We Empower Individuals to Act with Self-Determination
About Crisis House
Crisis House provides humanitarian services to those in crisis in East San Diego County. The individuals we support struggle to overcome complex and challenging circumstances, including homelessness, domestic violence, addiction, health conditions, and lack of access to food and housing.
Crisis House responds immediately to connect people to services that can help resolve life-endangering situations so they can renew their lives.
Crisis House was established in 1970 in Santee, CA by a small group of local citizens who recognized the need to provide emergency services to very low income, homeless and underserved people. The organization later moved to Main Street in El Cajon, expanded services to support families, became a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity in 1978, and were the first community-based social service agency in the East County region of San Diego.
The mission of Crisis House is to respond immediately to stop the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness and connect families and individuals to crucial resources that empower them to renew their lives.
At Crisis House, our trained, trauma-informed staff and volunteers respond immediately to people experiencing crises. We connect them to services that can help stop life-threatening circumstances and put them on a path to renew their lives.
Today we continue to strengthen the lives of more than 5,000 people, connecting them to 18,000 services annually, thanks to our generous donors.
We solve homelessness for 99% of the families and individuals who graduate from our housing programs and we prevent thousands from experiencing homelessness each year. We keep people safe in our Journey Programs serving women and children fleeing from domestic violence.
Our Mission
We respond immediately to stop the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness and connect families and individuals to crucial resources that empower them to renew their lives.
Our Values
Hope
The belief that the future will be better and you have the power to make it so.
Integrity
Commitment to behaving in a trustworthy manner with clients, colleagues, and the community.
Respect
Showing up in the world with compassion and acting for the greater good of all.
Empowerment
Commitment to a strength-based aproach as we use agency to change our future.
Excellence
Process-based approach that rewards growth, initiative, teamwork, and service.
Diversity
Creating a culture that embraces other’s true, authentic selves and honoring their lived experience.
Who We Help
At Crisis House, our trained, trauma-informed staff and volunteers respond immediately to people experiencing crises. We connect them to services that can help stop life-threatening circumstances and put them on a path to renew their lives.
Domestic Violence
Crisis House provides a comprehensive continuum of emergency, transition, and permanent housing to 217 families, including 435 children, fleeing domestic violence in...
Crisis House’s East County Housing Connections program ends homelessness for 35 families and individuals within East County each year. The ECHC, of which all...
Camp HOPE, our cost-free programming for underserved children struggling with trauma, provides camperships for 74 children and year-round mentorship to 125 children...