Seniors Safe At Home

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Seniors Safe At Home

Homelessness among individuals 55 or older is tragically the largest and fastest growing segment of people living unsheltered in San Diego and nationwide. According to the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, adults aged 55 and older account for 29% of San Diego County’s unsheltered homeless population, with 46% falling into homelessness for the first time due almost purely to economic circumstances. Rising rents, inflation, and stagnant fixed incomes are forcing too many seniors into crisis.

Launched with an initial $500,000 investment from the Lucky Duck Foundation in September 2023, Seniors Safe at Home is implemented in collaboration with Serving Seniors and the San Diego Housing Commission. The program provides shallow rental subsidies, case management, and employment navigation to help seniors stay securely housed.

In June 2025 the Lucky Duck Foundation announced an expansion of its Seniors Safe at Home program, thanks to a $100,000 investment from the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, which the Lucky Duck Foundation matched. This new partnership will allow even more at-risk seniors across San Diego County to remain housed and gain access to employment opportunities that prevent them from falling into homelessness.

And, in addition to the $200,000 investment to expand the program, the Lucky Duck Foundation committed an additional $500,000 to extend the program to ensure seniors who are at-risk of homelessness can stay safely housed well into the future.

As little as $250 per month, or $3,000 per year, can keep a senior safely housed, compared to an average annual cost to taxpayers of $40,000 per unsheltered individual due to greater emergency room use, more frequent inpatient admissions, longer hospital stays, and many other reasons.

Seniors Safe at Home targets seniors experiencing a housing crisis, such as facing eviction, or situations where fixed incomes simply cannot keep up with sharp rises in inflation and housing costs. This effort also includes case management and employment navigation to help seniors secure employment.

Subsidies combined with case management and employment navigation will have the dual benefit of preventing human trauma and being a cost-effective use of resources to prevent unsheltered homelessness before it begins.

LDF and the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation are raising money to fund this effort, which is being implemented in partnership with Serving Seniors and the San Diego Housing Commission.

“Adopt" A Senior To Keep A Senior Safe At Home

“Adopt" a Senior

The Lucky Duck Foundation and Rancho Santa Fe Foundation are also strongly encouraging the public to financially “adopt” a senior through Seniors Safe at Home by donating $250 per month, or $3,000 per year,
to keep a senior safely housed. We understand that $250/month is a lot of money, but as the saying goes, “it takes a village.” We suggest gathering your friends, family, co-workers or club members to “adopt” a senior, or speaking with your employer about using their philanthropic giving to “adopt” a senior.

Just $250/month provides shallow rental subsidies, case management, and employment navigation to help a senior stay securely housed.

The effort is made possible in part by Lucky Duck Foundation Executive Committee member Tom Mulvaney and his wife Karen, whose $100,000 donation allows the Lucky Duck Foundation to match Rancho Santa Fe Foundation’s $100,000 commitment.

Seniors Supported By The Program & Their “Thank You" Notes

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Every $250 raised can help keep a senior housed for an additional month

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Your recurring gift will help people in need monthly. Your donation will support the areas of greatest and most immediate need.

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The Lucky Duck Foundation
5675 Ruffin Road, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92123

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The Lucky Duck Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Tax ID: 20-3324885

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