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Community Human Services

Mission

Community Human Services is a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing high-quality mental health, substance abuse and homeless services to Monterey County residents to help them reach their full potential.

The Big Idea

Community Human Services invites the community to help end homelessness in Monterey County. People experiencing homelessness need more than a handout; they need a hand-up. In addition to shelter, they need the practical assistance that good case managers can provide, like housing navigation and rapid rehousing activities such as assistance with application fees, security deposits, moving expenses, and rent. Community Human Services provides all this, along with other resources to help people build healthier lives and hope for a brighter future. Your donations will support our work with the homeless in our Street Outreach Programs, Safe Place Youth Shelter, Safe Passage Transitional Housing Program, and our shelters for single women and families with children, Casa de Noche Shelter and Shuman HeartHouse. We can accomplish great things when we come together as a community to address our most pressing concerns. Please join us!

I came to Casa de Noche Buena from Genesis House, CHS’s residential drug treatment program. I was pregnant and newly sober. During my first 90 days, the baby's father died unexpectedly, and my eldest daughter attempted suicide. I also made the hardest decision of my life -- to give my newborn baby up for adoption. It was very difficult, and I was struggling. I don't think I would have made it without the support of the CDNB staff. They helped me get my Section 8 voucher and find a studio apartment. With their guidance and encouragement, I also found a job after being unemployed for 8 years. And I recently became a shelter monitor! It’s been really special to be able to give back to the program that changed my life and provide hope and help to women who are in the same place I was just two years ago.

- Crystal S.