employment for refugee youth.
 Trauma Informed Care: Work with youth and families who have had exposure to violence.
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What impact have they made?
 Follow-up studies have shown that 93% of young people participating in SAY’s Delinquency Prevention
Programs do not have further contact with the juvenile justice system.
 SAY’s Extended Day Child Care program has over 4,000 children participating throughout San Diego.
Who are their key supporters?
 Funders
ｏ County of San Diego
ｏ Federal funds
ｏ First Five
ｏ Price Charities
ｏ Probation
ｏ San Diego Unified School District
ｏ The California Endowment
 Sub-contractors
ｏ Family Health Centers
ｏ Horn of Africa
ｏ International Rescue Committee
ｏ San Diego Youth Services
Who are their community partners?
 SAY San Diego partners with most of the non-profits and agencies in City Heights primarily through MidCity CAN (SAY is the fiscal agent), a community collaborative of schools, businesses, religious and civic
organizations, youth, parents and community residents working together to strengthen the Mid-City
community.
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SAY San Diego Teen Court
Mission: To be a leader and a partner in providing accessible, quality services that are effectively planned and
implemented to strengthen the social and emotional
well-being of San Diego’s children, families, and communities.
Contact:
Brandon Johnson
Program Supervisor
bjohnson@saysandiego.org
(858) 565-4148
www.sdteencourt.org
Who are they?
SAY San Diego Teen Court trains high school students to be jurors, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, court
clerks, and bailiffs. This method offers offenders the chance to understand the error of their actions through their
peer’s perspective rather than from adults, who they may not listen to.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Work with students in the City Heights area at Hoover and Crawford High Schools.
What support services do they offer?
 Evening Sessions: Students can participate in Teen Court multiple times as jurors, attorneys, bailiffs, and court
clerks in evening sessions that are offered twice each month. Both Student Attorney Sessions and Peer Jury
Panels are conducted in evening sessions.
 Student Attorney Sessions: High school students serve as prosecuting attorneys and defense attorneys in these
sessions. The roles of court clerk and bailiff are also filled by students. Real cases of actual juvenile offenders
are heard in the Student Attorney Sessions, and student jurors impose binding sentences that are recognized by
Juvenile Court. Adult volunteer attorneys work directly with student attorneys to develop an opening statement, questions for witnesses that testify, and closing statements.
 Peer Jury Panels: This session does not include student attorneys, and is less formal than a courtroom hearing.
A Peer Jury Panel is a jury of students that have a direct conversation with the offender and a parent about the
offense and circumstances involved. After the jury questions witnesses, deliberations take place, and a verdict
is rendered.
 Sanction Review Panels: This panel allows the defendant to come before 3 to 5 of their peers and submit proof
of sentence completion. This panel reviews the evidence and asks the defendant questions about their Teen
Court experience. When defendants successfully complete their sentence within 90 days, they are considered
compliant and their case is closed.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 8755 Aero Drive, Suite #100, San Diego, CA 92123
 Staff: 4 Full-time
 Volunteers: Approximately 30 monthly
Who do they serve?
 Youth from all over San Diego County:
ｏ Caucasian
ｏ African American
ｏ Hispanic
ｏ Asian
ｏ Pacific Islander
ｏ American Indian/Alaskan Native
ｏ Asian & Caucasian
ｏ African American & Caucasian
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What are their goals?
 Repair harm to victims, communities, and relationships.
 Enhance offender accountability and competency development.
 Develop community safety.
What impact have they made?
 In the Fiscal Year 2012, 283 high school peer jury members were trained.
 Facilitated 101 cases of offenders through Teen Court.
 Less than 8% of teen court offenders have committed second crimes.
Who are their key supporters?
 SAY San Diego
Who are their community partners?
 Alliant International University
 Alternate Public Defender’s Office for the County of San Diego
 Cal Western School of Law
 California Association of Black Lawyers
 City of San Diego Department of City Planning and Community Investment
 Cush Family Foundation
 Massey Charitable Trust
 Office of the Public Defender
 Probation Department of San Diego County
 Qualcomm, Inc.
 San Diego City Schools
 San Diego County Bar Foundation
 San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
 San Diego Police Departments
 San Diego Unified School Police
 Southwest Strategies LLC
 Superior Court of San Diego
 The San Diego Family Justice Center
 Thomas Jefferson School of Law
 University of San Diego School of Law
 Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Goodwin LLP
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School In The Park
Mission: To educate San Diego City Heights’ students
through authentic experiential learning by providing a
standards-based program utilizing the educational resources of Balboa Park’s cultural institutions.
Contact:
Debbie Higdon
Director
dhigdon@sandi.net
(619) 232-3655 Office
www.schoolinthepark.org
Who are they?
School in the Park (SITP) is a multi-visit educational program that utilizes the rich resources of museums and cultural
institutions in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. The SITP experience, a blend of formal and informal learning, is designed to give children a love of learning and to increase creative thinking, curiosity, self-confidence, and academic
success.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Began in 1999 with Rosa Parks Elementary, SITP currently works with several City Heights’ elementary and middle schools. Participating schools include: Rosa Parks Elementary and Wilson Middle School.
What support services do they offer?
 SITP students become knowledgeable about a wide range of topics related to the California Content Standards
for visual and performing arts, physical science, earth science, life science, and history and social science.
 Third grade program includes week-long visits to: San Diego Museum of Art, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center,
San Diego History Center, San Diego Natural History Museum, and San Diego Zoo.
 Fourth grade program includes week-long visits to: San Diego History Center, San Diego Junior Theatre, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego Air and Space Museum, and San Diego Museum of Art.
 Fifth grade program includes week-long visits to: San Diego Air and Space Museum, Reuben H. Fleet Science
Center, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Museum of Art, and The Old Globe Theatre.
 Sixth and Seventh grade program includes visits to: Museum of Man, San Diego Natural History Museum, San
Diego Museum of Art, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego Air and Space Museum, The Old Globe Theatre, and the San Diego Zoo.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located in Balboa Park at 1549 Prado 13, San Diego, CA 92101
 Staff: 3 Full-time, 11 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 All third through sixth graders including those with special needs from the participating schools.
What are their goals?
 Provide education beyond the classroom walls in order to expand the intellectual and socio-cultural opportunities for City Heights’ students.
 Provide challenging learning activities that reflect how knowledge is used beyond the immediate learning environment.
 Provide learning which is active, collaborative, and significantly project-based, to give students opportunities to
apply what they are leaning in meaningful ways that take full advantage of the resources available in Balboa
Park.
 Scaffold classroom instruction in a manner that is sensitive to the learning needs of our students.
 Provide clear expectations and communication.
 Build on the prior knowledge of students to help them understand new information/concepts.
 Teach by example and continually model behaviors desired for our students’ life-long learning.
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What impact have they made?
 Participating schools were highly satisfied.
 Students experience substantial growth in subject matter knowledge, application of basic skills within
authentic learning environments, and heightened curiosity about and engagement in the world beyond
school walls.
 English Language Learners report an increase in their willingness to verbally interact as well as a heightened level of motivation.
 Participating teachers express that the program participants are better informed, more engaged, and
generally more motivated than those who have not participated.
 Parents of participating students are highly satisfied with the program and express a greater likelihood
of visiting Balboa Park.
 Former students describe SITP as having a strong and positive influence on their continuing education
and career choices.
Who are their key supporters?
 Price Philanthropies
Who are their community partners?
 Junior Theater
 Museum of Art
 Museum of Man
 Museum of Photographic Arts
 Natural History Museum
 Old Globe Theater
 Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
 San Diego Air and Space Museum
 San Diego History Center
 San Diego Zoo
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Second Chance
Mission: To empower people to change their
lives by providing job readiness and life skills training, job placement services, and affordable housing
for adults and youth.
Contact:
Trisha Gooch
Director of Development & Community
Relations
tgooch@secondchanceprogram.org
(619) 839-0950
www.secondchanceprogram.org
Who are they?
