Kern County allocates money to combat homelessness

SIGNATURE ISSUE HERE INKERN COUNTY, BUT SOME FINANCIALHELP IS COMING TOADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS,AFTER BEING APPROVEDBY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORSEARLIER TODAY.23ABCS KYLIE WALKER HAS MOREFROM ONE LOCAL SHELTERWITH MORE ON HOW THEY PLAN TOUSE SOME OF THIS MONEY..THE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY ISONE OF SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONSTHAT WILL BENEFIT FROM A PORTIONOF A 400 THOUSANDDOLLAR GRANT TO HELP COMBATHOMELESSNESS THROUGHOUT THECOUNTY ..

AND THE SHELTERSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYSTHIS MONEY IS NEEDED NOW MORETHAN EVER AS WE GETTHROUGH THIS PANDEMIC."ESPECIALLY ONCE THE RENTMORATORIUM EXPIRES ..

THIS ISNOT MEANT FOREVER AS YOU KNOW ..SO THERE'S ALOT OF THINGS THAT COME INTOPLAY IN THE DAYS AHEAD..REGARDING THESEDOLLARS AND ALLOCATIONS OFDOLLARS THAT ARE COMING INTO OURFACILITIES."CARLOS BALDOVINOS WITH THEMISSION AT KERN COUNTYSAYS THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET ISROUGHLY 5.6 MILLION DOLLARS..AND THIS 100 THOUSAND DOLLAREMERGENCYSOLUTIONS GRANT WILL HELP GOTOWARD SHELTER SERVICES ANDOPERATIONS."YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE HOUSINGTHEFEEDING THE CASE MANAGEMENT THEOUTREACH TO THESE INDIVIDUALS."BALDOVINOS SAYS THIS ALSOINCLUDES WORKING WITHTOWARD SHELTER SERVICES ANDOPERATIONS.THEM FROM A CASE MANAGEMENTSTANDPOINT."BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAYWE DON'TWANT THEM TO BE HOMELESS LONGTERM.

WE WANT TO HELP THEM GETINTO ASUSTAINABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENTLIKE PERMANENT HOUSINGSO ON TUESDAY THE BOARD OFSUPERVISORS APPROVED A PLAN TOALLOCATE 400 THOUSAND DOLLARSFOR KERN COUNTY'SHOMELESS POPULATION WHICH WILLBE SHARED AMONGTHE MISSION AT KERN COUNTY..BETHANY'S SERVICES, FLOODBAKERSFIELD MINISTRIES ANDWOMEN'S CENTER HIGH DESERT."THIS GRANT IS A REIMBURSEMENTGRANT SO YOU HAVE TO SPEND THEMONEY FIRST BEFORE GETTING THEREIMBURSEMENT."BALDOVINOS SAYS THAT THIS MONEYIS GIVEN ON A YEARLY BASIS,BUT THEY'RE ESPECIALLY IN NEEDTHIS YEAR."IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PUT TOUSESOMETHING WE COUNT ON AS ANORGANIZATION WERE SEEING ITRIGHT?

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MORE THAN WEVEPROBABLY EVER SEEN BEFORE THEPANDEMICIN THE NEAR FUTURE BALDOVINOSSAYS THEY'LL BE OPENING A WOMENSAND CHILDREN TRANSITIONALHOME IN OILDALE WHICH ISCURRENTLY UNDERCONSTRUCTION.

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