Sometimes all you need is a fresh start. Tierra Jenkins, her husband, and their three kids were homeless, living in a shelter for seven months before they moved into an El Cajon apartment. Then, a local nonprofit helped make it feel like home.

El Cajon

A family of five in El Cajon, California, who previously experienced homelessness, recently received a full apartment makeover. Tierra Jenkins, her husband Zachary Anderson, and their three children had spent seven months in a shelter before moving into their new apartment, which initially lacked the feeling of home.

The transformation was led by Humble Design San Diego, a nonprofit that works with outreach groups to help recently homeless families settle into permanent housing. Supported by the San Diego Padres Foundation and volunteers, the project was part of a pilot program informed by a UC San Diego study showing that 98% of recipients remain housed after receiving these services. Humble Design aims to expand its reach with increased community support.

Family of five gets a makeover of apartment

I've been homeless twice both times I was homeless for a good amount of time. Sometimes all you need in life is a fresh start. A roof over my head, warm food on the table instead of you know in your lap or on the side of the road somewhere. Home is like a safe haven, a place to come to and feel comfortable. Tierra Jenkins, her husband Zachary Anderson and their three kids were homeless living in a shelter for seven months before they moved into this El Cajon apartment. Despite having four walls, the place wasn't home just yet. Tierra and her husband Zach both were in the foster system as youth themselves and so it is their deepest desire to give to their three children the home that they always wish they had for themselves. Laura Lavoie is with Humble Design San Diego. Her and her nonprofit work with different outreach groups to turn houses into homes for those who are recently homeless. Last summer we had a study commissioned by the Homelessness Hub at UC San Diego to evaluate the impact of our services and they found that 98% of the people we serve stay housed after receiving our services. Those services leading to a moment like this. I was like oh my gosh this is our house. We all felt it, we just I felt my kids emotions. I felt my husband's emotions. We were so happy about every single room. Turning this family's new house into a home with help from the San Diego Padres Foundation. It was a really special day because we had two wives and girlfriends of current Padre players who came and joined our volunteer group. They just dove all the way in. Tierra and her family's home is the last one in a pilot done by Humble Design based on that UC San Diego study. Their top recommendation was raise more money, scale up your services, help more people. So this year we are practicing the operations of doing four homes a week up from three homes a week which is our current client cadence. Lavoie tells me they need the community support to continue to bring more moments like this one. And as soon as we have the funding and the resources available to get to four homes a week consistently we're gonna do that. The more people are able to invest in our mission the faster we'll be able to help more people.

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