Helping Families Impacted by Drought
The San Joaquin Valley, known for its bountiful lands that produce a large portion of the country’s food supply, is experiencing the drastic effects of a worsening drought and record-breaking temperatures that have left many rural families with dry wells. While many of us take for granted the ability to turn on our tap water without an ounce of worry, the sad reality for families with dry wells is that they are unable to cook, unable to feed their family, unable to bathe and carry on with basic hygiene necessities.

In April, Governor Newsom officially declared a ‘drought emergency’ for the region. This month, the Governor signed an Executive Order calling on all Californians to voluntarily reduce their water use by 15 percent and suggested we do so by reducing the amount of landscape irrigation, running dishwashers, and washing machines only when full, installing water-efficient showerheads and taking shorter showers.

Since March, SHE’s Emergency Services (ES) drought response team has worked around the clock to address the influx of calls and emails from community members faced with drought devastation. Read More.
Join Our Team - We Are Hiring
SHE offers an exciting work environment where you can bring your high caliber skills to a true career opportunity and impact the world around you. Our team consists of dedicated individuals from a variety of professional and technical backgrounds: real estate brokers and agents, licensed contractors, financial and land development experts, management specialists, information technology, accounting and clerical all joined with a shared mission of working with families to build and sustain healthy homes and communities. We are an equal opportunity employer and offer an excellent benefits package including paid vacation and holidays, health, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement, and tuition reimbursement.
A Few of Our Job Openings
Here is what some of our team members have to say:

"I enjoy working at Self-Help because you can tell the employees care about the communities and the people they work with. They go above and beyond to assist the many disadvantaged communities SHE represents and supports." - Manuel Soto

"I love working for SHE because I’ve seen the tremendous, positive impact SHE has had on communities. Safe and affordable housing is something that affects us all and working for SHE is a way I can help improve lives in the San Joaquin Valley." - Andrea Barnier

"I love working for an organization that makes a difference in people's lives." - Carol Garcia

"The reason I like working at SHE is because we get to help a lot of people who typically wouldn't get helped and SHE has the coolest and caring staff. They make going to work easy!" - Armando Murrieta 

Click here for a full list of career opportunities.
From the Ground Up - A White Paper by LISC Highlights SHE's Work
"A new white paper from LISC's Research and Evaluation team offers quantitative and qualitative evidence of how intensive and collaborative community development in rural America raises standards of living and civic engagement in concrete and enduring ways. Through case studies of communities in California’s agricultural Coachella and San Joaquin Valleys, the report shows the statistically significant impact of affordable housing investment on local mortgage values, and qualitative analyses reveal how those investments, combined with intentional investment in civic and physical infrastructure, led to local stability and revitalization, the growth of a middle class, and even changes in political representation." Download report here.
Build Your Own Home in Patterson, Planada or Woodlake!
We are recruiting families! Through our program, families are grouped together and help each other build their houses with skilled onsite supervision and guidance of SHE construction staff. The homes are built under the mutual self-help method of construction where each family is required to contribute a minimum of 40 hours a week working on all the homes for a period of 9 to 12 months. These labor hours, or “sweat equity”, are used as the down payment on their new home, reducing costs for a new home they could otherwise not afford.

“Thanks to Self-Help Enterprises, I am working towards building a home I can afford for my family,” says Desiree Sahagun, participant of Woodlake 23. “It’s been a great way to meet and interact with my future neighbors and see the progress of my home step by step.” We are currently recruiting for families to build in Patterson, Planada and Woodlake! Please call Lupe Felix at (559) 802-1641 to see how you can qualify and get started!
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