The Thurston Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved housing contracts with nine non-profit organizations to fund 12 projects for homeless services and affordable housing.
Homeless and Affordable Housing Coordinator Keylee Marineau said the combined total estimated amount of the housing contracts is $1,508,271 for the 2023 program year.
“We received 15 applications for these funding sources and the Homeless Services Advisory Board did review and score all the applications and made these recommendations to the full Regional Housing Council (RHC),” reported Marineau during the BOCC meeting on Tuesday, June 6.
The BOCC approved the following recommendations from the RHC:
|
Organization |
Project |
Recommended Award |
|
Interfaith Works |
Lived Experience Housing Steering Committee |
$50,000 |
|
Family Support Center of South Sound |
Eviction Prevention Rent Assistance |
$439,902 |
|
Community Youth Services |
Eviction Prevention Rent Assistance |
$151,966 |
|
Partners in Prevention Education |
Eviction Prevention Rent Assistance |
$533,080 |
|
Thurston County Food Bank |
Food Bank Collaborative |
$85,000 |
|
Thurston County Food Bank |
The Other Bank |
$12,000 |
|
Catholic Community Services |
Community Kitchen |
$122,000 |
|
Rochester Organization of Families |
Emergency Needs |
$15,000 |
|
Olympia Mutual Aid Partners |
Smoke and Fire Mitigation Basic Needs |
$27,323 |
|
Olympia Mutual Aid Partners |
Nickerson/New Hope Support |
$8,000 |
|
Community Youth Services |
Haven House |
$16,000 |
|
Together! |
Basic Needs |
$32,000 |
Marineau said the Lived Experience Housing Steering Committee contract will begin on September 1, while the remaining contracts will begin on July 1, 2023 and end on June 30, 2024.
She added that all contracts are valid for a year, with an expectation that contracts will be renewed for a second year, “if funding is available and performance is acceptable.”
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metalFish
Great work! Very happy to see PiPE and all of these crucial support resources getting some funding.
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