Make a Difference. Give Where It's Needed Most.

When you give to Magdalena House, you provide HOME, HELP, and HOPE to women and their children fleeing dangerous and abusive lives. You help provide free and safe transitional housing. You support these families with food, clothing, child-care assistance, parenting classes and coaching, counseling, legal assistance, financial training, transportation, and spiritual formation. You empower mothers to pursue an accredited education. You ensure families are surrounded by loving community. You join a cadre of caring individuals who make a huge difference in each family's life!

You can give online, or if you prefer, you can send a check to Magdalena House, P.O. Box 692041, San Antonio, TX 78269.

Magdalena House provides a safe and nurturing home, a community of supportive relationships, education and programming these families need to make lasting positive changes. Women and their children in transitional housing receive wraparound services and 24/7 support in a home-like environment, full of hope and accountability. Families participate in parental coaching, peer Enrichment classes and counseling.

Education is a critical part of the Magdalena House program. All mothers at Magdalena House must participate in full-time accredited education such as ESL, GED, or college. Children have a stable home so they can succeed in school. Families stay with us for multiple years until they have completed their educational goals.

Families at Magdalena House regain hope and prepare for a life of independence and self-sufficiency. Mothers completing our program are able to support their families financially and emotionally. They are confident in themselves and their parenting.

Magdalena House addresses the professional and financial daily needs for each mother and child to flourish. It covers unmet costs related to education, child care, health care, and legal assistance.

To be eligible to reside at Magdalena House, mothers must:

• be 18 years or older with no more than 3 children under 8 at at time of move-in.
• be leaving a dangerous situation and in need of a residence.
• agree to follow Magdalena House programs and community living requirements.
• possess the desire, interest, and ability to participate full-time in educational or vocational training.
• pursue life enrichment classes, counseling, and other activities at Magdalena House.
• commit to making personal changes that will result in positive growth, self-reliance, and ongoing spiritual formation.
• contribute to family expenses and personal savings as financially able.
• not be actively addicted to alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications.
• We are not able to accept women who are pregnant.

We do accept women who are victims of human trafficking who do not have children.

Magdalena House does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or age in the delivery of services.

Interested mothers are encouraged to contact Magdalena House directly at 210-561-0505. We only interview mothers when we anticipate that we will have an available room, and we do not keep a waiting list.

Every year hundreds of volunteers make the mission of Magdalena House possible. Through our volunteers, Magdalena House families understand the power of love!

Opportunities range from childcare to lawn care, repair work to event work, play days to paint days. We also treasure volunteers with professional skills who provide work such as accounting and legal services, medical and dental care, graphic design, architectural and engineering services.

Click here for a current list of volunteer opportunities and to find out how you can support Magdalena House in other ways.