We provide intensive services to more than 20,000 youth every year.
San Diego Youth Services offers a continuum of care for children and youth from infancy to age 25. We aim to:
Meet the basic needs of youth
Hunger, poverty and youth homelessness are on the rise for many youth and their families today. We help meet these basic needs for youth. What could be more vital than food and shelter? We provide safe places to live and long-term solutions through shelter, foster homes, community centers and housing.
Create positive connections
We help youth focus on positive life changes and healthy relationships as part of providing needed resources and services. San Diego Youth Services has long provided foster homes and adoption support services for families considering adopting a youth in the foster care system.
Help youth develop life skills
In addition to a range of safe and stable housing options, we offer support to help youth develop the independent living skills necessary to become self-sufficient and keep off the streets.
Promote overall health and well-being
Early intervention and care for the whole child are critical. We provide a broad continuum of services to help youth overcome trauma and challenges that put them at risk, including case management, counseling, mental health treatment and educational support and resources.
Success Stories
Hear from the youth we have supported
Our Mission: To empower youth to reach their highest potential.
We provide safe places to live and long-term solutions through shelter, foster homes, community centers and housing. Through prevention, early intervention and treatment, we also help youth before they need higher levels of care or become homeless.
Latest SDYS News
We officially kicked off our holiday giving season on Nov. 30 with our $100,000 Champions for Youth campaign. This year, the need is greater than ever, and all donations will go directly to vulnerable youth in San Diego County. The…
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Join us for Youth Runaway and Homelessness Awareness Walk on Nov. 17 November is Runaway and Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Join our community to help end homelessness. Join Home Start, Promises2Kids, The San Diego LGBT Community Center, Urban Street Angels and…
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Foster Parents Help Support Reunification, While Still Staying in their Foster Children’s Lives “This was our first time fostering, and the experience was a lot better than we expected,” said Brian, a certified SDYS foster parent. “It was a lot…
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