{"id":2813,"date":"2020-04-15T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T21:28:53","slug":"san-diego-receives-7-1-million-in-state-funds-to-protect-homeless-from-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2813","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Receives $7.1 Million in State Funds to Protect Homeless from COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Diego has secured $7.1 million in state funding for its homelessness response during COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The resources will support emergency shelter and services at the Convention Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breaking down the funding, $3.7 million will be used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among the homeless population, $1.6 million from the County and $1.7 million from the Regional Task Force on Homelessness will also be managed by the City of San Diego.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">$3.7M \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofSanDiego?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityofSanDiego<\/a><br \/>$1.6M \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanDiegoCounty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SanDiegoCounty<\/a><br \/>$1.7M \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTFHSD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTFHSD<\/a><br \/>= $7.1M in state funds to support efforts underway at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SDConventionCtr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SDConventionCtr<\/a> to protect homeless from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you to state leaders for bringing resources to our region. <\/p>\n<p>Learn more \ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/roC1fEX9BY\">https:\/\/t.co\/roC1fEX9BY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Faulconer (@Kevin_Faulconer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Faulconer\/status\/1247647596081868800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 800 homeless people have moved into the Convention Center, which was empty just a couple of weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who has been on top of the COVID-19 situation, addressed the City Council to emphasize that the Convention Center is part of &#8220;a new, system-wide, coordinated regional approach to help sheltered and unsheltered individuals remain healthy during the COVID-19 crisis.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible uses of the funding include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasing Shelter Capacity \u2013 support for growing shelter space and the acquisition of new shelters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hotels for COVID-19 Isolation \u2013 support for the acquisition or lease of hotels, motels, trailers and other alternative isolation placements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emergency Shelter Operations \u2013 furnishings, supplies, and equipment needed to maintain a sanitary environment for clients and staff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Street Outreach \u2013 supplies and equipment needed to meet the urgent physical needs of unsheltered people and to protect staff from COVID-19.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing Transportation \u2013 support for the transportation of those experiencing homelessness to and from shelters and medical care.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding Staffing \u2013 support for additional staff for infectious disease preparedness and case management for clients.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Convention Center has undergone a remarkable transformation in just a few days, becoming an extraordinary symbol of San Diego rising to this occasion and using every resource at our disposal to fight COVID-19,&#8221; said Faulconer. I want to thank our state lawmakers for taking quick action to support our regional efforts to provide more shelter space, medical monitoring, and eventually a permanent home for San Diego&#8217;s homeless population.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba San Diego has secured $7.1 million in state funding for its homelessness response during COVID-19.\u00a0The resources will support emergency shelter and services at the Convention Center. Breaking down the funding, $3.7 million will be used to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among the homeless population, $1.6 million from the County&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>San Diego Receives $7.1 Million in State Funds to Protect Homeless from COVID-19 - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2813\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"San Diego Receives $7.1 Million in State Funds to Protect Homeless from COVID-19 - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Michael Palomba San Diego has secured $7.1 million in state funding for its homelessness response during COVID-19.\u00a0The resources will support emergency shelter and services at the Convention Center. 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