(FOX40.COM) - - A program accountable for safeguarding numerous people experiencing homelessness each night in Sacramento is getting enough funding to continue for another year.

On Tuesday, the Sacramento City Council all authorized almost $8 million worth of contracts to fund the city's Homeless Motel Voucher Program through June 2024.
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Beginning in 2020, the Motel Program offers a motel space to stay in along with other services, consisting of program recommendations, move-in assistance, and housing coordination and navigation, according to the City of Sacramento.

Nick Golling, manager of homeless services in Sacramento, said, "This program offers households and others a place to call home till they can discover more long-term real estate services."

" No child ought to be surviving on the streets or in a car," he included.

The city said that the Motel Program has actually served almost 1,600 individuals, consisting of 490 kids since it began during the COVID-19 pandemic.

" Of the 472 participants that left to recognized locations, 54% went to favorable or irreversible temporary real estate," the city said.

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5 sites, which shelter as much as 500 individuals each night, are presently utilized for the Motel Program through federal and state financing.

Assistance services for the program are offered by the not-for-profit organization Step Up on Second Street.