We saw this during the “Town Hall” meetings. People complained about defecation and urination on their property attributed to homeless persons. While Hangtown Haven was the subject, and HTH had toilet facilities, their perception was that ALL homeless persons where responsible. Same perception regarding alcohol and drug abuse, not allowed in or around HTH, but again, their perception was that ALL homeless persons where responsible.

The Nomadic Shelter accommodates around 45 persons each night, but does not allow 5-6 trouble makers stay at the Nomadic Shelter because they scare off volunteers, starts fights, and are detrimental and unsafe to the others at the Shelter. Those 5-6 persons are the ones that some people see as representative of a homeless person. “Ones perception becomes ones facts.”
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HangTown Haven, Inc. is now under contract with El Dorado Health Connections to lease and maintain a rental home in El Dorado County in which five clients can live together under the supervision of an HTHI volunteer. The clients will be referred to the home by Marshall Hospital and will be patients who have difficulty in managing their health care on their own or in accessing the services they need. One of the purposes of the project is to reduce the use of the hospital’s emergency room and services by working with the clients to learn healthy living and life styles. HTHI will maintain the home and help to train the clients in living on their own by preparing their meals and maintaining a healthy living environment. The operation of the home is made possible by the cooperative effort of Partners in Care, with financial support of Marshall Hospital and with start-up costs and many working hours provided by Hangtown Haven volunteers.
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From the BOS:
You are probably already aware that staff from County Health & Human Services will be meeting with folks at Christ Like Services on March 20 beginning at 10 AM to get people enrolled in Medi-Cal and able to receive primary care services at the Community Health Center.

Additionally, we have been working over the last several weeks to develop a transitional housing strategy and hope to bring it to the Board of Supervisors in the coming months.Sincerely,

Mike Applegarth
Principal Analyst
Chief Administrative Office
El Dorado County

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The Nomadic Shelter & Christ Like Services will shut down on      April 1.  What is going to happen after that?

Christ Like Services, off of Placerville Dr. has planned to offer daily classes to those homeless persons who want to make a change in their lives and have a place to study a productive skill that will help get them out of homelessness. They will be offering classes in truck driving, bus driving, auto mechanics, etc at no charge to homeless persons applying.

This is GREAT. If you have a skill that you can teach to others, that will produce income for  homeless persons, please contact Bob Duruelle, at …robertduruelle@yahoo.com …

This is what we need more of. This program is well worth supporting.
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The Upper Room, the ministry that provides food for anyone who arrives between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM, seven days a week, will be closed for the first two weeks of April to replace the floor.
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Where will our homeless population go??????? Who really cares?????? What can I do?????
Job’s Shelters of the Sierra (JSS) and others will find them and serve.