Doors of Change

Since its inception in 2001, Doors of Change (formerly known as Photocharity), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has helped place over 2,500 San Diego homeless youth ages 17-25 in long-term safe housing. Four times per week our outreach workers comb the streets looking for homeless youth. They place posters in many areas listing the services we offer for homeless youth. When a homeless youth is found or sees our poster and calls for help, our case managers immediately begin to build a trusting relationship and connect them with the resources they need. Among the services we provide are helping them get ID documents, medical insurance, mental health referrals, domestic violence referrals, and housing. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen a sharp increase in the number of homeless youth needing our assistance. Our housing referrals increased from 83 in 2020 to 161 in 2021 to 287 in 2022. Doors of Change has a wide range of public and private support, with 50...