The Concord City Council has unanimously approved a $1.6 million grant to Caminar, a nonprofit service provider, to establish a two-year Mobile Dignity Center program aimed at reducing homelessness in the city. The Mobile Dignity Center will operate one day a week at its first site, First Christian Church on Willow Pass Road, and is expected to serve about 300 individuals over two years. The program will provide housing navigation, case management, food and clothing distribution, hygiene facilities, medical care, and mental health support—all without preconditions for service.
Caminar will lead the initiative in partnership with NAMI Contra Costa, Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa, White Pony Express, RotaCare, First Christian Church (Concord), and the Pleasant Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church. Funding comes from Measure V and the City’s general fund, formerly supported by federal American Rescue Plan Act allocations, totaling $1,638,896. As part of its goals, Caminar aims to secure housing for at least 30 people through this program. Once established, the Mobile Dignity Center may expand to additional Concord sites, with future locations to be coordinated and approved by the City. The initiative builds on Concord’s Homeless Strategic Plan (HSP). Since 2023, the City has invested $5 million in homeless services through nonprofit partnerships, contributing to a 45% reduction in the number of unsheltered residents.
a bunch of people get high paying jobs doing next to nothing and the homeless wont go near this,then it runs out of money and nobody got helped or wanted to be.Look at a ;pic of those who approved this.Mentally ill,overwieght white liberals,that think grinning about everything makes everyone like what they do.
Caminar, (who recently pledged to insure racial equality in their By-Laws) SKIMS in the close-neighborhood of SIXTY PERCENT (60%!) of their income for their own Salaries and benefits before skimming for expenses. The top 3-4 big shots, out of about 60 or so, as of 2023 were paid North of the “neighborhood” of $375K-$400K EACH!
~~From the left-over, meager balance being passed down, the next in line is local NAMI — NAMI’s (racial equality) big-Mama, Gigi Crowder (AKA CCCo’s Dolly Do-Good) scrapes off roughly 10% of what ever that pass down $$ for herself… and THEN she pays her 50 or so (LMAO) charitable employees!
This is where I fell over laughing– or maybe there was an earthquake.
These are fronts for “tax exempt” (NGO style) employment agencies… with penny-anti pass-thru’s to church tax exempt income.
For you other “Dolly” Do Good folks out there that vote to “continue” the Temporary-One-Time Tax Hike of 2010…AGAIN… Again…… will you ever learn? The fine print in Measure V did say Fix the Roads and Infrastructure.………….and Help End Homelessness
Homelessness in California,
Spending Dollars after dollars, will this time be different ? ? ?
Lots of reform is obviously needed, and here’s some hope:
A Psychiatrist explains why she supports Trump’s approach:
https://www.thefp.com/p/im-a-psychiatrist-and-i-support-trumps?hide_intro_popup=true
$1.6M “Mobile Dignity Center” …. another handout that won’t do a thing… so how do taxpayers feel about their hard earned $$ to go to something like this without their express approval? …another waste
“Mobile Dignity Center program aimed at reducing homelessness in the city”….”all without preconditions for service”
… so they get to still sell drugs and smoke their crack while in this program?.How is this going to help reduce homelessness?
“As the Wind Blows.”
Taxes, Donations, Good & Charitable Intentions —
The recipient feels a thrill of another person’s Compassion and relishes the donation of Material Possessions ~~~ for a short while…
~~At least until acting grateful and feeling contrite begins to feel like a new kind of pain.
And the weight of having to care for those material possessions becomes an enormous burden– Almost — or exactly like — the one they are already running from!
As the wind blows…. Dolly-Do-Good knows~~ You just need to give everyone a little more time.
Until~~~
We can do it all again.
By more Taxes, more Donations, more Good & Charitable Intentions.
The Politician and Dolly’s 501(c)3… will live on ~~ patting each other on the back…again.
If you want to be treated with dignity then consistently treat others with dignity.
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Officially, Concord has 131 homeless people meaning the Concord City county is willing to spend $12,510.66 per homeless person to encourage the idea that the homeless will be treated with dignity. Is this a prudent use of our tax money?
One day per week.
Just another colossal waste of taxpayer dollars.
I wonder how much money the council skimmed?
They are the only ones benefiting from all this wasted money.
Lets be honest there needs to be more help like 1 day a week or permanent housing for the unhoused I understand us tax payers are skeptical but it can be are family members i got 2 bothers un houses since COVID it’s not a Excuse to not work but after losing jobs and homes it takes a toll then the mental part of this can cause depresión and there comes addiction alcohol and drugs they don’t want to deal with reality it’s a great program to do and not sure how it will work but i don’t mind paying my tax dollars to help others even if my family wasn’t affected of homelessness amen 🙏
I can see your kindness and caring Elias. I’m saddened by your family’s issues and I know how it feels to think there is no help.
Many of us know there are a lot of TAXPAYER funded organizations taking more than their fair share of the donated dollars for themselves. They “skim” the money for “organizing meetings, traveling, hiring friends, and family, Wasting the dollars that never make it to the ones who need it.
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I asked the Google AI a simple question: “How many housing assistance, homeless aid type organizations are registered in contra costa county?”
~ (You can ask the same question to get the entire very long reply)
This is just the beginning of the answer:
“There is no single public registry that lists all housing assistance and homeless aid organizations in Contra Costa County. Instead, you can find over 50 service providers coordinated through the Contra Costa Continuum of Care (CoC), a collaborative network overseen by Contra Costa Health.”
~~~~ Over 50 active, tax funded organizations in just this one county, Elias. So why are there still so many living under the highway overpass, in our city parks, on the creek banks under bridges, and right out on our sidewalks?
~~~It is because WELFARE is a high-profit-business! NO matter what they say on their tax papers They are making a fortune off of suffering people. And those making the money, making hundreds of thousands of dollars ~~ have NO INTENTION of ever letting all of the sick get well, the homeless find shelter. NEVER.
Wouldn’t it be nice to see the brake down of where the money went. How much went to the homeless. How much to the people running it.
Fantastic another NGO money laundering scheme that will do nothing let alone ever show their books of accountability LMFAO!!!!!!!
The purpose of the Homeless Industry is to make lots of money for the people running the Homeless Industry.