Title
Approval of a Coordinated Entry Program Funding Request
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a Committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve an allocation of $10,000 from City Council goal money for coordinated entry (CE) dollars for single adults to be contracted with the county and allocated through the Family Support Center (FSC).
Report
Issue:
Whether to fund the request for additional funds.
Staff Contact:
Steve Hall, City Manager, 360.753.8370
Keith Stahley, Director of Community Planning and Development 360.753.8227
Presenter(s):
Consent Item - None
Background and Analysis:
As a condition of receiving State and federal funds for homeless services, Thurston County is required to put in place a system of coordinated entry for homeless individuals and families to access available housing and shelter facilities.
The County achieves this through a contract with the Family Support Center (FSC) who coordinates entry for families. In addition, FSC subcontracts with CYS for young adults and Sidewalk for the placement of single adults. Any expansion to this service should be realized through an expansion of Thurston County's contract with Family Support Center.
It has been suggested for some time that the overall coordinated entry system is underfunded so that each of these agencies must rely on other funding to meet coordinated entry needs of the homeless population. Coordinated Entry is a key component in the homeless service delivery system and data from this system should support funding and operational decisions.
Recently, Sidewalk sent a letter to local governments and others with a dire request for immediate funding to continue the coordinated entry for single adults due to a realization of depleted reserves. This request did not come from the Sidewalk Board and the other CE providers were not consulted in the decision to go to local governments for stopgap funding.
Since that time, the County and the...
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