Articles Posted on July 7th, 2011

  • Fair Shelter Initiative Hearing On July 14

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jul 07, 2011 | No Comments

    Care Not Cash or Proposition N was passed by voters in 2002 and was promoted as a means to increase mental health, substance abuse treatment and housing in exchange for County Assistance Program (CAAP, previously known as GA) benefits. Under current law, the $422 allotted monthly to homeless people enrolled in CAAP is reduced to $59; the rest is redistributed to city-funded shelter services through a fund managed by the Human Services Agency.

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