The latest Santa Barbara County Homeless Death Review Team (HDRT) report, covering the year 2014, has been released. The Team's DSS staff members include Akiles Ceron, Amy Proietty, Eva Didion, Beth Di Pietro, and Chrsitina La Rocco. The Team also includes staff from Public Health, Behavioral Wellness, Sheriff-Coroner, and CBOs including Cottage, Good Sam, and PATH.
The report finds that 32 homeless people died in the county in 2014, compared to 30 in 2011.
KSBY TV ran a story called "Homeless death rate a concern in Santa Barbara County" which discussed the report and the challenges facing homeless people locally.
HDRT report:
http://ftpcontent6.worldnow.com/ksby/SantaBarbaraCountyHomelessDeathReviewTeamReportJanDec2014.pdf
KSBY story:
http://www.ksby.com/story/32056489/homeless-death-rate-a-concern-in-santa-barbara-county
