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Sonoma County approves roughly $12.5 million in Measure O and HAP awards for behavioral health and homelessness programs
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve about $12.5 million in Measure O and HAP grants to cities and nonprofits for behavioral-health, homelessness and youth services after hearing from providers and city officials who urged longer-term operational funding plans.
Sonoma CountyBoard of Supervisors members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve recommended awards from a large Measure O NOFA, directing roughly $10 million in Measure O funds and about $2.4 million in Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HAP) funding to 18 projects serving behavioral health needs, people experiencing homelessness and school-based mental-health services.
Health Services Director Nolan Sullivan told the board the NOFA attracted far more demand than the county could meet: "about $12,000,000 in suggested grants today" from roughly $36 million in requests, leaving more than $26 million unmet. He described Measure O as the voter-approved, 10-year quarter-cent sales tax that was intended to stabilize behavioral-health funding and support new…
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