Community Resource Center - Providing Safety, Stability and Self-sufficiency

We nourish individuals who are vulnerable or food insecure by providing healthy food and nutrition education.

We transform the lives of those experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and help them obtain stable housing.

We empower individuals and families to develop healthy relationships and provide safety and healing from domestic violence.

Domestic Violence Services

Counseling

Our professional counselors are empathetic, dynamic and compassionate, and help our clients navigate the challenges they are facing to be able to create healthy futures for themselves and their families.

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Impact Statement

Our mission is to help our neighbors create paths to healthy food, stable homes and safe relationships.

We do this through a variety of programs including emergency assistance, domestic violence emergency shelter, counseling, housing stability and access to food.

Community Resource Center is widely recognized as the primary provider of social services and domestic violence programs in coastal North County San Diego, serving more than 7,200 people each year.

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Capital Campaign

Our vision is to create a bright, modern facility intentionally designed to serve the needs of our neighbors, utilizing our current campus and newly-purchased adjacent property.

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Mission Moment

Nichole, a single mother with a 5-year-old daughter, reached out to Community Resource Center for help to escape her abuser and relocate safely. After her address was unfortunately leaked in court documents, Nichole faced immediate danger. She and her daughter were also faced with the prospect of starting over, yet again.

The breach of Nichole’s address through court documents left her vulnerable, but Nichole was determined to protect herself and her family. Relocating is expensive and oftentimes survivors of domestic violence will not leave because it is not an obtainable expense. Nichole had been found by her abuser and needed to leave urgently for her and her daughter’s safety.

Nichole and her CRC case manager developed a safety plan and collaborated with the housing management where she lived …

Christen lost her employment and housing due to Covid layoffs. Unable to find employment, she ran out of savings and was forced to give up her apartment. After a short time with family, Christen became homeless.

Coping with serious health concerns, she was connected to CRC and received emergency motel vouchers. After paying to continue at the motel, she was approved for an apartment and moved to a bridge motel program. With the support of her CRC case manager and deposit and first month’s rent assistance, Christen was able to move into a new apartment with her dog and cat.

Ted once owned a two-story home with his family and had a full-time job as a sales manager. His life changed in 2017 when he lost his job, had trouble getting back on his feet, lost his home and entered into a rehab program. Ted moved into his van, sleeping on the metal floor while participating in a 12-step program.

Ted first came to Community Resource Center in 2020 because he needed food. With CRC’s help, he was able to receive help for deposit and rental assistance. Ted was in a home again.

Ted continues to do well, with a good job, a safe place to call home, and a re-established connection with his family.

“CRC saved my life. I’m very grateful and I’m really happy I found the CRC. I got my family back. My whole life is different.”

Upcoming Events

December 7

Holiday Baskets 2024

Community Resource Center's 42nd Annual Holiday Baskets brings joy and relief to households in need.

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December 5 @ 5:30 pm

2024 Jingle & Mingle

Join us for an evening filled with fun, joy, and community spirit as we celebrate the holidays together and raise vital funds for Community Resource Center! Together, we’ll bring hope to those in our community facing hunger, homelessness, and trauma. This festive fundraiser will support CRC’s wraparound programs that help...

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November 24 @ 10:00 am

CRC Open House

We’ll be open from 10 AM – 2 PM, during the Encinitas holiday street fair. Stop in to learn more about Community Resource Center! – See our Food & Nutrition Center, where seniors, unsheltered individuals and struggling families come each month for healthy food and nutrition services. – Learn about...

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