Lutheran Social Services of Southern California in Chula Vista operates from 580 Hilltop Drive in the Hilltop district, delivering emergency food assistance, youth education programs, and community referrals as part of a statewide nonprofit headquartered in Orange, California (EIN 95-2225798). Project Hand — the organization's longest-running program — distributes fresh groceries to low-income and homeless families in the surrounding neighborhood, a food-security mission shared with health-focused nonprofits such as Community Health Group across the South Bay. The TRIO/Upward Bound program provides college-preparation support for low-income high school students and first-generation college-bound families, covering academic tutoring, SAT/ACT preparation, financial-aid counseling, and campus-visit coordination. Upward Bound participants build career-readiness skills that feed into vocational and degree-track enrollment at institutions across the South Bay, including Pima Medical Institute for allied-health certification pathways. The Hilltop Drive campus anchors LSSSC's San Diego County presence, serving as a distribution hub for emergency provisions and a referral gateway for housing, domestic-violence intervention, and behavioral-health services across the 91910 zip code.