San Diego, CA
Housing Authority: San Diego Housing Commission
Health Center Program Grantee: La Maestra Community Health Centers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) and La Maestra Community Health Centers (LMCHC) had established a partnership to address lead hazards within the home. The LMCHC and SDHC partnership eventually expanded to the Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty MAAC Project around weatherization for seniors and low-income families. This collaboration allowed several key stakeholders to conduct blood test events where testing was offered on site of the housing complexes by LMCHC staff and at health center sites. Through this partnership, LMCHC also led the way to host targeted testing at various community sites around San Diego, such as elementary schools, parks, and community centers. Through their family self-sufficiency program, La Maestra had greater access to their target population. Collaborating allowed LMCHC to better understand and address challenges the families who lived in San Diego Housing Commission sites had; whatever they needed to become self- sufficient or improve their quality of life, including education, job search or job training, or health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LMCHC also partnered with San Diego Gas and Electric in Sempra, specifically on how low-income families living in low-income housing and public housing save or reduce their utility bills. Sempra is an energy and infrastructure company from San Diego, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n