Experts say the county’s current homeless shelter network is eating up a lot of money while showing little results.
Tag: Fullerton Navigation Center
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Kriz: 5.7% of OC’s Beginning of the Year Homeless Population is Now Dead, with 41 Homeless Deaths in August, 328 for the Year
With 41 deaths among people “without fixed abode” in August, 328 for the year so far, a full 5.7% of the County’s beginning of the year homeless population (by the PIT Count reported to be 5718) is now dead. It has been reported that $1.4 billion is being spent annually in OC on homelessness, yet we continue to have families with small kids and seniors with disabilities being asked to stay on the street while the County takes its time to process them and then search for options to shelter or house them. How is any of this possible?
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Kriz: Another Thirty People Died “Without Fixed Abode” in OC in October, and Yet it May Have Been “A Good Month”
Another thirty people died “without fixed abode” in OC in October, but there were actually signs of hope. Mary’s Kitchen in Orange was given a 6 month stay, and bafflingly underused state of the art Fullerton Navigation Center hasn’t yet been allowed to go under.
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Kriz: A Tale from the Homeless Front – I want to Scream
The honest to God’s truth of what happened to me on my way home this past Saturday night. As my 89 year old dad reminded me afterwards when I shared the story with him, even the Good Samaritan had better luck in Jesus’ day than we have today in the OC.
