The Neil Good Day Center provides restrooms, a place to rest and other services for homeless people. Beginning Monday, hours will be cut and it will close on weekends.
At a time when millions of dollars are being spent locally on homeless services, the only drop-in center in San Diego County for people living on the street is cutting its weekday hours and preparing to close on weekends.
It’s also a respite for people who otherwise would spend their day in a tent, on the sidewalk or just looking for a place where they feel welcome. “They do a lot of good things for people,” he said. “When they shut down , a lot of people are going to be at a loss of where to go.” “It’s almost at end of fiscal year, and the good news is we’ve been able to fight the expense overruns,” he said, explaining how the cutbacks will keep the center running through the remaining four months of their contract.
Sheck said the population is much higher when counted over time. In the last fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022, the center saw 5,932 unduplicated visits, meaning each visit was from a different person, he said. There were 830 meetings with case workers, 2,517 computer sessions, 3,069 laundry uses and 32,527 mail sessions in that time.
The center also is a place to go for people interested in finding a shelter bed. Clients line up at 8 a.m. to meet with someone who assesses their needs and then passes their name on to the San Diego Housing Commission. The shelters fill up fast, however, and Sheck said people are turned away every day.
“Even I walk around and see people and say, ‘What will it take to get you off the street?’” he said. “‘How can we help you? What can we do?’”
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