Ada County pulls funding from homeless program, to create its own

“’We want people, if they have an issue, get treatment, we call it treatment first, not housing first,’ said Rod Beck, the Chairman of the Ada County Board of Commissioners.

The county decided to move its funds into a new program, but this program will save the county $100,000. It will focus on providing mental health, disability, and substance abuse services- but not housing.

‘There’s not a requirement that the people in New Path even seek the counseling or even seek the intervention so we don’t know how many people we are helping. We will know exactly how many people we’re helping, once we get this program set up,’ said Beck.”

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