Community Housing Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, Inc.

Transitional Housing and Re-Training – for those re-entering the community and actively seeking a new way to live.

The Mission

On Higher Ground is dedicated to providing safe, secure, places of recovery for restoration and multilevel healing, through structured lodging, management and counseling referral, and advocacy. Available primarily for residents of Santa Cruz County, and then surrounding areas, who demonstrate a willingness to change and seek a new manner of living through active recovery-participation.

Our project objectives are to:

• Inspire hope and empower the individual to estimable activities and service to others
• Promote creation and retention of self-care skills, physical fitness and nourishment habits
• Promote goal setting, planning, peer-to-peer support and mentoring
• Initiate and review life plans
• Evaluate, elevate, assist and develop scholastic, job, entrepreneurial skills and small business development
• Foster and promote community interest and involvement; engaging in, community services and/or developing community activities and service projects
• Serve very-low, low and moderate-income individuals
• Include participation of low-risk non-violent paroles
• Partner with other public and private community organizations and companies.

When we engage others we effect how others engage.™

OHG – Dana House – Application Form

We are a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization – Help us fulfill our mission.
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On Higher Ground project is a T-House (Transitional Housing Facility) using an SLE (Sober Living Environment) service model. We offer beds to those interested in a strong recovery trajectory. This is a Non-Profit financially self-supporting enterprise, however, we do accept private donations, grants and targeted funding by individuals and other organizations.
Transition Housing needs are expanding and supply is not meeting the demand.

Application – Download the OHG-Application-Form – Open it – Fill it out – Save it – Send it to Info@SantaCruzHousingTrust.org

OHG – Dana House – Application Form

‘Dana House’ is a housing/life skills center.

Through structured group housing, self-care skills-building, proper nourishment, physical fitness, peer-to-peer support, mentoring, and community service we will encourage participants to have a more deliberate life plan, setting them on a trajectory for future success. Through this transition point we will empower individuals to become productive members of society, with scholastic, job or entrepreneurial success.
‘Dana House’ has a large kitchen and dining area, adequate bedroom and bathroom spaces, and a laundry area, separate quiet study and garden areas allow residence serene and peaceful living. This is a model project that will inspire hope and can be replicated.
Our housing projects are fully self-supporting relying on rents and fees from the clients, donations from the general public and partnerships with private and public organizations and businesses.

As a 501(c)(3) charitable organization we do accept grants, loans and tax-deductible donations to further our mission.

When we engage others we affect how others engage.™

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