Courage To Call
The Region's Military and Veterans' Helpline!
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In San Diego, our military and veteran community is a huge part of our history and vibrant culture.
As the helpline for Courage to Call, a program developed in collaboration between the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, Mental Health Systems/TURN, 211 San Diego and Veterans Village of San Diego, 211 San Diego provides information, referrals, navigation, and ongoing care coordination for military, veterans, their immediate families, and caregivers. It’s easy to access – just dial 2-1-1 and follow the prompting to reach a Military and Veteran Specialist.
With generous support from The Patriots Connection, a program of the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, we are sharing a social media toolkit that we ask our partners like you to use for your own social media accounts to share information about Courage to Call so we can reach those who might not know about it yet. We believe that our partners are our extended voice and serve as the community’s most effective force multipliers! Help us share the word!
Click the link below to share our toolkit on your social media platforms, and spread the word about 211 San Diego's resources for military and veterans!
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We’ve joined San Diego Gives to shine a light on the tremendous work of local nonprofit organizations throughout San Diego County! |
At a time when we are all emerging from the impact of the pandemic, generosity is what brings people of all races, faiths, and political views together across San Diego County.
San Diego Gives ignites generosity, stimulates philanthropy, and fosters a sustainable nonprofit sector. They connect more San Diegans to more local causes than ever before through innovative technology, learning opportunities, a 24-hour day of collective giving, and more.
Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of other San Diegans, and is a fundamental value anyone can act on.
It is a special day of giving devoted to strengthening nonprofits like 211 and many of our partners across San Diego County!
Join San Diego Gives on September 8th, and click the button below to learn more!
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Present at the 2023 CIE Virtual Summit! |
The 2023 CIE Virtual Summit theme, “Community Care Coordination Models in Action,” celebrates the equity-driven, innovative approaches, and lessons learned from building, implementing and running community-led care coordination efforts.
During the 2023 CIE Virtual Summit, attendees will come together to celebrate, share and learn innovative approaches, strategies, lessons learned, and models that can be readily applied in communities planning or actively implementing a community-led care coordination effort.
Please submit your proposal using the online form linked below by 11:59 pm (Pacific) on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. We are pleased to provide discounted registration to all invited Summit speakers.
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In 2022, we enrolled more than 12,000 households in CalFresh to receive approx. $144 per month! |
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March is National Nutrition Month, and we want to share with you the work we've been doing to help families access nutritious foods.
For more than a decade, 211 San Diego has been a partner with local organizations and California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to provide phone-based application assistance for CalFresh, providing a quicker and more efficient way to help families access money to put healthy food on their table. By simply calling 2-1-1, clients work hand-in-hand with our Enrollment Specialists who navigate and complete sometimes overwhelming applications on behalf of our clients.
But helping our clients complete applications is not the end of the process. Recertifications (i.e. renewals) for CalFresh benefits are critical to the journey of assisting clients in achieving self-sufficiency. That’s why over the past year we committed to helping our clients renew their CalFresh benefits by providing additional phone-based assistance and support to this important step in the process.
With the support of our partners and CDSS, we built an efficient and effective model for application assistance and we continuously collaborate with our local and state partners to share best practices to transform how families access and utilize CalFresh. Join us on this mission, and please spread the word to the people you work with and know: 211 San Diego is here to help people enroll in CalFresh!
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Electronic EBT Benefit Theft is On the Rise! |
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As Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT, thefts continue to happen both locally and throughout the state, people are encouraged to take easy steps to protect their benefits. EBT cards provide monthly funds from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service for people to buy food.
The state is working to upgrade EBT security technology. Until that happens, the County of San Diego recommends that everyone take the necessary steps provided in this article to protect their benefits.
If you know someone who needs to report a theft, ask them to complete the Report of Electronic Theft of Benefits form EBT 2259 ensuring to sign and date the form and submit it to the County. The form may be submitted via LaterDocs.
And most importantly, have them call San Diego County's ACCESS Customer Service at (866) 262-9881.
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211 San Diego manages the San Diego Region Community Calendar of Events. If you would like to submit an event with the option of having our team share it on social media, click the button below! |
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At 211 San Diego our mission is to seamlessly connect people to resources, and partner with our community to transform how people access help.
We envision all people having equitable access to engage resources necessary to create and sustain their best health and wellness.
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