Second Chance provides job readiness training, job placement services, supportive housing (eight alcohol and drug free
houses and one apartment complex), literacy and numeracy training and financial literacy services to those confronting
severe barriers to employment. Although classes are open to all, Second Chance has a history of success with those
hardest to employ, i.e. former substance abusers, ex-offenders, homeless veterans, and at-risk youth.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Second Chance serves youth and adults from City Heights as one of its specifically targeted neighborhoods.
 Although the organization’s programs and services are available to all persons in need, by far, the majority of
Second Chance clients come from City Heights and the combined neighborhoods of Southeast San Diego.
What support services do they offer?
Second Chance operates six programs to serve unemployed adults and youth with multiple barriers to employment.
Current programs include the following:
 Job Readiness Training is our core adult program, offering nine intensive four-week, 160-hour courses yearly to
assist unemployed San Diegans build their way toward self-sufficiency and financial independence.
 Literacy & Numeracy Training, which provides math and reading education taught by instructors from nearby
Southwestern College for any of our clients or other community members who have literacy/numeracy levels at
or below an 8th grade level. Those exceeding 8th grade levels are then eligible to pursue Microsoft Office and
other occupational (ServSafe, OSHA, etc.) certifications.
 We operate eight Sober-Living Housing facilities throughout the city, enabling us to house a total of 147 adult
residents in a clean, safe and supportive environment with all the comforts of home. Each complex employs a
live-in supervisor who has earned the trust of our Housing Manager and maintains a watchful, empathetic eye
over its residents.
 STRIVE for the Future offers one week of job readiness training and six weeks of subsidized work in our onsite
Youth Garden for youth ex-offenders. This program aims to reduce recidivism among previously incarcerated
youth as they exit detention and assimilate back into their communities by reengaging them in education and
teaching them work ethic and the benefits of healthy, sustainable living.
 The YOU Rehabilitation program takes place within custody at the County-operated East Mesa and Kearny Mesa
Youthful Offender Units. A team of ten Second Chance Case Managers conducts cognitive behavioral therapy
with youth offenders in both individual and group settings intended to properly equip teenagers with the emotional tools they need for a successful life on the outside.
 Our Transitional Youth Housing facility provides safe residency free of cost for ten youth who have aged out of
the foster care system. Provided through a contract with the County of San Diego Dept. of Health & Human Services, this program offers case management to guide youth toward financial responsibility and positive life
choices as they grow into adulthood.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 6145 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114
 Staff: 32 Full-time, 1 Part-time
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Who do they serve?
 Youth (14 to 24 years of age)
 Adults
 Veterans
 Former substance abusers
 Formerly incarcerated persons
What are their goals?
 Provide opportunities for independence through employment for men, women, and youth with barriers
to the workforce.
 Offer quality housing and comprehensive support services for men, women, and youth with special
needs including those battling addiction and transitioning from homelessness and/or incarceration.
 Contribute to the transformation of underserved neighborhoods, individuals, and groups.
What impact have they made?
 Second Chance serves 1,500 different men, women and youth each year.
 Affect approximately 200 homes in City Heights each year (only 92105 zip code).
 Second Chance has placed thousands of JRT graduates in jobs over the past two decades and includes
two years of follow-up case management services for all graduates. During follow-up, participants are
supported in their transition to the demands of the workplace and assisted in retaining employment and
progressing through the stages of building a career with higher wages, better benefits, and career advancement.
 Second Chance helps to reduce recidivism by providing pre-release recruitment, subsidized transitional
housing, full inclusion in the JRT program with employment placement, permanent housing referral and
placement, mental health counseling, and two years of follow-up services.
 The Sober Living Facilities provide safe and affordable housing for more than 500 individuals in recovery
from substance addictions each year.
Who are their key supporters?
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Individual donors
Private foundations
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United States Department of Labor
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Member organizations of:
ｏ Emergency Resources Group
ｏ Regional Continuum of Care Council
ｏ San Diego Reentry Roundtable
ｏ San Diego Workforce Partnership
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Law enforcement and corrections agencies
Southwestern College
San Diego County Office of Education: Juvenile
Court & Community Achools
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Serving Seniors
Mission: To end senior poverty & hunger through innovative solutions.
Contact:
Maureen Piwowarski, LCSW
Chief Operating Officer
Maureen.piwowarski@servingseniors.org
(619) 487-0610
www.servingseniors.org
Who are they?
For 40 years, Serving Seniors has provided innovative services that meet the basic needs food, healthcare and housing
– of low-income seniors in San Diego. Through our continuum of care model we offer meals, health and wellness services, affordable housing options and lifelong learning opportunities.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Affordable Housing, City Heights Square, located at 4065 43rd Street, San Diego, CA 92105
ｏ Includes a Congregate Dining Site
What support services do they offer?
 Meals/Nutrition Program: Provides a third of the daily requirements needed for older adults. The food service
staff develops nutritious and satisfying meals that accommodate various dietary restrictions including low sodium and low fat.
 Supportive Services: A dedicated team of case managers and interns addresses a wide array of issues that seniors living in poverty may face.
 Health Services: Promote healthy aging and advocate for our clients’ healthcare needs through empowerment
and education in the following ways.
 Affordable Housing: Senior Community Centers opened its first affordable housing complex, Potiker Family
Senior Residence, in 2003 in San Diego’s East Village and added a second complex, City Heights Square, in 2007
in City Heights.
 Life Long Learning: Lifelong learning opportunities keep your mind sharp, improve your memory, and increase
your self-confidence, help you meet people who share your interests, and build on skills you already have.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 63 Full-time, 4 Part-time
 Volunteers: 500+ annually
Who do they serve?
 Low Income Seniors in San Diego County.
What are their goals?
To continue to develop a world-class, nationally recognized senior wellness center model that is visually appealing,
utilizes resources efficiently, provides effective service delivery, makes continuous improvement a priority is financially
sustainable and can demonstrate its impact on a growing senior population. To ensure the services seniors need and
want are available and affordable, ultimately having a positive impact on their quality of life and leading to enhanced
independence and wellbeing.
 Increase the number of meals served: The nutrition team will develop and implement an outreach plan to increase the number of seniors we serve. We expect to serve over 490,000 meals in fiscal year 2013.
 Ensure access to social services: Case Managers will assess the needs of each client by conducting 12,000 visits
and refer and assist them in accessing government and community services for which they may be eligible including social security benefits, entitlement services and health benefits.
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 Improve physical health: The nurse will assess and identify health problems for 425 unduplicated clients; increase knowledge of disease process and treatment options and provide 1,750 visits.
What impact have they made?
 Served 467,962 meals throughout San Diego County in 2014
 In 2014, a total of 1,347 seniors received supportive services.
 SCC staff performed 8,287 consultations.
 1,130 health and wellness consultations.
 206 Psychiatric Nurse visits.
 93.2% of surveyed seniors reported a resolution of their medical issues.
 90% of seniors reported being satisfied or very satisfied with our services.
Who are their key supporters?
 For a full list of supporters visit: www.servingseniors.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/AR2012Website.pdf
Who are their community partners?
 For a full list of supporters visit: www.servingseniors.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/AR2012Website.pdf
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Somali Bantu Association of America
Mission: To provide the guidance and services needed
to empower and aid Somali Bantu and other refugees as
they integrate into American society.
Contact:
Klara T. Arter
Communication & Development Manager
karter@urbancorps.org
(619) 235-6884, ext. 3122
www.urbancorpssd.org
Who are they?
Somali Bantu Association of America’s (SBAOA) vision is to facilitate the resettlement of the Somali Bantu and to integrate cultural and life skill training programs with the community. They promote English literacy, awareness of American culture, and encourage self-sufficiency among the Somali Bantu community in the United States.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at 4979 University Avenue, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92105.
What support services do they offer?
 Health Care: Provide culturally and linguistically appropriate comprehensive health assessments and other
health services to newly arrived refugees, asylums, victims of severe forms of human trafficking (federally certified), and other eligible entrants to assist them in becoming self-sufficient.
