Father Joe's Village

Programs and services for people who are experiencing and/or at-risk of homelessness: We provide a one-stop service center to help people who are homeless and our neighbors in need on a one and one-half block campus in downtown San Diego that includes temporary housing and wrap around support services. In 2022, nearly 13,000 people living in poverty accessed one or more services, including children, families and individuals and close to 1,700 people aged 65 years or older. On average each year, Father Joe's villages serves 1,000,000 meals, including through its daily community lunch program, while we provided nearly 22,000 showers and 35,000 mail services for day center program participants. We provide emergency, interim, and bridge shelter for those who need a short term stay before accessing more stable housing; rapid re-housing for those in need of time limited rental assistance to establish themselves in permanent housing; transitional housing for those who need focused support to obtain income and permanent housing; permanent supportive housing for people with a disability whose homelessness has become a chronic condition; and affordable housing for those with low to moderate incomes. We also provide housing and supportive services for people living with HIV/AIDS. In 2022, more than 2,600 people lived in our residential housing programs. We served over 1,200 of our Nation's veterans throughout all of our programs. The therapeutic childcare center provided critical childcare and targeted support to 450 people, including nearly 275 children. 100% of families served are strong and more supportive family units after participation in therapeutic childcare services. Education and employment services provides training programs and 92% of those who participated in employment and education services demonstrated increased employability, while 85% gained life skills.

Village Health Center: Our licensed primary care clinic is a federally qualified health center (FQHC). A combined residency program in psychiatric and family medicine with the University of California San Diego (UCSD) is a premier partnership and training site considered to be a "best practice" approach to serving those who are experiencing homelessness. In 2022, almost 3,000 patients received services, with over 16,000 patient visits. Up to 20% of street health patients seen on the street, later visited a doctor at VHC. Our dental clinic provided services ranging from basic dental care to full dental restorations to over 500 individuals. Our rehabilitative dentistry program transforms our clients' lives by providing dentures for those who have experienced extensive tooth loss. By restoring smiles, we enhance both function and self-esteem which empowers them to find employment and achieve stable housing. Through Street Health, the VHC served 450 unique patients and completed over 800 visits in 2022.