COSA San Diego

Circles of Support & Accountability

Become a Volunteer Today!

COSA San Diego does vital work everyday to make sure that everyone in the San Diego Community has the tools they need to be safe, feel valued, and be successful.

We do this together with dedicated community members like you! Become a COSA Volunteer today. 

 

If you would like more information or would like to start your volunteer process, please fill out a volunteer form and we will be in touch with you shortly. 

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Photo of a group of people in COSA tshirts standing outside with trees in the background. There are 4 women and 2 men included. The man in the middle has completed his first COSA circle.
COSA San Diego's Community Roots & History
  • 2019 - The COSA San Diego pilot program is created with the support of San Diego's Public Defenders Office.
  • 2021 - COSA San Diego is awarded a 3-1/2 year BSCC Wam Handoff Reentry grant for program implementation.
  • 2022 - COSA San Diego initiates a Warm Handoff InReach program with patients transferring to COSA San Diego from Coalinga State Hospital, the first of its kind.
  • 2022 - COSA San Diego's Warm Handoff InReach program is designated a pilot program by the Department of State Hospitals for potential future replication in other areas.
  • 2022 – San Diego State University’s Capstone Research Project awards a grant to COSA San Diego to collect and analyze relevant research on the 3-year journey of COSA Core Members from their first COSA Circle in Coalinga State Hospital to their COSA alumni Circles in the San Diego community three years later.
COSA San Diego's Process
Chart showing COSA San Diego's circles process

COSA San Diego Changes Lives​

COSA San Diego Training in May 2022.
Thomas, First Circle Cosa member and volunteer Kimberly Kras At Padres game in San Diego in August 2022. A dream Thomas has had for many years.
Marion Adams (COSA Core Member), Herman, Project Director Andrea Travers, and a COSA friend have a dinner before Martin Luther King concert on May 22, 2022
Marion Adams, Andrea Travers (Project Director), SaraLucy Ramos (volunteer and COSA Core Member), and Herman at dinner before MLK concert on May 22
Example of intricately made work created by COSA Core Member Joseph.
Dr. Kimberly Kras (volunteer), Dr. Andrea Travers (Project Director), and Thomas (COSA core member) at lunch after a day at Seaport Village in San Diego March 2022.
COSA San Diego First Circle Photo
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