Hope Lives Here.
Children and youth in crisis shouldn’t have to navigate a maze of offices and waitlists to get critical support. The Spees House is a first-of-its-kind youth center where they can access multiple trusted partners in one welcoming, trauma-informed place—delivering the highest standard of coordinated care.
Providers co-locate, align goals, and share resources. Together, they create a coordinated plan for each child, reducing delays and repeated intakes—a model built on dignity, time, community, and relationship.
Why “The Spees House”?
H. Spees was a bridge-builder—a pastor to the city, a convener, and a servant-leader whose faith moved him toward the margins. He inspired many and helped catalyze Fresno’s collaborative impact, uniting north and south, rich and poor, housed and unhoused to work together.
The Spees House carries his legacy forward: trusted partners under one roof, dignified, trauma-informed space, and coordinated care for children and youth in crisis. It’s where the best systems meet the best places—and where love becomes action in Jesus’ name.
The Spees House Will Serve:
- Homeless Kids
- High-Risk/At-Risk Minors
- Foster/Transitional-Aged Youths
- Trafficked/Exploited Youths
Kids Will Receive:
- Education
- Youth Development
- Financial Literacy
- Classes
- Counseling
- Job Training
- Meals
- Shelter
- Classrooms for Art
- A safe place, and more…
The Spees House Will Include:
- 44,000 sq ft
- 4 Stories
- 50-60 Bedrooms
- 15,000 sq ft Youth Ministry Space
- Capacity of 100+ Youths
Our Partner Organizations
The Spees House is built on partnership. Each organization brings unique expertise. Together, they form one coordinated network of care for youth in crisis.
Anti-trafficking nonprofit delivering crisis stabilization and wraparound services; coordinating survivor advocacy, counseling, and case management for exploited youth through the Spees House network.
CASA recruits and supports volunteers who advocate for foster children in court; connecting youths to consistent advocates alongside Spees House services.
Regional hunger-relief leader providing food to partner agencies across Central Valley; supplying meals and pantry support for youth and families served at the Spees House.
Bridges foster and adoptive communities with trauma-informed resources, education, and tangible support; connecting caregivers and youths to services and supplies through the Spees House.
Christ-centered nonprofit rescuing, restoring, and empowering people. Lead partner anchoring coordinated care, shelter, and faith community presence within the Spees House.
Inner-city youth ministry offering after-school programs, spiritual formation, and family empowerment; partnering to provide safe, relational development spaces and mentoring at the Spees House.
Mentorship and life-skills nonprofit providing tutoring, athletics, arts, and financial literacy; delivering structured mentoring and development programs with partners at the Spees House.