Downtown San Diego, California, aka America’s finest city is a redesigned beautiful community of high rise buildings, a plethora of restuaruenats, shopping venues, and quaint living environment. Downtown San Diego consists of upper middle to affluent neighborhoods, with an extravagant night life, social scene and a hotspot for tourists. However, nestled away downtown, between the areas south of Market Street and north of San Diego Bay between Petco Park and Interstate 5 are the most concentrated areas of homelessness consisting of veterans, women, men, and families, with mental illnesses, disabilities, substance abuse issues, and other issues.
Downtown San Diego in particular, accounts for nearly 15 percent of San Diego’s homeless (San Diego Union Tribune, 2015). To be discussed in this paper is the downtown San Diego homeless crisis. In addition, also discussed are key informants identified in an assessment and the skills a social worker would use to engage the informants in obtaining community details to complete a needs assessment. …show more content…
Data shows that San Diego has approximately 8,742 homeless people (Regional Task Force, 2015). The homeless population in San Diego city and county is now the fourth largest in the country, behind Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York City, according to the Regional Task Force on the homeless. Nearly 48% of those without housing in San Diego are sleeping on the streets (Regional Task Force, 2015). More than 800 homeless people are living unsheltered on the streets of downtown San Diego, a 26 percent increase since 2014 (Wrath,
Downtown San Diego in particular, accounts for nearly 15 percent of San Diego’s homeless (San Diego Union Tribune, 2015). To be discussed in this paper is the downtown San Diego homeless crisis. In addition, also discussed are key informants identified in an assessment and the skills a social worker would use to engage the informants in obtaining community details to complete a needs assessment. …show more content…
Data shows that San Diego has approximately 8,742 homeless people (Regional Task Force, 2015). The homeless population in San Diego city and county is now the fourth largest in the country, behind Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York City, according to the Regional Task Force on the homeless. Nearly 48% of those without housing in San Diego are sleeping on the streets (Regional Task Force, 2015). More than 800 homeless people are living unsheltered on the streets of downtown San Diego, a 26 percent increase since 2014 (Wrath,