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Susana Barrios
From:Bryan Sothern <bsothern@dwellingplaceanaheim.com>
Sent:Tuesday, November
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] CCRT Team
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To whom it may concern,
It's my pleasure to share with you my experience with the City Net CCRT team. I have the privilege of helping run our
ministries pertaining to homelessness here at Dwelling Place Anaheim. We have had an ongoing relationship with City
Net since I stepped into this role just over a year ago. A CCRT team comes most weeks on Thursday, to help provide
services to our guests at our shower and laundry ministry. It has been a pleasure to serve with the teams that are
provided by CCRT. Janeth and Christina have been the most regular. They have been a pleasure to work with. We have
found them to be women of empathy, compassion, and integrity. We greatly appreciate their faithfulness and
transparent communication. They have also built great rapport with our guests.
Due to CCRT being short staffed recently, they haven't been able to attend every week. I hope they are able to come
back on a regular basis, because they have had a tremendously positive impact here in our community. The CCRT has
been responsible for helping us get at least fifteen total individuals off the street so far, and I have no doubt that if
they're able to keep engaging with us, there are many more to come. Having Dr. Yasmin on team has also been another
gift to us. She was able to help one of our long term members get the help he needed in order to get into a permanent
and stable situation. We are so grateful for her collaboration efforts as well.
On another note, having previously worked for City Net in 2018-2019, I greatly appreciate the adjustments they have
made to address this 24/7 365 day per year crisis in Orange County and beyond. Having a call center available every day
makes the help more accessible, helpful, and hopeful for those experiencing homelessness, and for those trying to help.
In conclusion, we are for City Net and specifically for the CCRT and grateful for their efforts in helping individuals and
families take their next step out of homelessness here in Anaheim and beyond.
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Thank you,
Bryan Sothern
Compassion Outreach Assistant
www.dwellingplaceanaheim.com/compassion
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