 Translation: Offer 24/7 translation and interpretation services in person or by telephone. The staff has been
certified for social and medical translation through Bridging the Gap training courses offered by Alliance for African Assistance (AAA).
 Transportation: Services include medical and dental visits, grocery shopping, job related travel, youth recreation, and transporting students back and forth from their homes and the learning center.
 Youth: Fulfill a community need by promoting a sense of relationship among youths and young adults of both
Somali Bantu and non-Somali Bantu backgrounds in the context of multicultural athletic events.
 Employment: Provides internet access, assistance with job location and other job related services.
 Family Guidance: Provide one-on-one and family counseling, as need, to address transition problems.
 Awareness Event: Conduct four education/informational sessions for the community youth and elders related
to; staying in their culture, crime prevention, health and nutrition, conflict resolution, and many more.
What is their organizational profile?
 Volunteers: 12 regular volunteers, 25 casual volunteers.
Who do they serve?
 Newly resettled Somali Bantu Community in San Diego.
 Ages:
ｏ Children (ages up to 21): 27%
ｏ Adults (Ages 22-49): 57%
ｏ 50 plus: 16%
What are their goals?
 Building Board of Directors
 Increase fundraising efforts
 Build partnerships
 Create more community awareness
 Provide ESL tutoring program
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What impact have they made?
 In 2014 SBAOA:
ｏ Enrolled participants into local jobs: 572
ｏ Job readiness class: 40
ｏ Job assessment class: 64
ｏ Low-income housing and assistance: 232 people
 Provided interpretation services for 310 legal cases and 2,000 medical appointments.
 Provided tutoring, mentoring, and special events to over 100 students.
 Low-income cell phone program: 186 participants.
 Job fair program: 120 participants.
Who are their key supporters?
 Alliance Healthcare Foundation
 American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
 Arthur P. & Jeanette G. Pratt Memorial Fund
 Community Service Association
 Fox Foundation
 Heart to Heart Project Humanitarian Relief in Somalia
 Jamie’s Joy
 Price Philanthropies
 Sam’s Club Giving Program
 San Diego County Employees Charitable Organization
 SECO
 Thomas Ackerman C. Foundation
 Workforce Resources, LLC
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Administration for Children and Families
Alliance for African Assistance
Alliance Health Clinic
Campesinos Unidos Inc.
Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego
City Heights Town Council
Community Health Group
Coronado Rotary International
County of San Diego
District Attorney
Ethnic Communities
Fay Elementary
GTS
Horn of Africa
International Rescue Committee
La Maestra
Mary Emerald’s Office – District 9
Nile Sisters
Risk Care Urban Education and Training
San Diego Fire Department
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San Diego Futures Foundation
San Diego Police Department
SAY San Diego
SpecPro Technical Services
Todd Gloria – Counsel District 3
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
UCSD Dance/Fitness Project
Workforce Resources Oceanside
Somali Family Services
Mission: To help Somali and other African families in
becoming responsible, independent, and contributing
members of San Diego through its programs that promote health, educational and economic success, and
leadership efforts.
Contact:
Jamie Shafir
Development Coordinator
jshafir@sfssd.org
(619) 265-5821
www.somalifamilyservice.org
Who are they?
Somali Family Services (SFS) of San Diego was established in 2000 as a non-profit, community-based social service organization. Since its inception, the organization has provided culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and
services to members of the San Diego Somali and other East African communities, easing their transition and ensuring
successful functioning in their new home. In San Diego, there is a lack of support services for Somali and other East
African immigrants and refugees. SFS strives to fill this gap in the community.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 6305 University Avenue, Suite #6, San Diego, CA 92115.
 Majority of participants reside in the City Heights area.
What support services do they offer?
 Economic Development Program: Comprehensive program based on educational workshops and individual sessions to introduce East Africans to many aspects of the U.S. economic system and provide them with knowledge
on how to become economically self-sufficient, as well as provide acculturation workshops.
 Health Services Program: Based on a comprehensive health needs assessment of 150 Somali individuals, conducted in collaboration with the Institute for Public Health (IPH) at San Diego State University, funded by The
California Endowment. Conducted by other Somali refugees who found that the key health issues facing the
community are hypertension, diabetes, mental health/trauma, heart disease/stroke, and access to health care.
 Leaders in Our Neighbourhood (LION): A youth leadership development program. Many different trainings and
workshops are offered to the youth: SAT and ACT preparation workshops, student support service presentations from local universities to increase the access of higher education for first-generation and/or low-income
students, and conflict resolution trainings. Partners with the San Diego Unified School District Parent Outreach
and Engagement Department to provide “Back to School Nights,” and parent engagement trainings to familiarize parents on the culture of the American school system. In 2013, 100% of LION students graduated from high
school, and 100% continued on to college.
 Somali Community Health: Working with local healthcare providers, SFS plans Somali Community Health and
Education Forums in which East African refugee parents learn how to communicate better with healthcare professionals given the language and cultural barriers. Clients also learn their rights in regards to access to quality
healthcare, and receive information on proper nutrition and exercise, among other topics.
 Momentum Teams: The Building Healthy Communities Initiative is a Mid-City CAN project through The California Endowment, in which SFS participates in the Access to Healthcare and Community Peace Promotion Momentum Teams.
 San Diego Refugee Forum: Health Programs Coordinator, Najla Ibrahim currently chairs the San Diego Refugee
Forum.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 6 Full-time, 5 Part-time
 Volunteers: 8 annually
Who do they serve?
 East African refugees and immigrants, primarily Somali.
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What are their goals?
 Build strong individuals.
 Invest in children to help them believe they can be the best they can be.
 Create a strong family connection.
 Provide social services which promote self-sufficiency among East African community members.
What impact have they made?
 Served approximately 500 youth each year.
 Conducted efficacy-based leadership development trainings for youth (study conducted by Alliant International University).
 Educated parents on the differences between school systems back home and local school systems, in
particular, how to be advocates for their children.
 Addressed disparities in culturally and linguistically appropriate healthcare access to East Africans
through advocacy and assistance.
Who are their key supporters?
 Alliant Healthcare Foundation
 Komen Foundation
 Office of Refugee Resettlement
 Price Charities
 The Parker Foundation
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Catholic Charities
Center for Community Solutions
Central Region PHC
Community Housing Works
County of San Diego Health and Human Services
Horn of Africa
International Rescue Committee
Jewish Family Services
Mid-City CAN
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Neighborhood House Association
Nonprofit Management Solutions
Office of Refugee Resettlement
San Diego City Schools
San Diego Police Department
San Diego Refugee Forum
San Diego State
Somali Family Care Network
Somali Student Union at SDSU
Survivors of Torture
Union of Pan Asian Communities
Southern Sudanese Community Center
Mission: To assist all Sudanese refugees in their resettlement, through education, social, economic, and
cultural support.
Contact:
Chuol Tut
Executive Director
Chuol.tut@gmail.com
(619) 516-3546
www.sccsd.org/
Who are they?
The Southern Sudanese Community Center assists all Sudanese refugees in their resettlement through education, social, economic, and cultural support. They guide them towards self-sufficiency and full integration into American society while respecting their dignity as new Americans.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 4077 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Large majority of participants reside in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Provide mentorship and afterschool programs for at-risk youth.
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Assist women through programs such as micro credit and sewing.
Provide employment resources.
Teach free Arabic classes, offered to everybody.
Provide interpreter/translator services.
Facilitate drug and gang prevention programs.
Provide nutrition information.
Conduct sports opportunities for youth.
Provide transportation for patients, elders, families, and youth.
Teach micro-credit lessons.
Provide adult assistance through ESL, math, sewing, jewelry, and computers classes.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 2 Full-time, 5 Part-time
 Volunteers: 30+ annually
Who do they serve?
 Anyone in need of their services.
 Families and individuals from a variety of cultures: Ethiopian, Somali, Congo, Rwandese, Ugandan, Asian, Vietnamese, and African American.
 Seniors.
 Over 50 unduplicated youth a year.
 Any at-risk youth.
