In November, we celebrate the hundreds of Tribal Nations, and recognize them as the Native people as the first inhabitants of the Americas, including the lands that later became the United States of America.

Join us in paying tribute to the rich ancestry, culture, arts, and traditions of Native Americans. 

• Learn more about Native American History.
• Learn about the native land you live on. 
• Learn how to acknowledge the native land you live on.
• Read books by Native American Authors.
• Learn how to 'Decolonize' your Thanksgiving dinner.
• Visit a National Park to learn more about Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian history and heritage.
• Listen to Indigenous Voices.
• Support native-owned businesses and charities.
• Explore the Native Knowledge 360° Initiative

Visit the website below to learn more about Native American Heritage Month.

Veterans Day is observed on November 11, regardless of the day of the week on which it falls. 

It is an important day to honor and show appreciation for ALL who have served in the United States military—in wartime or peacetime, living, or deceased.

Learn more about the history of Veteran's Day here.



Learn more about ways to express appreciation on Veterans Day here.

211 San Diego Community Calendar

211 San Diego has an upgraded Community Calendar where you can share your events for free!

New Features:

• Streamlined Event Submission: Easily submit one-time or recurring events and create event series.
• Enhanced Event Listings: Add eye-catching images and detailed, searchable descriptions.
• Virtual or In-Person Details: Include links or addresses.
• Event Management Dashboard: Keep track of all your events, and edit and update existing listings as needed.
• Share with Ease: Once your event is published, access the unique link to share with your network.

To start submitting events, you must first create an account. Events that align with the inclusion requirements will be published.

Activate Your Holiday Assistance Programs and Resources

The holiday season is here!

During the holiday season, community partners across San Diego offer programs that help make the holidays possible for individuals and families who would otherwise not be able to celebrate.

Families are already searching for services that offer access to holiday meals and festive activities.

If you provide services that can help bring joy to their celebrations, make sure to activate, add, or update your holiday offerings. To connect clients to services that can help, browse through the list of available programs in the link below.

Fight Hunger This Season

There are many ways to get involved this holiday season at the local Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions.

From now until November 28th, people can donate holiday meals at checkout through the Nourishing Neighbors campaign. Donate much-needed nonperishable food items in our famous red barrels at your local Albertsons, Vons, or Pavilions and participating partner locations throughout San Diego County. $5 Hunger Bags will also be available to donate this holiday season, starting December 1st!



For more information, please visit the San Diego Food Bank webpage.

CIE Partner Community Enhancements Coming Soon!

Enhanced Referral Search



Finding Resources in the 211/CIE database will have a new look and feel. 

Improved Client Search

The steps to find a client will be clearer. As wll, as creating a new client. 

Civitas Networks for Health Announces 2025 Annual Conference Premier Partnership with 211 San Diego

Civitas Networks for Health announced that 211 San Diego which encompasses Community Information Exchange (CIE), and San Diego Health Connect (HIE) will serve as the premier conference partner for the 2025 Civitas Annual Conference alongside other California Civitas members. Convening under the theme, “Bridging Data and Doing,” the event will take place from September 28-30, 2025, in Anaheim, CA.

Community information Exchanges

Quench Health Data Droughts

Harvard Public Health published an article highlighting how data-sharing models from San Diego and Chicago could provide a roadmap for the rest of the country.

Leveraging Collaboration To Demonstrate How To Effectively Prevent Homelessness

In 2019, 211/CIE San Diego and the Salvation Army secured funding from The Regional Taskforce on Homelessness (RTFH) to establish a collaborative initiative of 11 service providers with the goal of taking advantage of a one-time state funding to do cross-organization care coordination to demonstrate the essential impact homelessness prevention programs have on keeping people housed. In fact, because of the system-wide data that was able to be collected using the legal and technical infrastructure of the Community Information Exchange (CIE), the initiative’s efforts showed that within

the first 30 days, those enrolled in the homelessness prevention programs were over 15 times less likely to become homeless compared to those who were not enrolled.

The initiative’s care coordination goals were to streamline eligibility screening, and program access, and capture reportable outcomes for impact analysis. An essential source of analysis data came from the Regional Task Force on Homelessness (RTFH) through their longstanding partnership and data sharing with the CIE.

Transforming Community Care through Shared Client Records

The San Diego Region Data Infrastructure Asset Map is a 2024 asset map of the region’s data infrastructure and a collaborative roadmap to guide stakeholders’ efforts to effectively and appropriately leverage healthcare and social services data within the ecosystem to support improved care coordination, with a specific focus on Medi-Cal (Medicaid) transformation initiatives. An Advisory Group of cross sector subject matter experts participated in the development of this report that includes an overview of the current and desired future-state of local data sharing, policy implications, use cases, and recommendations.

Payment & Data Exchange Standards: Gravity Project Discovery Findings

Beginning in February 2024, the Gravity Project convened more than 20 cross-sector stakeholders to complete a six-week discovery project regarding social care payments data and exchange standards. The project sought to understand and define the existing landscape for community-based organization (CBO) reimbursement and identify the components of the CBO reimbursement process that would benefit from national standards to be developed by the Gravity Project.

TrueCare Food Distribution