The County spent nearly $12 million in federal entitlement funds last fiscal year on affordable housing, homelessness issues, community infrastructure, and housing or services for people living with HIV/AIDS.
With a new budget that responds to voices in the community and follows a Framework for the Future that fundamentally changes our operations, the Chief Administrative Officer’s recommended budget was released today.
Credit: San Diego County Sheriff's Department The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously March 16 to execute a new three-year agreement between the County, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, and the local nonprofit Lucky Duck Foundation to help prepare and distribute 1,000 daily meals to unsheltered residents seven days a week.
Fifty-six additional unsheltered people in the unincorporated areas of the region now have a roof over their head and a bed to sleep in thanks to the expansion of the County Health and Human Services Agency’s Hotel/Motel Voucher Program.
The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors today voted to let the Health and Human Services Agency to apply for and receive nearly $10 million from state funds to address homelessness in the region.
In this episode, have you ever wondered how the County budget works and what the money is spent on? The County launches a new pilot program to help create evacuation plans, volunteers get up at the crack of dawn for the annual Point-In-Time count, and the County opens a new bike skills park.
The housing crisis in San Diego is especially hard on our vulnerable populations; working families, the elderly, people with disabilities and veterans who have been homeless. The County offers rental assistance through our Section 8 Housing Program and partnerships with local landlords.
