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Membership

Your Path To Self-Sufficiency

Welcome to Case Management

Thank you for your interest in membership with Kindness Initiative. If you meet eligibility criteria, case management will reach out to schedule an intake appointment within 5 business days. If you are not eligible for membership, you will be notified within 2 business days.

  • Jewish
  • San Diego County Resident
  • Low income

You must meet all three eligibility criteria to qualify for membership.

Household Size 1 person 2 person 3 person 4 person 5 person 6 person 7 person 8 person
Household Income $57,900 $66,150 $74,450 $82,700 $89,350 $95,950 $102,550 $109,200

Get Started in 6 Simple Steps

01
Apply Online
Apply online at our secure membership form.
For assistance completing the online application, call Maddie at (858) 216-1666 x1.
02
Eligibility Review
Our team reviews your application and will notify you by email within 2 business days if you are not eligible.
03
Eligibility Confirmation
If you meet eligibility criteria, a member of our case management team will contact you within 5 business days.
04
Intake Appointment
We will schedule an in-person intake meeting where we take time to understand your needs.
05
Dedicated Case Manager
You are paired with a dedicated case manager who becomes your consistent point of contact and advocate.
06
Personalized Support
Create personalized plan and access services like kindnessG’MACH shopping, aid, community resources.

Start Your Member Application Below

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Terms and Conditions

Please review our Member Etiquette Policy Statement before starting your application.

Terms & Conditions

Kindness Initiative Member Etiquette Policy Statement

Just as we expect our staff, volunteers, and service provider organizations to abide by basic civil interpersonal behavior consistent with Jewish values, we expect our Members to:

  • Be courteous, polite, and respectful to all service provider staff and volunteers.
  • Assist yourself wherever possible in attaining emergency and self-sufficiency plans.
  • Offer warm and sincere greeting; be prompt in responding to calls, e-mails, or correspondence; and be on time for all appointments.
  • Try not to become frustrated with disappointing performance of service providers. You have an opportunity to reflect your concerns in the website post-event survey.
  • Always exhibit the highest levels of personal hygiene.
  • Take responsibility for your own safety.
  • Don't talk about others in a negative or hurtful way (Lashon Hara).
  • Be kind to others. You are a Member of the Kindness Initiative.

Not adhering to any of the above repeatedly may result in termination of membership privileges.

Other Jewish Values KINDNESS INITIATIVE Encourages Include:

  • Taking responsibility to participate actively in the local Jewish community, both as an expression of good citizenship and as a model for others.
  • Continuing to expand your Jewish understanding and knowledge.
  • Always acting ethically.
  • Supporting the unique relationship between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora.
  • Being an exemplary ambassador for yourself, your family, and the Jewish people through your actions.

Personal Dignity at Kindness Initiative

At Kindness Initiative, personal dignity means recognizing and reinforcing the inherent worth, individuality, and potential of every person we serve. Poverty, crisis, homelessness, or dependence on others can gradually erode confidence, independence, and a person’s belief in their own ability to move forward. We therefore seek not merely to provide assistance, but to restore a sense of agency, self-respect, hope, and control. Members and Clients are treated as individuals with strengths, preferences, choices, and aspirations not as problems to be solved or recipients of charity. Through respectful relationships, personalized support, meaningful choice, and opportunities to participate in their own path forward, we strive to ensure that every interaction communicates: you matter, your voice matters, you are capable, and your circumstances do not define your worth. Ultimately, dignity is restored when a person begins to see themselves not through the lens of what they lack or what has happened to them, but with renewed confidence in who they are and what they can become.

At Kindness Initiative, restoring personal dignity is not only an important outcome in itself; it is also an essential step toward rebuilding the confidence, agency, and sense of possibility that enable Members to actively participate in the tasks and decisions necessary to achieve their individually defined and aspirational goals.