Next Steps Identified

Finance

Discuss and work with treatment providers to conduct education sessions with clients about financing. – Mental Health Systems (Finance Literacy)

Food Security

Getting more passion from the professors about volunteering and what the students can learn long term for their career –Interfaith Community Services (Food & Shelter)
Contact local utilities, specifically SDGE, to target households with delinquent bills and encourage them to include a pamphlet educating them of local food and shelter services. – Food Security Collaboration (Food Security)
Attend quarterly meetings in Oceanside. – Interfaith Community Services Shelter Network (Food & Shelter)
Call Feed America to work and network with more agencies in North County. – MAAC Project Head Start (Food Security)

Education

Improved working relationships with students yielding a more valuable training experience and exposure to the non-profit agencies and more worthwhile investment in students for the agencies. – 211 San Diego (Education)
Purchase more directories –SMUSD & Paloma Elementary (Education)
Sensitize larger communities to our work. Where’s the press today? We have stopped using them as a culture. (Education)
Encompass more practical skills with service learning students when they come in and extend their services. (Education)
Bridging the gap between non-profit and for profit by training CSUSM business students to understand both worlds. Ex. Qualcomm(Education)
Giving more time as an intern, not just the length of one semester, and placing great value in the work you do. (Education)
Theory is easy, whereas action is hard. We need to take more action, hold more protests, organize community events better, and stand our ground. (Education)

Mental & Physical Health

Host dental services at Green Oak Ranch and surrounding community. –North County Health Services & Green Oak Ranch (Mental & Physical Health)
Have CSU San Marcos students invite organizations over regularly to gain more knowledge about the available community resources. –Mental Health America of San Diego County (Mental & Physical Health)
Contact VCC to see about arranging a meeting. –Exodus Recovery Inc. Walk In Mental Health Assessment Center (Mental & Physical Health)

Housing

Announcement of the next Town Hall meeting at the request of California State University Chancellor, Charles B. Reed on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. – Interfaith Community Services (Housing)