Mission Statement

"Home Start exists to ensure the safety and resiliency of children by strengthening families and communities. Its vision is for every child in San Diego to have a safe, stable, and nurturing home."
- Source: Maternity Center for Women at Home Start San Diego website

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FAQs

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Description

Home Start is a San Diego County-based, private non-profit agency whose mission is to assure the safety and resiliency of children by strengthening families and their communities.

Since 1972, Home Start has delivered timely child abuse prevention and treatment services through home visitation and worked in collaboration with local schools, NGOs, government agencies and business partners to create safer communities.

Home Start addresses conditions such as poverty, family violence, juvenile delinquency, mental illness, substance abuse, unsafe neighborhoods, lack of affordable housing and unemployment, i.e. the situations that place children at risk within unstable environments.