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Delano homeless services group asks city for one-year sole-source funding to keep navigation center open
Summary
Flood Ministries and partner providers told the Delano City Council that funding shortfalls could force the Delano Navigation Center to close this month and asked the city for a one-year sole-source contract while they pursue new grants.
Flood Ministries asked the Delano City Council on June 16 to provide a one-year sole-source contract to keep the Delano Navigation Center open while the nonprofit seeks replacement funding.
The request came during the meeting’s public comment period from Joe Wheeler, executive director of Flood Ministries, who said the center opened in July 2021 and has since placed “over 100 people in shelters” and housed “over 47 people that were experiencing homelessness in Delano.” Wheeler said federal and state pandemic-era funds that supported the center — including ESG CARES funding and HAP funding — have ended and that Flood Ministries has reallocated other program money to…
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