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Board accepts $3 million behavioral health bridge housing grant and backs application for state inpatient treatment funding
Summary
The Board accepted a $3 million Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (Round 3) award to expand interim housing, landlord recruitment and up to one year of tenant rent support, and signaled support for applying for Prop 1 Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure funds for a proposed 16‑bed inpatient facility on county land.
Behavioral Health Director Phoebe Bell told the Board that Nevada County has operated a successful round‑1 Behavioral Health Bridge Housing pilot—30 interim beds using motel rooms and master leases, operated with Hospitality House—and that the county has been awarded $3,000,000 in the competitive round‑3 funding. Bell explained the grant components: a housing navigation program (partnering with Freed), landlord mitigation and incentives, moving and furnishing assistance, rent subsidies for up to a year with a declining share over time, and…
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