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Keeping Seniors Safe At Home

Help Keep 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 latest point in time count, seniors over the age of 55 account for 29% of San Diego County’s unsheltered homeless population, with 46% falling into homelessness for the first time. 
 
Preventing unsheltered homelessness before it begins is critical for a myriad of reasons. 
 
 
As little as $250 per month, or $3,000 per year, can keep a senior safely housed, compared to an average cost to taxpayers of $35,000 per unsheltered person per year due to greater emergency room use, more frequent inpatient admissions, longer hospital stays, and many other reasons.
Our “Seniors Safe at Home” program 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 is raising money to fund this effort, which is being implemented in partnership with Serving Seniors and the San Diego Housing Commission.

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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.

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

Make a Donation

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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Makayla Scott

Peer Mentor, Promises2Kids
 
As an African American first-generation college graduate, I recently earned my Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning Management and Design. Despite facing the challenges of homelessness and balancing motherhood, I have persevered and am committed to using my experiences to advocate for better urban planning and support for vulnerable communities.”