Fresno County behavioral health services prepare for impacts of Prop 1

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California voters voted successful favour of Proposition 1 by a slim majority.

The measurement volition enforce strict requirements connected counties to walk connected lodging and cause attraction programs to tackle the state's homelessness crisis.

Fresno County enactment and leaders of behavioral wellness services accidental it's excessively soon to truly archer what the impacts volition be. However, region leaders bash accidental determination volition beryllium millions of dollars successful simplification of backing to the region behavioral wellness services section successful 2 years and they're trying to program truthful nary services are lost.

The measurement volition displacement immoderate power from counties to the authorities to find however to walk wealth from an existing taxation connected millionaires approved by voters 20 years ago. That wealth volition spell towards intelligence wellness services.

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom spoke connected the measurement for the archetypal clip since its passing earlier touring a behavioral wellness attraction field successful Los Angeles County and commenting connected however adjacent the ballot was.

"I besides admit the Affordable Care Act passed by 1 vote. A fewer of america discussed that and however transformative that's been successful the lives of hundreds of millions and my volition is to marque this effort equivalent successful presumption of that benignant of transformation," said Newsom.

The measurement requires counties to walk astir two-thirds of the wealth connected lodging and programs for stateless radical with superior intelligence illnesses oregon substance maltreatment problems.

It besides allows the authorities to get $6.38 cardinal to physique much than 4,000 lodging units, fractional of which volition beryllium reserved for veterans.

It besides adds astir 7,000 intelligence wellness and addiction attraction beds.

Because of the caller dollars present going to Sacramento, Fresno County Board Supervisor Nathan Magsig said the measurement volition trim backing to Fresno County.

The Department of Behavioral Health is anticipating a 7 cardinal dollar chopped starting successful 2026 and that volition specifically interaction prevention programs.

"Unfortunately, with simplification successful dollars to the grade that we're capable to supply attraction to individuals that are successful crisis, that volition beryllium impacted," said Magsig.

Director of Behavioral Health Services Susan Holt said they are proactively readying for the nonaccomplishment of funding.

"It's unclear yet whether the authorities volition see opportunities for section backing done immoderate benignant of competitory assistance process, for example, but our section prevention programs and backing would astir surely change," said Holt.

At WestCare, which provides a scope of services from intelligence wellness to housing, they said the request for much lodging is critical.

"So to beryllium capable to location them and truly supply those services and connecting them to the agencies that tin supply that is truly important to their success," said Jenny Gonzalez, WestCare California Vice President

As a Health and Human Services agency, WestCare receives backing from the local, state, and national levels, truthful they're not definite however the changes volition interaction their organization.

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