Community Through Hope to launch program that uses nurse to provide health care
plans to launch a street medicine team this summer to improve the health, or even save the lives, of people living without shelter in the South Bay.“His name was Eric,” said Bella Martinez, program manager for the nonprofit, as she recalled a 47-year-old man who lived at Harborside Park in Chula Vista.
The concept of street medicine teams began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1990s and has been replicated in several other cities. In 2019, Father Joe’s Villages launched its, inspired in part by a survey that found 30 percent of people living on the street receive no regular health care. Capt. Phil Collum of the Chula Vista Police Department’s Patrol Operations Division said enforcement is not the focus of the department’s homeless outreach team, but can be a last option to protect the community, including homeless people themselves.
“They’re a blessing,” said Chieko Tanaka, 70, who has been sleeping in a tent in the park with her partner of 30 years, David Reifenrath. “They give you hope. They actually result in something positive for you.” “A lot of these people don’t want to be homeless,” she said. “It’s not a life that’s really conducive to something positive. But where do you go? There’s no place to go.”
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