Father Joe's Villages

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1501 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Added by Jopie, at 14 September 2015

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• Michael H

  07 December 2017

  I really liked volunteering here I think they are super accommodating to volunteers, even compared to other non profits who are more stuck up and game playing.
  
  If I was homeless or near homeless, I would do a couple things differently than most do. #1 I would probably first take a greyhound bus 6 hours east to phoenix AZ where the house prices are 15% of what they are in San Diego. cannot confirm that the homeless shelter lines are shorter, but I would be willing to bet that they are.
  
  also I would apply for public benefits ahead of time aka social security / disability and skip the whole homeless phase. if you say that you are not disabled, i would reconsider why you cannot hold down a 40 hour job or w/e it is. look at the disability qualifications page that the gov posts and find a reason.
  
  once you have disability i would rent from a friend, or rent from an SRO low income housing (or possibly some place in arizona) and be on with my life. skip the whole sleeping in the dirt phase. a lot of homelessness and trauma is caused simply to lack of accurate information. use the 211 website to find social services for yourself.

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• Russ Meyer

  15 November 2017

  I had to stay there once. Was treated with dignity and respect. Of course there are rules to follow and some are resentful of these rules, it is for these individuals that rules are necessary. As for these wild claims I see in some of these"reviews" I highly doubt any of them.

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• Orlando Bé

  18 July 2017

  I went back to retrieve the only bag I had left after staff threw away my other belongings. Ruben Vargas (inept Case Manager) decided to withhold forwarding the email I sent before I entered the hospital and my passport was tossed out to the garbage. Ruben's boss, Eva Perez has an average response time at sixty days after initial contact. I would not waste my donations on such a hateful and bureaucratic enterprise. I'd suggest finding another.

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• Christopher Pereira

  20 April 2017

  There were and probably still are staffed by those convicted of felon crimes.
  The staff threatened me with blades, death threats, threats of robbery, threats of other beatings, burglary, false complaints etc.
  They are also involved in gang conspiratory crimes such drug sale and trafficking of methamphetamines, cocaine, heroine etc., child trafficking for sexual abuse etc. with the Saint Vincent DePaul Security who use aliases and have been convicted of felony crimes, local San Diego Police, elements of the FBI which includes U.S. attorneys, State Police, etc.
  They also housed sexual offenders illegally at the Shelter for the homeless short and long term.
  I am an honorably discharged veteran of the USA military, and I am not a felon.
  Many of these crimes were caught on tape with audio yet the local, state and federal government won't release this information to the public through the press or to the general public.

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• August Jones

  27 February 2017

  Treats veterans like they are prisoners, and forces religion down the veteran's throat. Veterans should not be warehoused.

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• Highest Soulution

  30 August 2016

  Father Joe's retail stores does not apply the CREED at all. HR does opposite of CREED toward former employees. Medical Marijuana is possibly allowed for the manager at the Fletcher store in El Cajon, CA. Is HR aware of the manager's Marijuana habit.
  
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• Roland Jones

  09 June 2016

  A time to give yourself an opportunity to figure out your situation and change it.

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• Statatistafunk

  01 March 2016

  The services that are provided for those in need, are of great value to vulnerable homeless people. The networking that's available from its staff, allows everyone to make the best effort to help the homeless population with any needs they might have

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• David Brown

  21 September 2015

  If you do what needs to be done its a great place for a hand up and not a hand out. use the time wisely and get back on track
  Thank you SVDP for everything

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