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Alameda County approves one-time bridge funding for refugee resettlement agencies
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved roughly $876,500 in one-time ‘bridge’ funding to three local resettlement agencies to cover a 90‑day resettlement period after the federal pause on resettlement funding, officials said. The board and agencies said the funds are expected to be reimbursed if federal or state funds resume.
Alameda County on Feb. 4 approved one-time bridge funding to three refugee resettlement organizations after a federal pause left recently arrived families without guaranteed local supports. The Board of Supervisors approved the allocation as part of the consent/mass motion package.
County officials and local service providers told the board that more than 300 refugees have arrived in the Bay Area in recent weeks and that the pause in federal resettlement funding created an immediate gap in…
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