Oakland, Livermore and Santa Clara County are among the winners of state grants that will help house homeless families.
The Bay Area won more than $5 million in grants to help house homeless families — the latest funds allotted from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $12 billion package to address the statewide crisis.
“No child should have to spend their formative years experiencing homelessness,” Newsom said in a news release. “With these grants, communities throughout the state will have the resources to innovate and find solutions to family homelessness so that all of California’s children can go to bed each night with a roof over their head.”
The state funding is crucial because it gives the county the money and the flexibility to test out new programs, which then can be scaled up if they work, Hernandez said. Oakland received $2 million to serve 165 families who have been impacted by substance abuse. The money will go toward housing them in recovery-focused interim housing units and providing services such as crisis therapy, workforce support and housing navigation.
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