Northern Valley Catholic Social Services could receive CARES Act money

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors will tackle funding for Covid-19 from the federal government at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors.

A group in shasta county that helps people in need could soon be getting some help of its ownã in the form of 230-thousand dollars.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in redding.

Anaãif the northern valley catholic services gets this grantãwhat would they use it for?

They would use the 230-thousand dollar grant to help people struggling with the impacts of covid 19.

And that money would come from the cares act.

Take so* trt:06 daniel salameneh lives in redding people are created to need community we were not meant to be alone, we were meant to be with each other.

((butt to)) take so* trt:20 donnell ewert shasta health & human services agency director a lot of the stay at home orders and the other stresses associated with the pandemic, including having to educate children at home or not being able to stay with sick loved ones in the hospitals and these sorts of things have created a lot of mental anguish for people and people may be struggling with anxiety and depression northern valley catholic social services would use the 230 thousand dollar grant to create the "shasta cares" program.

Take so* trt:10 donnell ewert shasta health & human services agency director i think they have a few assistance programs as well that will offer gas cards and other financial relief for people who are struggling with employment related to covid 19 "shasta cares" will provide counseling and financial help for people continuing to struggle with the covid-19 pandemic.

Ana stand u* trt ana torrea atorreanews on top of counseling services: "shasta cares" will also be able to people find housing... provide a 12-step recovery program... and even give some kind of child care support for families searching for jobs.

Take so* trt:14 andrew crow lives in redding any kind of help that we can have for people who need it is fantastic, we don't need people being homeless, we dont need people struggling anymore than they have.

The economy is still having a hard time.

People i spoke to tell me this would really help the community... take so* trt:08 daniel salameneh lives in redding it doesn't take long for people for anyone living in redding walking around the streets, that mental health is an issue in the city and it's something