 Adults looking for educational and employment help.
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What are their goals?
 Help/assist refugees in any way.
 Give support to refugees in settling into their new American life.
 Assist with the transition in culture and law.
What impact have they made?
 Has become an invaluable resource for newly arrived immigrants, through transportation, employment
assistance, housing assistance, language translation, resume building, and much more.
Who are their key supporters?
 Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles
 California Black Health Network
 Jacobs Family Foundation
 Oracle Help Us Help Foundation
 Price Charities
 San Diego Foundation
 The California Endowment
 The San Diego Foundation for Change
 The Wells Fargo Bank
 United States Department of Justice
Who are their community partners?
 East African Collaborative
 Mid-City CAN
 San Diego State University
 University of California, San Diego
 University of San Diego
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STAR/PAL
Mission: To empower underserved youth to build a
safer and more prosperous community by engaging
with law enforcement and collaborative partners.
Contact:
Claire O’Leary
Program Partnership & Resource Coordinator
coleary@starpal.org
(619) 531-2559
www.starpal.org
Who are they?
Sports Training, Academics, Recreation/Police Athletic League (STAR/PAL) is a non-profit organization that provides
free educational, athletic, and recreational programs which focus on promoting youth safety, positive life choices, and
academic success. STAR/PAL officers from the San Diego Police & County Probation Departments coordinate unique
programs for underserved youth, with the assistance of additional law enforcement and community volunteers. By
bringing youth and law enforcement officers together in this manner, STAR/PAL helps build safer communities for the
future.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at the Colina Del Sol Park in City Heights at 4110 54th Street, San Diego, CA 92105.
 Large percent of participants from the Mid-City division.
What support services do they offer?
 Offers a variety of on-site programs at the STAR/PAL facility as well as off site programming at inner-city schools
and recreational centers.
 STAR/PAL youth programs focus on the following:
ｏ Mentoring.
ｏ Leadership development.
ｏ Civic service opportunities.
ｏ Juvenile justice system diversion.
ｏ Violence prevention education & presentations.
ｏ Outdoor enrichment.
ｏ Tutoring.
ｏ Sports camps with the San Diego Chargers and Padres.
ｏ Fitness activities.
ｏ Educational field trips.
ｏ Holiday giving.
 All programs are free to youth.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 11 Full-time
 Volunteers: 300 annually
Who do they serve?
 At-risk or underserved youth in the inner-city neighborhoods of San Diego County.
What are their goals?
 Promote youth safety through crime and violence prevention education.
 Cultivate youth empowerment through civic engagement and enrichment activities.
 Offer youth programming in underserved communities.
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What impact have they made?
 Served a total of 4,495 unduplicated youth this past year.
 Provides over 10,000 youth services annually.
 Fosters informal positive engagement between children and police officers.
 Promotes public safety.
 Decreases crime with positive community and police engagement.
Who are their key supporters?
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Bank of America Foundation
Bravo Foundation
Community Projects & Program Services Grant
(CPPS), City of San Diego
Corrections Corporation of America
Downtown Kiwanis
Cox Cares Foundation
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance
Jack in the Box
Jacobs Family Foundation
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Kearny Pearson Ford
Legler Benbough Foundation
Municipal Employees Foundation
National PAL
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 City of San Diego
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ｏ Libraries
ｏ Park & Recreation
ｏ Police Department
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ｏ Parks & Recreation
ｏ Probation Department
ｏ Sheriff’s Department
 San Diego Unified School District
ｏ Area Schools
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 United States Marshals Service
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Neighborhood Reinvestment Program, County of
San Diego
San Diego Army Advisory Counsel
San Diego County Probation Department
San Diego Police Department
San Diego Chargers Foundation
San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union
San Diego Padres Foundation
Smiles for Life Foundation
St. Germaine Children's Charity
Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
The Patterson Law Group
The Turk Family Foundation
Union Bank
U.S. Bank Foundation
Walter J. & Betty C. Zable Foundation
Survivors of Torture, International
(SURVIVORS)
Mission: To facilitate the healing of torture survivors
and their families, to educate professionals and the public about torture and its consequences, and to advocate
for the abolition of torture.
Contact:
Kathi Anderson
Executive Director
kanderson@notorture.org
(619) 278-2400
www.notorture.org
Who are they?
An independent non-profit organization dedicated to caring for survivors of politically motivated torture and their families who live in San Diego County. SURVIVORS help survivors to recover from their traumas through a holistic program
including medical, dental, psychiatric, psychological, and social services.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 On average, ¼ to ⅓ of all SURVIVORS’ clients reside in City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Client Services:
ｏ Psychotherapy: Includes crisis intervention, individual and family therapy, home visits, and coordination
with other providers.
ｏ Psychiatry: Includes thorough evaluation, of clients, medication management, and regular follow-up by a
psychiatrist.
ｏ Psychological affidavits: Are conducted by licensed mental health providers for submission as evidence in
immigration proceedings.
ｏ Medical affidavits: Are conducted by volunteer physicians in support of clients.
ｏ Dental Care: Is provided by volunteer dentists when related to the torture.
ｏ Medical Care: Offered through community clinics, to which SURVIVORS refers to and accompanies clients
for specialized examinations and treatments.
ｏ Healing Groups: Help counter clients’ feelings of shame, humiliation, and isolation. Activities have included art projects, nature walks, and cooking class.
ｏ Interpreters: Facilitate conversations among clients, SURVIVORS’ staff, and health care providers. Survivors maintain a network of interpreters in more than 30 languages.
 Education: By educating professional groups and the general public about the effects of torture, SURVIVORS
hopes to eliminate the obstacles that prevent torture survivors from receiving the services they need.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 8 Full-time
 Independent Contractors: 30 annually
 Volunteers: 197 annually
Who do they serve?
 Individuals who are tortured because of their identity (ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, etc.) or because they
are activists for human rights, women’s rights, and other causes.
 To date, SURVIVORS has provided services for more than 1,500 clients from 80 countries. SURVIVORS’ clients
have included health care professionals, journalists, teachers, small business owners, government employees,
and community leaders.
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What are their goals?
 To provide health, mental health, and social services for all of the torture survivors in San Diego who
need assistance. The professional, culturally-competent support that the organization provides enables
torture survivors to heal from their trauma, rebuild trust in others, and become healthy and productive
members of the community.
 To raise awareness among policymakers and the public about asylum-seeking torture survivors who are
held in detention. Some of the asylum-seeking clients are not criminals but are kept in prison-like facilities until they are granted asylum. Torture survivors who have come to the United States in pursuit of
safety can be detained for months or even years, further aggravating their sense of fear, isolation and
hopelessness, which can exacerbate the severe psychological distress and trauma that are common
effects of torture.
 Focus on the sustainability of SURVIVORS' programs and resources by strengthening its infrastructure,
diversifying its income sources, and enhancing its board development strategy.
What impact have they made?
 More than 89% of clients who applied for political asylum were granted asylum, compared with a national average rate of less than 3% for asylum seekers who do not have legal representation nor treatment services.
 Served 236 clients (including 130 new clients) with mental health, medical, and case management services.
 Provided 1,175 social services, including assistance finding housing, food, educational opportunities, and
employment resources for clients and their families.
 Educated 3,725 professionals, students, and faith and community group members about torture and its
consequences.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to website for a complete list: www.notorture.org/company_funders
Who are their community partners?
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The AjA Project
American Bar Association – Immigration Justice
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California Department of Rehabilitation
California Consortium of Torture Treatment
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Catholic Charities
Casa Cornelia Law Center
Center for Disease Control
City Heights Wellness Center
Employment Solutions
Grossmont Community College ESL Program
Home Start
Horn of Africa
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture
Victims
International Rescue Committee
Jewish Family Services
Karen Organization of San Diego
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License to Freedom
Museum of Man
National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs
Nonprofit Management Solutions
Partnerships with Industry
Point Loma Nazarene School of Nursing
Salvation Army
Somali Family Services
San Diego Rescue Committee Men’s Shelters
and Women’s Shelters
San Diego State University School of Social
Work & School of Public Health
University of California Sand Diego School of
Medicine
Tariq Khamisa Foundation
Contact:
Jeanne Rawdin
Mission: To transform violence prone, atExecutive Director
risk youth into nonviolent achieving individujrawdin@tkf.org
als, and create safe and productive schools.
