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Regional outreach group reports 1,010 Buena Park calls in 2024 and 265 regional exits to shelter
Summary
OC Hope Center told the Buena Park City Council it received 7,753 regional calls in 2024 and that Buena Park accounted for 1,010 calls and 443 dispatches; across eight member cities the center served 1,153 unduplicated individuals and achieved 265 exits from street to shelter, with an average Buena Park response time of 41 minutes.
George Searcy, executive director of the OC Hope Center, presented the nonprofit’s 2024 activity report to the Buena Park City Council on May 27, describing a regional mobile outreach model meant to relieve non‑emergency calls to police.
Searcy said the center received 7,753 incoming calls regionally in 2024, which produced nearly 4,500 client contacts and 1,153 unduplicated individuals across eight participating cities. "For the entire region, we took 7,753 incoming calls... and we served an unduplicated 1,153 separate individuals…
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