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October 2023 by Amber Easton
Great place when you need help. I see a lot of bad reviews here so I want to give my experience at Human Option's. The program I was in was the Emergency Shelter for DV. I literally just left yesterday after 3 weeks. This is a 45 day program, however I was offered a place at a transitional living program (with the assistance of my worker at Human Options) that had an available room and of course I couldn’t pass it up.Human Options (or any other shelter) does not have a magic wand and will only work if you work the program and take control of your own success. They give you the tools, but you have to use the tools they give you. Be productive, be motivated, be willing to put in the work and you will see results. This is a great program because they let you decide how little or how much you participate in their meetings, and program events.You get your own room and a shared communal space. If you are a single woman no kids then you share a bathroom with one other single woman. Then there are 3 rooms for a parent with children and they all have their own bathroom. All 5 of these rooms in one of the homes they provide (there are 2 homes for Emergency Shelter) You have daily chores (that as long as everyone picks up after themselves isn’t bad, but that’s not always the case). The woman who were in my home when I was there were always friendly and didn’t bother you when you were in your room. No phones on when you are on their property for safety reasons but that’s understandable. There is a curfew which is pretty reasonable, and you have to sign in and out when you leave the property but other than that you are free to live pretty normally without too many rules to hinder your progress in getting your life back together.The staff was happy for me to get into a transitional housing and my case worker Donna always seemed like she really cared about my progress. I appreciate the short time i was able to spend here and it was well worth it. I can’t wait to see what my future holds for me, and this was one of my first major steps on putting the pieces back together.If I have one suggestion for anyone staying here (or at any shelter) is to be involved in making your future. Don’t expect your case worker to waive a magic wand and make it all better. You got yourself here, be your own advocate. If your worker has sent your information to another organization to help you, get their phone number or ask to speak to someone at that organization so they see who YOU are and aren’t just reading your profile on a piece of paper. … you are more than your circumstances and if they are able to hear who you are, what your goals are, and your desire to fix your life you are more likely to stand out in their mind when they are looking to fill a spot.Thank you again Human Options.
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July 2023 by Hannah Kennedy Parton
You are involved with Scott McMahon at San Diego International Airport in worldwide series seriel killing hangings of police, and military. You are actively killing people midair on Medtronics and Mechanical systems. You will go down too. You will get death penalties.
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April 2023 by Kate Knight
Excellent non profit helping those in need.
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December 2021 by Animate news Us
So after I made the review on my opinion totally forgot to add they thought it would be a good idea to sabotage the court date which is very very illegal that proves that there guilty
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February 2020 by Kenisha Williams
This place is very racist they don’t want to help me and my son because of the color of our skin. I feel afraid here they look at us like we don’t matter they helping everybody else to get housing and child care. When we first arrived the supervisor look at my us like he had something and also me they look at me like that I’m scare if the staff. Please everybody don’t go to human options they is very rude hung up in my face and racist they didn’t care about us.
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October 2019 by Brandy K.
I was at this shelter a while ago, I was only there for 4 days! They were not welcoming at all! They were very condescending and belittling! I was already traumatized and scared and all they did was make it worse! I felt I could not trust anyone there! I think they look down on victims as weak people! I tried to go back because I was scared for my life and they denied me! They should not deny any woman that is trying to get out of an abusive relationship even if they were forced to leave because of staff belittling behaviors! I could have been killed! Do not go to the shelter! Counseling serves we're good! Shelter was horrible! I was forced to go to yucca valley when I lived in Orange County at the time! They were welcoming and they helped me so much! Sense then I've been free from abuse from my abuser for 8 years! Best move I ever made!
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May 2019 by Jill Kummer
My experience at Human Options although not in very recent times were very good. This is not a program where you sit around with just a roof over your head. I came there with three children and only the clothes on our backs from a very dangerous situation. I had to work and participate to make my life better and break the cycle of domestic violence. I was almost as sick as the person who was abusing us by tolerating this behavior for so long. It was hard work to change myself and learn how to support myself and take care of my children. Attending meetings and helping with chores and going to court and looking for work was not an easy task but my life would not be where it is today without this program. This is not a hand out, but a hand up program. They provided myself and my children with , clothing, food counseling, legal assistance. I had to work every step of the way. Some did not stay because they were unwilling to look themselves in the mirror and make the appropriate changes they needed to make in their lives. The ones who did work the program learned about themselves and were given the tools to make a better life. I will be forever grateful for Human Options.
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May 2019 by Rosalba Zepeda
Human options is discriminating a woman with four small children born in the united states. They are sending her to the street she is desperate. She has no where to go. With her small kids. She is struggling to move forward. She has a child with austism and speech therapy. She's continued to ask for help to this association. Only to be given the cold shoulder and no compassion. They claim to be an association that helps those in need but they only commit these injustices. She is homeless and in need of help.
