County magistrates updated the court on steps to support people experiencing homelessness and related community benefits.
The county’s homeless coordinator, Bryce Gibson, is operating a bereavement recovery center and using a homeless‑management information system to track needs. Officials said $40,000 in hotel vouchers — funded by county, Danville city and grant sources — are available to place people during emergencies. Planning and engineering work for a proposed tiny‑home village has been funded to allow site development work and subsequent fundraising.
Magistrates said family services and the Salvation Army are engaged in the effort and that staff are developing a formal budget for the tiny‑home project. No formal appropriation beyond the $40,000 in vouchers was adopted at the Jan. 30 meeting.