Father Joe’s Villages will open its first fully dedicated detox facility.
“Ending homelessness and saving lives demands we adapt and provide new solutions for the ever-changing environment our neighbors in need face,” Deacon Jim Vargas, president and CEO of Father Joe’s Villages, a Catholic organization, said at a July 31 press conference.
“To meet the moment,” he said, “we will build the region’s largest detox and sober shelter facility for people struggling with substance use.”
The facility, which is expected to open next year, will contain 45 beds that turn over every 14 days, providing a 90-bed complement every month.
There are only 78 Medi-Cal eligible detox beds in all of San Diego County, making the additional 45 beds at Father Joe’s a significant increase of what exists currently throughout the region.
Underscoring the pressing need for such a facility, statistics show that more than 1,772 people have died of fentanyl-related deaths in San Diego County since 2019.
The new center will be located at the organization’s main facility at 1501 Imperial Ave. It was made possible by the Land Development Code update approved by the City Council in early July. Each year, the city adopts changes to the way that it governs land-use and permitting….
Father Joe’s Villages’ new facility is the first of its kind to be announced since the passage of the code update….
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This is a big step in the right direction. The homeless need to deal with their substance abuse and drinking problems first. Pray for the success of this wonderful mission.
I don’t get the 14 day turn over process.
Max stay is 14 days, after which you are kicked out and your bed is made available to someone else for 14 days.
People in recovery can be on their way out of homelessness and poverty. It’s good to see root causes, and not only symptoms, addressed.
Let’s pray for the success of this endeavor.
I can’t fathom a down vote for your comment. I agree with you 100%
$24,000,000,000 for the 181,000 homeless in Kalifornia unaccounted for! Thats over $132,000 for every homeless person! If the homeless didn’t get it, who did? Why isn’t Gavin Newsom in jail?
Politics and governance have ceased being about the common good and the Constitution. It’s now entirely about securing many millions of dollars in grift for yourself and your friends at the expense of the taxpayers.
Glad to see that my beloved but aged Honda Element is being put to good use by Fr. Joe’s!
Has anyone considered giving each homeless person $100k and then forcing them off the streets? It would be cheaper. It would even leave money in the budget to pay the nearly $200K for county homeless administrators plus the millions for all the staff, lawyers, et al. :)
Ummm …. no, and quite absurd. I’m being facetious here when I suggest that many people would make themselves homeless for a $100k handout, and then go back to their homes $100k richer. I suppose you’d vote for reparations, too?