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A. Who’s Doing What (and Where They Overlap)

1. Shelters

• Stockton Shelter for the Homeless
• Gospel Center Rescue Mission
• Women’s Center Youth & Family Services

Strengths: Beds, meals, basic services
Overlap: All serve similar populations
Cracks: Not enough beds, not low‑barrier, not trauma‑aware

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2. Outreach Teams

• City outreach
• County behavioral health
• Nonprofit outreach
• Faith‑based outreach

Strengths: Engagement, resource navigation
Overlap: Multiple teams visiting same sites
Cracks: No unified data, inconsistent follow‑up, no shared plan

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3. City Departments

• Public Works
• Police
• Fire
• Code Enforcement

Strengths: Safety, cleanup, hazard response
Overlap: Respond to same encampments repeatedly
Cracks: No housing pathways, no continuity, reactive not proactive

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4. County Services

• Behavioral health
• Substance use treatment
• Social services

Strengths: Clinical support
Overlap: Often called in by outreach teams
Cracks: Long waitlists, limited field presence, high thresholds for care

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5. Utilities & Infrastructure

• PG&E
• Water & Waste
• Army Corps (levees)

Strengths: Hazard mitigation
Overlap: Respond to encampments near infrastructure
Cracks: No human services component, no long‑term plan

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B. The Gaps No One Covers (The Real Cracks)

These are the spaces where people fall through:

1. No unified coordination system

Everyone works, but no one works together.

2. No trauma‑aware, dignity‑centered shelter pathways

People avoid shelters because they don’t feel safe.

3. No continuity between outreach, cleanup, and housing

One group engages, another cleans, another enforces but no one connects the dots.

4. No real‑time data on who needs what

People get lost in the shuffle.

5. No civic architecture for long‑term stewardship

Everything is reactive, not structural.

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C. Where Shelter Outline: The Network Fits (The Missing Layer)

Shelter Network fills the cracks by providing:

1. Unified coordination

A single system that connects outreach, city departments, utilities, and shelters.

2. Dignity‑centered engagement

Trauma‑aware, human‑first, non‑coercive.

3. Real‑time field intelligence

Who needs help, where, and what kind.

4. Continuity across agencies

No more handoffs that drop people.

5. Civic architecture

A long‑arc system that outlives any one program.