Chris Close, chair of the Rancho Damacitas board, and Scott Treadway, president of Community Mission of Hope, sign an agreement to merge the nonprofits. Valley News/Courtesy photo
Rancho Damacitas Children & Family Services and Community Mission of Hope merged into a single nonprofit to maximize their impact on local communities. With similar mission statements and long-term visions, it made sense to combine forces to better support the targeted populations each were individually serving.Rancho Damacitas, which was founded in 1983, owns and operates the 12-acre Empowerment Village in Temecula. The community of single mothers and children leads the women through an extensive two-year program, learning to take care of themselves and their children. The long-term goal is to keep the children out of the foster care program and with their mothers who are taught how to be self-sufficient.“There are many wonderful nonprofits in our community, but combining th
