Step Up
and Save Lives
Step Up delivers compassionate support to people experiencing serious mental health conditions and chronic homelessness to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community.
Locations
Step Up works to support individuals experiencing serious mental health conditions and chronic homelessness in these communities:
Riverside County
California (Coming Soon)
San Diego County
California (Coming Soon)
What We Do
Permanent Supportive Housing
Step Up uses the Housing First model to connect individuals experiencing chronic homelessness to housing. Housing First is a proven approach in which all individuals experiencing homelessness are believed to be housing-ready.
Workforce Development
Step Up’s vocational mission is that everyone who wants to work should work. Services include: Pre-vocational training, resume building, community job seeking and placement, in-the-field job coaching, work experience, focused training, and peer support training.
Supportive Services
Step Up creates opportunities for social connectedness through member-driven support groups, movie nights, cooking, community dinners, and gardening. In addition, there are classes offered such as art, yoga, computer basics, and money management.
Our Impact
2019–2020
New Members Housed
at our housing developments in Santa Monica, LA, Hollywood, Orange County, Florida, and more
Individuals Served
throughout Southern California; Atlanta, Georgia; Sanford, Florida; and Nashville, Tennessee
Volunteer Hours Served
by service organizations, corporate groups, and individual volunteers who help support our mission
Step Up’s Story
Our Vision
Our vision is that permanent supportive housing will be available to those who need it — whether due to mental health conditions or other barriers — thereby helping them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community.
Step Up’s Core Values
Hope • Wellness • Voice & Choice • Respect • Collaborative Relationships
Donate Today
You have the power to make a difference.
Imagine a world where everyone has a home, a job, and a supportive community. 100% of your donation will go towards connecting people to the help they need and deserve.
Provides one hour of work force development training to a Step Up member.
Provides one home visit from a psychiatrist or nurse for medication support.
Provides a Welcome Home Kit to furnish and outfit an apartment for a member.