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Our Vision
A range of housing options in East County communities ensuring everyone who lives here has a place to call home.
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January 2022 News & Updates |
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Greetings!
As we stand back and look at a new year ahead of us, full of dreams, ideas, and possibilities, we're reflecting on where we've been, what's been accomplished, and what housing and service opportunities we hope are achieved in 2022.
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Our Mission
The ECHTF engages and educates our communities about housing and services for preventing and ending homelessness.
We advocate for policies that result in housing and service options appropriate to East County’s range of housing needs.
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Thoughts on success and shared goals
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Are you in the gap or the gain?
Do you focus on what you have accomplished, the gain, or what is left to do, the gap?
According to Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy in their book The Gap and the Gain, living in the gap leads to persistent feelings of dissatisfaction and discontentment. While living in the gain, assessing, and recognizing what you have accomplished, leads to enthusiasm for your work, life, and the next steps towards reaching your goals.
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At the East County Homeless Task Force, we must focus on our gains to keep our motivation for chipping away at what could feel like an overwhelming issue. Thankfully, there has been an exceptional collaboration between agencies and cities in East County. So, what are some of the housing and service gains that occurred in East County last year? |
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Supervisor Joel Anderson introduced compassionate emergency solutions and pathways to housing for people experiencing homelessness in East County.
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Many people and organizations pulled together to establish the forthcoming emergency sleeping cabins project at Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon.
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Omar Passons, Director of the County of San Diego Department of Homeless Solutions, led community conversations to discuss sites in Unincorporated East County suitable for safe parking programs and shelters.
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As we go into the New Year, let our progress catapult us towards achieving our next set of goals to ensure everyone who lives here has a place to call home. |
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Do your New Year's resolutions include losing weight, exercising more, or giving back to your community? Well, we can't help you lose weight or make you exercise, but we can offer you several opportunities to volunteer your unique talents and services to the ECHTF. Areas you can help in include:
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- Volunteer coordinator
- Shelter & Housing Information & Advocacy
- Government Affairs & Policy
- Fundraising & Grants
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- Data (research & analysis)
- Marketing & Publicity
- Event planning
- Programs
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Let us know if you're interested in learning more about leading or joining one of these new or existing solutions groups.
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New transitional housing and rapid rehousing program for youth in La Mesa!
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Food Drive Benefits ECHTF Partners |
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These generous donations included over 500 cans of vegetables, over 500 cans of soup, pasta, chili, 200 cans of protein (e.g., tuna), 200 cans and bags of beans, 115 bags and boxes of pasta and rice, and more.
THANK YOU, LOS COCHES CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL!
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Anna Marie Piconi Snyder and Bonnie Baranoff picked up the items. |
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Bonnie's husband helped.
Their truck was packed!
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The You Did It For Me van was packed, too. Education Specialist Ms. Baha Hashemian coordinated the drive with her students.
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Organizing and itemizing in Bonnie's garage; we didn't know what we had until we opened all the boxes. It was like Christmas came early! |
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St. Vincent De Paul picked up 34 boxes of donations! |
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Wheeling donations in to the Good Shepherd Ministry food pantry. |
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Have you signed up for
WeAllCount on Jan 27, 2022?
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WeAllCount (PIT) - Regional Task Force on Homelessness
The We All Count Point-in-Time Count (PITC) is a federally mandated requirement designated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be conducted every two years. San Diego has historically chosen to conduct a homeless count on...
Read more
www.rtfhsd.org
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Stay tuned for information about the upcoming task force and partner meetings and events. |
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Follow us on social media! |
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