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Board accepts report and closes out CDBG-CV repairs to county children’s facility
Summary
Behavioral Health and Recovery Services told the board it is closing out a CDBG-CV grant for repairs to the Merced County Children's System of Care facility at 480 E. 13th St.; the department said the building reopened for children and youth counseling in September 2024 and the board accepted the report and directed closeout.
The Merced County Board of Supervisors accepted a report and directed staff to close out federal CDBG-CV grant-funded repairs to the Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) children’s facility at 480 East Thirteenth Street.
Kamiko Vang, director of Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, said the California Department of Housing and Community Development requires a public hearing before closing out the grant funded repairs. Vang said the grant (recorded in the transcript as "$845 grant") funded interior renovations beginning with an award in 2021 and that, as of September 2024, the building was back in use as a children and youth counseling center. "The grant was awarded to BHRs in 2021 to renovate the building interior, which resulted in larger treatment rooms available," Vang said. She also said environmental review was conducted before the grant award and again after construction was complete.
Following the public hearing, Supervisor Pereira moved to find the renovations exempt from additional environmental review, accept the report, and direct the department to proceed with closeout; Supervisor Silvera seconded the motion. The transcript records the motion passing by voice vote. The meeting excerpt does not provide a clear numeric total for the grant amount beyond the phrasing in the transcript; the precise grant dollar figure is not specified in the provided excerpt.
