CIE PARTNER CONNECTION

National Hispanic American Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 through October 15

We observe National Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the history, culture, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

Learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month by visiting the national archives website here.

For more information on how to celebrate or experience the celebrations for Hispanic American Heritage Month in San Diego, click here.

Rosh Hashanah 2023 begins on Friday, September 15, 2023, and ends on the evening of Sunday, September 17, 2023

Join us in celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. According to the editors from History.com, it is one of Judaism’s holiest days. Meaning “head of the year” or “first of the year,” the festival begins on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls during September or October. Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of introspection and repentance that culminates in the Yom Kippur holiday, also known as the Day of Atonement. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the two “High Holy Days” in the Jewish religion.

Learn more about the history, customs, and traditions of Rosh Hashanah.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month

All month, mental health advocates, prevention organizations, survivors, allies, and community members unite to promote suicide prevention awareness.

Learn more about how to raise awareness by accessing the resources below.

National Resources

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• NAMI
• Mental Health America of California
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Local Resources

• Access and Crisis Line San Diego
• NAMI San Diego
• It's Up to Us
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention San Diego

September is Hunger Awareness Month

Join the #HungerFreeSD movement this September & take actionable steps to help ensure every San Diegan has enough healthy food.

Click here for 6 ways YOU can take action for Hunger Awareness Month!

September National Health Observances:

Healthy Aging, Obesity Awareness, and More

Each month, the US Department of Health and Human Services selects National Health Observances (NHOs) that align with their priorities for improving health across the nation. In September, they are raising awareness about healthy aging, childhood obesity, substance use recovery, sickle cell, and HIV/AIDS. 

Healthy Aging Month was started to encourage people to focus on their health and take precautions to help them face the challenges that come with aging. It started over 30 years ago in 1992 when people born in the 1940s were turning 50. It spread the message that it is possible to adopt a healthier lifestyle at any age and mature gracefully.

Learn more about the National Health Observances.

Learn more about how you can take the steps to stay healthy or take action.

Sharp HealthCare’s partnership with 

2-1-1 San Diego is more than a contract on paper. It’s more than a simple connection between two organizations aiming to provide first-class resources to people in San Diego County. Simply stated - it’s a mission to support the most vulnerable people in our community.

Learn more about the Sharp-CIE partnership here.

Co-authored with Health Leads, the aim of this paper is to summarize findings from analysis of countywide data to explore with more specificity what influences social drivers of health (SDOH) hardships among people who have called 211 San Diego or other partners within the CIE. This summary describes key findings answering the following questions:

1. What kinds of hardships do people experience, and how do these vary by their identities?

2. How severe are these hardships?

3. How do community members interpret the relationships identified in the first two questions?

We conclude with some insights and potential next steps based on these conversations as a means of sharing lessons early and often with fellow practitioners and advocates across the country. We welcome any insights from the field as readers are experiencing them in contexts similar and different from the one in this paper and any questions to learn more about these analyses by emailing analytics@healthleadsusa.org.

Do you have an important project that could be initiated and completed between January and May 2024, but lack the human resources to accomplish it?

LEAD San Diego is seeking project proposals from community-based 501c3 organizations serving low-income and/or traditionally underserved communities in the greater San Diego region.

Completed proposals are due by Friday, September 22, 2023.

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New Improvements to the

Annual Update Process

Thank you for listing your agency and program(s) in the 211 San Diego/Imperial County Resource Database. We appreciate you! 

We would not be able to provide accurate referrals without your commitment to providing us with the most up-to-date information.

Search for your services in the 211 San Diego resource database or sign in to the partner Community to update your existing programs and services.

For help resetting your password, click here. For support with updating your services, please contact the 211 San Diego resource team at

858-300-1200, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. PST, or email resourcecenter@211sandiego.org.