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County ratifies $7.3 million Proposition 47 grant to expand court‑linked wraparound services
Summary
The Board of Supervisors ratified acceptance of a $7,317,598 Proposition 47 grant to embed peer navigators and fund housing, clinical case management and evaluation services for justice‑involved people with behavioral‑health needs. The award splits funds among the Public Defender's Office, Turning Point Foundation and Interface Children & Family
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors unanimously ratified March 11 a $7,317,598 grant award from the California Board of State and Community Corrections for a Proposition 47 program. The funding is intended to provide wraparound services for people with mental‑health and substance‑use challenges who come through misdemeanor court processes.
A presenter from the Public Defender’s Office described the plan as embedding peer navigators — people with lived experience — in the misdemeanor…
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