(619) 955-8777 x106
www.TKF.org
Who are they?
The Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF) is a San Diego non-profit organization dedicated to stopping youth violence
through education, mentorship, and community service programs. TKF partners with schools to conduct its Safe
School Model that provides a continuum of services aimed at preventing and reducing violence. TKF was founded by
Azim Khamisa in 1995 to honor his son, Tariq, a 20 year old San Diego State University student who was killed on January 21, 1995 by a 14 year old gang member. His assailant, Tony Hicks, became the first child in California under the
age of 16 to be convicted as an adult. Mr. Khamisa did not demand revenge, but saw two children lost, one forever
and one to the state prison system. He reached out to Ples Felix, Tony’s grandfather. Together, they established TKF.
Today TKF assists hundreds of children, teaching them about accountability, consequences, choices, and forgiveness
in order to break the cycle of violence impacting so many young lives.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 City Heights has become a primary focus area for TKF, particularly Monroe Clark Middle School.
 TKF facilitates several youth community service activities around City Heights.
What support services do they offer?
 Assemblies: The Violence Impact Assembly uses presenters, video, open discussion, and classroom debriefings
to educate students about the impact of violence.
 Mentor Program: Teams of mentors at schools to address student misbehaviors. Mentoring is a documented
protective factor that can contribute to a youth’s resiliency. TKF mentors establish weekly contact with youth
in their homes, schools, and community.
 Community Service Events: Annually organizes or supports various youth community service activities, including park clean-ups, graffiti removal, walkathons, cards for the military, clothing drives, visits to senior centers,
food bank assistance, and planting community gardens.
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 4025 Camino Del Rio South, Suite #100, San Diego, CA 92108
 Staff: 1 Full-time, 3 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 TKF primarily services youth 10 to 15 years of age enrolled in partnering schools:
ｏ Hispanic:
72%
ｏ African American: 24%
ｏ Asian:
2%
ｏ Other:
2%
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What are their goals?
 To stop youth violence.
 Expand services to more schools across San Diego County.
 To expand the collective impact in City Heights.
What impact have they made?
 TKF mentored students have reduced their rates for school disciplinary problems by 76% and truancy
problems by 88%.
Who are their key supporters?
 AmeriCorps
 The California Endowment
Who are their community partners?
 Monroe Clark Middle School
 San Diego Unified School District
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TranscenDANCE
Mission: To empower culturally diverse, City
Heights neighborhood youth to mobilize social
change through performance arts based communitybuilding, leadership, and service.
Contact:
Teresa Trout
Program Director
teresa@tDArts.org
(619) 255-3812
www.tDArts.org
Who are they?
TranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project endeavors to empower this generation of youth to have a voice and give them a
chance to positively impact the world around them. TranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project believes that art is not only a
privilege, but a necessity of life. TranscenDANCE youth go through intensive technical dance theatre training and personal exploration – by way of leadership development, community-building activities, and service projects – with the
ultimate goal of creating dynamic performances that synthesize their artistic strengths while addressing complex social issues that impact their community. TranscenDANCE youth performers share these inspiring performances with a
greater audience to provoke community engagement with performance and social issues facing youth.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 TranscenDANCE offers free dance classes and programming to City Heights’ youth.
 As of September 2012, TranscenDANCE is located in National City at 200 East 12th Street, National City, CA
91950 in affiliation with ARTS (A Reason to Survive). Despite the location, TranscenDANCE continues to serve
City Heights youth. TranscenDANCE offers free classes and services at Hoover High School in City Heights plus
free transportation to the National City studio for all City Heights youth.
 The majority of youth participating in TranscenDANCE programming live in the City Heights area.
 TranscenDANCE is focused on serving the community of City Heights and is an active community advocate
alongside many City Heights organizations.
What support services do they offer?
 EXPLORE: The Explore program introduces youth to technical dance training and choreography through free
classes at the dance studio in National City and in outreach residencies with local middle and high schools.
Explore also includes winter and spring break camps at the National City studio for high school. These camps
provide robust programming that includes technical dance training, workshops led by professional dancers/
choreographers, leadership training, and other fun offerings such as yoga, theatre, and creative movement.
 CREATE: The Create Program, youth are selected through auditions to become a part of the TranscenDANCE
Performance Group. The Performance Group works daily in the National City studio throughout the summer
months in collaboration with professional dance instructors, choreographers, teaching artists, TranscenDANCE
graduates, and staff to create a fully staged dance theatre show that is produced and presented at the end of
the summer in a professional theatre in San Diego.
 ACTIVATE: The Activate program embraces the students that have participated in the CREATE Program by solidifying them as the core Performance Group and face of TranscenDANCE. After the summer performance,
this group meets weekly to continue dance training at a higher level. In addition, activate dancers serve as ambassadors for TranscenDANCE by performing at community events and promoting TranscenDANCE to their
peers. TranscenDANCE also activates students that have graduated from high school by offering paid internships, mentorships, and teaching artist and choreographer positions through the graduate choreographer &
mentorship program.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 2 Part-time administrators (Executive Director & Programs Administrator)
 Stipend teachers: 10-15 Annually (3 Regular teaching artists for EXPLORE classes, other teaching artists on
contract for specific purposes)
 Volunteers: 10-20 annually
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Who do they serve?
 San Diego Youth (middle and high School) with a specific focus in City Heights and National City.
 TranscenDANCE alumni (youth who have participated in TranscenDANCE and have graduated from high
school)
 EXPLORE classes serve approximately 150 youth per week.
 CREATE program serves approximately 25 youth and 5 Graduates during the summer months.
 ACTIVATE program serves approximately 25 youth and 5 Graduates throughout the year.
What are their goals?
 Infuse creativity and innovation in all work.
 Create a setting for culturally diverse youth to collaborate in meaningful ways.
 Engage in compassionate communication methods.
 Focus on local neighborhood youth.
 Inspire critical thinking and problem solving for complex social issues through performance based
learning.
 Facilitate all programs with a youth driven approach.
 Foster collaboration with individuals and organizations that can engage youth in mutual learning experiences.
What impact have they made?
 Percent of Performing Group students that graduated from high school or achieve their GED: 100%
 Percent of Performing Group students to attend college: 70% to 80%
Who are their key supporters?
 Commission of Arts and Culture
 Councilmember Marti Emerald
 Danah Fayman
 Emota
 Fei Family Foundation
 Kathy Kerch Smith
 Other grantors- Tippett Foundation, Boys and Girls Foundation
 Private donations
 The Bader Group
 TranscenDANCE Board
Who are their community partners?
 Art Power: University of California, San Diego
 ARTS, A Reason to Survive
 Hoover High School
 Kiwanis Club
 National Conflict Resolution Center
 San Diego County Office of Education
 San Diego State University
 Shakti Rising
 Sweetwater Union School District
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 Winke Design
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UCSD Mother, Child and Adolescent
HIV Program
Mission: To constantly improve the care and treatment of HIV infected and affected women, children, and
youth and to prevent new HIV infections.
Contact:
Mary Caffery, RN. MSN
Nurse Coordinator
mcaffery@ucsd.edu
(619) 543-8089
www.ucsdmcap.org
Who are they?
The UCSD Mother, Child and Adolescent HIV Program provides comprehensive, family centered HIV care to women,
children, and youth. A multidisciplinary team of HIV specialists provides medical care, clinical research trials, patient
education, counseling, case management, peer advocacy, and community education.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Serve City Heights through the
ｏ FemOwen Clinic and Perinatal HIV Clinic located at 4168 Front Street, San Diego, CA 92103.
ｏ Pediatric & Adolescent HIV Clinic 4076 Third Avenue, Suite 301, San Diego 92103.
