East County Homeless Task Force

The ECHTF promotes collaboration between public, private, and non-profit sectors to discover and action solutions for homelessness in San Diego's East County.

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

Are you coming? Please join us this Wednesday, April 16th to learn more about Speaking Up in Trying Times and welcoming our guest speaker, Dana Stevens!

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

@LisaHalverstadt @KatGraySD @CityofSanDiego Thanks for investigating and sharing this story. East County is in desperate need of emergency shelter! We need housed residents to understand that housing people is in everyone's best interest.

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

We're seeking someone with lived experience to serve on our Advisory Board. Please let us know if you would like to learn more!

[End SD Homelessness @FTEHSD]

Congrats to our nonprofit partner @theECHTF, which has been awarded a grant of $12,800🥳 The grant will support an initiative to collaborate w/ a person with lived experience of homelessness to participate on their Advisory Board, including compensating them for their expertise.

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

Community Engagement Opportunity in Santee! Join City of Santee District 3 Councilmember Laura Koval for a D3 Town Hall Meeting in Council Chambers on Tuesday, June 18 at 6:00 PM. #cityofsantee #district3santee

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

Community Engagement Opportunity in Spring Valley! Join Chairwoman Nora Vargas for a "Community Conversation Centered on Homelessness" on June 20 at 6:00 PM at the Spring Valley Community Center. Limited space available! Contact her office for details.

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

May 2024 Newsletter : https://t.co/BUPKmroUgr

[End Homelessness @naehomelessness]

“It may not be earth-shattering that providing money is going to help meet basic needs, but I do think it dispels this myth that people will use money for illicit purposes," said @uscsocialwork's Ben Henwood. “We weren’t finding that in the study.”
https://t.co/z23zjfdJWf

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

@LisaHalverstadt @HUDgov Thank you, Lisa! This data is alarming and sad but not really a surprise given housing costs. 😢

[Ryan Clumpner @RyanClumpner]

“It’s not a housing crisis” is what people say who refuse to look at national research.

The opinion of people who haven’t paid rent in years, nor bother to look at what happened to housing costs.

Jailing our way out homelessness is a fools errand, a solution promoted by fools.

[Housing Narrative Lab @HousingNarrativ]

"You're caught in a conundrum because you want to help this person so bad," says LA outreach worker Mychal Johnson, but there's often not housing available at the place and time when someone is ready for it.

https://t.co/1aM1Pehl74

[Blake Nelson @BCunninghamN]

Here are 3 new(ish) stories that helped me understand key parts of the homelessness crisis.

First, I followed an outreach worker to see how camping bans affected the job.

"One homeless couple is so close to housing. They just need to be found."
https://t.co/FF4PG5TsWM

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

Thank you, @LisaHalverstadt and @voiceofsandiego!

[Lisa Halverstadt @LisaHalverstadt]

ICYMI, you can watch my #Politifest2023 chat with @MKushel about @ucsfbhhi's big California homelessness study here.👇👇

[Terner Center @TernerHousing]

Find a thread from the author @ryanmfinnigan here: https://t.co/Trrnx1hE8U

[Lisa Halverstadt @LisaHalverstadt]

It's Monday. ☕ Today's @voiceofsandiego blast leads with my update on yet another month where the number of San Diegans falling into homelessness exceeded the number getting housed. I also explained why CARE Court won't put a big dent in the crisis. https://t.co/3C8J0gphst

[Invisible People ➤ Imagine Everyone With a Home @invisiblepeople]

Karla walks us through a day in the life of a homeless woman in San Diego. https://t.co/ULYTLagUxs

[USICHgov @USICHgov]

“We should be preventing homelessness. So many of us are so close to experiencing housing insecurity—it takes one unexpected event to lose what you thought was a really stable thing.”

https://t.co/YUq86SayKl

[East County Homeless Task Force @theECHTF]

@JerryJonesLA Congratulations!

[Housing California @housingca]

Asm. Ward calls on members to directly engage with their districts in November by:
-Spending a day with an outreach worker
-Visiting public supportive housing to talk to clients and learn from their successes
-Organizing local philanthropy to enhance resources

[PATH (People Assisting the Homeless) @pathpartners]

We're grateful that @Apple has pledged $2.5 billion to support affordable housing across the state. In this @nbcbayarea story, Apple's Vice President of Global Real Estate and Facilities, Kristina Raspe, shared about the importance of supportive housing https://t.co/m59Ye4IbPm

[End Homelessness @naehomelessness]

Diversion can help a person or household find safe alternative housing immediately, rather than entering shelter or experiencing unsheltered homelessness. https://t.co/PyG5cWUxR4