Government
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San Diego County has launched a new interactive report that shows how the County’s Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) programs make a difference in what people experience before and after time in local jails. The web report, released Thursday, April 30, 2026, highlights the Alternatives to Incarceration programs through data and storytelling, using fictional characters based on interviews of actual people about their experiences. The stories and real data show how health, recovery and housing services can help.
Health
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Starting in June 2019, the CalFresh program will allow many seniors and people with disabilities receiving SSI/SSP to participate and have access to nutritious food. CalFresh is designed to reduce food insecurity and increase food budgets, improving participants’ access to fresh and healthy food. May is CalFresh Awareness Month. During the month, the San Diego […]
Health
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It takes a team of agencies to process asylum-seeking families in and out San Diego’s temporary shelter. Working the front lines are County nurses who are responsible for conducting health screening assessments on every adult and child who visits the shelter.
Health
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County officials have announced that Omar Passons, an experienced health care policy and land use attorney, is joining the County of San Diego’s Health and Human Services Agency.
Housing
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The Board of Supervisors today authorized the County to enter into negotiations and award up to $25 million to developers for seven properties that will create 503 new units of affordable housing that will help decrease homelessness in the region.
