KINGDOM CAUSES City Net Bedrock Creek

In 2023, in fulfillment of the organizational mission to bring non-profits and funders together, to address complex social issues through prevention, intervention, and restoration, and to collaborate for social good & building healthy, sustainable communities for future generations, kci (dba City net):(1.) Collaborative community leadership and influence - kci/city Net participated in and/or led many community meetings, presentations to City staff, county staff, & elected officials, and tours of City Net operated sites. Through these, City Net engaged thousands of stakeholders across the state in dialogues about national evidence-based best practices around solutions to homelessness. Future plans are to continue community collaborations and dialogues for the expansion of best practices throughout the state of california.(2.) Homeless services - kci/city Net operated at no cost to clients, 54 programs throughout 38 cities in 7 counties, within the state of California. Through these 54 programs, City Net engaged and interacted with 32,099 individual clients and provided services to 17,679 individuals (of these 17,679, we received the following self-identifications: 337 veterans, 7,446 disabled individuals, 5,131 chronically homeless individuals, and 434 families). Moreover, City Net assisted 3,454 people to exit street-level homelessness; helped 922 individuals secure and move into permanent housing; operated 5 non-congregate shelter navigation centers; provided 63,049 shelter bed nights; served 147,198 meals; operated 28 detached houses providing emergency shared housing to individuals; provided 64,123 emergency motel bed nights; facilitated 1,150 hours of volunteer service; and conducted 6 community homeless censuses to help cities gain accurate and informed insight into the state of homelessness in their respective municipalities. Future plans are to continue reaching out to serve, assist, and connect individuals experiencing homelessness with essential needs, shelter, case management, housing navigation and permanent housing.(3.) Anti-human trafficking community collaboration in 2023, kci spearheaded an effort to produce a rigorous independent research study (in partnership with pacific northwest university and usc) to report on the effectiveness of the outcomes for human trafficking survivors. The research study will be tracking data for 18 months through december 2024. The end goal is to analyze and establish an effective process for pilot agencies to bring standardized reporting to their work with victims of commercial sexual exploitation. In addition, we are providing collaborative leadership facilitation of the santa barbara county anti human trafficking task force. Awarded a grant funded agreement by the victim services department of the district attorney's office, we lead a coalition of 27 organizations to stem the tide of human trafficking locally.