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County wins $2.5M encampment resolution grant; supervisors approve continued winter‑shelter funding but Truckee lacks a shelter location
Summary
Nevada County received a $2.5 million Encampment Resolution Fund award to pair rental assistance and landlord‑liaison work with existing bridge housing; staff asked the board to continue a $150,000 winter‑shelter budget allocation. Truckee currently lacks a local shelter location and no provider bid to operate a seasonal shelter there.
County behavioral health and homeless services staff told the Board of Supervisors that the county has secured a $2.5 million Encampment Resolution Fund grant to help people living in concentrated encampments, and they asked supervisors to continue a $150,000 winter‑shelter allocation for 2025.
Phoebe Bell, the county’s behavioral health director, said the encampment grant will fund a landlord‑liaison team and rent subsidies to help people living in the county’s most concentrated encampments move into permanent housing. The county will pair the new funding with existing…
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