Casa de Amparo provides residentially-based services, in a safe and nurturing setting, for children aged 6-18 who have been removed from their homes as a result of abuse or neglect. During their stay at Casa de Amparo, each child receives comprehensive care to address their individual physical, social, emotional, developmental and educational needs while also ensuring that they have as many normal childhood experiences as possible. By treating each child with dignity and respect, we are able to nurture the incredible potential that exists within all children.

Residents are referred by a San Diego County Social Worker. Stays can be on an emergency, short term (0-3 months) or long term basis. We are also licensed to accept both ambulatory and nonambulatory children with special health care needs.

Services

• 24/7 supervision
• Crisis intervention and support
• Therapeutic day rehabilitation treatment program
• Individual, family and group counseling
• Psychiatric evaluation and medication management
• Full time nursing services
• Therapeutic recreation program
• Education evaluation and appropriate school placement
• Healthy leisure and cultural trips
• Supervised visitation with supportive family members
• Life skills, social skills and career coaching
• Healthy nutritional guidance and wellness plan

Casa Kids in Residential Services

• Are boys and girls, 6-18 years of age including those with special healthcare needs, who have been removed from their homes as a result of abuse or severe neglect
• Come to us from all over San Diego County and surrounding counties

The Program and Facility

• Founded in 1978 in Oceanside, California
• Relocated to the Casa Kids Campus in San Marcos, California in 2012
• Children are housed in three cozy, homelike cottages with girls and boys bedroom wings and day rooms, a central living and dining room area, kitchen, laundry facilities and patio.
• Outdoor play areas, basketball court, walking trails, BBQ area, fruit and vegetable garden
• Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Referrals and Fees

San Diego County Child Welfare Services as well as Child Welfare Services in other counties provide referrals to this program. Our clients pay no fees for the program, which is funded through government contracts, grants and private donations.