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In a year of business closures, financial strain and social distancing, health officials reported suicide rates remained stable in Nevada County between 2019 and 2020.
By John Orona | Staff Writer
The Nevada County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the purchase of a $768,990 property aimed at diverting people with mental health issues and high recidivism rates out of jail and into housing.
The three-bedroom, 4,200-square-foot property at 13192 Brunswick Road in Grass Valley was used for the last five years as the county’s Insight Respite Center and run by Turning Point.
According to Mike Dent, director of Housing and Child Support Services, the facility would be used for those in the Behavioral Health Department programs, serving similar clientele as the respite center had.
The purchase was made using a $1 million grant awarded to the Behavioral Health Department last April meant to improve and expand jail diversion program in the state.
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