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Washoe County outlines behavioral health center, CARES campus housing and opioid funding distribution
Summary
County Manager Eric Brown briefed the CAB on Washoe County's multi-pronged initiatives: a Washoe Behavioral Health Center conversion at the West Hills site, a 50-unit affordable housing project at the CARES campus funded by $20 million from the Home Means Nevada Fund, and distribution of opioid settlement funds for recovery services.
Washoe County Manager Eric Brown told the Gerlach CAB that the county is moving forward on multiple behavioral-health and housing initiatives, including conversion of the former West Hills Hospital into a Washoe Behavioral Health Center and use of $20 million in state ARPA funds (Home Means Nevada Fund) to build a 50-unit affordable-housing project adjacent to the CARES shelter campus.
"We did secure $20,000,000 in state funding from the Home Means Nevada Fund... This facility will house 50 units and is…
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