ECTLC - El Cajon, California

Mayra M.

ECTLC is a magnificent place to dwell in. They have a very caring staff, a very understanding and patient staff. They have beautiful hearts 💖 best place ever 🙏 I’m truly blessed to be there with my 3 kids. They have provided us with comfortable beds, AC, 3 meals a day. My kids are happy to be able to enjoy the parks they have and be able to play with other happy children. There’s no roaches very clean. They help with resources, with clothing and much more. Anyone will
Be truly blessed to stay at ECTLC 🏡

Icebox402

I can see it being a great place for a hard-core former drug user or going there for temporary shelter. From my experience I was there for a few days and they push you you go to this "Ranch" but never tell you what it's like. They take all your technology and force you to go 3 months with only talking to family or friends for 10 minutes a week. Seems more like punishment than help. From what I explained you can't even look for a job untill month 9 of a 1 year program. Seems like the goal is to get free labor for 9 months while you get nothing and absolutely no freedoms. It's literally one step above Prison.

So like I said it is a good place for maybe a felon coming out of prison or a user who can't even be around the city or they will relapse. On the other hand if you just need a few months of shelter to secure a job and get your life together they have no ambition of helping you unless you help them first. I was told they have to homework on the Bible which is cool, building structure but 9 months of fake Bible camp really doesn't help you in the real world if you are trying to get a home.

Overall 1 star great for emergency shelter, terrible program. Their goal is to get you to the ranch and indoctrinate in their system. I wouldn't go as far as calling it a Cult, but it is pretty close in definition. I left personally after 3 days with a injured leg cause I'd try my chances on the street than deal with that mess for a year.

Marjorie B.

ECTLC has brought my family back together. My husband and my self have a blended family with 10 kids. The staff has been a great help. When no other program would help ECTLC never turned their back on use. Services ECTLC offer has truly changed our life's. This program is doing the God's work.

Karen

I was lucky enough to get a bed and this is a wonderful program that if there's availability they will take you right in. They offer you showers fresh meals three times a day and a prayer group and a bed to sleep in yet the bed is 22 to a room. I found with people coughing and hacking I ended up getting sick so I left. One thing I did not like was the girl in charge of the room was just a recovering addict with an attitude. She was in charge and seemed to take the role as if it gave her the right to judge so she can feel elevated. What does wonderful is if you have clothing if needed and personal supplies and pretty good meals three times a day. I feel if you are not addicted to drugs or alcohol, it may not be the best because after 30 days they want to send you to a farm not a real farm that would be amazing but a farm where they take away your phone and contact with the outside world or ability to go to school or ability to work and you're basically isolated for 3 months and tell you are put back into the program again and then you're able to clean it's a great start great program but if you just have fleeing or needing to restart your life over it's not a good program for you. It seems to be ideal for those who are at the hands of substance abuse of any kind or mental disorder.

Patience L.

Absolutely horrible place to be. It’s fine if you’re there for the emergency 28 day shelter but nothing more. I was supposed to get transitioning today and because I didn’t have the funds until Monday and I asked if it was legal for them to take half out ebt they told me I wasn’t allowed to now stay there. It is illegal and welfare fraud that they take any of you ebt. It is a full in cult. They force you to follow their religion (who knows what one it even is) they don’t care to actually help anyone. They just want to use the people there for money. It also claims to be a non profit organization but requires you to pay $500-$800 monthly to be there. The food served by them is usually rotten and under cooked. Sally my so called case manager did nothing to help. They even fired my old case manager and left me without one for weeks and failed to inform me of the money I’d have to pay right then and there if I wanted to be able to stay there. When I asked why I was now no longer allowed to stay there she ignored me. Telling me I just work here so I don’t know the rules… make it make sense. It’s a straight CULT!!! Please save your time and do not go here. They are also now under an investigation for fraud..

orenthel D.

I had ambivalent feelings about going further going through with my attempts to stay here; I previously called several prospects and explored severely alternatives. However, the intake coordinator, Tyrone's professionalism, empathy, knowledge of the facility as well as his kindness is very impressive. Give this man a raise or an promotion!!!

Kenneth P.

Thank you for helping me get grounded in my faith. I lost everything but renewed my relationship with Christ Jesus. I've learned more in 6 months than the last 10 years. I can do all things in Christ Jesus who straightens me

Jonathan G.

Great graduates the people who didn't wash out they work and don't even smoke cigarettes nice folk.

Family admissions i tried to start a case for the Harsltshorn family of Oklahoma and Kansas but haven't received a call back. Perhaps Gary is a better reference as he can talk to Mike and I can't i sent him a Biblical Character reference and Jill. A. in Wichita I understand from what Mike tells me she is probably the Judge in his case. Do you accept 2 parent families surely if the man can quote enough scripture as to why you should allow him too the Bible speaks extensively on the importance of two parent families even though fathers except our Heavenly one are men too and imperfect.