The VOASW Mission
Our mission is to inspire hope through our ministry of service by providing vulnerable individuals and families with tools to improve their quality of life. Our vision is a safe, healthy, and productive community where families are strengthened, people live with dignity, and human potential is realized.
We feel a deep responsibility to those who reach out to us — so we’ll never leave you where you are or abandon you. Even if we don’t offer the services you need, we’ll get you where you need to go to continue your journey with a warm handoff to the right resource. The bottom line is this: we’ll do everything within our ability to help you move toward living a more productive and purposeful life, driving your own car of life, so to speak. Ultimately, we want you to outgrow us.
Our Team
We’ll never leave you where you are or abandon you. Take a look at our team who will make sure to offer a safe and productive environment where individuals and families are strengthened and human potential is realized.
- BARBARA BANASZYNSKI: Interim CEO
- MARY POLLEY: Program Director, Integrated Health Services
- MARIE MCKENZIE: Executive VP & COO
- MICHAEL BURREECE: Program Director, Outpatient Treatment Services
Community Partners
Catholic Charities
Crisis House
Episcopal Community Services
Father Joe’s Villages
Wolomi
Interfaith Community Services
McAllister Institute
P.A.T.H.
Regional Task Force on the Homeless San Diego
San Diego Housing Commission
San Diego Reentry Round Table
Scripps Hospital
U.C.S.D. Medical Services
Veterans Administration
Veteran’s Village of San Diego