Provide a "hand-up" rather than a handout by stabilizing families in crisis. This stabilization then allows families to benefit from employment development, placement and ongoing support. Families are helped to move from welfare-to-work, many for the first time in their lives.

Reach for the Heights! Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)
"Moving from welfare-to-work gave me a sense of independence and stability that I'd never felt before."

Results
306 families/individuals were assisted in obtaining employment

Over 500 families/individuals received case management services

Who: Individuals or families who are eligible must be living in Central San Diego or East San Diego County and either low income, receiving public assistance or receiving SSI
Goal: Promote the economic independence and stability of disadvantaged persons and families. Helping families stabilize allows them to benefit from employment
How: Employment services, emergency and shelter assistance, tax services, financial education

Contact:
Mid-City Family Resource Center
5296 University Ave, Suite F2
San Diego, CA 92105
(619) 229-3660 ext 0

East San Diego County FSS Office
338 W. Lexington Ave
El Cajon, CA 92020
(619) 401-8375