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San Diego Rescue Mission outlines outreach caseloads, by-name list and housing outcomes

5693244 · August 29, 2025
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The San Diego Rescue Mission (SDRM) presented July data from Vista outreach including counts of contacts, shelter placements and demographic breakdowns; city leaders pressed for continued coordination and use of the by-name list to prioritize chronically unsheltered residents.

Kenneth Tolbert, data specialist for San Diego Rescue Mission (SDRM), presented the month-of-July outreach report showing 125 unduplicated clients contacted during the month and 768 total outreach interactions. Tolbert said 108 of that group were recorded as "place not meant for habitation" at first contact (sleeping in vehicles, tents, on the streets or in creeks).

Tolbert said 66 of the July contacts were new to SDRM and that, across the program's inception in November 2024 to the July reporting period, SDRM had contacted 473 unduplicated unsheltered individuals in Vista. He also said that, during the month of July, the Rescue Mission recorded multiple exits to substance-use treatment,…

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