The Center responded to unprecedented community need for housing, food, and mental health support caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center continued to provide emergency and critical services throughout the pandemic by expanding Crisis Services, Behavioral Health Services, and Housing Services.
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The Center held a Town Hall for the Black LGBTQ+ community, which led to new anti-racism policies and initiatives at The Center and the formation of the Black LGBTQ+ Community Advisory Committee. The Center new provides anti-Black racism trainings for staff, board members, donors, and volunteers.
The Center expanded its housing program to an entire housing continuum, including the new Safe STAY program for LGBTQ+ youth.
The Center embarks on a Strategic Planning process, engaging a wide variety of community stakeholders to strive to serve our growing and diverse community and ensure that we maximize our organization’s resources to best fulfill our mission in the years ahead. 2000 community members gave feedback via surveys, focus groups,..Read More
The South Bay Youth Center (SBYC) opened in Chula Vista to support LGBTQ+ youth ages 10-24 and their families in need of resources in South County.
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The Center embarked on the first border campaign to ensure that legal services, case management, and humanitarian relief to LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive asylum seekers were provided to those who arrived at the Mexican/U.S. border.
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The Center reaches $2 million fundraising goal. Matching donors Ron Bowman, with his husband Stan Zukowfsky, announced a second gift of $1.65 million to pay off the mortgage for the Centre Street building in spring of 2018.
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The Center announced Caroline (Cara) Dessert, Esq. as the new CEO, effective July 1, 2018.
North Park Senior Apartments, the LGBTQ-welcoming affordable senior housing project, opened.
Dr. Delores Jacobs announces retirement from The Center. Through more than 200 interviews and focus groups, feedback was solicited regarding characteristics sought in the new Center chief executive, led by Board Co-Chair Joyce Rowland.
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