What support services do they offer?
All services are available in English and Spanish. Translation services are available for other languages. All services are
provided in a manner that respects the confidentiality of each person.
 Prenatal Program: Provides comprehensive prenatal/HIV services for women living with HIV. Staff provide culturally competent healthcare for women and their infants.
 Advocacy (Women, Children, and Youth).
 Case Management (Women, Children, and Youth).
 Clinical Research Trial (Women, Children, and Youth).
 Family Planning (Women and Youth).
 Primary Health Care (Youth).
 Health Education (Women, Children, and Youth).
 HIV Care (Women, Children, and Youth).
 Mental Health Services (Women and Youth).
 Neurodevelopment Evaluations (Children and Youth).
 Nutrition (Women, Children, and Youth).
 Pre Conception Counseling (Women).
 Prenatal Care and Delivery (Women).
 Primary Care (Women, Children, and Youth).
 Someone to Talk to (Women, Children, and Youth).
 STD Treatment (Women and Youth).
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 22 Full-time, 0 Part-time
Who do they serve?
 Adolescents and Young Adults (13 to 24 years of age).
 Women and their children.
 Children with HIV.
What are their goals?
 Provide comprehensive coordinated HIV care to improve quality of life in others.
 Conduct research to develop medication and vaccine regimens.
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What impact have they made?
 Served 750 individuals annually.
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Who are their key supporters?
 Federally Funded
 Health Insurance Payments
 Local Grants
 Ryan White Program
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 Family Health Centers
 Christie’s Place
 LBGT Center
 North County Health Services
 Research Groups
 San Diego Unite
 San Diego Youth Services
 San Ysidro Health Center
 Towns People
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United Women’s East African Support
Team
Mission: To be the pipeline of culturally competent
health services, education, and advocacy for the improvement of East African women and families’ health
and well being.
Contact:
Shara Abdi
Executive Director
sahraabdi@yahoo.com
(619) 501-7804
unitedwomenofeastafrica.org
Who are they?
United Women’s East African Support Team (UWEAST) is a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation comprised
of approximately 100 East African women with the goal of responding to the overlooked health needs of East African
women and their families that affects their well-being. Equally important, on January 23, 2012, City Heights Hope, a
grass root group, met and unanimous decided to merge with UWEAST in order to consolidate and strengthen their
goals.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 The affiliation with City Heights stems from the overwhelming request from the East African City Heights community to UWEAST to address the physical and mental health related needs of East African refugee women. In
response to their request and with a grant from The California Wellness Foundation, a three year project was
developed in building bridges between the community and service providers to implement a successful, linguistically appropriate, culturally competent, and cost-effective physical and mental health intervention program
that will enable East African women and their families to access and benefit from existing services.
What support services do they offer?
 Provide linguistically appropriate, culturally competent education and training of how to work and treat with
East African women clients.
 Intergenerational Cooking Class.
 Providing cultural competency training.
 Provide East African advisory service to San Diego State University/ University of California, San Diego Cancer
Center Comprehensive Partnership.
 Point Loma Nazarene University (Cultural Guide and Tutorial Services for middle and high school students).
 Provide Health Education Workshop and Health Fairs Work independently and collaboratively.
 Strengthening Parent-Child Connections: Provide an afterschool program for elementary and middle-school
children that supports their academics, teaches them about their culture, and connects them with community
elders through project-focused learning.
 Health Insurance Project: Campaign to require health insurance policies in California to cover the cost of face-to
-face interpretation when accessing healthcare.
 Youth Health Care Education and Advocacy Service.
 East African Cultural Preservation Education Workshops, etc.
 Organized Sports for Muslim Girls.
 Girl’s Swimming Classes.
 East African Girls Scout Program.
 East African Saving Project.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 1 Full-time, 8 Part-time
 Volunteers: Approx. 100 women & 40 youth annually
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Who do they serve?
 The East African Women and families in City Heights and other communities throughout San Diego
County.
What are their goals?
 To evaluate and implement UWEAST Mental Health (Hayat) services.
 To work collaboratively with local community based organizations and educational institutions to develop bilingual education curriculum and training modules for cultural health trainers and providers.
 To continue improving and building bridges between East African women and families with the providers so they will access to healthcare.
 To continue all our health, education, and advocacy programs for the East African for East African women and families in communities, schools, colleges, universities, and healthcare providers.
What impact have they made?
 Increasing East African women’s visibly.
 Initiating activities to reduce the intergenerational gap.
 Increasing their participation in various groups.
 Effectively communicating with providers to understand their cultural needs.
 Advocating for health/social needs such as initiating women only swimming hours at the Copley YMCA.
Who are their key supporters?
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Project Concern International
SAY San Diego (Fiscal Agent)
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The California Endowment
The California Wellness Foundation
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City Heights Wellness Center
County of San Diego Health and Human Services
Horn of Africa
Huda Community Center
Mental Health America of San Diego County
Mid-City CAN
Mind Treasures
Ocean Discovery
Point Loma Nazarene University
Positive Community Impact (PCI)
Price Charities
San Diego State University, School of Psychology
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California, San Diego Cancer Center
Comprehensive Partnership
San Diego Unified School District
Somali Bantu Community of San Diego.
University of California, San Diego Department
of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of California, San Diego/Network for
a Healthy California
University of San Diego
Voices of Women
YMCA
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UPLIFT: Urban People Living in Faith &
Trust
Mission: To provide spiritual, social, and support services to positively change lives and transform San Diego’s inner-city communities.
Contact:
Linda Guzzo
Interim Executive Director
uplift@uplift.sdcoxmail.com
(619) 234-4504
www.upliftsandiego.org
Who are they?
Urban People Living in Faith and Trust, known as UPLIFT, is a Christian non-profit organization providing educational,
spiritual, and social support. UPLIFT services to San Diego’s inner-city communities where individuals are touched by
God’s love and uplifted with the hope for a better tomorrow. They provide after-school tutoring and mentoring activities for children and teens, outreach to senior citizens and the homeless.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 One tutoring site is located at 5202 Orange Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105 and meets once a week on Thursday’s
from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
What support services do they offer?
 Kids at Heart Tutoring: Provides one-on-one tutoring for children grades K to 12. Tutors are with the same student each week during the school year and provide accountability, homework assistance, and fun while learning. They currently have 10 sites, 101 students and 85 tutors.
 Swimming Upstream Mentoring: Provides year-round mentorship for young women grades 7 to 12 in addition
to a 15 week program that develops leadership skills and encourages positive life choices. It is a four-year program including a service component. College scholarships are provided for participants who faithfully attend all
four years.
 The Home Team: Provides a support team of dedicated, trained volunteers to assist street outreach, mental
health, and housing navigator professionals to quickly assess the needs of a person and determine appropriate
action.
 Triple Cross: Provides homeless clients with resources and transportation to critical services required for housing including the DMV for California ID’s, Social Security office, and Veterans Administration.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 0 Full-time, 4 Part-time
 Volunteers: 140 annually
Who do they serve?
 San Diego County
 Seniors
 Homeless
 Demographics of Kids @ Heart 2013—2014:
ｏ African American: 14%
ｏ Latino:
86%
ｏ Caucasian:
0%
ｏ Male:
52%
ｏ Female:
48%
ｏ 0-12 years of age: 82%
ｏ 13-17 years of age: 18%
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What are their goals?
 Build their donor base and pledge partners to cover operational budget.
 Grow their board membership.
 Increase tutors to a one-to-one ratio in all Kids at Heart (KAH) sites.
 Increase funding for their ID program.
 Gather and compile testimonials from parents, tutors, and children involved in KAH.
 Increase their transportation runs for the Triple Cross program.
 Effectively and efficiently launch The Home Team program in support of the 25 cities Initiative.
What impact have they made?
 During the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, over 120 children and teens were enrolled in KAH and
100 tutors volunteered their time.
 In total, more than 12,000 volunteer hours were used to support children enrolled in KAH. Volunteers
addressed each student’s individual needs on homework, practiced their reading skills, helped students
practice problem solving with their peers, and encouraged the students to develop healthy relationships
outside of their families.
