Ford Street Project partially stalled to evaluate fair distribution of Measure B funds

The expansion of the Ukiah Recovery Center, a site for treatment of substance use disorders operated by the Ford Street Project, is partially stalled after the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors asked the organization and its supporting supervisors to reevaluate its funding sources.

Members of the Ford Street Project, a center that provides sobriety services to people with substance use disorders in Mendocino County, submitted a proposal to the Board of Supervisors at its meeting Tuesday asking for funding to support an expansion of its sober living environment. Executive Director of the Ford Street Project Jackie Williams asked the board to approve allocation of about $1.6 million of funds from the Measure B mental health sales tax and $2 million of settlement funds paid to the county from an Amerisourcebergen opioid settlement.