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Meet Noemi
Noemi Jimenez has come full circle. Once a homeless teenage mother, she recently became a proud donor giving back. Jimenez, 33, is now a supervisor at Coronado Distribution Company, where the company gives each month to a charity of an employee’s choice. Jimenez chose San Diego Youth Services for helping her with transitional housing, independent living skills and, ultimately, a new life for her family at a time when she needed it most. “I wouldn’t have thought I could live by myself but San Diego Youth Services helped me. I know how to budget my money and plan. I’ve got this. I always tell my daughter about the program and how it helped me. I tell her about the importance of giving back.” Jimenez’ advice for others who may be struggling: “Don’t limit yourself. You really can do anything.”
Becoming a Parent Who Fosters
The San Diego Youth Services Difference
Children need parents. They need families. Amazing families look many different ways and every child needs someone to connect deeply with, someone they can count on and trust. They need it like they need water and air.
- More than 70 percent of foster children from the traditional system will be homeless, incarcerated or dead within the first year of leaving the current system.
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