
Local Closer Look: Community Resource Center (Encinitas, CA)
Jeanice Lee talks with John Van Cleef, CEO of Community Resource Center, serving North County San Diego, providing food access, housing stability, and safety resources to neighbors facing hunger, homelessness, and unsafe relationships. Van Cleef discusses the organization’s food and nutrition programs, domestic violence services, housing support, and counseling. Van Cleef also shares information about school‑based prevention education and major future plans, including a campus renovation and mobile food pantry. He highlights a survivor’s powerful healing journey that reflects CRC’s deep impact.

