Serving-SanDiego

Recent statistics show that there are over 2000 homeless teens, throwaways and runaways roaming the streets of San Diego. To make matters worse, a number of these teens are pregnant. Can you imagine a homeless teen bringing a baby into the world with little or no help? Who will help these homeless teens? We will. - Care House

Care House is a Christian organization dedicated to serving homeless teens, teens in crisis and young moms in crisis pregnancies throughout San Diego county. They meet the kids where they are, love them unconditionally, provide for their needs as best they can, and tell them about Jesus. They do this through a network of churches, faithful supporters, and people like you.

Find out more by visiting the Care House Life Ministries website. This is the first in a series of “In the Spotlight” articles. Future articles will be more indepth but you have to start somewhere. If you have an orginization that you think would be good to spotlight, let me know. We have plenty of need for more information.

3940 4th Ave. #130
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 299-2777
http://carehouseinfo.org/

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Photo taken at Balboa Park in San Diego

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Do you know where you’re going to lay down your head tonight? Thousands of homeless people in the city of San Diego run the risk of getting ticketed if they sleep on the streets. Business owners and residents say the homeless are nuisances; homeless advocates say they have a constitional right to sleep on the streets. - Full Focus

A lot of us have seen the problem, the homeless need a place to safely sleep but the local businesses have a right to maintain and protect their property and livelyhood. The defacto solution has been to let the homeless sleep on the streets after hours that businesses have closed (7pm) and be off the street by the start of the business day (5am). But if there is any trouble (drugs, fights, trash) the police will make you move and/or ticket you.

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