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Vista leaders press for faster placement of families after safe-parking data show children among enrollees
Summary
Jewish Family Service reported safe-parking enrollments in Vista for July, and several city leaders said the presence of children sleeping in vehicles demands immediate follow-up and cross-agency casework to move families into indoor housing.
Jesse Mendez, director of the Jewish Family Service (JFS) safe-parking program, presented enrollment and exit figures for Vista in July and said the site's average nightly occupancy in July was roughly 68% with an average nightly count of 17 vehicles.
Mendez said 25 households were enrolled overall and that 31 individuals were recorded in the program during July; the age breakdown for newly enrolled households in that month included two children. "We need to get those kids out of living in…
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