HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmail from Al Smith - BC Behavioral Health Board Letter RE Shelter Crisis Declaration Menchaca, Clarissa
From: Smith, Al
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 1:47 PM
To: Clerk of the Board
Subject: Letter to the Board
Attachments: 20180924134220.pdf
Hi Ashley,
I have attached a letter from the Behavioral Health Advisory Board to the Board of Supervisors
regarding the Shelter Crisis declaration discussion.
Al
Al Smith
Chair, • utte County Behavioral Health Board
530 961 -3221
September 18, 2018
The Honorable Board of Supervisors
County of Butte
25 County Center Drive, Suite 205
Oroville CA 95965
Re: Proclaiming Shelter Crisis
Dear Supervisors.
We, as an Advisory Board to Butte County Behavioral Health, are writing to show our
support for Butte County to declare a shelter crisis. It is our understanding that Gov.
Jerry Brown signed off on Senate Bill 850 this past June, earmarking $500 million in
one-time funds for local jurisdictions based on Point-in-Time census counts.
To access that money, counties and cities must declare a shelter crisis—this
declaration would open up $4.8 million in one-time state funding through the Homeless
Emergency Aid Program (with a minimum of 5 percent of funds set aside for homeless
youth).
We believe the County Board of Supervisors and the municipalities declaring a Shelter
Crisis would ositiv ly impact our com unity.
Al Smith, Chair
Butte County Behavioral Health Advisory Board