Downtown San Diego Registry Week

During the week of September 19 through September 24, 2010, more than 240 volunteers, including 180 volunteers who went out on to the streets as part of 30 survey teams, participated in the Downtown San Diego Registry Week to identify the most vulnerable homeless individuals sleeping on the streets. Registry Week was a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Downtown San Diego Partnership and Centre City Development Corporation, in partnership with the United Way of San Diego County, the County of San Diego, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the San Diego Housing Commission. The public partners are now working together to provide the resources for housing and services for at least 125 homeless individuals identified who are extremely vulnerable so that we can move these people into permanent supportive housing in the very near future.

The Downtown San Diego Partnership teamed up with the nationally-renowned organization Common Ground and its 100,000 Homes Campaign. The program has become a national model for reducing homelessness in major urban metropolitan areas, including New York's Times Square.

The teams of volunteer surveyors systematically canvassed the streets of downtown San Diego, making contact with more than 1,040 homeless persons, 737 of whom participated in a survey that used Common Ground's Vulnerability Index to create a by-name list of individuals at a higher risk than others for dying if they remain on the streets. Of the survey participants, 279 (38%) were found to be vulnerable based upon health conditions and/or other indicators associated with a high mortality risk for homeless persons. Initial findings from the analysis of the data gathered were presented at a Community Brief-Back event on Friday, September 24, 2010. Continued refinement and analysis of the data has been performed since that date and updated information is presented in this report.

View the Registry Week Newsletters:

http://www.downtownsandiego.org/node/44

Follow the 100,000 Homes National Campaign Downtown San Diego Partnership Registry Week on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/100kHomesDowntownSD

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Downtown San Diego Partnership
• 100
• 000 Homes Campaign
• Homeless Registry
• Common Ground
• San Diego