 Student and tutor attendance is recorded on a weekly basis. Overall, attendance is high for both groups.
We view this as evidence that both groups are engaged in the process of learning.
 Student and tutor retention is also high with many returning year after year.
 In the Kids at Heart program a pre/post San Diego Quick Reading Assessment was conducted on 68 children.
ｏ Results showed that at the beginning of the year, 42 or 62% of the children were reading “below”
grade level and 26 or 38% were reading “at” grade level.
ｏ At the end of the year, 52 or 76% of the children were reading “at” reading level.
 In the Triple Cross program:
ｏ Homeless clients: 402.
ｏ Transportation to the DMV: 402 with 288 receiving California ID.
Who are their key supporters?
 Refer to their website for a complete list: http://www.upliftsandiego.org/partnerships.html
Who are their community partners?
 Refer to their website for a complete list: http://www.upliftsandiego.org/partnerships.html
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Urban Corps
Mission: To provide young adults with a high school
education combined with job training and community
service in the fields of conservation and recycling, which
will assist youth in becoming more enjoyable while protecting San Diego’s natural resources and instilling the
importance of community service.
Contact:
Klara T. Arter
Communication & Development Manager
karter@urbancorps.org
(619) 235-6884, ext. 3122
www.urbancorpssd.org
Who are they?
Urban Corps is a locally based non-profit conservation corps that provides a high school education and green job training to young adults 18 to 25 years of age. The majority of youth employed at Urban Corps did not succeed in a traditional high school setting and they have little or no job training. At Urban Corps they get a second chance to go back to
school and develop new skills, while contributing to the overall quality of life in the San Diego area. Their participation
increases the connection these young people feel to their community, their environment, and to their own futures.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 There are currently 30 (or 10%) of Corpsmembers living in the City Heights’ zip code 92105.
 In addition to the Price Charities’ contract, Urban Corps is contracted by the City Heights Business Improvement
Distict to perform community improvement services such as power washing, weed and graffiti abatement, landscaping, tree trimming, litter, and large item removal.
 Whenever possible, Corpsmembers living in City Heights are assigned to work projects in their neighborhood to
help increase their sense of community pride.
What support services do they offer?
 Urban Corps Charter High School
 Corps-to-Career job placement and life skills
 Community improvement services
 Environmental services
 Graffiti removal
 YouthBuild/Greenbuild Construction
 Habitat management services
 Urban forestry
 Recycling collection & buyback center
What is their organizational profile?
 Located at 3127 Jefferson Street, San Diego, CA 92110
 Staff: 66 Full-time
 Volunteers: 25 annually
Who do they serve?
 Approximately 300 youth served annually.
 Males and females 18 to 25 years of age.
 Approximately 30% international refugee population.
What are their goals?
 Build a better quality of life for San Diego’s disadvantaged youth.
 Give young adults a second chance to earn a high school diploma.
 Provide paid job training to youth.
 Preserve natural resources.
 Support the community through services a volunteering.
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What impact have they made?
 Corpsmembers that graduated with a high school diploma: 1,600
 Trees planted: 20,000
 Amount of recyclables diverted from the waste stream: 20 million pounds
 Amount of graffiti removed: 80 million square feet
 Amount of habitat restored: 2,500 acres
 Amount of trails constructed: 55 miles
 Homes improved: 550
 Amount of community service completed annually: 3,000 hours
Who are their key supporters?
 City of San Diego
 California Department of Resources, Recycling & Recovery (CalRecycle)
 Price Philanthropies
 150+ recycling sponsors who receive collection services, including PETCO Park and Qualcomm Stadium.
 Supported by contracts from various entities including the City of San Diego, Port of San Diego, City of
Carlsbad, San Diego Gas & Electric, and others.
Who are their community partners?
 City Heights Business Improvement District
 City Heights Community Development Corporation
 Groundwork San Diego Chollas Creek
 WiLDCOAST
 San Diego Canyonlands
 San Diego Foundation
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UrbanLIfe
Mission: To see our neighborhoods becoming great
places to raise families through cultivating vibrant missional communities committed to loving God, neighbor,
and ‘hood.’
Contact:
Jake Medcalf
Executive Director
jake@urbanlifesd.org
(858) 334-5325
urbanlifesd.org
Who are they?
UrbanLife exists to love and serve the people of inner city San Diego. Specifically, they feel they are called to serve the
neighborhoods of City Heights and Southeast San Diego. Through adventure trips, weekly programs, and small groups,
they seek to provide a safe, authentic community where transformation can happen and God’s presence can be experienced.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located at 5202 Orange Avenue, San Diego, CA 92115.
 Students they serve are from Hoover, Crawford, and Lincoln High School.
What support services do they offer?
 UrbanLife Senior High (Monday 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.): A safe place to have fun, build positive relationships with
adult learners, build relationships with each other, hear about God’s plan, purpose, and persistent love for
them, and a place to be teenagers.
 UrbanLife Middle School (Wednesday 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.): Reach out to junior high students to begin building
friendships even before high school. The sooner one can build a friendship, the more time there is to walk
through life with that student. Adult and high school role models and a safe and fun environment are provided.
 CollegeLife (Thursday 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.): In depth spiritual development and Bible study with college-age
people from the neighborhood. This provides a safe place to ask questions, dig deeper in faith, and discover
who God is.
 Mentoring Friendships: All over the neighborhood UrbanLife staff and volunteers meet with 1 to 3 students to
ask how life is going and how they are doing. They talk through drug rehab, alcohol rehab, attend funerals,
weddings, baptisms, dinners, etc. The commitment of UrbanLife is to build authentic friendships.
 Small Groups (Weekly): Small groups of people get together for the purpose of doing life together. Our quality
of life is determined more by friendships than material possessions. Small Groups are committed to friendships
with 8 to 10 others in a serious way.
 High School Leadership Development (Sunday 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.): UbanLife is relentlessly focused on raising up another generation of leaders. This time is used to inspire and equip our high school friends to plan and
lead the UrbanLife High School Program.
 Orange Avenue Community Church (Sunday 10:00 a.m.): The entire community gathers on Sunday together for
the purpose of focusing on who God is and receiving fuel for the week through a traditional worship service.
 Adventure Experiences:
ｏ Summer Camp: The primary focus with Summer Camp is the building of relationships between adults and
students. Also, participants will hear messages about God and dig deeper into questions they have during
small groups.
ｏ Family Camp: This trip is to give families a chance to be together and not have the daily stresses of life to
be concerned about.
ｏ Mission Week: This experience takes place in their neighborhood, with students leading day camps for
kids in City Heights and learning what it really means to follow Jesus through service.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 8 Full-time
 Volunteers: 60 annually
Who do they serve?
 Elementary, middle, high school, and college students and their families in the neighborhoods of City
Heights and Southeast San Diego.
What are their goals?
 To develop leaders.
 To provide authentic relational discipleship to the youth they serve.
 To grow their staff from 2 to 9 people.
 To grow their programs from 1 to 3.
What impact have they made?
 Developed more than 300 relationships.
 Served 20,000 plus meals.
 Provided 1,000 plus transportation hours.
 Delivered more than 4,600 informal counseling hours.
Who are their key supporters?
 Individual Donors: 55%
 Churches: 35%
 Foundation Grants: 5%
 Student Fees: 5%
Who are their community partners?
 Harbor Presbyterian
 Kids @ Heart
 San Diego Refugee Tutoring – Ibarra
 World Impact
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Waters of Jordan
Mission: To improve and enrich the quality of life for
abused, distressed, and underserved women and their
children in San Diego County by providing access to resources, counseling, education, and skills training in an
atmosphere of care, concern, and confidentiality.
Contact:
Delores Korokous
Founder & CEO
info@watersofjordan.org
(619) 487-9738
www.watersofjordan.org
Who are they?
Waters of Jordan offers a team of professionals who are licensed therapists, counselors, and trained personnel to provide quality services for under-served women and children in an atmosphere of care, concern, and confidentiality.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 Located in City Heights at 3295 Meade Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116.
