SAN DIEGO—The city opened its newest shelter July 21 for homeless women—a 40-bed facility in the East Village offering a safe recovery place for women with serious medical conditions.
Mayor Todd Gloria helped open the shelter, Rachel’s Promise, a collaboration between the city’s Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department and the San Diego Housing Commission. It will be operated under contract with the commission by the Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego and will offer housing navigation assistance, meals, laundry facilities, showers, mail and telephone services, and clothing.
“Rachel’s Promise is our latest effort to bring online more shelter beds to get more people experiencing homelessness off the streets and into care,” Gloria said. “This is part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce homelessness, which is built around increasing street outreach, providing diverse shelter options, creating new pathways to behavioral health care, and building affordable housing….