ECS Uptown Safe Haven
A resident enjoys the UTSH garden. March 2024.
Uptown Safe Haven is a residential facility that provides transitional housing and supportive services to chronically homeless single adults with moderate to severe mental health issues. Residents experience supportive communal living in an alcohol and drug-free environment. In partnership with Community Research Foundation, we provide clients with secure housing, employment counseling, educational guidance, disability income enrollment assistance, a manageable mental health plan, access to onsite support groups, and services focused on skill development and recovery.
A resident poses with her art work. March 2024.
We offer a “grace-based” program to residents, realizing they will struggle along their journey. Consistent with this, Uptown Safe Haven utilizes the harm reduction approach to transitional housing. While our residence is alcohol and drug-free, residents do not need to be clean and sober before coming to us or while living there. However, there is an expectation that residents will work toward abstinence while at Uptown Safe Haven.
Weekly community meetings and art workshops, group meals, pet therapy, monthly BBQs, field trips, and holiday celebrations support the strengthening of interpersonal and other life skills.
contact
Uptown Safe Haven
San Diego, CA
Phone: 619-294-7013
Resident showcases her painted pumpkin during art class. October 2024.
Partially funded by the Community Development Block Grant Program through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the City of San Diego.