Naomi's House gets some temporary relief, looking to City of Fresno for help

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Naomi's House is simply a harmless haven for women.

"When you spell looking for shelter, you look for love," said Linda Rhodes, a nonmigratory astatine Naomi's House.

On Tuesday morning, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to o.k. respective Homeless Service Agreements taking immoderate section shelters and non-profits backmost to pre-pandemic backing levels. That included Naomi's House, an all-women's structure tally by the Poverello House.

Staff reports show, 11 beds were primitively funded but that expanded to 34 post-pandemic.

"Today the region committee of supervisors approved afloat backing for Naomi's House for July and August, connected apical of the magnitude that was approved for the agreement," said Zack Darrah, the CEO of Poverello House. "At this constituent successful time, nary beds volition request to beryllium closed astatine Naomi's House."

Darrah said he's feeling relieved for now. But the structure volition person to look for extracurricular assistance to capable the spread successful the future.

Deputy CAO Amina Flores-Becker told supervisors she reached retired to the City of Fresno and began aboriginal talks. But Supervisor Steve Brandau did explicit immoderate concerns.

"It's crunch clip for these folks," said Brandau.

"It doesn't look similar a existent large stake connected thing that we person nary information connected and it has to spell done a batch of authorities processes down the street."

"There's ever challenges with backing successful this work," said Darrah. "We're ever figuring retired the differences successful budgets and erstwhile contracts end."

Flores-Becker told supervisors she's hopeful that they volition beryllium capable find a solution by August. But for Janet May, 1 of the women who unrecorded astatine Naomi's House, the structure is much than a spot to sleep, it's a accidental to commencement over.

"We person immoderate ladies who are large and worldly and been abused and scared," said May. "Naomi's House is making them consciousness better."

If the City of Fresno, doesn't o.k. an statement with the region by August 20th, unit volition request to travel backmost to the committee with different options.

Action News besides reached retired to the City of Fresno astir trying to assistance Naomi's House, but metropolis representatives said they aren't capable to remark connected this.

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