HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.26.20 Email from Shelby Boston - Re_ Care_Shelter Update COVID
From:McCracken, Shari
To:Boston, Shelby
Cc:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Lambert, Steve;Lucero, Debra;
McCracken, Shari;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen;Teeter, Doug;Kim, Sang
Subject:Re: Care/Shelter Update
Date:Thursday, March 26, 2020 2:15:13 PM
Thank you Shelby!
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 26, 2020, at 2:14 PM, Boston, Shelby <sboston@buttecounty.net> wrote:
Good Afternoon Supervisors,
I wanted to provide you a quick update as to the Care/Shelter Branch response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. As you know, things are moving quickly and changing rapidly. As
of today, we have started filling resource requests from homeless service providers in
Oroville to meet the needs of their clients. This includes working in coordination with
Oroville Hospital and Public Health to shelter an individual who is awaiting test results
for the virus. We anticipate these requests will increase in the coming days and weeks.
The funding for this aspect of the response is being covered by the allocation our
County will receive from SB 89 funds the Governor released last week.
Secondly, we are working to stand up a Task Force within the Care/Shelter Branch of
the EOC to meet the needs of individuals who have NO Support (friends, neighbors,
church family, family etc.) to deliver food, medicine and assist with online shopping
needs. There WILL NOT be a public number associated with this function. We will
receive a warm handoff from either the County Call Center, 211, or Public Health.
Potential clients will be screened by DESS staff who will determine if the individual
meets criteria for the service and all other resources have been exhausted. I will let
you know when we have “gone live” on this service.
We are working very closely with the local Homeless Service Providers to meet the
needs of the homeless/unsheltered populations during this pandemic. The CoC will
have a meeting tomorrow to determine how they would like their allocation of the
emergency funding the Governor released to support the impacted
Homeless/Unsheltered population. Currently, we are recommending the dollars focus
on the shelters supporting the immediate needs of their client base and the supportive
services that are required.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Shelby Boston, MSW
Director
Public Guardian/Public Administrator
Butte County Dept. of Employment and Social Services
202 Mira Loma Blvd. Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.538.7891| F: 530.534.5745
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