Title
Approval of a Funding Request for Salvation Army Shelter Operations
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a one-time funding request of $66,000 for Salvation Army shelter operations and to maintain critically needed shelter bed capacity for homeless single adults.
Report
Issue:
Whether to maintain the Salvation Army's current level of year-round shelter capacity, currently providing 29 percent of the capacity for homeless single adults.
Staff Contact:
Anna Schlecht, Community Service Programs Manager, Community Planning & Development Department, 360-753-8183
Keith Stahley, Director, Community Planning & Development Department, 360-753-8227
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Salvation Army is one of the primary homeless shelter service providers for single childless adults for both the year-round shelter capacity as well as the cold weather shelter capacity. They recently discovered a $267,000 short fall in their year-round shelter program. This shortfall drastically impacts the network of shelter capacity and could potentially put an additional 37 people on the street. Since this discovery, they have secured $50,000 from City of Lacey, $17,000 from International Salvation Army reserves. They are working with Thurston County to secure an additional $65,000 from their emergency homeless funding. They also have a pending request for $20,000 from Tumwater. The remainder will come from a private fundraising effort currently underway. The attached letter describes their shortfall and presents their funding plan.
Shelter Capacity: The Salvation Army provides 37 year-round beds for single adults, which is 18 percent of the total shelter beds and 29 percent of the total 129 for single adults. They provide 65 total cold weather beds during the cold weather season of November 1 - April 30, which is 22 percent of the total available b...
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