Rachel's Women's Center in downtown San Diego has operated as a drop-in day center for unhoused and very-low-income women since 1984, administered by Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego from Eighth Avenue. The center provides trauma-informed case management and behavioral-health screening alongside referral pathways to crisis-intervention partners including The San Diego Family Justice Center. Core daily services cover two meals, laundry and shower access, a mailing address, telephone use, and a clothing boutique stocked with donated shoes, apparel, and hygiene products for approximately 100 to 120 women each day. Catholic Charities expanded the program's capacity in 2022 with the launch of Rachel's Promise, an overnight shelter adding beds for women living with serious medical conditions or fleeing situations not covered by confidential domestic-violence facilities. Mental-health screening at the day center connects participants to psychiatric evaluation and recovery support through the downtown behavioral-health network that includes Jane Westin Center. The center's most resource-intensive service line is its wraparound case-management track, which coordinates housing navigation, substance-use recovery, benefits enrollment, and employment readiness into a single care plan for each participant.