Sonoma County offers a pilot program to help unhoused people get stable jobs as a step to providing a home for themselves.
GUERNEVILLE -- Not all unhoused citizens lives fit an all-too-common perception of people suffering addiction and rejecting outreach while living on city streets.In the North Bay there is a new program to help unhoused people get stable jobs as a step toward providing a home for themselves. It is the. Since the program launched, they have supported more than 135 unhoused people with career resources.
"I am still going through the GED course. All I have to do is pay my $146 to take the test and if I pass it then that's good," he said. He went to Sonoma County Job Link, a resource for job-seekers and employers. It offers free, personalized job-search assistance. "It is overwhelming. We have, I think, our last homeless count last year was over 2,000 here in Sonoma County," Montgomery said."Essentially one bedroom can be anywhere from $1,700 to $2,300 up here in Sonoma County," Montgomery said.
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