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Susana Barrios
From:Tamara Jimenez <Tjimenez@LIGHTHOUSETREATMENT.COM>
Sent:Monday, December 11, 2023 11:44 AM
To:Ashleigh Aitken; Stephen Faessel; Natalie Rubalcava; Jose Diaz; Carlos A. Leon; Norma
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Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Agenda Item #11-Strong Support (12/12/23)
Attachments:City council 12.12.23.pdf
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Please see the a?ached le?er in support of agenda item #11. Thank you.
Have a great day,
Tamara Jimenez, CADC II, ICADC
Credential #A060491021
Community/Government Relations Manager
Anaheim Lighthouse
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1320 W Pearl Street Anaheim, CA 92801 Phone: (714) 780-1174 Fax: (714) 844-2068
December 11, 2023
Anaheim City Council
200 S Anaheim Blvd 7th Floor
Anaheim, CA 92805
Re: Item #11 Approve the Community Care Response Team (CCRT) Homeless Housing,
Assistance and Prevention Program Subrecipient Agreement with Kingdom Causes, Inc., dba
City Net, in the maximum compensation amount of $8,354,857.11, to provide street outreach
and services to individuals experiencing homelessness for a two year term commencing
January 1, 2024, ending on December 31, 2025; and authorize the Housing & Community
Development Department Director, or designee, to execute the agreement and other documents
necessary to implement and administer the program, provided the maximum compensation
authority is not increased.
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
I am writing today to express our strong support and agreement with the staff report
recommendation to approve the Community Care Response Team (CCRT) Homeless Housing
Assistance and Prevention Program Subrecipient Agreement with Kingdom Causes, Inc., dba
City Net. Anaheim Lighthouse has collaborated not only with the City of Anaheim for years, but
also City Net to provide substance use treatment at no cost to the homeless individuals they refer
to us. Since CCRT was created, the number of people we have been able to help for the city has
increased exponentially. Anaheim Lighthouse is a residential dual-diagnosis drug and alcohol
treatment center with detox services. We are licensed and certified by the Department of
Healthcare Services (DHCS).
I have personally been out many times over the years with City Net and more recently, CCRT to
see them at work on the ground. The outreach work they do is amazing and critically needed not
only to reduce homelessness, but to reduce the number of overdose deaths that are increasing
across the nation. The work they do is vital to the community. They do it with professionalism,
compassion, and dedication. If you have not been out with them, I highly recommend you join
them to see the comprehensive job they do. It is lined out briefly in the staff report as well as
some of the results, but it doesn’t compare to seeing it in person.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to call me at
Sincerely,
Tamara Jimenez CADC II, ICADC
Credential #A060491021
Community/Government Relations Manager