The Regional Task Force on Homelessness has received a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund, the largest private gift in the organization's history.
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The Day 1 Families Fund -- created in 2018 by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos -- issues annual awards to organizations"employing compassionate, needle-moving work to help families move from unsheltered homelessness and shelters to permanent housing with the services they require to achieve stability," a statement from the fund reads.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
"We are excited to receive this grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund," RTFH CEO Tamera Kohler said."Families in San Diego are experiencing homelessness at a higher rate than we have seen before. Targeting these resources, we will strive to reduce these numbers and shorten the time any family is without a place to call home," she said."This targeted, coordinated effort will leverage all available resources to make homelessness in our region rare, brief and one-time.
RTFH said it will utilize the grant funds to establish and expand efforts to address and end family homelessness and focus on expanding and securing units for those in need.
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