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More Funding Approved For Auburn Homeless Shelter

Posted: Oct. 7, 2015 5:54 PM PDT

The North Auburn homeless shelter will soon be open 24 hours a day. Placer County Supervisors have approved 225-thousand dollars for the additional operational costs. That means it’ll also be open during the day for the first time, starting in November. The Deputy Director of Health and Human Services, Tammy Moss-Chandler, says that will allow for more and better social services…

click to listen to Tammy Moss-Chandler

The number of beds will be expanded, from 47 to 75. Chandler says the funding will also open up an additional part of the building, which is a former minimum-security military barracks…

click to listen to Tammy Moss-Chandler

 

Another 40-thousand dollars has also been approved for site improvements. The money will allow the shelter to stay open at least through March.

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