Jeanice Lee talks with Kim Despres, Chief Executive Officer of Circle the City, serving Arizona, providing healthcare, medical respite, and outreach services to people experiencing homelessness. Despres discusses the organization’s medical respite centers, outpatient clinics, street medicine teams, and mental health and substance‑use services. Despres also shares information about community partnerships, volunteer opportunities, and a new 85‑bed Mesa respite center now under construction. A powerful story of an elderly woman scammed out of her retirement highlights their life‑changing impact. (circlethecity.org)
Original airdate: 4/19/2026
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Jeanice joined K-LOVE in 2009 and she covers Southern California, Arizona and Hawai'i, including major markets Phoenix, San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles.