LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Emergency Food and Shelter Program Local Board met recently to distribute funds to local programs offering emergency food and shelter assistance.
Board Chair Jo Bennett reported on Monday that the board met on Nov. 29, at which time it distributed $40,592.
Those funds must be spent by March 31, 2013, Bennett reported.
Allocations to cover food were made to North Coast Opportunities, $14,767; Lake County Office of Education, $3,375; Community Care, also known as C-Chap/HIV/AIDS, $3,250; Lake Family Resources, $3,150; Lower Lake United Methodist Church, $2,375; Clearlake United Methodist Church, $2,250; and Lake County Vet Connect, $1,675.
Sunrise Services received $4,750 to match people with housing, and $5,000 went to Salvation Army for utilities.
Bennett reported that Lake County has been allocated these dollars for distribution through a local board process.
After notification of the local board decisions, the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board sends funds directly to the agencies, so no money actually passes through local government, she said.
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