What support services do they offer?
 Enrichment Center: The center is a safe haven for women and children. Nurturing received during times of distress can begin the process of providing a lifetime of quality support. The success women and families achieve
allows them to reach out to help others.
 Crisis Intervention/ Information and Referral Services: Distressed families contact, Waters of Jordan and first
determines if they can resolve their clients’ immediate needs. Highly professional service providers help determine the best course of action and, if necessary, make introductions to the appropriate service providers
through a multitude of information and referral services network.
 Temporary Emergency Shelter for Women and Children: When funding is available the center may provide temporary emergency shelter where families are given food, clothing, and other necessities for the night or up to 3
days.
 Court-Ordered Supervised Parental Visitation: The center facilitates supervised family visitation to ensure that a
child has safe contact with the non-custodial parent without being put in the middle of the parents’ domestic
violence conflicts. The center follows the standards of California Rules of Court, Standard 5.20.
 Counseling: Individual and group counseling is provided for survivors of domestic violence and their children in
order to break the cycle of violence. Professionals in our network are trained and licensed to provide these services:
ｏ Family Counseling.
ｏ Grief and Bereavement Counseling.
ｏ Domestic Violence Counseling.
ｏ Sexual Assault Counseling.
ｏ Physical and Emotional Abuse Counseling.
ｏ Substance Abuse Counseling.
 Women's Support Groups: The center provides support groups where women meet to share their experiences
and support one another.
 Advocacy: Victim advocates provide the victims of domestic violence with support and guidance regarding their
legal rights. Advocates assist victims with legal matters such as obtaining a Temporary Restraining Order, accompanying victims to court, assisting with custody and child support petitions, providing safety planning to
victims and their children, etc.
 Life Skills: The center conducts self-esteem classes that help women to meet life’s challenges by making conscious choices to love oneself, to experience personal happiness, to nurture fulfilling relationships and to embrace one’s own achievements.
 Financial Literacy: The center provides group and one-on-one training to enable women and their families to
manage their money, live within a budget and become financially independent.
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What support services do they offer? (continued)
 Global Outreach: Waters of Jordan Enrichment Center has begun an exciting global outreach on behalf
of the people of Twahen Village, located between the Central and Western Regions of Ghana, Africa.
They are forming partnerships all over the world with people who care about the people of Africa—
especially those who, because of poverty, cannot afford to pay for basic services.
What is their organizational profile?
 Staff: 0 Full-time, 0 Part-time
 Volunteers: 4 annually
Who do they serve?
 Women & Children are the primary focus
 African American: 90%
 Hispanic: 7%
 Caucasians: 3%
What are their goals?
 Provide vocational guidance and training for women in fields such as computer technology and culinary
arts.
 Assist women in finding and securing affordable housing for themselves and their families.
 Build affordable housing for women and children in distress once the funds to develop them become
available.
 Provide a research library where clients may access information about domestic violence and community resources to stabilize and strengthen the family.
What impact have they made?
 Served 65 individuals though various programs in 2012.
Who are their key supporters?
 Board Members
 Private Donations
 San Diego District of the United Methodist Church
 Thrift Shop
Who are their community partners?
 Abundant Harvest Church of Faith
 Christ United Methodist Church
 Jessie Program
 Joan Kroc Center
 Saint Vincent De Paul
 San Diego Rescue Mission
 Serve with Liberty
 Volunteer San Diego
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YMCA Youth & Family Services
Mission: To improve the quality of human life and to
help all people realize their fullest potential through the
development of the spirit, mind, and body.
Contact:
Kim Morgan
Executive Director
kmorgan@ymca.org
(619) 281-8313
www.yfs.ymca.org
Who are they?
YMCA Youth & Family Services (YFS) is the social service department of the YMCA of San Diego County that offers an
array of free and/or affordable family support and counseling services.
What is their affiliation with City Heights?
 YFS provides a free, drop-in Monday through Friday from 2 to 6 PM at its Youth & Community Center located in
City Heights at 2929 Meade Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116.
What support services do they offer?
 Building Bridges: Offers services at Roosevelt Middle School and Bayview Terrace Elementary. YFS and community partners collaborate to provide free counseling, mentoring, family support, and more.
 COMPASS: Helps families cope with the challenges of having a child with special needs.
 Connections Research Program: Assessing the impact of relational competency development in transition-aged
foster youth.
 Counseling Services: Therapy works to strengthen individuals and families with the goal of improving their functioning in relationships.
 Cyber Y: A comprehensive technology center in North Park that works to bridge the digital divide.
 Independent Living Skills: County designed to prepare and assist current and former foster youth, 16 to 21 years
of age, through their transition from the foster care system.
 Kinship Support Services: Provides services to those who are 55 years and older raising young children that are
not their biological own due to family problems.
 Mary’s House Transitional Living: A 24-month program designed to assist and support young women between
18 to 24 years of age through various stages of personal, professional, and academic growth as they transition
from the foster care system.
 Oz San Diego: Oz provides a temporary, two-week homelike residence for teenagers experiencing personal, interpersonal, school, or family difficulties. This program includes a therapeutic eight-week aftercare component.
 San Diego Urban Teacher Fellows: A Career Pathway into Teaching Model that supports students while they are
enrolled as liberal arts major at San Diego City College or Mesa College. Street Outreach: Street outreach to
homeless youth in Oceanside.
 TAY Academy Drop-in Centers: The Academy is dedicated to serving youth and young adults 14 to 25 years of
age in a manner which is knowledgeable of, and sensitive to, the trauma occurring in their lives.
 TIDES School-Based Counseling: A Medi-Cal funded Early Prevention, Diagnostics and Treatment (EPSDT) program that offers a variety of counseling services.
 Tommie’s Place Transitional Living: Tommie's Place is a transitional living program for young adults who are
pregnant or are parenting children 0 to 5 years of age.
 Turning Point Transitional Living: A program for homeless young adults (male and female), 16 to 21 years of
age.
 Community Center: A free community-based program located in North Park that offers youth 8 to 15 years of
age a safe place to learn and be themselves.
 Y Cook Community Kitchen: A program offering free and low cost cooking classes to teach demonstrate healthy
recipes and teach culinary life skills.
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What is their organizational profile?
 Approximately 140 staff members
 Over 100 volunteers annually
Who do they serve?
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Child Welfare Involved Families
Current & Former Foster Youth
Homeless Youth & Young Adults
Individuals, Couples, Families
K-12 Students & their Families
Kinship Caregivers
Low-income Youth
Pregnant & Parenting Youth
Teens and Families in Crisis
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Asian: 2%
Caucasian: 28%
Filipino: >1%
Hispanic/Latino: 40%
Multi-Racial: 6%
Other: 10%
What are their goals?
 Expand the offerings of the YMCA Youth & Community Center in North Park.
 Expand mental health services across San Diego County.
 Increase support to transition age youth throughout San Diego County.
What impact have they made?
 Provided a safe and engaging after school environment for 123 youth at the Community Center in North
Park.
 Engaged 262 family members and reached an additional 693 of our neighbors through community
events throughout Mid-City.
 Served 119 youth and 360 family members at the YMCA Youth & Community Center and conducted
a two week pilot project to assess the effectiveness of a STEAM curriculum in a YMCA out-of-school
setting.
 Y Cook Community Kitchen served 146 individuals through specialty classes and camps as well as 92
Youth Center participants through Junior Chefs.
 Served 91 teens and 169 family members through Oz San Diego.
 Served a total of 20,000 individuals in Fiscal Year 2014.
Who are their key supporters?
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City of San Diego
County of San Diego (Child Mental Health Services, Child Welfare Services)
National Foundation for Autism Research
San Diego Foundation
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San Diego Workforce Partnership
The California Wellness Foundation
Tri-City Healthcare
Qualcomm, Inc.
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Cox Communications
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Workgroup
San Diego Broadband Initiative
San Diego Youth Services
South Bay Community Services
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