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City updates ECHO shelter program: council approved 90‑day model; county to fund winter warming beds
Summary
Community services staff explained the council’s recent shift from a nightly‑bed model to a 90‑day program for ECHO Paso Robles and said the county will fund a weather‑triggered 10‑bed warming shelter this winter; one emergency bed remains available for police or fire placement.
Angelica Fortin, the city’s community services director, told the council that at a prior meeting the city approved an amendment with ECHO Paso Robles to transition from providing five nightly shelter beds to a 90‑day program aimed at improving exits to permanent housing. “The 90‑day program has proven to be a more successful path to permanent housing,” Fortin said.
Fortin also said the…
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