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Shasta supervisors agree to match opioid-settlement funds for youth treatment center, add law‑enforcement, city approvals
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 to commit up to $1.92 million in opioid‑settlement funds as community match for Family Dynamics Resource Center’s proposed 60‑bed Pathways to Leadership youth behavioral health campus, contingent on Anderson City Council approval and law‑enforcement/probation support.
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 on March 24 to authorize using up to $1,920,506 in county opioid‑litigation settlement funds as match for Family Dynamics Resource Center’s Pathways to Leadership campus expansion, a proposed 60‑bed youth behavioral‑health facility in Anderson.
Dr. Sandra Wilson, representing Family Dynamics, told the board the project would provide 20 crisis‑residential beds, 30 adolescent substance‑use treatment beds and 10 stabilization/transitional units in a single, 25,000‑square‑foot facility she described as “a much needed project for our community.” She said the center would be the only inpatient adolescent treatment facility north of Sacramento and emphasized rapid access to care: “These projects save lives.”
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