$4.8M Grant For Homeless Services: Marin Co. Supes To Consider

MARIN COUNTY, CA – On Tuesday, the Marin County Board of Supervisors will consider accepting a $4.8 million grant for a Homeless Emergency Aid Program.

Homeward Bound of Marin will receive $4.5 million to redevelop the Mill Street Center emergency shelter in San Rafael.

The 55-bed emergency shelter is the only year-round, night-to-night shelter for adults in the county. It accepts men and women, who stay in separate dorms.

The redeveloped shelter will provide five extra beds and 32 permanent supportive housing beds for high-needs, chronically homeless people. The shelter will provide 24/7 on-site support for people who have not found success in community-based housing.

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin will receive $307,965 to implement a diversion pilot program for newly homeless people. This diversion plan will help the newly homeless reunite with family, locate room-sharing situations and develops other creative solutions to the housing crisis.

The county's Department of Health and Human Services will enter into contracts with Homeward Bound and St. Vincent de Paul through June 30, 2021.

The $4.8 million grant is from the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency.

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--Bay City News