ECS Staff Team Participates in Point-in-Time Homeless Count
ECS staff team at Point-In-Time Homeless Count, where they counted homeless individuals in the Gas Lamp and Embarcadero areas of Downtown San Diego.
Very early last Friday morning, from 3:30-7:00am, a team of ECS staff (pictured above) joined over 1,000 other volunteers to count homeless individuals on the streets and in shelters throughout the San Diego region as part of the  WeALLCount "Point-in-Time" Homeless Count coordinated by the Regional Task Force on the Homeless.

This count takes place each year in February and provides demographics for the homeless population in our area - how many, who, where, why, and more. This data is reported to the Federal government and used to help determine funding for homeless programs, enabling our our region to implement services and find solutions that enable individuals and families to receive support and become housed again.

Last year, 250 programs run by 45 agencies partnered with the Regional Task Force to make this happen; they counted and gathered information about 8,506 homeless individuals.
View the 2014 Point-In-Time report here (full report) or here (one page summary).

Visit the ECS website here. 

Today ECS Friend to Friend participated in Project Homeless Connect, a one day resource fair for homeless adults and families at Golden Hall. Our Friend to Friend Outreach Workers hosted a table to share about our work with potential program members. Other social service agencies and volunteers provided  donated clothing, health screenings, dental exams, haircuts, legal aid, housing counseling, pet care and more to San Diego's homeless, Veterans, seniors and disabled residents.