Who We Are

The Welcome Door Foundation is organized to offer a unique, compassionate environment to the chronically homeless which promotes self-healing and provides the basis for learning responsibility, gaining skills, and pursuing new beginnings. We strive to be the listening ear and the speaking voice for those in need.

Our successes are measured in individuals fed, treated for medical and dental needs, and by those shepherded through the court systems toward healthy citizenship. We are evolving toward addressing, more comprehensively, the needs of homeless individuals.

There are more than 15,000 homeless people in San Diego County. A fifth of this populations has been homeless for more than 4 years. With an average age of 30, about 1900 of our homeless neighbors are severely mentally ill. 30-40% of the homeless adult population abuse drugs and/or alcohol. About 800 are chronically homeless youth.

The Welcome Door foundation currently offers two programs to address some of the needs of some of our homeless neighbors, particularly those in beach areas.