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Date:12/9/2025 2:40:47 PM
From:"Benjamin Hurst" Benjamin.Hurst@usw.salvationarmy.org
To:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Agenda Item 15 Salvation Army Letter of Support
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Please see the attached Letter of Support for Agenda Item 15.
Thank you,
Dr. Ben Hurst
Managing Director
The Salvation Army
Center for Applied Research and Innovation
Project Lead, The Center of Hope
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The Salvation Army California South Division
Orange County
10200 Pioneer Road, Tustin, CA 92782
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December 9, 2025
Dear Honorable Mayor Aitken and Members of the Anaheim City Council:
I am sending this public comment urging you to support Item 15 on tonight’s Anaheim City
Council Agenda which would approve the Anaheim Community Care Response Team (CCRT)
with City Net for the next two years.
For over 10 years, The Salvation Army has partnered with City Net to provide life-changing
services to thousands of neighbors in the city who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
From street outreach, to shelter stays, to permanent housing, we have seen repeatedly how a
coordinated approach between non-profit organizations, city departments, law enforcement,
faith-based organizations, the business community, and philanthropic organizations
successfully ends the homelessness of individuals, and creates a stronger and healthier
Anaheim for all city residents.
City Net’s team serves as a critical first point of engagement, which refers clients from the
streets and into The Salvation Army’s Anaheim Emergency Shelter (AES) among other shelter
and housing opportunities. From here, shelter residents are connected to the broader system
of care in the city and county, including mental health and substance abuse recovery services,
temporary housing and permanent housing with supportive housing.
The Anaheim CCRT is a proven program operated by a trusted partner, and its continuation for
the next two years is a critical step in securing the progress we have made so far.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ben Hurst
Founder & Director
The Salvation Army Center of Hope