RIVERSIDE (CNS) – The Board of Supervisors today approved agreements with three nonprofits for the continuation of homeless shelter and related services throughout Riverside County.
In a 3-0 vote without comment — with Supervisor Manuel Perez arriving late and Supervisor Chuck Washington absent — the board signed off on the county Department of Housing & Workforce Solutions’ request for $1.21 million in the current fiscal year to support operations at the Indio-based CoachellaValley Rescue Mission, Path of Life Ministries of Riverside and Valley Restart Shelter in Hemet.
A separate but related compact was additionally approved with the Coachella Valley Association of Governments to administer the program directly involved with emergency homeless shelter referrals…