David established The San Jose Obrero Family Mission in 1987 under the sponsorship of the San Jose Obrero Mission. At present,the two-story house, located at 2128 S. May, can shelter, feed, and clothe up to 13 women and children in need. San Jose Obrero Family Mission provides meals three times a day and supplies medicine to the sick. The mission provides bus tokens for mothers in search of work or who must travel considerable distances to apply for welfare, and maintains contact with nearby schools so children can continue their education. Social service agencies and churches refer homeless women and children to the shelter.
Most guests stay for a period of two weeks only.
Through counseling and the help of other social service agencies, the mission tries to re-establish some structure in the lives of the women and children who come to it. Its aim is to help them become independent once again so they can return to the mainstream of society with some stability. In the last year alone, San Jose Obrero Family Mission has served over 4,000 women and children. Only in the case of bad storms or exceptionally cold weather are the men permitted to remain at the mission during the day. San Jose Obrero Mission, open every day of the year since March 1981, has sheltered, fed, and aided approximately 13,000 homeless men.