OXNARD : Council to Allocate Funds for Homeless
The Oxnard City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allocate $48,000 in federal emergency shelter grants to five area agencies that provide loans and shelter to the area’s homeless.
The federal grant was awarded to Oxnard in April on the condition that the city dispense the money to local agencies by Sept. 21.
The committee recommended the money be allocated as follows:
* $10,000 to the Commission on Human Concerns to prevent homelessness by providing loans and grants to low-income Oxnard families.
* $10,000 to the Ventura County Health Care Agency for providing vouchers to participating motels that can shelter the homeless who are mentally ill.
* $7,000 to the Ventura County Public Social Services Agency for operating a winter shelter at the National Guard Armory in Oxnard.
* $11,000 to the Rainbow House Inc. for helping operate a shelter for women alcoholics and drug abusers.
* $10,000 to help operate the Hayes Avenue Women’s Shelter.
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