Sweeney Youth Homes | Testimonials

Letter of Accreditation
Congratulations to you and the rest of the Sweeney Youth Homes family for successfully completing the California Alliance of Child and Family Services Accreditation process. Your commitment to the California Alliance Accreditation reflects your dedication to providing the highest quality services to children and families and living up to standards that go beyond the minimums imposed by licensing regulations. The active and open participation in the process by everyone at the agency was greatly appreciated by the review team and Membership Committee.
The California Alliance's system of evaluating our agencies against standards of excellence has benefited our clients, our individual member agencies, and our agencies as a group. Thank you for being a part of this tradition and for helping to keep it alive and well.

Letter from a recent resident
"Dear Sharon and Randy,
I just wanted to write to you so that I can show a bit of gratitude. As you know I have worked very hard during my stay here at Sweeney Youth Homes. And finally, I am able to graduate. But before I go, I would like to thank you for all the support you have given me along the way. Also, I want to thank you for the beautiful gift that you gave me for graduating your program. I love the bright coloring of the cups, and I am sure they will receive much use when I get my own place.
I promise to keep in touch. Thank you once again for everything. Take Care."

Letter of Support
"My wife and I received an 'Urgent Notice Concerning Your Neighborhood' flyer which profoundly upsets both of us. It appears that because one owner wants to rent a house to an organization which places 'troubled' teenage girls, we should band together to make sure these hoodlums don't come to our neighborhood.
As a child, some of my early memories are of the San Diego Children's Home. These memories are often dreadful. My brothers and sisters and I were put in foster homes. Eventually we were all put together in one foster home and we were never kicked out of our neighborhood. We also had good foster parents who never gave up on us, instilling a work ethic and moral values. My three brothers and I became doctors, my sisters are hardworking professionals, and all of us are good examples for our community.
An opportunity for 'troubled' young people to get out of areas which are dangerous and depressing should be encouraged! This could be the best home they ever lived in, the safest community, the best school. One home owner personally knows someone who interviewed Sweeney Youth Homes and was told the kids were coming from LA and San Jose, and suddenly neighbors are slipping into a mob mentality without even giving these girls a chance to prove themselves. These are valuable lives! We have an opportunity to rise to the occasion and help them become honorable, decent people or we can throw them away, pass them onto the next community, or back to the slums where they have no chance.
My family and I will never sign a petition stating this organization cannot reside in our neighborhood, and I resent anyone stating that this type of facility is not appropriate. I certainly believe these kids deserve a chance in a safe, secure environment."

Letter from a recent resident
"I'm writing you this letter to tell you guys how much I appreciated your help and all the work you put in for me. I learned alot being here, I learned how to get along with people and I realized how much I do appreciate my family and my house and more, but that takes to long to explain, so this letter is a little short because I don't know how to explain myself that well but the bottom line is I just wanted to tell you that I love you and I'll miss you guyz. I'll always remember you. Thank you for guiding me into this wonderful life that I have."