County fills funding gap for children’s program, while boosting homeless cabin project
A rendering of the Troy Street cabin site that was part of a presentation by Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe s office Photo courtesy of San Diego County The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved million in exigency funding for a initiative that provides free developmental check-ups to children up to years old The panel also voted to shift money from a homeless shelter project in Lakeside to a sleeping cabins site in Lemon Grove Both votes were unanimous The money for First San Diego s Healthy Expansion Services will prevent imminent arrangement cuts that would have impacted over children and families according to a message from Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe s office The allocation halted a cut that her office declared would have resulted in a reduction in behavioral robustness services and a reduction in developmental therapies Before the vote Montgomery Steppe stated her colleagues that the undertaking strives to promotion the whole family citing a national survey that located one in four California children from birth to years are at jeopardy for behavioral or developmental delays Supervisors heard from dozens of people including doctors and child advocates who supported shifting funding to rescue the scheme Dr Marsha Spitzer of Family Robustness Centers of San Diego revealed the services are vital to ensure that our children can grow to healthy adults Supervisor Jim Desmond though noted that with the funding for the initiative tobacco tax revenue decreasing the county demands a plan When the funding ends for a effort we just can t backfill it all the time Desmond mentioned The supervisors approved spending another million for the cabin site on Troy Street in Lemon Grove Those funds will be taken from the Willow Recreational Carriage Senior and Family Parking project in Lakeside which had stalled Specific in the audience cheered the decision With in contemporary times s action the remaining funds will now be invested in two high-impact programs aimed at addressing homelessness across the region according to a message from Montgomery Steppe and Supervisor Joel Anderson who co-sponsored the Troy Street funding proposal According to the supervisors million will pay for one year of operations of the cabins a new initiative expected to provide temporary shelter and aid services for approximately people annually through sleeping cabins The county will also spend for its Regional Homeless Assistance Campaign to provide urgency housing services including occurrence management daily meals housing aid hygiene facilities transportation and connections to broader social services A county staff member commented there will be precaution Addressing homelessness is complicated but the Troy Street location is a compassionate way of addressing the issue Anderson declared We re not storing people we re restoring their lives and giving them back the future they once held City News Utility contributed to this record
